About the Blog name

I'm not going to claim to be an expert on oranges and orangeries. They're a nice fruit for a summers day. I wanted to have Clementine as my username - Clementines are oranges therefore the Orangery.

By the wonders of Google I give you orangeries that I have visited:

The Orangery at Kensington Palace - designed for Queen Anne in 1704
The Orangery at Holland Park - 'a presentation of the finest in contemporary arts'
The Orangery at Blenheim Palace (I have not visited) - apparently now a restaurant. Designed by the same person as the Kensington Palace Orangery (Sir John Vanbrugh)
The Orangery at Kew - recently restored, another restaurant

And of course the Wikipedia entry on Orangeries