Winter Garden

Winter Garden may refer to:

• A winter garden, winter-hardy plants grown for winter interest and decoration, or to be harvested for food between winter and early spring.

• More usually it refers to a glazed metal-framed structure, heated to tropical or semi-tropical temperatures for the growing or display of exotic plants (and sometimes birds and insects). Advances in construction techniques enabled huge glazed spans to be created from the mid-1800s. The term 'winter garden' refers to the fact that they were gardens you could enjoy in winter, without going outside. They were often attached to large private houses eg Avery Hill Mansion (London), Chatsworth (Derbyshire) or as part of Parks and Leisure complexes, which often included theatres etc (eg Buxton Opera House). Often the cost of maintenance proved prohibitive and they are demolished, leaving only the more durable structures (theatres, tea-rooms etc) and the name (eg Bournemouth Wintergarden).

Winter Garden or Winter Gardens may also refer to one of the following locations:

Places

• Winter Garden, California, former community in Kern County
• Winter Garden, Florida, city located west of Orlando, USA
• Winter Garden Region, agricultural region in South Texas, USA
• Winter Gardens, California, neighborhood in the unincorporated community of Lakeside in San Diego County, California, USA

Landmarks

• Renaissance Center Wintergarden in Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Winter Garden Atrium, a large public atrium in the World Financial Center in New York City, USA
• Winter Garden at Exposition Hall, a skating rink in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• People's Palace and Winter Gardens, a museum and glasshouse in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
• Winter Gardens, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Bournemouth Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK
• Winter Gardens, Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth, England, UK
• Margate Winter Gardens, Margate, England, UK
• Wintergarden, Manchester Arndale, an indoor section of Manchester City Centre's largest shopping mall, England, UK
• Morecambe Winter Gardens, Morecambe, England, UK
• Sheffield Winter Gardens, a large temperate glasshouse in Sheffield, England, UK
• Winter Gardens, Southport Southport, England, UK
• Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, a museum in Sunderland, England, UK
• Winter Gardens, Torquay, Torquay, England, UK
• Winter Garden (Helsinki), a botanical garden in Helsinki, Finland
• Winter Gardens, Weston-super-Mare, Weston-super-Mare, England, UK

Theatres

The name Winter Garden has often been used for theatres and other venues, including at least four in New York City, USA:

• The Winter Garden Theatre (1850) at 624 Broadway, New York; demolished after a fire in 1867
• The Winter Garden Theatre at 1514–16 Broadway, New York, opened 1895 (as The Olympia Theatre: Roof Garden, renamed the same year); renamed in 1900 and twice thereafter; demolished 1935
• New York Winter Garden Theatre, New York, which housed the revival of Florodora in 1902
• The current Winter Garden Theatre at 1634 Broadway, New York, which opened in 1911

• The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• The former Winter Garden Theatre (1919–1965), in London, UK, on a site now occupied by the New London Theatre
• Winter Gardens, Blackpool, a large complex of theatres and conference facilities in the town centre of Blackpool, England, UK
• Winter Gardens (Cleethorpes), a former entertainment venue in Cleethorpes, England, UK

Other uses

• Winter Garden (book), by Beryl Bainbridge
• Winter Garden, a spin-off from Di Gi Charat

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