
In 1828, the Conservatory was planted with the camellias and amazingly a number of the plants still exist today, making it the oldest such collection in England, including rare plants such as the ‘Middlemist Red’, which is found in only one other place in the world. Having been rebuilt in the 1930s, the Conservatory had started to fall into disrepair, but has recently been restored thanks to the work of the Chiswick House and Gardens Trust.
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