Water feature installation

Future home of Palm House water feature
Future home of Palm House water feature

Staff have been moving plants and growing medium in preparation for installation of a water feature in the southwest corner of the Conservatory, limiting access to the west side of the Palm House.

Please obey the signage closing off the area.

Once completed, the pond will be the new home for a Victoria lily currently growing in another greenhouse and other aquatic plants.

The excavated growing medium will be used to create a berm in the northwest corner of the Palm House growing bed where cycads, a baobab and other species that appreciate the extra drainage will find a new home.