COVID-19 pandemic has meant no public tours, at least not this year. Local media tour Kingston area’s new Invista Centre mass vaccination clinic before opening “You’ve been doing it for so many years that it really does seem like something is missing from your winter and I’m sure it’s that way for a lot of people,” says Karen Schinners, a horticulturist with the city.“Hopefully next year; fingers crossed.
I’m sure (there are) a lot of people itching to come back and we’re hoping to be able to do that.”In the meantime, the growing continues and it’s not just plants and flowers.
According to Schinners, the greenhouse is now growing leaf lettuce.“We’re doing it because we didn’t run the open houses this year so we are not set up for display,.