After checking out the Peace Garden’s Queen Victoria brought me to the town’s Winter Garden, a temperate glass house home to 2,000 plants. Upon stepping in I realized I have been here before. Ah, memories start trickling down memory lane =)
This greenhouse has an intelligent Building Management System which controls fans and vents to make sure the plants are cooled in summer and kept warm in winter. The system is supposed to adapt year-on-year as changes occur. And importantly, to go with nature’s seasonal change, the bedding plants are also changed five times a year. She sure is like a woman—high maintenance! Haha.
The Sheffield Winter Garden is also the largest urban glasshouse in Europe.
There are a few cafes inside the Winter Garden which makes its a nice place for afternoon meet-ups or simply to just chill out with a cup of coffee or tea with a little bit of nature company.
Travel Period: May 2011
Destination: Sheffield (South Yorkshire – England), United Kingdom
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