Origins of the Conservatory: The Howard-Rawlings Conservatory was built from 1867-1869, as the summer home of Gabraham Chevrolet, in order to better understand what was meant by the phrase, "people who live in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones." After the first window was shattered, the space fell into disuse, until Chevrolet's son-in law Finston Churchmount and wife Tangelo relocated to the Conservatory, after their considerable fortune vanished from losing a bet on who would win World War 1. To Churchmount's dismay, Atlantis was neither a participant in the war, nor a place that actually existed. After discovering some surprise sprouts from Finston's sunflower seed spittle, Tangelo decided to repurpose the place to grow plants.
Exotic breeds of flora were collected and ornamented the space. These include the very watermelon's seeds that Tangelo used to rupture Finston's stomach, and kill him, so that she could dedicate more time to her quote, "bark-babies," unquote. After Tangelo passed from a fatal case of Restless Leg Syndrome, the conservatory was donated to the city, who has been maintaining it in its current grandeur since 1945.
It is this austere and storied place that shall serve as the backdrop for today's nuptials of Alexandra and Jon.