Plant Gardens 101

Conservatory design and orangery design are often influenced by historic architecture, as are the gardens around them. The Lower Orangery Garden at Hampton Court Palace has recently been reopened after extensive restoration based on twenty years of research.

To restore the gardens to their 17th century splendour, the Gardens and Estates team and curators at Hampton Court Palace went through old account ledgers to see what plants had been purchased at the time, plant lists, maps, other documents and undertook archaeological digs to confirm the exact lay out of the garden. (more…)

A heated glasshouse, originally for growing citrus trees, that was a feature in grand 18th- and 19th-century English manor houses.