Project Description

Do you dream of a classic greenhouse in your garden? A place where you can relax with all your senses?

Then this greenhouse might be the right option for you!

This classic wrought-iron greenhouse was built against a white wall and fits beautifully within the garden.

It provides shelter from the wind and creates a fantastic greenhouse climate for growing your own vegetables and fruits.

Buying a traditional greenhouse: Introduction

You should think about which plants you want to grow and how much time you want to spend on it.

Once you know what you want, it is possible to build and organise a practical and easy-to-care-for greenhouse.

Make your greenhouse plans (together with us) based on what is most important to you.

Some examples in terms of the main focus are the following:

  • The pleasure of gardening and getting your hands dirty
  • A relaxing seat to read, listen to music or enjoy a coffee break
  • Enjoying the economic and health benefits of growing your own fruits, vegetables and plants

Some tips and ideas on layout and design

A common design for a classic greenhouse is to create a narrow border along the length of the greenhouse.

Here you can then plant various tall plants such as tomatoes and cucumbers.

To make the best use of the available space, you can grow lettuce, parsley, dill, mint and basil on the ground between the tomato plants.

The walkway can be edged with decorative, large pots in which you can grow peppers and paprikas.

Tip: There are also customers who organise the entire cultivation in pots. For example, because they completely pave the ground surface of the greenhouse.

The advantage of growing in pots is that you can easily move the plants.

The disadvantage of pot cultivation is that the plants need more care when it comes to watering and fertilising since they are not directly in the ground.

If the classic greenhouse is a larger model, the short side furthest from the door can be used as a seating area for coffee breaks, in combination with a table and some chairs, recliners and/or a workbench.

Against the garden wall you can install shelves and racks for germinating seeds and caring for small plants and flowers such as geraniums.

How to grow vegetables, plants, flowers and fruits in a classic greenhouse?

In a traditional greenhouse such as this one, you can grow plants and flowers in many different ways at the same time.

For example, you can grow plants in pots that stand on the ground.

But you can also germinate and sow seeds in shallow containers or pots which contain soil.

It is also possible to grow plants, vegetables, fruit and flowers directly in the soil in the greenhouse.

Larger plants such as tomatoes, melon, pumpkin and cucumber, for example, are usually grown in the ground.

Tip: First sow them in pots and when the plants are large enough, transfer them to the soil or to a larger pot.

What can you grow in a classic greenhouse?

Most people grow tomatoes, lettuce and cucumbers in their greenhouses. But there are many other possibilities.

In order to simplify cultivation and plant selection, you should group plants that are to be treated in the same way into cultivation groups.

Tomatoes and cucumbers, for example, grow quite similarly. You can therefore consider them as 1 group in terms of care.

In other words, if you want to limit your workload, you can reduce your burden by choosing plants from the same growing group.

As you gain experience as a grower, you can then start to grow other plant groups in your greenhouse as well.

Possibilities in terms of location, structure and materials

Many of us dream of owning such a classic greenhouse. And in many situations, it is also a desire that can be effectively fulfilled.

If you use the greenhouse to its full potential, you will recover the initial cost in any case.

For in reality, the pleasure of growing your own vegetables and fruits is truly immeasurable.

Buying a lean-to greenhouse and constructing it also does not have to be complicated at all.

Buying a made-to-measure greenhouse as a self-assembly kit

The easiest way to purchase a greenhouse like this classic greenhouse is to buy it from us as a prefabricated DIY kit.

For your information: We deliver our classic wrought-iron greenhouses as self-assembly kits all over the world.

Such a DIY kit is cheaper without being inferior in quality.

If you have special requirements in terms of height and size, or special preferences in terms of colours or the type of roof (curved or flat), you can contact us for a custom-made greenhouse.

We work completely on demand to deliver the right wrought iron greenhouse for your garden.

We can also jointly design the slope of the roof, the type of roof, the water drainage and the ventilation system.

Interested in a classic greenhouse? Request more information

Plants, water and soil in the greenhouse spread a lovely fragrance and provide a high level of humidity.

A classic wrought-iron dwarf wall lean-to greenhouse is also a treat for the eye!

Are you interested in such a traditional greenhouse?

Delivered to your home as a self-assembly kit or installed by us in your garden (only in Belgium)?

Then you can contact us without any obligation to discuss your wishes and desires.

You can also request a price indication online via our online quote form.