1. The Garfield Park Conservatory went through a harsh hailstorm on June 30, 2011. A lot of displays were ruined and the glass from the roofs had fallen. The conservatory is still open, but still in repair, too. And the Conservatory is also raising money, because the damages cost a lot of money. (2)
2. This article is just recommending the Conservatory. There are more than 100 plants in and out of the conservatory. They have a parking space, and the place takes up 400 acres. The conservatory itself is free. And it's a place you can go to to get away from your everyday normal lie. (1)
3. Even though there's been a storm, people say the building looks the same. In the hailstorm most of the conservatory was damaged, but it still consts of a million different pants etc. Even though he storm was epic, it didn't cause much damage to the plants. But because of the storm, the conservatory had to sell some of the plats. In doing that they raised $17,000! (10)
4. Because the building is going under reconstruction some of the popular events have been cancelled. The conservatory has gone through many changes and reconstruction in the past 20 yrs to gain more educational areas. The conservatory was built in 1906 by architects, engineers and landscapers. it is marked as a historical place. The conservatory continues to serve its community and be an education aspect. (10)
5. The Garfield Conservatory has variety or workshops available to the public. They all are to help you become close to nature. Some workshops have gardening demonstrations; while other consists of beekeeping. But all the workshops tie back into the whole purpose of the conservatory, which is to inform you on nature, while giving you a hands on opportunity to learn yourself, and see for yourself. (8)
6. The hailstorm caused over 2 million dollars worth of damage. But the Conservatory is fundraising money to repair the damage done. They’re excepting donations by phone calls, from buying a pane of glass, by calling and by mail. They've also managed to get some of the glass up, but are still in need of help. The plants have to be put up every year in the winter, so they wont die out. The glass shatterings make getting the pants put up an even bigger priority now. (20)
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)The Conservatory was said to be originally constructed in 1914 by a German landscape architect George Edward Kessler. The origins of the Conservatory consisted of show rooms, plant houses, a palm house and a service building. (19)
8. This article is explaining the reopening of the Garfield Park Conservatory’s oldest exhibit, the Fern Room. The Fern room is 103 yrs old, and very special in the history and makings of the Conservatory. After the horrific hail storm, everything got destroyed, but is currently being repaired. There’s a polycarbonate roof protecting the plants when the weather gets hectic and soil being replaced in the Fern room. Visitors are allowed to see the Fern Room being rebuilt and the original walls created by Jens Jensen. (4)
9. Garfield Park Conservatory is controlled by the Chicago Park District. The Chicago Park district directs the Conservatory. They receive their funds through city taxes. The Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance gets money from donors, members, grants, corporations and government sources. The Alliance also gets currency from gift Shop and plant sales. (5)
10. Hailstones the size of large marbles rained down on the Garfield Park Conservatory Thursday night, smashing tens of thousands of window panes that cover three of the giant greenhouses and causing widespread damage to the plants. This historic site — it is closed indefinitely – suffered damage that some say will go into the millions of dollars. The hail shattered 50 percent of the glass panes at the conservatory, and dangerous shards hung precariously overhead on Friday, threatening to crash down. (22)
11. The Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance has partnered with many others to make East Garfield a better community. In 2005, four hundred residents in the community and others joined the Alliance and Council to cultivate a “Quality of Life Plan” for East Garfield Park. This project is still ongoing in hopes of bettering the East Garfield Community, for everyone to enjoy. (6)
12. This article explains the opening of the Elizabeth Moore Genius Children’s garden. The exhibit is made for a child’s perspective. It is for children to understand plants easier. The structure is even made for child viewers to enjoy. It’s built around a giant vine that has a 7ft tall seed, an oversized root coming through the floor, and a giant leaf that projects the process of photosynthesis, and above all a flower that is 6 feet. (7)
