India, April 30 -- Delhi's Sunder Nursery is set to gain a striking new addition - a two-storey "Garden House" that aims to bring the ecosystems of India's deserts and tropical forests under a single, carefully controlled roof. Conceived as a greenhouse-like structure inspired by iconic indoor gardens in the United Kingdom - predominantly London's Kew Gardens - the project seeks to blend education, conservation and design in one immersive space.

The structure will be built in the northeastern corner of Sunder Nursery near the boundary wall it shares with the Delhi zoo and it will act as an added extension of the existing 30-acre wide micro-habitat zone of the Sunder Nursery.

Officials at the Sunder Nursery said work on the project has s...