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Posted by David in Design

Horatio’s Garden Stoke Mandeville with our glasshouse in situ   We’ve worked with Horatio’s Garden over the last five years, supplying glasshouses for three of their six gardens to date. There is a seventh garden for Horatio’s, and our fourth glasshouse, in the pipeline and we are looking at embarking on another new project with […]

Posted by David in Design

A five-acre garden featuring a Rosemary glasshouse from Griffin Glasshouses has won a Highly Commended accolade in the Large Garden category in the Homes & Gardens Awards 2022. The stunning residential garden, beautifully designed by award-winning garden designer James Scott and landscaped by his company The Garden Company, is situated in a stately Georgian property […]

Posted by David in Design

By Linda Lane, managing director of Griffin Glasshouses In normal times October is a cooler month, often with the first frosts in the north and more exposed locations as we head for November.  But today, who knows?  The best advice is to listen to the weather forecasts and, if you have an accurate barometer, keep […]

Posted by David in Design

Griffin Glasshouses strives to design greenhouses in keeping with the surroundings. Whether it be a listed building or a modern eco-house, we create our greenhouses according to the unique traits of every property.   Which option will work for your property? Traditionally, Victorian greenhouses had steeper roof pitches with fairly narrow glazing. Manufacturers only made […]

Posted by David in Design

In our fundraiser for Horatio’s Garden, the Wonky Artist was on hand to encourage celebrities at Chelsea Flower Show Press Day to contribute to her painting, which will be auctioned off in aid of the charity. Pictured: Rachel Smith and Dame Darcey Bussell. Griffin Glasshouses have held a stand at RHS Chelsea for many years, […]

Posted by Paul in Design, News, RHS Chelsea

Small aluminium greenhouse

For years, Griffin Glasshouses has been at the forefront of using innovation to benefit our clients’ gardens but also their pockets. A major milestone for this leading bespoke greenhouse manufacturer took place in 2014, during the Chelsea Flower Show. There Griffin Glasshouses launched a new initiative: a structure redesign with various benefits, including cutting costs […]

Posted by David in Design

Horatio’s Garden is a charity we’ve worked with over the last 5 years, and for whom we have supplied a third Griffin Glasshouse for the newest garden, Horatio’s Garden Cardiff. The garden has been settling in during the spring this year, and was unveiled officially in mid-May right ahead of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. […]

Posted by David in Design

Linda Lane is the managing director of the family business Griffin Glasshouses.  All the evidence is that the grow you own revolution continues apace across Britain and she wants to share with you some tips for growing better in May It can be a challenging month because of the weather which spins on a sixpence […]