13. Dale Chihuly’s, a glass artist, brought his art work to the Garfield Park Conservatory was a great success. The exhibit was named “Chihuly in the Park: A Garden of Glass” and it was a huge thing for the Conservatory. It brought the media and the residents of the community to the peak of the Conservatory. The exhibit had Chihuly’s glasswork and the Conservatory’s plants, conveying both Chihuly’s art and nature. The Chihuly exhibit was well liked and got visitors of all kind. (9)
14. Garfield Park is consists of two neighborhoods, East Garfield and West Garfield. The park is where the Conservatory is located as well as the Gold Dome. The Golden dome was built in 1928. The park consists of numerous historic places and things such as flower gardens, bridges, lagoons, the Golden Dome field house, the golf shelter building, and statues in or near the park. The park offers so many activities for the residents like baseball, basketball, swimming, and playgrounds. Inside of the Golden Dome there’s a gym, gymnastic and fitness center, boxing ring, and theater. The whole park was created for the people, and to keep children active and healthy. (9)
15. Garfield Park’s history goes far back, but the residents are those who make the community. Garfield’s community has been predominantly fulfilled with African Americans for years. Garfield Park is predominantly African American, because in the 1900s immigrants came here to live. By the 1940s African Americans populated 15 percent of the Garfield Park residents. (9)
16. The Garfield Park Conservatory has re-opened the last two rooms that had been closed for repairs over the last sixth months. The Desert House and Aroid House were reopened as a special event in the Conservatory. And as I’ve stated in many note cards the roofs of these rooms are polycarbonate sheets for added protection for the plants in the cold weather. (24)
17. On August 5, 2011 all glass was removed from the roof of the Show House. Plants and soil were also being removed from the room. On October 23rd 2011 polycarbonate sheets were put in place of the glass roof to protect the plants in the winter. On December 2nd 2011 the Show Room re-opened, but it was only a “pass through” between the Palm House and the Horticulture hall. Then on January 22nd2012 The Dessert House and Aroid House were open. And the last repair was April 12th 2012 when the decision was made that final repairs were to happen in the summer of 2012 and 2013. (11)
18.Conceived in 1908 by Prairie School landscape architect Jens Jensen, the Garfield Park Conservatory was considered revolutionary when it opened for the way it presented its plant collection and specifically themed rooms. This class will focus on the history as well as the current and future uses of the conservatory and Garfield Park. It will include a behind-the-scenes tour of the conservatory, surrounding gardens, and production greenhouses. (17)
19. The Garfield Park Conservatory suffered the tragedy of the hailstorm on June 30th. Glass was shattered by the hail and also destroyed some of the exhibits like the Fern Room, Show House, desert house and some greenhouses as well. Mostly everything was covered in glass like the pathways and exhibit room and plants, too. But the glass has now been removed and there is new poly-carbonate roof, just to keep the protection of the plants, and make sure they don’t die out. The conservatory is open to everyone as well as the gardens. All of the repairs are expected to be done by the summer of 2013. (11)
20. Renovations to the whole park in 1997, included the opening of the everlasting rainforest theme inside the conservatory that is still there as of today. The conservatory has many classes dealing with tropical forest themed programs. It is the swarm of different plant like palms, orchids and ferns as well as plants that are major tropical forest food like cacao (chocolate). There are also living animals there too, but you have to look closely to spot the. Because of the delicacy of the living things inside the conservatory, pets aren't allowed in the conservatory. (19)
21. In 1954, the aging and deteriorated conservatory glass house was replaced with a welded aluminum frame conservatory that still stands today. At the time that it was constructed, it was the first all-aluminum, all-welded greenhouse in the United States. The straight Art Deco-style lines replaced the curving line styles used in the original 1914 construction. (19)
22.Julia Bachrach and Jo Ann Nathan’s book Inspired by Nature: the Garfield Park Conservatory and Chicago’s west side is in the Chicago Architecture institute and in the Conservatory, too. This exhibit includes photographs, drawings and maps highlighting the history of the Garfield Park Conservatory and the West Side in honor of the Conservatory’s Centennial year. The book, Inspired by Nature: the Garfield Park Conservatory and Chicago’s West Side, is available for purchase in the Gift Shop. (15)
