quinta-feira, 29 de setembro de 2011
Jardim Botânico do Porto: Estufas de Exibição
quinta-feira, 7 de julho de 2011
Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden: Estufas de Exibição
sábado, 28 de maio de 2011
ESTUFAS: Amazing Glass
Years ago when coal and servants came cheap and greenhouse gases were more likely to be the noxious fumes used to kill pests, magnificent greenhouses would stretch around the perimeter of walled gardens. Elsewhere, in the ornamental areas of the gardens, grand conservatories and orangeries livened up the scene.It is the geodesic shape of these greenhouses that makes them strong enough to withstand winds and storm. Solardome has been operating for 40 years fine-tuning its aluminum and glass construction. Their shape allows air to circulate freely without cold or hot spots and maximum light. Their largest dome is 10m in diameter and 5m high, tall enough for bananas and palms.
http://www.solardome.co.uk/
Alitex’s aluminium frame offers strength and longevity. The National Trust first approached Alitex to create greenhouses in 2004, and they have since developed a full installation service. Fittings and accessories include climate control, options on venting, hot water heating control and humidity regulators. Alitex’s greenhouses have been installed at Loch Lomond Golf Club.
Hartley Botanic is another aluminium greenhouse. Hartley’s range includes the smallest domestic greenhouse to magnificent commercial glasshouses seen in the Glasgow and Oxford Botanic Gardens. Every Hartley greenhouse is hand made and can be shipped and assembled throughout the world.
http://www.marston-and-langinger.com/
Gabriel Ash is the only greenhouse company endorsed by the Royal Horticultural Society. The RHS approached it to design and install their teaching greenhouse at Harlow Carr in northern England. The requirement was to be wide and long enough to house plants and tools, with space to teach large groups. Installed in 2010, the result is superb. All greenhouses are built in Cedar with aluminum reinforcement forming a hybrid that incorporates the strength of both materials. It is possible to create hot and cool spaces, for various growing zones.
http://www.gabrielash.com/
Solar Innovations are world leaders in contemporary greenhouse engineering. Aluminium is used for the frame, which means no rusting, rotting, or annual maintenance, and greenhouses can be glazed in glass, acrylic or polycarbonate. Interior and exterior is planned in detail to include insulation, ventilation, heating, cooling, humidifying, and shading. Price depends on design, location and accessories chosen.
www.solarinnovations.com
Made in the US and shipped worldwide, this gracefully curved Gothic Arch design is tough enough to withstand winter blizzards. Available in various sizes in a range of freestanding and lean-to models, the frame is built in Cypress, a naturally insulating timber.
http://www.gothicarchgreenhouses.com/
Amdega orangeries evoke the Victorian era when citrus trees were over-wintered in a unique building that allowed them to catch the sun. Amdega commissions are tailored to the garden and client. Every design allows for strong proportions and individual details; no two orangeries are the same. http://www.amdega.co.uk/
segunda-feira, 2 de maio de 2011
As Grandes Estufas de exibição do Jardim Botânico de Paris
Les orangers sont les premières plantes fragiles que l’on cherche à conserver au JardinRoyal. Pour les protéger des gelées, on leur construit ce qu’on appelle alors des orangeries,bâtiments utilitaires fermés au public. Ce n'est que plus tard qu'apparaissent les premières serres de bois et de verre. Elles sont construites dans le but de conserver et d’acclimater les collections botaniques et les plantes rares que les naturalistes rapportent de leurs voyages d’exploration. La serre la plus ancienne, édifiée par Sébastien Vaillant en 1714, a ainsi servi à abriter un pied de café envoyé à Louis XIV. Au fil des années, d’autres serres sont édifiées par les intendants du Jardin, dont Buffon et Bernardin de Saint-Pierre.
L'avènement du verre et du métal
Les serres au XXIe siècle
quinta-feira, 16 de dezembro de 2010
«Welcome to the Munich Botanical Garden»
quarta-feira, 15 de dezembro de 2010
Jardim Botânico de Munique III
The Botanical Garden of Munich is an organization that has made it their duty to care for the well-being of the flora. The gardeners and the scientists here immerse themselves in the gaining of, as well as the distributing of, knowledge concerning plants from around the world.
Fotos: Coccoloba pubescens L. (Caraíbas) na grande Estufa das Florestas Tropicais; Fetos arbóreos na Tree Fern House e Zingiber spectabile (Península da Malásia).
terça-feira, 14 de dezembro de 2010
Jardim Botânico de Munique II
Tropical House (cúpula central com 20 m de altura)
Orchid House (2000 espécies)
Tropical Economic Plant House
Victoria House (Victoria amazonica)
Water Plant House
Succulents & Cacti
Temperate House
Epiphytic Ferns
Tree Fern House
Cycad House
Bromeliad, Ginger & Aron Sword House
Plantas Carnívoras
Alpinen Haus
Para além das Estufas de Exibição, o jardim tem Estufas Viveiristas e Estufas de Investigação.
