182 Comments for Pratt Greenhouse

wait.....
in the summer?
how about in the winter???

those are completely smashed up backa round last winter

LIVED IN THE AREA-ALL MY LIFE -FIRST TRIP TO WELWYN TODAY TO PHOTOGRAPH MY SHOREBIRD DECOYS-WLL NOW RETUN TO VIEW THIS GREENHOUSE

motts is this place by a school the school is a big mansion

I hope you were wearing a mask....

Into an courtyard too overgrown to navigate.

I'm sure this place would be really neat to explore but all I keep thinking about are BUGS!!!!!!

Must have been some REALLY good greenhouse!!!!!!

And where do these stairs lead to?

This greenhouse is so unlike the vast, abandoned Montgomery Rose greenhouse (now demolished). Instead of plants taking over, they were struggling to survive, all spindly and pale and oversized, creeping weakly along the floor, instead of standing upright. I'm sure it was because very little glass was broken and so rain had a harder time getting in. The place was so extremely hot and dry that at times I was almost gasping for air. It was such an interconnected maze of greenhouses you could get semi-lost in there (it's hard to get REALLY lost when the entire place is transparent! ) I left when I stumbled into a room with a wet floor and a chemical smell and then saw torn bags and cans of pesticides and herbicides everywhere. I'm surprised they left such dangerous material behind. Later, I took a photo of the gravestone of the founder of Montgomery Rose (a stone carving of roses) and Controlled Bleeding used it for the cover of their "Headcrack" record.

what a beautiful place!!!!!!!

yup yup

Smurfy nods

If the asbestos is moldy, it has to be wet. asbestos is practically harmless when wet.

Kudzu!!

and I have finally reached the last picture!

I gotta get some sleep...

All this site needs now is a chat.. :)

Only one thing worse than asbestos... moldy asbestos....