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To describe April weather as unpredictable is a massive understatement, so let’s take a quick look as some of the old folklore sayings about it. April showers make lanes boggy April rain is good for hay and corn Thunder in April – floods in May If it rains on Easter Day    There shall be good […]

February sees the start of the work rate increasing in the greenhouse in anticipation of those warm, frost-free days when we can plant our vegetables out in the garden. As the days lengthen the warmth in the greenhouse will be increasing, and so too is the need to slowly increase the rate of watering, but […]

My greenhouse is at its most packed in January with over-wintering plants and, consequently, there is a lot of work to do to ensure they remain healthy. Overwatering and frostproofing are two key worries but so is removing dead and diseased shoots from the myriad of plants being housed.   At this time of year plants […]

A replacement greenhouse installed in a Cornish walled garden is part of a major restoration project of what is described as “a superb example of one of the few remaining walled gardens complete with Victorian greenhouse.” Griffin Glasshouses, the Hampshire based designers and builders of classic bespoke greenhouses, were commissioned by the owners of Tresillian House, […]

My greenhouse looks twice its normal size now that the tomato, aubergine and pepper plants have been removed – and what a brilliant season it has been for all three. As I write this at the end of October, I am still picking sweet peas in the garden and no sign of a frost yet. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]