A traditional conservatory at the Horniman Museum in London

A modern Conservatory. A German "Wintergarten" with open blinds and Anemometer(top left)

Smaller garden conservatories became popular in the second half of the twentieth century, as places which are part-greenhouses, for conserving plants, and part-recreational, as a solarium or sunroom. They are often used as an extra room rather than for horticulture.

In the UK a Conservatory can also refer to a smaller glass enclosure attached to a house. In other parts of the world this is referred to as a Sunroom

List of prominent Conservatories...

Australia

• Ballarat Botanical Gardens
• Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne

Canada

• Muttart Conservatory (Edmonton, Alberta)

Bloedel Conservatory Vancouver B.C.

China

• Beijing Botanical Garden (Beijing)
• Shanghai Botanical Garden (Shanghai)
• South China Botanical Garden (Qingyang, Guangzhou)

United Kingdom

England

• Kew Gardens (southwest London)
• Chatsworth House (Derbyshire)
• Eden project (Cornwall)
• Syon House (west London)

Scotland

• Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
• Kibble Palace

U.S.A.

• Biosphere 2 (Oracle, Arizona)
• Steinhardt Conservatory (Brooklyn)
• Climatron (St. Louis)
• Como Park (St. Paul)
• Conservatory of Flowers (San Francisco)
• Desert Garden Conservatory (San Marino, California)
• Denver Botanic Gardens (Denver)
• Des Moines Botanical Center (Des Moines)
• Franklin Park Conservatory (Columbus, Ohio)
• Enid Haupt Conservatory at New York Botanical Garden (New York)
• Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory (Fort Wayne)
• Garfield Park Conservatory (Chicago)
• Garfield Park Conservatory and Sunken Gardens (Indianapolis)
• Krohn Conservatory (Cincinnati)
• Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Conservatory {Richmond, Virginia}
• Lincoln Park Conservatory (Chicago)
• Mitchell Park Conservatory (Milwaukee)
• Moody Gardens (Galveston)
• Myriad Botanical Gardens and Crystal Bridge Conservatory (Oklahoma City)
• Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens (Pittsburgh)
• United States Botanic Garden (Washington, D.C.)
• Volunteer Park Conservatory (Seattle, Washington)
• W. W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory (Tacoma, Washington)
• Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory (Detroit)
• Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center (Pine Mountain, Georgia)
• Lamberton Conservatory at Highland Park(Rochester, New York)

External links

• History of the Conservatory A longer history, including the pioneering work of Sir Joseph Paxton.

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