A winter garden is a kind of garden maintained in wintertime .
3-563: A winter garden is a garden where winter-hardy plants are grown for winter decoration or to be harvested for food between winter and early spring. Winter Garden(s) may also refer to: Winter garden The origin of the winter garden dates back to the 17th to 19th centuries where European nobility constructed large conservatories that housed tropical and subtropical plants and acted as an extension of their living space. Many of these were attached to their main palaces. Earlier versions were constructed of masonry with large windows and
6-560: A glass roof, usually in the Classical or Gothic styles. While in the 19th century many of these conservatories were made out of iron and curvilinear glass. Winter gardens were not just restricted to private residence; many were built for the greater public. The first large public winter garden was built in 1842–46 in Regent's Park , and was used for evening occasions, large flower shows and social gatherings. Other winter gardens, such as
9-471: The Crystal Palace by Sir Joseph Paxton in 1851, were soon built and used for a variety of purposes. The modern winter garden is usually a garden planted either to produce food, or at least to remain visibly planted and slowly develop, throughout the winter, or else a garden whose plants will serve as living decoration all winter. One basic premise to the winter garden in temperate or colder regions
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