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A traditional conservatory at the Horniman Museum in London
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A modern Conservatory. A German "Wintergarten" with open blinds and Anemometer(top left)
For music conservatories, see College or university school of music.
A conservatory is a glass and metal structure traditionally found in the garden of a large house. Modern conservatories are smaller, can be made of PVC and are often added to houses for home improvement purposes. The traditional nineteenth century conservatory was a large greenhouse used for growing tender and rare plants, or, less often, for birds and rare animals - sometimes with the plants and animals living together. Many cities, especially those in cold climates and with large European populations have built municipal conservatories to display tropical plants and to hold flower displays. This type of conservatory was popular in the early nineteenth century and by the end of the century people were also giving them a social use (eg: tea parties). Conservatory architecture varies from typical Victorian glasshouses to modern styles, such as geodesic domes. Many which were large and impressive structures are included in the list below.

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.

List of prominent Conservatories

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greenhouse (also called a glasshouse or hothouse) is a building where plants are cultivated.

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A garden conservatory is usually a small conservatory usually attached to a private house. In this context, a conservatory is distinguished from a greenhouse in having a role as a living space as well as being used to grow plants.
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greenhouse (also called a glasshouse or hothouse) is a building where plants are cultivated.

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The word solarium (plural solariums or solaria) is Latin and from the Latin word sol, meaning sun, may connote terrace or flat housetop.
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Horticulture (Latin: hortus (garden) + cultura (culture)) is the culture or growing of garden plants. Horticulture as classically defined is the subdivision of agriculture dealing in gardening, in contrast to agronomy, which deals with field crops and the
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Ballarat Botanical Gardens Reserve, located on the western shore of picturesque Lake Wendouree, in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, covers an area of 40 hectares which is divided into 3 distinct zones.
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Fitzroy Gardens are 26 hectares (64 acres) located on the southeastern edge of the Melbourne Central Business District in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The gardens are bounded by Clarendon Street, Albert Street, Lansdowne Street, and Wellington Parade with the Treasury
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The Muttart Conservatory is a botanical garden located in the North Saskatchewan river valley, across from downtown Edmonton. The conservatory consists of four glass, pyramid-shaped structures that showcase plants from arid, tropical, and temperate climates, providing a welcome
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The Beijing Botanical Garden (Chinese: 北京植物园; Pinyin: Běijīng Zhíwùyuán
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Qingyang (simplified Chinese: 庆阳; pinyin: Qìngyáng) is a prefecture-level city in China's Gansu province.

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Qingyang is in eastern Gansu province and is sometimes referred to in Chinese as "Longdong" (陇东).
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Guangzhou
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Chatsworth House is a large country house at Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England, 3½ miles north east of Bakewell, originally built by Bess of Hardwick. It is the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire, whose family name is Cavendish.
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Syon House and its 200 acre (800,000 m²) park is situated in southwest London, in England. It belongs to the Duke of Northumberland and is now his family's London residence. The family's traditional central London residence was Northumberland House.
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The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is both a scientific institution and a tourist attraction. It was originally founded in 1670 as a physic garden to grow medicinal plants.
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The Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is a botanical garden located across from Prospect Park near Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Founded in 1910, the 52 acre (210,000 m²) garden includes a cherry tree esplanade, a one-acre (4,000 m²) rose garden, a Japanese
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