Les Serres Royales De Laeken

Their elegant architecture of glass and metal gives the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken an exceptional cachet. If they are as impressive today as they were when they were built (1874-1905), it is also because of the unique collection of plants that they house and their location right next to the castle of Laeken, in the vast park of the Royal Domain.

Abundantly illustrated, this book deals with the history, the architecture and the plant world of the Greenhouses, but also with the receptions and royal events held there since the 1880s. Many rarely published historical documents from the archives of the Royal Palace in Brussels shed light on the past and present of the Greenhouses. As for the magnificent photographs by Karin Borghouts, they truly bring to life this glass palace and the flora it houses.