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Backstage at a 100-year-old Conservatory

Backstage at a 100-year-old Conservatory

A palm tree library, award-winning orchids and thousands of patient blooms

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Boaz Frankel
Mar 05, 2023
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Ten thousand plants are impatiently waiting in the the back of Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens for their big moment. Over the next two weeks, they’re going to be moved from the growing and staging area to the front glasshouses where they’ll be installed to create Phipps’ annual spring flower show. Starting on March 18th, those thousands of plant…

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