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Wallace’s rises from the ashes with new greenhouse

By: Dave Thompson|April 20, 2026
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    • Kate Terrell, owner of Wallace’s Garden Center in Bettendorf, shows off a new section of greenhouse that was built after it was destroyed by a fire last spring. A grand opening celebration was held for the updated Wallace’s on Friday, April 17. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    Kate Terrell stood in the middle of a new section of greenhouse at Wallace’s Garden Center on Friday, April 17. She welcomed people to a business that was heavily damaged by fire last spring and rebuilt in the past several months.

    “I call it my Phoenix. It rose from…

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