Wednesday 4 November, 14:00

History and discovery of an exceptional greenhouse

Free, booking required

Baroness Julie Caroline de Rothschild’s 19th‑century greenhouse, built in the 1880s from Canadian Pitch Pine, presents a living archive of botanical rarities. Succulents, palms, citrus and orchids stand alongside the iron-and-glass architecture, revealing intersections between horticulture, material craft and colonial-era plant collecting. The greenhouse’s preserved structure and curated plant collections evoke histories of taste, conservation and botanical display. Gardeners who tend the living holdings continue a dialogue between historical legacy and contemporary stewardship.

Chemin de l'Impératrice 1,
1292 Chambésy, Switzerland
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Photo Credit: Jardin Botanique de Genève

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