WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Last month’s Arctic cold snap has proved costly for a well-known botanical gardens venue in Wichita, officials there said.
A heater in Botanica’s largest greenhouse failed during the coldest day of cold snap, when the temperature was well below zero, television station KAKE reported. Because gardeners did discover the failure until the next day, most of the plants in it succumbed to the bitter freeze.
“Some of these plants we’ve had for you know, 20, almost 30 years,” said Kathy Spillman, director of special events for Botanica. So”, I mean, just years of growing and developing.”
The estimated value of the plants lost is between $30,000 and $40,000. Botanica staff have started a crowd-funding effort to replace the plants.
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