The grand opening may come in December 2025.
Opened in 1967, the Fort William Parks Board built the conservatory as a Centennial celebration project.
With the renovations, he said, they have become a single gutter, double greenhouse — a highly-efficient facility with a brain, their automated control system. “It’s been a real challenge but actually an exciting learning process. In the main tropical house, we’ve got some fig trees, we’ve got palm trees, we’ve got a ton of plants. We’ve got, I think, a total of 240 different species in here and also in the cacti and succulent wing, which is the west wing that we’re currently unwrapping the hoarding,” said Walter.
“Quite a few of the plants are actually priceless. We wouldn’t be able to replace them. For us to get a plant in to replace, we’d be looking at buying a specimen that is not of the same value,” said Walter. “So, the key is with a couple of these smaller, very high-value plants that we could move or protect, probably a couple of our cacti were the most valuable at that point.”
Beyond these renovations, Walter explained that the conservatory will also add seasonal display installations, fully accessible walkways and new features to the central pond, including lighting features and environmental controls similar to the greenhouses.
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