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Your very own Healthy Living
garden retreat Where better to start your own quest for healthy and tasty food than in your very own
greenhouse. You don’t need to heat the greenhouse to achieve great results, even with an
unheated greenhouse you can extend the growing season at both ends. Starting off early
crops such as peas and broad beans even earlier and ensuring that more tender plants get
a head start against garden sown equivalents. A greenhouse also helps protect your plants
Personalize from pests and birds that are equally keen to share in your bountiful produce.
Once you’ve got a greenhouse full of salad leaves, tomatoes and an array of herbs, fruit
your space and vegetables they will keep on growing for much longer in the protection of the
Benching Shelving greenhouse warmth. You’ll be wowing your friends at Christmas with the last of your
Accessories Our sturdy benching creates a useful work-top area with handy High level shelving is invaluable additional storage space for summer tomatoes, some new potatoes harvested straight from the greenhouse and all
starting off seedlings and general storage of seed packets,
storage space below. Positioned at waist height for ease of use and
to give sufficient growing space for any plants on top of the staging. gardening tools and gloves, reference books, etc. manner of other out of season, tasty leaves and delicacies. If you think you are hooked on
gardening now, just wait until your new delivery arrives.
In Spring the greenhouse comes into its own. It's just so much more economical to grow
your own bedding plants and produce new plants by simple cuttings, bulking up your
favourites to fill the garden or to give away to gardening friends.
Plant Passions
A new greenhouse is a haven for a gardener, a place to potter, plant and sow until the light Many gardeners choose a greenhouse to house a specialist collection of plants. Whether
fades in the evening. Set it up with water and electric and your loved ones might need to your passion is alpine plants, orchids, cacti or even fuchsias, a greenhouse will help you to
prise you away from your new found sanctuary. Add a comfy chair and you’ll be joining the grow your prized possessions in a protected environment and to get the very best from
generations of gardeners found dozing amid the dahlias, or nodding with the nasturtiums. your plant collection.
Metal Base - for easy installation Louvre Vent Autovent
Cut to the exact size and replaces the need for solid footing The louvre vent has been designed to fit into the panel below Operated via a wax filled cylinder that expands and contracts,
around the whole perimeter of the structure. The base raises the the side opening vent in the greenhouse. When open this creates automatically opening and closing your roof windows, no power
greenhouse off the ground, ensuring no damp penetrates the excellent additional lower ventilation in your greenhouse. needed. Stops your greenhouse getting too hot without you having Some things to consider
structure. Helps speed up assembly. to manually open the window yourself.
The first decision to make is where you intend to site your greenhouse, and the Plus when you buy an Essential greenhouse you are investing in a garden
size you require. Remember that generally freestanding greenhouses are best structure to be proud of, you don’t need to hide it away at the bottom of the
positioned with the ridge axis running from east to west. garden; make a feature out of it.
Keep your new greenhouse well away from roads, trees and play areas. Think carefully before you make your final decision. Consider buying a size
Accessibility is important for several reasons; you’ll definitely want to be able to bigger than you think you need as greenhouse space soon runs out when
nip out to the greenhouse whenever convenient, so keep it fairly near to the house. you’ve pricked out a few dozen pots of seedlings into thousands of individual
pots and modules.
If you want water and power to be connected then it is more cost effective if the
Slimline Waterbutt Blinds The Essential Coldframe
Ideal for those with limited space, but still want to collect as much Help control the amount of sunlight in your greenhouse with these This classic Western Red Cedar coldframe with toughened safety greenhouse is nearer the relevant existing supplies.
rainwater as possible. With a capacity of 100 litres, the water blinds. They reduce the amount of summer sunlight, aiding plant glass is useful for a variety of purposes and ideal for those who
collected should be suitable for most small and medium gardens. growth and prevents overheating and plant burn. cannot fit a full size greenhouse in the garden.