{"id":87046,"date":"2018-05-03T21:40:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T14:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/temperate-house-kew-review-king-of-greenhouses-sees-the-light-again\/"},"modified":"2018-05-03T22:03:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T15:03:21","slug":"temperate-house-kew-review-king-of-greenhouses-sees-the-light-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/temperate-house-kew-review-king-of-greenhouses-sees-the-light-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Temperate House, Kew review \u2013 king of greenhouses sees the light again"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe spruced-up Decimus Burton masterpiece at Kew Gardens doesn\u2019t just have new glass and paint \u2013 10,000 plants have been replaced so specimens can grow for generations to comeKew Gardens\u2019 Temperate House restored – in pictures\u2018Breathtakingly beautiful\u2019: Temperate House reopens after revampFeral goats are the greatest threat to the rare cabbage tree, according to a sign in Kew Gardens\u2019 newly restored Temperate House, the largest Victorian glasshouse in the world, which reopens this week after a \u00a341m, five-year renovation. Goats were never much of a threat at Kew, where the endangered species has been carefully cultivated since a specimen was found on the tiny, volcanic Robinson Crusoe Island near Chile. But rusting iron columns and creaky windows had posed a significant danger, to plants and humans alike.A government report into the state of the national botanic gardens in 2010 concluded of the building that \u201curgent restoration is essential if closure is to be avoided\u201d. Windows had been sealed shut in a 1970s refurb and masonry cladding was crumbling off in chunks. The last five years have seen 69,000 individual elements removed and repaired and 15,000 panes of glass replaced, all under the safe cover of a temporary tent big enough to hold three Boeing 747s. It has been a mammoth undertaking, and the result is suitably breathtaking. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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