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Potting shed v greenhouse?

ado
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I'm mulling over making changes to the bottom of my garden and I'm trying to think of ideas of how to make the most of the space. I had been thinking about getting a small lean to greenhouse as well as a shed but I'm now considering just getting a potting shed. I'd like to know if a potting shed ever take the place of a greenhouse or am I barking up the wrong tree?
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  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    You can store things in a greenhouse but you can't grow plants in a shed.
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  • suisidevw
    suisidevw Posts: 2,256 Forumite
    Agree, I have a potting bench in my greenhouse - win win.
  • valk_scot
    valk_scot Posts: 5,290 Forumite
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    You can get sheds with a big sloping window on one side, with staging and horticultural glass. Someone on our allotment has one and very smart it looks too. Not so good as a grenhouse for raising plants though as you need maximum sunlight possible.

    A greenhouse isn't a secure place to keep mowers and bikes though...

    I've use a six foot high wall house type greenhouse for many years now. It's against the sunniest wall in the garden and though I can't get into it, there's plenty of shelf space and I can grow a ridiculous amount in there for the size. So perhaps your idea of shed plus large lean too greenhouse is the best compromise for your circumstances?
    Val.
  • matt987106
    matt987106 Posts: 390 Forumite
    for me, its a shed, keeping your valuables safe etc etc

    If you really did want the nest of both worlds, pop along to your local window / conerv installers, ask them to save you a few " blown double glazed units " then build a small lean-to next to your shed using the matching boarding ( that the shed is made of ) and the glass, if you are not upto the job of building it, find a handyman who will be glad to take the job on
    glass 1m - 1.2m windows, solid boarded bottom, either a glass roof or a felted roof, depending on the look you want, i went with a poly carb twin wall roof, as the conserv installers were taking it of to fit a glass roof ( infact i went with the walls of polycarb aswell, just for ease and safety with the children

    best of both worlds then
  • bluebird
    bluebird Posts: 378 Forumite
    Depends what you want you want to use it for,
    Greenhouse= Hot conditions suitable for growing toms and flowers and so much more.
    Shed= great garden storage facility,not suited to growing plants.
  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
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    suisidevw wrote: »
    Agree, I have a potting bench in my greenhouse - win win.

    I got a couple of old kitchen units and a worktop that were destined for the tip, so that's now a bench and i've got cupboards and drawers as well.
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  • Antispam
    Antispam Posts: 6,636 Forumite
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    Greenhouse you can use it as a potting shed, store pots under shelves whilst growing plants on shelves
  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
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    [QUOTE=matt987106;52844877

    If you really did want the nest of both worlds, pop along to your local window / conerv installers, ask them to save you a few " blown double glazed units " then build a small lean-to next to your shed using the matching boarding [/QUOTE]

    You can do the same thing to make a cheap coldframe,
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  • oldtractor
    oldtractor Posts: 2,262 Forumite
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    definitely a potting shed with big sloping windows on one side. Much more useful than either a greenhouse or a potting shed alone.
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