Potting shed v greenhouse?

ado

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?

peter_the_piper

You can store things in a greenhouse but you can't grow plants in a shed.

suisidevw

Agree, I have a potting bench in my greenhouse - win win.

valk_scot

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?

matt987106

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

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

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.

Antispam

Greenhouse you can use it as a potting shed, store pots under shelves whilst growing plants on shelves

SailorSam

[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,

oldtractor

definitely a potting shed with big sloping windows on one side. Much more useful than either a greenhouse or a potting shed alone.

Bunnygirl

You could get a combi but they cost loads

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