We were reminiscing through some of our favorite custom conservatory projects over the last 25 years and one that sits close to our hearts was the grand opening of Brookside Botanical Garden’s GARDEN GATEWAY on April 22, 2016! It was a heartwarming experience to be a part of and we got to design and build one of the key features!

Originally, this space was meant to be an engineering project, just beautiful unused garden potential, but their landscape architect, Ching-Fang Chen, saw much more waiting to be revealed. Her vision was to turn this space into an ALLURING GARDEN ENTRANCE, introducing a glimpse of the beauty within the gardens as visitors begin to enter; we could not have been more honored when they asked Tanglewood to create their main attraction – the gatehouse.

A CONSERVATORY UNIQUE TO ITS KIND

Brookside was looking to create something to look as though it was a part of the art of the gardens.

“Though a gatehouse is a functional structure where visitors can stop for information, this particular gatehouse is unique. It has been specially designed by Tanglewood Conservatories to resemble a greenhouse… and at night, it will evoke images of a lantern at the entrance, lighting the way to a beautiful garden experience… and a compelling new garden element.”

–Brookside Botanical Gardens

There is a beautiful story that lies beyond just the revealing of this new gatehouse Tanglewood designed and built for Brookside.  Not only has Brookside brought the community together in the making of this project, in 1993, they brought Tanglewood founders, Alan Stein and Nancy Virts, together not only as business partners but as partners in life.

Keep an eye out for our EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Brookside Botanical Gardens about their experience creating this wonderful new work of art!