Nearby, a group of year 9s attend Allotment Club; the boys have found the foundations of a Victorian greenhouse and are waist-deep in mud.

Another smaller glass house sat nearby, but my heart belonged to the Victorian greenhouse.

The lavish Victorian greenhouse for growing exotic fruit was built in 1897 with the wealth from selling bird guano for fertiliser.

Two fine buildings are attached: the Westmount Conservatory (a Victorian greenhouse) and the Victoria Jubilee Hall, fronted by a beautiful floral clock.

The forest is one of four "biomes," or environments, in the splendid Victorian greenhouse in the Bronx - the largest of its kind in America.

The Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden is home to the nation's largest Victorian greenhouse.

The room Chinthliss had chosen for the computer looked as if it had started life as a Victorian greenhouse.

The huge Victorian greenhouse, New Palm House, is impressive and packed with ferns and palms that thrive in the warm, damp environment.

The orchids share the Victorian greenhouse with about 2,000 tropical orchids, as well as other exotic plants.

More than 500 species are cultivated in this Victorian greenhouse, some dating to the original 1860's collection.