winter garden

an outdoor garden maintained during the winter with hardy plants.

a conservatory devoted to the cultivation of winter-blooming plants.

Origin of winter garden

First recorded in 1775–85

To the right, as you see, is the lounge leading into the winter-garden.

The Evil Shepherd |E. Phillips Oppenheim
The March breeze is chilly: but I can be always warm if I like in my winter-garden.

Prose Idylls |Charles Kingsley
Round the corner of the villa remote from the winter-garden, was a long stone terrace upon which many windows opened.

Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo |E. Phillips Oppenheim
After we took a taxi from the Winter-Garden we had a ride in the Park.

The Voice on the Wire |Eustace Hale Ball

Then voices, quick, light footsteps—someone else had discovered the Eden of the winter-garden, and Michael released her abruptly.

The Lamp of Fate |Margaret Pedler

winter garden

a garden of evergreen plants and plants that flower in winter

a conservatory in which flowers are grown in winter