Barbican Conservatory

Barbican Conservatory
Barbican Conservatory
	The conservatory in 2014
Location	Barbican Centre
Area	23,000 square feet (2,100 m2)
Opened	1984
Species	> 2,000
Website	www.barbican.org.uk/visitor-information/conservatory

The Barbican Conservatory is the second largest conservatory in London,^[2] after the Princess of Wales Conservatory at Kew Gardens.^[3] Located at the Barbican Centre,^[2] it houses more than 2,000 species of plants and trees, as well as terrapins and koi carp.^[4] The conservatory covers 23,000 square feet (2,100 m²), and is located on top of the theatre's fly tower.^[5]

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