Heatherwick Studio recently built a greenhouse at the edge of the National Trust’s Woolbeding Gardens. This beautiful structure, named Glasshouse, is at the centre of a new garden that shows how the Silk Road influences English gardens even in modern times.

The latest ____1____ (engineer) techniques are applied to create this protective ____2____ (function) structure that is also beautiful. The design features ten steel “sepals (萼片)” made of glass and aluminium (铝). These sepals open on warm days ____3____ (give) the inside plants sunshine and fresh air. In cold weather, the structure stays ____4____ (close) to protect the plants.

Further, the Silk Route Garden around the greenhouse ____5____ (walk) visitors through a journey influenced by the ancient Silk Road, by which silk as well as many plant species came to Britain for ____6____ first time. These plants included modern Western ____7____ (favourite) such as rosemary, lavender and fennel. The garden also contains a winding path that guides visitors through the twelve regions of the Silk Road. The path offers over 300 plant species for visitors to see, too.

The Glasshouse stands ____8____ a great achievement in contemporary design, to house the plants of the southwestern part of China at the end of a path retracing (追溯) the steps along the Silk Route ____9____ brought the plants from their native habitat in Asia to come to define much of the _____10_____ (rich) of gardening in England.