Stilt walkers will welcome the first visitors to the glasshouse
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Stilt walkers, a steel band and acrobatic entertainers are welcoming the first visitors to a �7.7m glasshouse opening in Surrey.
The structure, at the 60-acre Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) garden at Wisley, opens to the public on Friday.
It houses 5,000 plants, covers an area the size of 10 tennis courts, and has taken more than two years to build.
"It is a fantastic addition to the RHS group of buildings and its gardens," said director general Inga Grimsey.
"We want it to inspire people who come here to take ideas home to use in their own greenhouses and gardens."
RHS staff and guests toasted the opening of the glasshouse on Thursday evening with white wine made from grapes grown at Wisley and developed with the help of Plumpton College near Lewes in East Sussex.
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