THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Through generous donations, three other restoration projects on the WPA era garden and greenhouses have been accomplished in the immediate area around the Conservatory. The partially subterranean pit greenhouses, or “Dungeons” as they have been called locally, were restored in 2002 to return them back to their original working condition. The complete historic restoration of the propagation greenhouse, or “Stove House”, was completed in 2004 under the careful supervision of Michael Liebaert. The director of the Gardens, Paul Soniat, completed Garden Study open-air Education facility and the relocation and stabilization of the masonry “Shelter Houses” in 2000 in a master planning effort to start the rehabilitation of the Victory Garden and its cold-frame structures.

“Gardening is the slowest form of the performing arts.”   Mac Griswold