Part of the Craft Skills for Garden Conservation, an Erasmus+ funded project.
Orangeries can be considered as a kind of symbiosis between plants and garden architecture. Some plants would not be able to survive in our climate without the protection delivered by the orangeries and without the plants, orangeries would be meaningless and not even exist.
Glossary of terms
The exchange of knowledge about the care and maintenance of the plant stocks in the orangeries, about the preservation and development of the orangery buildings and related outdoor spaces and the about plant design and practical horticultural expertise are important.
Webinar programme
In the webinar we discuss orangeries, their plants and their structures. We cover planting substrates, water and nutrient requirements, plants in the winter quarters, pruning and repotting. When it comes to structures, we address the history of orangeries, their modernisation (e.g. to reduce the carbon footprint) and the design of the spaces around the buildings. Recordings of the webinars are below,