Public Greenhouses?

[Trace One]

? What is your definition of a ‘public greenhouse”? Almost all the botanical gardens have greenhouses – BBG in Brooklyn, the National Arboretum in Wash D.C…The gorgeous one on the Mall in Wash D.C. – forget the name..
what is a ‘public greenhouse”?

[Wes Arola, RLA]

adh

Le Jardin des Fonderies

Awesome project!

http://archlandscapes.com/2010/featured/01/adh/

[Jason T. Radice]

United States Botanic Garden at the base of Capitol Hill (botanical is technically incorrect, as my former British botanic garden head would insist). The National Arboretum doesn’t really have big greenhouses for public perusal its pretty ,much all outside (and huge). Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square PA has a really nice one, as does the Druid Hill Conservatory in Baltimore.

[Alessandro]

I mean Greenhouses for public use, like the ones in some parks or botanic gardens, like u said 😀

[Alessandro]

thank you!

[Trace One]

Longwood! Thanks Jason – really nice one! forgot about that..Bronx Botanic Gardens in new york also has really nice ones…

Have fun – fun to think about..

[Chad Crutcher]

San Francisco Conservatory in Golden Gate Park, but again, this is not a public greenhouse, it is a botanical garden; open to the publc, but for viewing only. I do not know of any “public” greenhouses wherein one could garden their own plot.

[Samuel Maindonald]

The Eden Project based in Cornwall, UK http://www.edenproject.com/ and Kew Gardens in London http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/index.htm. has a few historical greenhouses.

[Aaron Kraemer]

Como Conservatory in Saint Paul, Minnesota http://www.comozooconservatory.org/cons/index.shtml , or the Mitchell Domes in Milwaukee, WI http://www.county.milwaukee.gov/MitchellParkConserva10116.htm. The latter features different biomes.

[Alessandro]

thank you guys, you are giving me really good informations
i am taking a look to some greenhouses you talked me about… them are great!

[Rob Halpern]

You might also look at some of the zoos: Randers Rainforest (Denmark) , Burgers Bush (the Netherlands), Masaola Rainforest (ZooZurich) for a different concept. There are fine public glasshouses in Amsterdam, Adelaide, Brussels, Wales, at Kew Gardens…the list is endless. The Gardens By The Bay in Singapore should be amazing when it opens.

[Brett Lezon]

Garfield Park Conservatory and Lincoln Park Conservatory in Chicago, Illinois

I have pictures from Garfield Park Conservatory, I will post some to my Land8 account. The Garfield Park Conservatory is rather unique, I’d suggest reading more about the conservatory.

[Rob Halpern]

One of my favorites: especially the huge fernery

[Brett Lezon]

I’ve posted a variety of pictures from The Garfield Park Conservatory.

[Rob Halpern]

May I add that the challenge in doing a great glasshouse is finding the right architect.

The tension between horticultural requirements and heating/cooling issues, “green design,” water use, etc. puts us at odds with the architects. Many public glassshouses have been designed by architects who have never done anything like it before. They do not really grasp that it has to be a growing facility to succeed. Other architects are fantastic and creative. The most important quality for the architect (and landscape architect or designer) is that they have a truly collaborative approach and attitude.

Longwood Gardens is successful because the garden staff is so knowledgeable. The Eden Project is successful because the architects and owners worked so well together. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s buildings have had problems from Day 1. San Antonio Botanic Gardens….same thing.

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