Flowers, Exhibition center and greenhouse in Smolninskoye District, Russia.
Flowers is an exhibition center and greenhouse facility in St. Petersburg with multiple halls displaying diverse plant species, seasonal floral displays, and botanical information. The space showcases a wide range of flora and offers insights into how different plants grow and develop.
The greenhouse was planned from 1782, when Catherine II ordered the construction of the Tauride Palace and an adjacent palm greenhouse. The original design was never fully realized, and the building was repeatedly rebuilt over a century and a half. In 1936 a greenhouse from Pushkin was moved here, which is considered the birth of the Flowers exhibition hall. It closed for reconstruction in 2005–2006.
The hall's name, "Flowers", reflects its role as a venue for exhibitions of ornamental plants, including exotic species, where visitors could also buy specimens. It was a favourite spot for newlyweds because of its proximity to the wedding palace on Furshtatskaya Street. Episodes of more than 25 films were shot in the greenhouse, among them "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson".
The hall stands at the corner of Shpalernaya and Potemkinskaya streets, adjoining the Tauride Garden, in the Smolninskoye district. It is reached from the garden side; the wedding palace on Furshtatskaya Street is nearby, which made the hall a stop for newlyweds. The building was closed for reconstruction in 2005–2006, so check current opening arrangements before travelling.
More than 25 films were shot in the orangery, among them "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson", "The Musketeers Twenty Years Later" and "Mr. Designer". The building was planned as the Palm Orangery beside the Tauride Palace, begun in 1782 by order of Catherine II, and the greenhouse brought here from Pushkin in 1936 marked the birth of the exhibition hall.
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