The Muttart Conservatory is a botanical garden in the North Saskatchewan river valley, across from the downtown core in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. One of the best-known landmarks of Edmonton, the conservatory consists of three city-operated greenhouses, public gardens, as well as four feature pyramids for display of plant species found across three biomes, with the fourth pyramid hosting a seasonal display. A fifth minor skylight pyramid lights up the central foyer.
Muttart Conservatories entrance in August 2009
Plants and shrubs of tropics inside of Muttart Conservatory
Dawn at the Muttart Conservatory
Pyramid buildings of the Muttart Conservatory
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