Glasshouse Greenhouse: Haarkon's world tour of amazing botanical spaces

by India Hobson, Magnus Edmondson

Overview

Glasshouse Greenhouse fuses together cultures and countries under one glass roof. In their debut book, photographers India Hobson and Magnus Edmondson take you on a worldwide journey through their favourite botanical spaces.

The Haarkon Greenhouse Tour began as a self-initiated adventure in Oxford’s botanic garden four years ago. Since then, Magnus and India have visited countless locations in the UK, Europe, America, Asia and beyond in search of dream glasshouses and greenhouses, capturing dramatic palm houses, tropical hothouses and private potting sheds along the way.

Divided into seven thematic chapters – History, Specimen, Community, Research, Pleasure, Hobbyist and Architecture – the featured spaces in Glasshouse Greenhouse are depicted via a series of photo-essays that draw out the style, plant collections and character of each space.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781911595694
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	10/04/2018
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	825,186
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Magnus and India are photographers based in Sheffield and together form Haarkon. Alongside photographic commissions Haarkon produce bespoke photography for a variety of uses, with particular focus on natural spaces.The pair have a talent for story-telling and have built up a healthy client list including the Telegraph, Observer Magazine, Sonos, Ikea, Food 52, made.com, Ally Capellino and JJJJound. Haarkon have also worked with Apple, Bang & Olufsen, IKEA and Urban Outfitters. ELLE Decoration UK featured the Haarkon Greenhouse Tour in their ‘Power of Plants’ issue, and they also sat on the judging panel for the 2018 RHS Photographic Competition.

Magnus and India are photographers based in Sheffield and together form Haarkon. Alongside photographic commissions Haarkon produce bespoke photography for a variety of uses, with particular focus on natural spaces.The pair have a talent for story-telling and have built up a healthy client list including the Telegraph, Observer Magazine, Sonos, Ikea, Food 52, made.com, Ally Capellino and JJJJound. Haarkon have also worked with Apple, Bang & Olufsen, IKEA and Urban Outfitters. ELLE Decoration UK featured the Haarkon Greenhouse Tour in their ‘Power of Plants’ issue, and they also sat on the judging panel for the 2018 RHS Photographic Competition.

Table of Contents

The Haarkon Greenhouse Tour 6

History 12

Hortus Botanicus (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 14

The Nursery Greenhouses, Forde Abbey and Gardens (Somerset, UK) 20

Conservatory of Flowers (San Francisco, California, USA) 26

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Winter Garden (Copenhagen, Denmark) 32

Specimen 38

Moorten Botanical Garden (Palm Springs, California, USA) 40

Glasshouses, Chelsea Physic Garden (London, UK) 44

The Camellia House, Yorkshire Sculpture Park (West Yorkshire, UK) 50

Tatton Park Fernery (Cheshire, UK) 54

Orchid World (Barbados) 60

T.H. Everett Alpine House, Wave Hill (New York, USA) 64

Community 70

Meersbrook Walled Garden (Sheffield, UK) 72

Rainforest Biome, Eden Project (Cornwall, UK) 76

Thornes Park Conservatory (West Yorkshire, UK) 80

Research 88

Botanische Tuin Zuidas (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 90

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (London, UK) 96

The Glasshouses, University of Oxford Botanic Garden (Oxford, UK) 104

Pleasure 110

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Edinburgh, UK) 112

Cloud Forest, Gardens by the Bay (Singapore) 120

Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, The New York Botanical Garden (New York, USA) 128

Tropical Greenhouses, Planten un Blomen (Hamburg, Germany) 136

Barbican Conservatory, Barbican Centre (London, UK) 144

Marco Polo Stufano Conservatory, Wave Hill (New York, USA) 150

Hobbyist 154

Private Cacti Collection (North Yorkshire, UK) 156

Abbey Brook Cactus Nursery (Derbyshire, UK) 160

DIY Allotment Greenhouse (Sheffield, UK) 164

Architecture 172

The Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens (Glasgow, UK) 174

Adelaide Bicentennial Conservatory, Adelaide Botanic Garden (South Australia, Australia) 182

Tropical Display Dome, Brisbane Botanic Garden, Brisbane (Queensland, Australia) 188

Sunhouse (II) at General Store, San Francisco (California, USA) 194

Cactus Store (Hot Cactus Pop-up, New York, USA) 198

The Steinhardt Conservatory, Brooklyn Botanic Garden (New York, USA) 204

Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden Greenhouse (Tokyo, Japan) 210

Tour Directory 218

Index 220

About Haarkon 222

Editorial Reviews

"Glasshouse Greenhouse is a book for dreamers. The striking photographs of every imaginable plant—from jungle-like vines intertwined and impenetrable, to rowboat-sized lily pads, to towering cacti—offer readers multiple journeys to destinations many of us will never reach on our own." —KEEP IT CHIC

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