Main Range of Glasshouses (1883)

These Victorian Glasshouses were originally built in Burma teak in the early 1880s and house a wide range of tropical plants, including orchids, ferns, cacti and succulents, palms, begonias, plants used in commerce and aquatics. A phased restoration of this 'B' listed building began with the palm house in 1988 using steel and aluminium, followed by the remaining houses with the west wing completing the restoration to its original design in 2004. In 2005 the City Council installed a memorial to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in the west wing.

Situated behind the Main Range is the..