It’s a hidden horticultural gem where generations of gardeners have cultivated exotic fruits and blooms for more than 230 years.

Centuries ago the hothouse, tucked away at the top of Temple Newsam’s Walled Garden, was used to ripen pineapples and grow colourful flowers for the aristocrats who lived at Temple Newsam House.

Now a new generation of gardeners are continuing their esteemed predecessors’ green-fingered legacy, tending to and conserving a nationally important array of rare plants for the people of Leeds.