Share Our World: Cincinnati Conservatory

In October I was in Cincinnati for work. I enjoyed exploring the city.

Conservatories, greenhouses, and botanical gardens are some of my favorite places to visit when I go to a new city. Here is a look at the Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati, Ohio.

What is a conservatory?

a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants

Krohn Conservatory

Krohn Conservatory was opened in 1933 on the land that belonged to Nicholas Longworth. He called it his Garden of Eden. I will highlighting 5 houses and the outside gardens.

Here is a shot of the land as I was walking up to the main building. Gorgeous!

Bonsai Gallery

Although I do like the look of Bonsai plants I didn't spend too much time in this room.

Orchid House

The orchid house is one of my favorites in any conservatory/ botanical garden. The beautiful color and lines make them beautiful subjects for pictures!

Desert House

Next was the Desert house, a place that I was very familiar with being from Arizona. The cool thing about greenhouses is that they can control the amount of moisture. Plants in this house usually receive less than 10 inches of rain a year. Cincinnati usually gets closer to 44 inches a year.

Carnivorous plants

Close to the Orchid house kinda off to the side were some very interesting carnivorous plants.

Palm House

The palm house is the first house that you come to when entering the building. It has lots of green tropical plants and a waterfall. It is recreating a rain forest and has a precipitation of 160 inches which is much, much more than Cincinnati's 44 inches a year.

Fern house

The Fern house was my favorite. I was immediately struck by the beauty of the plants and how they are arranged as I entered the room. Then upon closer investigation I found so many interesting plants that made the whole room a treasure.

Outside gardens

The outside gardens were very beautiful too.

I also met a couple that were from Cincinnati and told me if I went up some stairs by the parking lot I would be able to look out over the river to Kentucky.