Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is a 158-acre (64 ha) botanical garden, art museum, and outdoor sculpture park located in Grand Rapids Township, Michigan, United States. Opened in 1995, Meijer Gardens quickly established itself in the Midwest as a major cultural attraction jointly focused on horticulture and sculpture.
Entryway to Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. Photo by Michael Moran
Lena Meijer Conservatory
The Wege Nature Trail branches off from the garden area into a preserve of native Michigan trees and wetlands.
Amphitheater and landscape.
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