In 2001, Dutch chef Gert Jan Hageman, who had earned a Michelin star with his haute cuisine creations, found a new purpose in his own career – as well as for an old greenhouse belonging to the Amsterdam City Nursery, which was due to be demolished. With a lot of luck and help from the City Council, family and friends, Hageman succeeded to remodel the 1926, eight-metre high glass structure into a restaurant and nursery.