Este extraordinário complexo de estufas são fundamentais para o cumprimento da missão do jardim enquanto instituição de promoção e investigação de Cultura Botânica. As Estufas de Exibição são particularmente populares nos meses de inverno o que ajuda a equilibrar as receitas das bilheteiras.
Fotos: Estufas de Investigação e Estufas de Exibição (cúpula com 20m de altura da Tropical House)
segunda-feira, 13 de dezembro de 2010
Jardim Botânico de Munique I
Podemos admirar, nas colecções do exterior e das várias estufas, mais de 14 mil espécies de plantas de todo o mundo.
Para quem deseja visitar este belíssimo jardim basta apanhar o eléctrico 17 bem no centro da cidade (junto à estação principal de comboios) e sair numa paragem mesmo em frente do portão principal. Na entrada não espere encontrar um parque de estacionamento para viaturas motorizadas particulares como vemos no nosso jardim em Lisboa. Tudo o que vemos é um parque para… bicicletas! Os únicos lugares de parqueamento disponíveis para viaturas automóveis são para cidadãos com mobilidade reduzida.
De notar também o facto de só existirem duas entradas para o Jardim apesar da sua grande dimensão (5 vezes maior que o nosso).
Existe também um simpático Café e Restaurante com duas esplanadas com vista para os jardins.
Desde 1966 que o Jardim Botânico, o vizinho Herbário e o Instituto de Botânica da Universidade de Munique uniram-se para criarem uma organização mais produtiva.
O preço de entrada é de 2 euros mas há descontos para grupos, estudantes e cidadãos séniors.
BOTANISCHER GARTEN MUNCHEN
Nymphenburg
Menzinger Str. 65
Munique
sábado, 16 de outubro de 2010
Estufas de Exibição em Kew: Alpine House
Meeting the needs of alpine plants
Behind the scenes
Things to look out for
Throughout the year, the Davies Alpine House displays a wide range of campanulas, dianthus, small ferns, helichrysum, small lavenders, primulas, saxifrage, thymes, tulips and verbascums along with lesser-known species. One of the glasshouse’s rarest occupants is the Chilean Blue Crocus, Tecophilaea cyanocrocus. It has scented cobalt blue flowers with a white centre. Described in 1862, it was only known to grow in the range of hills surrounding Santiago, at about 3,000m. The plant was regarded as extinct in the wild from the 1950s onwards – due to unsustainable collecting by bulb dealers, overgrazing by cattle and localised habitat change – but was rediscovered in 2001 on private land south of Santiago.
quinta-feira, 14 de outubro de 2010
Estufas de Exibição em Kew: Princess of Wales Conservatory
The Princess of Wales Conservatory was commissioned in 1982 to replace a group of 26 smaller buildings that were falling into disrepair. It was named after Princess Augusta, founder of Kew, and opened in 1987 by Diana, Princess of Wales.
terça-feira, 12 de outubro de 2010
Estufas de Exibição em Kew: Temperate House
Things to look out for
Plants on the verge of extinction
domingo, 10 de outubro de 2010
Estufas de Exibição em Kew: Palm House
Heating was an important element of the glasshouse’s design, as tropical palms need a warm, moist environment to thrive. Originally, basement boilers sent heat into the glasshouse via water pipes running beneath iron gratings in the floor. A tunnel ran between the Palm House and the Italianate Campanile smoke stack that stands beside Victoria Gate. This 150-metres-long (490 ft) passage served the dual purpose of carrying away sooty fumes to be released from the chimney and enabling coal to be brought to the boilers by underground railway. Today, the glasshouse is heated using gas and the tunnel houses Palm House Keeper Wesley Shaw’s office.
Housed, in the basement of the Palm House, the display recreates four major marine habitats, emphasising the importance of marine plants.
sexta-feira, 8 de janeiro de 2010
VICTORIA AMAZONICA
quinta-feira, 26 de novembro de 2009
HORTUS BOTANICUS AMSTERDAM
quarta-feira, 6 de maio de 2009
Risco de colapso obriga ao encerramento da Estufa Fria
«Estrutura metálica da cobertura atingiu níveis de degradação perigosos, dizem especialistas. A sua substituição irá custar mais de um milhão de euros, e não haverá concurso público