Design

By Linda Lane Managing Director of Griffin Glasshouses This is the big question for June, even in the greenhouse.   All gardening is weather dependent but in recent years June has tended to be the start of a drought period.  If you follow old gardening lore the local oak trees are in leaf before the ash […]

By Linda Lane Managing Director of Griffin Glasshouses You need to be a ballet dancer to safely manoeuvre around my green house in May as every inch of space on staging, shelves and even the floor is taken up with pots, hanging baskets and trays of tomatoes and vegetable plants, all waiting for the risk […]

RHS Chelsea is a real treat in the horticultural calendar and we wouldn’t miss it for the world. If you are planning on a visit this year, then be sure to come and find us on Royal Hospital Way! The much-anticipated RHS Chelsea Flower Show is not too far away, taking place in its traditional […]

You may have seen beautiful Griffin Glasshouses online, but there are lots of opportunities for you to visit our glasshouses in gardens across the country too! Check out our list below to see where you can find us in publicly open gardens this year. We’ve been fortunate enough to install our glasshouses in many beautiful […]

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 […]

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 […]