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Orangery garden
Created by Marston & Langinger's Peter Marston and Susan Hirsh for the Chelsea Flower Show, this bountiful vegetable garden is framed by a timber orangery painted in a mushroom shade.
orangery
a building, usually with large and numerous windows, built to house potted orange trees during the winter; the trees are moved outside during the warmer months.
Example 1: Roman Baroque orangeryAn Orangery is a conservatory made for the cultivation of oranges. They were common in renaissance and baroque gardens. orchardAn Orchard is a place for growing fruit trees, derived from the roots hortus+yard.
In fact, a large orangery became a status symbol. The palace of Versailles featured an orangery that was 500 feet long, 42 feet wide and 45 feet high. Russian Czar Alexander I built three parallel greenhouses, each 700 feet long.
Under the types listed under a particular plant or plant group are: cactus garden, herb garden, vegetable garden, flower garden, rose garden, orangery, orchard, vineyard, wildflower garden, a winter garden and more.
 See also: Plant, Gardening, Evergreen, Cabinet, Greens
  
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