The Greatest Glass House by Sue Minter; London: HMSO, in conjunction with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1990
28 x 23cm; 216pp; hardcover; illustrated; dustjacket slightly torn at top of spine; good condition
The book was partly inspired by the restoration of the greatest glass house in the world, Richard Turner’s Palm House at Kew Gardens. It tells the history of the building as well as giving detailed descriptions of the beautiful and fascinating plants that grow inside – from the cycads to the economic plants such as bananas, cocoa and rubber and numerous ornamental species. Many of the plants are endangered and two of the books major themes are the importance of the rain forest and the need to conserve it.
Sue Minter read history at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley before becoming professionally qualified in horticulture. As supervisor of the Palm House at Kew, she was a member of the design team during its recent restoration. She was a curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden in 1990s and then the horticultural director of the Eden Project. She has lived in the south west of England since 2001.
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