The public solarium and tropical greenhouse are open to the public from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily. City gardener Brianna Shabolin said construction began on the facility in 1967.

For a second year the Greenhouse at the Fairmont Park Horticultural Center is hosting an indoor getaway full of food, art, live music, and fun for all ages. New to the space this year is a 10-foot ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) -If you’re tired of winter, you can get a tropical escape in Cedar Rapids. The Noelridge Park Greenhouse is full of tropical plants and is free and open to the public ...

The Valley might not seem like a tropical paradise but some farmers have been able to grow pineapple, guava and papaya. But recent cold winter conditions have put some of those crops in jeopardy ...

Greenhouses could make local fruits and vegetables more available year-round, but they're energy intense. In the Midwest, some growers tap into the Earth's internal heat to warm the structures.

How fun does that sound? Every Sunday afternoon in winter, the Fairmount Park Horticulture Center hosts a 90-minute, all-levels vinyasa flow surrounded by lush tropical plants in the greenhouse.

That greenhouse is beyond many a gardener’s budget, and it’s hard in these environmentally aware times to justify heating a space enough to keep tropical plants happy in winter.

I wouldn’t recommend leaving your 50-year-old potted gardenia out in the garden this winter, but some gardenias can handle both greenhouse conditions and a touch of winter here and there.

It involves moving a 27-foot-by-27-foot section of the greenhouses at 496 Central Ave. — known as the tropical house — to Centennial Park.

Andrew Serio, owner of Serio Farms near Preston, shows off lettuce being grown in hydroponic tubes in his greenhouse. Serio cools his greenhouse in the summer and warms it in the winter to ...