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This is the road from Glasshouses to Dacre Banks, near Glasshouses Bridge in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England
Records about Glasshouses stretch as far back as 1386 and the name of the village is believed to have derived from the Old English Glas Hus, which translates as the place where glass was made. Whilst there is no firm evidence of this, it was believed that glass for Fountains Abbey was made here
Glasshouse Mountains, just north of Brisbane, on the aptly named Sunshine Coast, as seen from the port side of Pacific Dawn, at sunset.
The end of our first day.
The second shot on sunset as the colour changed dramatically!
The rocks you are looking at here are incomprehensibly ancient. According to the Geological Society of Australia, Narooma Chert (the dark material in the Glasshouse Rocks, which is hard, fine-grained sedimentary rock) was deposited on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean over a period of 50 million years from around 490 million years ago!!!!!
Gewächshaus
Der Botanische Garten dient der Biologischen Fakultät der 1962 gegründeten Ruhr-Universität zu Studien- und Forschungszwecken. Einer der wissenschaftlichen Schwerpunkte ist die Erforschung der Evolution der Blütenpflanzen aus den Nadelbäumen.
The botanical garden is used by the biological faculty of the Ruhr University, which was founded in 1962, for study and research purposes. One of the scientific focal points is research into the evolution of flowering plants from conifers
The National Botanic Garden of Wales is a Botanical Garden located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The garden is both a visitor attraction and a centre for botanical research and conservation, and features the world's largest single-span glasshouse, measuring 110 m long by 60 m wide
The view from Maleny looking across to the Glasshouse Mountains late in the afternoon as the sun goes down....with a little help from the dehaze tool in Photoshop.
After a good days walk what better way to relax than a walk down the riverside (Nidd) from Pateley Bridge to the village of Glasshouses (just over a mile). Many trees on the riverside are suffering from Ash Dieback and is tragic to see
As you approach the village water from the Nidd is diverted to create this mill pond. There is a good variety of tame waterfowl willing to greet you
The water was use to power a wheel at a mill a little further down the river. The old twine mill, on the banks of the Nidd, was constructed between 1812 and 1814. The mill was used to produce flax, then hemp and latterly, rope.
The dam still exists and is capable of storing 10,000,000 imperial gallons of water. The dam is not used to power a waterwheel anymore, but is used for recreational purposes; fishing, skating in winter and water sports in summer.
This is another view from the park at Scarborough, Queensland where last week I was looking out at a glassy sea on a silvery day. Turning left or north west from that vantage point, we look across Deception Bay, and inlet of greater Moreton Bay towards the Glasshouse Mountains named by Captain Cook in 1770. These mountains are remnant volcanic plugs of an ancient giant shield volcano, mostly eroded away to their hard cores. This makes the region exceptionally fertile - think pineapples, avocados, strawberries and macadamias.
The walkers are on the mainland end of a very long and narrow spit that curves round to the right to some small rocky outcrops, almost mini islands in Moreton Bay revealed at very low tide.
Just north of Brisbane lie the dramatic Glasshouse Mountains - 13 ancient volcanic cores of a chain of volcanoes which were active some 26 million years ago.
In the image, from left - Mts Ngungun, Tibrogargan, Tibberoowuccum, Coonowrin, and Beerwah.
Whilst the traditional names for the hills themselves are very old, the term 'Glasshouse Mountains' was given more recently by explorer Lieutenant James Cook on 17 May 1770.
The peaks reminded him of the glass furnaces in his home county of Yorkshire.
Today we revisited the 10-sided Woolbeding 'kinetic' Glasshouse, set in the Silk Route Garden and were able to see it, on a hot day, open in 4 minutes.
More info here:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex/woolbeding-gardens/...
Looking towards the Glasshouse Mountains from the Maleny Botanic Gardens and Birdworld, Maleny, Queensland. Happy Bench Monday.
This was from a few weeks ago on the Sunshine Coast. There were no clouds in the sky so it was pretty boring, so added this sky through Luminar AI.
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We made another visit to Woolbeding Gardens, unaware of the installation of The Glasshouse, opened a month ago together with a Silk Route Garden.
We had some fun and enjoyed all the wondrous flowers - and a cream tea on what I learnt was National Cream Tea Day yesterday!!
