Edmund Leopold de Rothschild services to the horticultural world. In 2005, the Royal Horticultural Society bestowed on him the Victoria Medal of Honour, the highest accolade in the British gardening world. Rothschild established a charitable trust to manage Exbury Gardens with which his children are involved. In 1949 he published "Window on the World", an account of his world tour of 1937–39. His autobiography was published in 1998. He died in 2009 at the age of 93. Edmund Leopold de Rothschild Major Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (2 January 1916 – 17 January 2009) was an English financier, a member of the prominent Rothschild banking
Royal Danish Horticultural Society's Garden was at the disposal of the Society. The building was designed by Peter Christian Bønecke. He had previously designed J. C. Jacobsen's winter garden Pompei at the Carlsberg site and the Palm House in Copenhagen Botanical Gardens and the Horticultural Society specifically requested a building in the style of an "Orangerie" which would blend in with the surroundings. The co-existence was not free of complications and in 1909 the Horticultural Society acquired full ownership of the Well Hall, after which it was used for exhibitions and various other activities for its members. Paradehuset (English:The Conservatory) is one of the oldest