Petersfield, Nr Southampton

This week I am working near Southampton building the base for a new greenhouse 3m wide by 4m long.

Jon and Norma asked me to design and build a larger greenhouse in a corner of their garden currently occupied by an aluminium greenhouse with standard horticultural glass.

Original Greenhouse

Digging out the foundation trenches

The greenhouse will be 4m long by 3m wide, with loads of space inside as the roof rises at 45 degrees.

The doorway will be along one of the long sides with a reduced height so it doesn't dominate the building.

There is ample ventilation through 4 auto-opening windows in the roof and 2 manual side opening windows.

The inside will be fitted with 2-tier shelving along the rear, another single shelf on the front and a potting-up station with tray.

I'll put together a video of the whole build process shortly.

Here's the completed base with the timber wallplates laid on cement - these will be secured with masonry screws through to the brickwork below when I return in a couple of weeks time.