RANGE REVIEW: GREENHOUSES & OUTDOOR BUILDINGS
SHOWCASING THE WELLBEING BENEFITS OF ‘GROW YOUR OWN’
Hartley Botanic, one of England’s most historic and respected glasshouse and greenhouse manufacturers has revealed details of its 2023 RHS Flower Show Tatton Park trade stand. The ‘Feel Good’ by Hartley Botanic trade stand displayed four of the manufacturer’s handmade greenhouses filled with a range of delicious edible crops.
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he stand was showing just some of the many diverse types of edibles that can be grown in a Hartley Botanic
and communicate the wellbeing boosting potential of watching your own fruit and vegetables emerge from seed, as well as enjoying the improved taste and nutritional benefits of growing your own. The stand designed, built, and planted by garden landscaping firm Base Squared, featured Hartley Botanic’s Opus Botanic Glasshouse, Victorian Villa and Victorian Chelsea Glasshouses and a Wisley 8 Grow & Store Greenhouse. Three of the structures were powder-coated in lighter colours – Country Stone, Verona Stone, and Olive Leaf – to give a fresh look and to reflect how many customers are choosing soft stone and light greens in their greenhouse choices. The Greenhouses were dressed as functional garden buildings, with a primary focus on growing, but three of the structures included useful seating areas, perfect for whiling away the hours under glass or simply for taking a break. External planting on the trade stand also reflected the ‘feel good’ theme with a calming, muted colour palette of purples and whites and pops of colour coming from scented lavender (UK-grown)
and tall verbena bonariensis. Grasses played a significant role in the external planting theme, with their soothing movement good for taking away the stress of the day. A multi- stem hornbeam was also included as a feature tree to create a shady area for relaxation, complete with a cool, concrete bench. More details about the individual
greenhouses are as follows: The Opus Botanic Glasshouse in Country Stone - The largest glasshouse on this year’s stand, the Opus Botanic is from Hartley Botanic’s contemporary Modern Horticulture range and features concealed engineering and wider glass panes, to give a modern look and feel. The glasshouse includes freestanding staging, high level shelving, pendant drop lights, four automatic roof vents and four manual vertical vents.
The Victorian Villa Glasshouse in Verona Stone - The Hartley Botanic Victorian Villa Glasshouse, with its charming proportions and Victorian aesthetic, is one of Hartley Botanic’s most popular for many gardens. The glasshouse has been powder coated in Verona Stone and features an extra door in the left and right gable ends. Fully furnished in useful and beautiful Hartley Botanic accessories, the Victorian Villa is being shown with integrated cold frames, blinds, automatic roof vents, matching powder-coated pendant lights and both high level shelving and ornate Victorian staging.
The Victorian Chelsea Glasshouse in Olive Leaf - The Chelsea is the only Victorian Glasshouse in Hartley Botanic’s range combining a glass to ground design, which provides additional light for growing, with a traditional Victorian apex look. The show model featured roof blinds to both front and rear, decorative spandrels, matching powder-coated pendant lights and two automatic roof vents. A ground-level border, running along the full length of one of the greenhouse’s sides joined freestanding Victorian ornate staging
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and high-level staging in this space.
The Wisley 8 Grow & Store Greenhouse in Black Olive - Launched at the Chelsea Flower Show last year, the Wisley 8 Grow & Store is an iconic design based on one of Hartley Botanic’s original, Heritage models and includes a useful, partitioned two-pane storage area. The flower show model included both high level shelving and freestanding staging with blinds included in the grow section of the structure along with two manual and two automatic roof vents. Tom Barry, CEO of Hartley Botanic says: “The edible focus on this year’s Tatton Park ‘Feel Good’ trade stand was chosen to reflect how ‘growing your own’ allows us to feel good on the inside. “Watching something grow from seed to fruit is extremely rewarding and you then get to eat what you have grown. Imagine being able to access an abundance of absolutely
delicious vegetables and fruit every time you step into your garden? Thanks to our British climate, this wouldn’t be consistently possible for those growing outdoors, but for those who own a Hartley Botanic Glasshouse or Greenhouse a constant supply of home-grown, fresh produce is completely achievable.”
All Hartley Botanic’s glasshouses and greenhouses are handmade, bespoke, and made to order. Customers interested in purchasing a Hartley Botanic Greenhouse should visit www.hartley-botanic.
co.uk or call 01457 819155 for more information.
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