23. It has been two and a half months since a hailstorm shattered the glass ceilings of the Garfield Park Conservatory, and caused more than $2 million in damage. As CBS 2′s Roseanne Tellez reports, officials have made progress in the painstaking process of cleaning up and trying to get the plants at the conservatory covered up before winter’s cold rolls in, but they still need lots of help. Although insurance covered some of the cost, the conservatory has kicked off a fundraising campaign to pay for the rest. (20)
24. Two weddings over the holiday weekend were allowed in the Conservatory. The area where the weddings were to be held, were prepared for the celebrations.` “We’re very lucky and very thankful for that,” event coordinator Joan Colon said. The Consrvatory is open everyday of the year and one of th largest Conservatories. It has many indoor gardens, and showcases a bunch of plants. The damage of th Conservatory could take weeks, months, or years to reopen after the horrific hail storm.(21)
25. This web-site is an overview of the book Inspired by nature. It explains briefly and thoroughly what the book is about. The book is about the conservatory, and all its accomplishments and well doings for its communities. It describes the nature of the Conservatory. It explains what and why the Conservatory’s purpose is. Overall, the book is just an outlook on the Conservatories ways with nature. (14)
26.Created in 2012, the Garfield Park Community Council strives to “promote and strengthen opportunities that encourage a vital and engaged Garfield Park neighborhood.” As a former department of the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance since 2003, the Council has created, developed and implemented an array of program activities and offerings to create a comprehensive approach to improving the quality of life for neighborhood residents in their everyday lives. (16)
27. The Council, over time, has created many activities to better the neighborhood for the people who live therThey’ve created several projects and programs for the residents. The Council itself has done over 40 projects, some of which includes a housing resource center, urban garden network, healthy living programs, year-round after school teen apprenticeship program, and business district development. Everything they do is for the East Garfield community, and its people. (6)
28. Garfield Park Conservatory began its repayments, working to repair widespread damage from June’s hail; carpenters were building wooden shields so workers could safely water the ferns under the shattered glass roofs. The hailstorm broke 23,000 glass panes at the conservatory, half of it over the Fern Room, Desert House and Show House plant rooms in the one hundred year old conservatory. (22)
29. Chicago Park District officials are really concerned with the Fern Room, designed by architect Jens Jensen, and its repairs. The Fern room is more than 100 yrs old. “There are thousands of plants in there,” Eisenach said. “Some of those plans are original to the Jens Jensen construction.” It’ll be hard to repair The Fern room and make sure not to destroy Jensen’s original structure. (21)
30. “It does tear at my heart,” Eunita Rushing said. “All I could think of was, this is my baby. I looked at that fern room where we have that significant, historic collection in there, and it just ripped my heart out.” Repairs are estimated to be between 4 and 5 million dollars so far. The Conservatory has stared excepting donations for the repairs. Restoring the Conservatory is going to be a long process, but with the help and funding that the Conservatory is receiving, the process is becoming easier. (21)
32. There are multiple exhibits in the Conservatory. There’s the Palm House which is full of palms, and some other tropical flowers as well. There’s a Fern Room with ferns and an indoor lagoon. The Fern Room also has cycads, too, which is one of the oldest plants in the world. Then there’s Sugar from the Sun which shows you how to get energy from the sun. The Show House is like its name, it shows off all of the season’s best plants and exhibits. The Elizabeth Morse Genius Children’s Garden is basically where children get educated on plants; it’s where everything is broken down for children to understand. (4)
33. Hailstones the size of large marbles rained down on the Garfield Park Conservatory Thursday night, smashing tens of thousands of window panes that cover three of the giant greenhouses and causing widespread damage to the plants. This historic site — it is closed indefinitely – suffered damage that some say will go into the millions of dollars. The hail shattered 50 percent of the glass panes at the conservatory, and dangerous shards hung precariously overhead on Friday, threatening to crash down. (22)