Palm House at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia. An exquisite restored Victorian glasshouse imported from Bremen in Germany in 1875 and thought to be the only one of its kind in the world. It was opened in 1877 and has been a focus in the gardens since that time. The hanging glass walls are similar to those used in modern city buildings today and were very advanced for the time. This technical sophistication and Adelaide's dry climate probably account for the Palm House's survival with a remarkably high degree of originality. Restoration was begun in 1986 to restore it to its former glory and it now houses a display of Madagascan arid flora.
Incidentally, the tree in the foreground is my favourite in the gardens so I just had to include it in the frame.
Inside the Waterlily House, Kew Gardens, London
3rd Place Captured at Kew Award, International Garden Photography of The Year Competition 2017
WE couldn't go inside, and it wasn't as full as usual, but it was nice to see this through the damaged window!
too tempting not to ask for a non-selfie selfie inside The Glasshouse
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The glasshouse at RHS Wisley during the Glow event ( which will last just into the new year ) . The glasshouse is brightly lit inside and you can walk through the plants inside bathed in light . There is a shot by David on flickr with the light reflecting on the water that surrounds the glasshouse . Unfortunately on my visit there was enough breeze to disturb the surface of the water and any reflections were not to be had in any detail .
A little light music to trip to
I quite often mention it so here is a sample that really doesn't do it justice. So lucky it is just down the road.
Restored greenhouses in the walled garden of Holkham Hall, Norfolk. The original 18th Century greenhouses had slate roofs. They were replaced in the 1920s by Thomas Messenger glasshouses (one of the leading 19-20th Century manufacturers). These were recently restored to their original form preserving the original cast iron fittings, window mechanisms and guttering.
I went with a mate to Wisley to capture the autumn colours but these reflections of the glasshouse really caught my attention.
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Summer
After a good days walk what better way to relax than a walk down the riverside (Nidd) from Pateley Bridge to the village of Glasshouses (just over a mile). Many trees on the riverside are suffering from Ash Dieback and is tragic to see
As you approach the village water from the Nidd is diverted to create this mill pond. There is a good variety of tame waterfowl willing to greet you
The water was use to power a wheel at a mill a little further down the river. The old twine mill, on the banks of the Nidd, was constructed between 1812 and 1814. The mill was used to produce flax, then hemp and latterly, rope.
The dam still exists and is capable of storing 10,000,000 imperial gallons of water. The dam is not used to power a waterwheel anymore, but is used for recreational purposes; fishing, skating in winter and water sports in summer
Or, the photographer behind the waterfall shouldn't criticise the one in front of it. A scene in the glasshouse of RHS Wisley Gardens in Surrey.
Het GlazenHuis te Lommel profileert zich als Vlaams Centrum voor Hedendaagse Glaskunst. Toch engageert het GlazenHuis zich veel verder dan deze ondertitel laat vermoeden. Het is een dynamisch centrum dat glas wil promoten in al zijn facetten en zich toespitst op alle verschijnings- en gebruiksvormen: Glas in het dagdagelijkse gebruik, glas in design, glas doorheen de geschiedenis, glas in de toekomst, glas binnen de hedendaagse kunst. Vooral dit laatste ‘glas als artistiek medium’ een plaats geven binnen de hedendaagse kunst is één van onze voornaamste doelstellingen.
Het GlazenHuis laat zien dat glas kan zijn wat het wil zijn: object of schilderij, brons of edelsteen, kunst of design, uniek of alledaags, kleurrijk of onzichtbaar.
ARCHITECTUUR
Een glazen kegel met een hoogte van 30 meter torent op bijna doorzichtige wijze uit boven het stadscentrum van Lommel. ’s Avonds is de verlichte kegel een lichtbaken in de avondlucht. Een 6 meter hoge glazen doos en een ondergrondse verdieping herbergen rond de kegel expositieruimtes op drie niveaus. De expositieruimte op de benedenverdieping en op het gelijkvloers staan in direct contact met het glasatelier.
Met het GlazenHuis concipieerde architect Philippe Samyn een stevig statement: een gebouw met een extraverte persoonlijkheid, een gebouw waarin ruimtelijke beleving, de kunst en haar productie in symbiose met elkaar leven en een onlosmakelijk geheel vormen.