by Dominic | Feb 12, 2019 | Garden History
Crotons, Birds of Paradise, teas and spices, were all sought after by the explorers of the “New World.” How did the explorers bring the seeds back to their mother country using the Wardian Case? Conservatories and greenhouses were modeled on the Crystal Palace built...
by Carlisle | Feb 17, 2010 | Garden History
Crystal Palace or Palacio de Cristal in Spanish, is a glass pavilion inspired by The Crystal Palace in London and designed in 1887 by Ricardo Velázquez Bosco. Modeled on London’s Crystal Palace of the 1850s, Madrid’s greatest wrought-iron and glass-domed...
