"the new Tropical House at the National Botanic Garden of Wales. ... opens to the public on Thursday [19 July]...
The 40m-long £500,000 glass house will... control the conditions in which the plants grow through artificial heat and mist, as it recreates the climates of Asia, Africa and South America. The building has been two years in the making and was designed by the architect... Cardiff-born John Belle... Funded by the Millennium Commission, the Tropical House is the latest addition to an attraction which generates around £8m for the local economy annually and drew more than 151,000 visitors last year. ... The temperature inside the glass house, which is nine metres tall, will be... kept between a night time temperature of 16 degrees and a daytime temperature up to 25 degrees... while a fogging system will release bursts of mist to keep the air moist." URL : http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/farming/countryside/tm_headline=national-botanic-garden-opens-a-tropical-house&method=full&objectid=19465091&siteid=50082-name_page.html ************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
