The glasshouses restoration gallery brings together pictures through the lens of talented photographer Andy Gilbert. Andy, who is a member of the Friends of Walton Estate, took regular photos of the restoration project. There were so many pictures that we’ve only displayed a selected few here. We begin a year into the project, detailing the last 12 months before the glasshouse relaunch. 

So, we hope you enjoy these photos that take up the development from October 2018 and illustrate the progress right through to the opening of the glasshouses in October 2019.

Glasshouses restoration gallery – October 2018

March 2019

April 2019

May 2019

June 2019

July 2019

August 2019

October 2019 (nearly there…)

Opening ceremony (10 October 2019)

  • Opening ceremony at the glasshouses. Picture by Andy Gilbert.
  • Councillor Bowden at the glasshouses opening ceremony
  • A close up of the ironwork at the glasshouses opening ceremony
  • The October opening ceremony
  • Councillor Higgins and Mayor Wendy Johnson at the glasshouses opening ceremony
  • The choir at the opening ceremony for the glasshouses
  • The statue looking grand at the opening ceremony of the glasshouses
  • An historical artifact at the opening ceremony of the glasshouses
  • The Mayor, Cllr Bowden and others at the glasshouses opening ceremony
  • Historical artifacts on display at the glasshouses opening ceremony
  • A group photo taken outside the glasshouses.
  • The speeches at the glasshouses opening ceremony
  • Myerscough board at the glasshouses opening ceremony
  • A beautiful flower captured at the glasshouses opening ceremony