Greenhouse Growing

Greenhouse growing is a great way to extend your growing season, and the variety of plants and vegetables that you grow. But if you’re on a budget,...

For many gardeners there are few things quite so rewarding as being able to grow some of your own food – it always seems to taste better and, whether...

There are around 2,000 different species of bromeliads – a fascinating and exotic-looking family of largely tropical plants which can add a striking...

When people think of what to grow in a greenhouse, they'll often just think of exotic flowers or ‘productive’ fruit and vegetables, such as...

Perhaps the main point of owning a greenhouse, is to help site, sustain and prolong the growing of your plants and flowers. But of course, a...

One of the great advantages of a greenhouse is the wealth of plants which it allows to be grown – even an unheated one, opening up a range of...

When it comes to growing fruit under glass, while tomatoes and strawberries might be about as far as many gardeners choose to go, these are certainly...

Herbs have a long history of cultivation, principally for their various culinary, medicinal and cosmetic properties. Today, whether grown for...

It has often been said that one of the best things about a greenhouse is the range of plants that it allows you to grow. While many of the usual...

Growing under cover in a greenhouse obviously has its advantages - a warmer, more stable growing environment with shelter from damaging wind, frost...

How cacti and other succulents are extremely adaptable and do not need much in the way of tending to which make them highly popular plants with both...

The warmth, shelter and food in abundance that a greenhouse offers can become a veritable haven for pests of all shapes and sizes. There are a...

There are probably few things quite so rewarding as being able to produce your own new plants – and at a fraction of the cost of buying new specimens...

Growing a range of plants from seed is one of the great opportunities which a greenhouse opens up to the gardener but a few techniques need to be...

If you like indoor plants, then having a greenhouse opens up a fantastic opportunity to be able to propagate your own. Aside of being able to...

The strawbale growing system is one that has been in practice for many years. If you like the idea of growing warmth-loving plants such as...

Growing under glass offers us the opportunity to expand the variety and type of plants we want to grow. In the UK, our weather can be unpredictable...

Probably the most obvious answer to the question “why use a greenhouse?” is that it opens up the opportunity for the gardener to grow a much wider...