The city’s flowers, brought to you by Qns.
City officials, civic leaders and residents cheered the reopening
of the Forest Park greenhouse on Monday, five years after
renovations began at the facility built in 1905.
Parks Department officials said the greenhouse is expected to grow
about 250,000 plants annually — up from 200,000 five years ago. The
perennials, annuals and tropical plants will be shipped to parks
and other green spaces across the borough, and throughout the
city.
Six gardeners and two assistant gardeners tend to the Queens
greenhouse, which produces more plants than any other site in the
city, Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski said.
— Anna Gustafson
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The city’s flowers, brought to you by Qns.
Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski, left, speaks about the new greenhouse as Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Community Board 5 District Manager Gary Giordano and Lydon Sleeper, of Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley’s office, look on.
The city’s flowers, brought to you by Qns.
The Parks Department displayed a photo of a long-ago flower show at the greenhouse, which was built in 1905.
The city’s flowers, brought to you by Qns.
Rows of colorful flowers, including these geraniums, line the inside of the greenhouse.
The city’s flowers, brought to you by Qns.
The renovated Forest Park greenhouse opened on Monday, and city Parks Department officials said it will grow about 250,000 plants annually.
The city’s flowers, brought to you by Qns.
The flowers at the greenhouse will be shipped all over the borough — and city.
The city’s flowers, brought to you by Qns.
Students and teachers from St. John Evangelical Lutheran School in Glendale attended the opening on Monday morning.
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