WINTER GARDEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16282, 15 July 1916, Page 9

WINTER GARDEN.

THE DOMAIN SCHEME.

AN attractive design.

Apart from forming a fitting memorial to a successful Exhibition, the winter garden which the Auckland City Council has decided to erect in the Domain, will, it is stated, be unique among its kind in the Dominion. The intention.of Mr. W. H. Gummer. secretary of the Town-planning League, who has been associated with the city engineer, Mr. W. E. Bush, in the preparation of the plans, has been to provide an attractive colour scheme. Mr. Gummer stated yesterday that those who had some acquaintance with the style of landscape and ornamental gardening known as the " Italian garden," would probably be able to visualise the council's scheme, which, when folly completed, will provide for th© erection of two winter houses, 150 ft removed from each other; the intervening space to be utilised as a "sunk" garden, wit* a miniature lake in the centre, and surrounded by a pergola. From any point of the winter garden a very pleasant perspective of the whole will be possible, and it is calculated that the garden will present a picture that will be enchanting to the spectator. The council has decided to proceed with the erection of only one of the buildings at the extreme end of the garden. This will be a structure with interior dimensions of 100 ft by 33ft, and having a height of 52ft to the underside of the roof trusses. In this building it is proposed to accommodate tropical plants and shrubs, and therefore it will be constructed almost wholly of glass—sides and —with red brick piers to take the stress of the light steel roof principals at regular intervals. Ihe roof -will be what is known as "barrel vault, ' that is, semi-circular or cupola shaped. Along the sides of the interior will be raised stages, running from one end to the other, under which will be installed reticulating pipes for heating the building. 4 In the centre will be a small pond, having on either side flower beds for developing tropical plants. Two side entrances are to be provided in the shape of porticoes. The building at the opposite end of the garden will be carried out later on in precisely similar style.