Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Greenhouses, Jardin des Plantes, 1 June 2010


The big greenhouses (Les Grandes Serres) at the Jardin des Plantes reopen this week after five long years of restoration.

Interior view of the Grande Serre from 'Le Jardin des Plante', Pierre Boitard - Paris 1842 (c) Bibliothèque Centrale du MNHN Paris 2010


Photographs inside the greenhouse (c) Christopher Dickey


Exterior of the opalescent glass on the New Caledonia greenhouse (c) Manuel Cohen

Bees & Thistles, Jardin des Plantes, 1 June 10