One of the biggest temperate glasshouses to be built in Britain in a century, and the largest to be created in a European city centre, the project was part of the original Heart of the City scheme and followed the completion of the neighbouring Millennium Gallery.
Costing £5.5 million, and designed by architects Pringle Richards Sharratt, it contains more than 2,000 plants which live beneath soaring timber arches made of larch.
These pictures show the construction of the Winter Garden in the early 2000s, and serve as a reminder of the undertaking's ambition and scope.
These pictures show the construction of the Winter Garden in the early 2000s, and serve as a reminder of the undertaking's ambition and scope.
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