Conservatory Shop

Locally Grown & Botanical Gear

Support local and take something special home with you to remember your visit with us.

House Plants For Purchase

A great selection of hanging baskets, succulents, cacti, and air plants for the beginner to the expert green thumb.

Oh My It’s Butterfly Time

Butterfly toys are here for a limited time for every age.

Indiana Guides & Pollination Help

Great selection of nature guide books and pollinating help for beginners and seasoned Earth lovers.

Color In Motion Butterfly Décor & Gifts

Brighten up your living space or a friend’s with our beautiful selection of butterfly décor and gifts.

Baby Gifts

Baby Nook is back with muslin blankets, new toys, and bibs for that little one in your life.

Fashion Corner

Check out our “cool” new layout for our fashion accessories and summer scarves and dresses.

Summer Caps

Just released Botanical Conservatory cap by John Brown Leather Co. & for a limited time our embroider baseball caps are back in stock.

DOWNTOWN FORT WAYNE'S PREMIER GIFT SHOP

The Conservatory Shop offers a boutique-style atmosphere filled with houseplants, home & garden essentials, unique toys & books, trendy apparel & fashion accessories, and seasonal merchandise perfect for souvenir-taking and gift-giving. Local vendors are also featured from Fort Wayne and the surrounding area. Beginning May 23, the outdoor Sales Garden offers a selection of perennial flowers herbs, tropical plants, flowering baskets and patio containers. Conservatory admission is not required to shop.

HOURS:

TUESDAY	10AM - 5PM
WEDNESDAY	10AM - 5PM
THURSDAY	10AM - 8PM
FRIDAY	10AM - 5PM
SATURDAY	10AM - 5PM
SUNDAY	NOON - 4PM

CLOSED MONDAYS

BONSAI, THE ART & SCIENCE OF ILLUSION:

Bonsai (A tree (bon) in a tray/pot (sai))pronounced bonsai (bone-sigh), is the technique of creating an illusion; using cultivation practices like pruning, wiring, root reduction, defoliation (removing all of the leaves), potting and perhaps grafting. The illusion being attempted is that of a large, natural looking tree that has been captured and planted in a small container. It can be grown from seeds, plant cuttings, purchased in a nursery pot, or collected from the yard, hillside or field.

Bonsai is both a science (horticulture) and an art (sculpting). Perhaps that is why it appeals to so many people. Whether they become interested because of the mystique of a tree, or they want to challenge themselves with a new form of growing things, the bonsai tree tends to draw people in.