Allan Gardens is a conservatory and urban park located in the Garden District of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The property includes a playground, off-leash dog park, and a 1,500 square metres (16,000 sq ft) conservatory with six green houses.
Allan Gardens with the conservatory in the background
The Horticulture Pavilion at Allan Gardens in March 1891
Extensions of the Palm House, built during the 1920s and 1950s
Pathways at Allan Gardens
Conservatory (greenhouse)
A conservatory is a building or room having glass or other transparent roofing and walls, used as a greenhouse or a sunroom. Usually it refers to a space attached to a conventional building such as a house, especially in the United Kingdom. Elsewhere, especially in America, it can often refer to a large freestanding glass-walled building in a botanic garden or park, sometimes also called a palm house if tall enough for trees. Municipal conservatories became popular in the early 19th century.
A traditional conservatory at the Horniman Museum in London, now used as a cafe.
A modern implementation, Adelaide's Bicentennial Conservatory
Conservatory interior in the Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape, Czech Republic
An English conservatory, Dawley Court, near Hillingdon, Middlesex, photographed circa 1870