Olivia Garden (Ogród Zimowy), Olivia Business Centre

The idea of a glazed garden dates from 2016, when the foundation stone of the Olivia Star tower was laid: according to the City of Gdańsk website, the tower was to be linked to a glazed winter garden, with greenery and fountains, created in the inner patio of the business centre and likewise open to the public. In May 2017 the operator spoke of a garden provisionally called a "winter garden", of about a thousand square metres, which in its words was neither a palm house nor a botanical garden and would be designed together with the resident companies. The lighting studio QLab dates its project for this winter garden to 2018.

The garden opened on 17 May 2021 to the centre's employees; opening to everyone was then announced for 3 June 2021, with a paid ticket. Operation was entrusted to Olivia Star Top, the operator of the tower's viewing terrace; the landscaping is the work of Malinowski Design Urban & Landscape, with Design Anatomy.

Access has since been liberalised. The official website now says that entry is free for everyone, seven days a week, during opening hours. A 2024 travel guide says it is free on weekdays after 4 pm and all weekend, and a sponsored article of October 2026 calls it "always free": the conditions announced have therefore varied between periods and sources.

The operator describes the pavilion as a glazed prism-shaped volume with a sloping roof whose pitch echoes that of the top of Olivia Star and of the neighbouring Hala Olivia. On the official website's rendering, the atrium is an elongated hexagon with fully glazed facades on a dark steel frame. The OpenStreetMap outline classes it as a winter garden (conservatory) 11 m high, with glass walls and roof, dated 2021. The announced volume is 7,500 m³, for a floor area of about 800 m².

The garden is climate-controlled: the landscape designer speaks of a technology that lets the team "control the weather" inside, independent of outside temperature and light; the operator aims at 22 to 26 °C all year through ventilation and heat and humidity recovery. The 2021 release counts four zones of use, among them a tiki bar; a 2022 guide also lists a stage with tiered seating and a mezzanine, the "tree house", from which visitors stand above the palms.

The lighting designed by QLab hangs small fittings under the ceiling, visible from the upper floors of the surrounding towers, and shines light upward at the plants from a water mirror; a green wall of climbers and ferns receives a cascade.

According to the 2021 opening release, the garden brings together about 3,000 plants from five continents, of 130 to 150 species depending on the passage, from Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea, Madagascar, Malaysia, Borneo, Costa Rica, Venezuela and the Amazon forests. Thirty large trees sometimes reach 11 m; one of the most imposing, a Bucida buceras (black olive), rises between the mezzanine platforms. The release also mentions a plant whose aroma is an ingredient of the perfume Chanel No. 5.

The operator's March 2022 guide gives another count: 4,000 plants of 150 species, including 40 trees over 7 m and 800 air-cleaning plants, from four continents (Africa, South America, Australia, Asia). It mentions fruit trees, plants with scented flowers and aerial roots, and species that emerge from an Amazonian river. The October 2026 press repeats "more than 4,000 plants".

The garden occupies the patio of the business centre, linked to the Olivia Star tower, at 472B aleja Grunwaldzka (the address given by a 2024 guide) in the Oliwa district. The place is conceived as a pause: visitors sit among the plants, lunch at the Asian-inspired restaurant or have a cocktail at the tiki bar, and the 2026 press mentions musical evenings, quizzes and silent discos. The operators themselves state that it is not a classic palm house. It is worth checking the opening hours.

Combine it with the tower's public viewing terrace on the 32nd floor. Oliwa Park and its palm house, another entry in this atlas, lie about a kilometre away.