Herne Bay, Canterbury - 7m by 3.5m

This one is the same size as one I did at Millbrook Cottages in Devon - although thankfully not sitting on the side of a hill this time (click here to see the blog entry for that one).  However, this is still a huge greenhouse - and it will really look so in a few weeks when I come back with all the timber and glass.

Thanks so much to Simon for working so hard helping us to get this one done within the week.  We did a lot of good old-fashioned graft to get this one in!  With the aches and pains and groans we looked like a couple of zombies walking back to the B&B each night.


These photos are of the second day after we’d got the foundations in and had loaded up ready for laying 1,000 bricks to make the base walls.  The little radio helps take your mind off that challenge some times - and thanks so much to Mick and Linda for the regular cups of tea (esp. proper builder tea from Mick!).

And, to the left is the finished job on the Friday afternoon with all the flags laid and the cold frame walls in.

It’s going to be a really interesting colour this one.  Linda chose London Clay from the Farrow and Ball colour chart for her greenhouse -and it’s great.  It seems to change in different light conditions through the day from dark brown to light  purple and all the hues between.  Can’t wait to see the finished effect.

...and to think Linda thought is was really narrow when I laid out the battens at the beginning.  It’s huge.It’s probably looking thinner because of the uncommonly long length of this greenhouse and when we see it tower up 3.2m it will seem a very generous space inside.
Watch this space please folks - I’ll be back to this one before too long.