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Posted by Linda in News, RHS Chelsea

Celebrating 50 years creating the highest quality greenhouses

Bespoke greenhouse manufacturer, Griffin Glasshouses celebrates 50 years creating the highest quality greenhouses. Journalist and television presenter Janet Street-Porter helped mark this milestone at the Chelsea Flower Show by cutting a special anniversary cake alongside Linda Lane, Managing Director, Griffin Glasshouses.

Posted by Paul in Design, News

Folding greenhouse bench

Almost all Griffin’s greenhouses can now be fitted with folding greenhouse staging to give more growing space during the season. The company’s patented “fold away” bench design provides ideal accommodation for seed boxes and pot plants but, when the growing season arrives, can be simply folded down to reveal the growing area. “It is a […]

Posted by Linda in News

Linda Lane, Managing Director Griffin Glasshouses, Hampshire

The recent gales – and forecasts of more to come shortly – have blown an unexpected bonus to a Hampshire specialist glasshouse company. Griffin Glasshouses of Ropley near Winchester has received requests to repair storm damage with costs ranging from more than £80,000 to restore a Victorian structure to a few pounds to put in […]

Posted by Linda in Customers, National Garden Scheme, News

Griffin Glasshouses, the family owned creators and manufacturers of bespoke greenhouses for connoisseur garden owners, has launched a collection of five designs in support of the National Garden Scheme. All greenhouses in the National Garden Scheme collection are named after garden herbs and Griffin donates 5% of the proceeds to the charity. Each year the […]

Posted by Linda in Design, News, Victorian

Victorian style aluminium greenhouse

For gardening enthusiasts considering a new greenhouse, one design style stands out: the Victorian greenhouse.   At Griffin Glasshouses, we’ve noticed a trend towards greenhouses that reflect the authentic and practical features common in Victorian greenhouse designs. These include: Highly decorative spandrels Steep pitches to roofs Narrow glass panes Highly decorative finials at the ends […]