Failed greenhouse heater leads loss of up to $40K of plants Follow Us
Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Monday, March 8, 2021
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.”
Eight films are planned to be shown from tonight until December for free in a virtual cinema. Tonight s showing starts at 7 p.m. The link to the festival website is here.
Nick Lippa: How did the festival come to be and what does it look like this year?
Journey s End Executive Director Karen Andolina Scott: We decided three years ago, when we were talking about what type of event Journey s End we d like to put on, and thinking about a signature event and something that really could help tell the story of who Journey s End is as an agency. We thought about showing some films as our space has a theater inside of it. And so we thought, what better way to tell our story than by being able to get people into our space and showing some films. Kathy Spillman, our Director of Community Outreach, had organized some film festivals in previous positions that she held with other organizations. And so she was instrumental in helping us organize what this might look like. So the film fest