For centuries, people have been discovering ways to harness the warmth of sunlight to grow crops or plants from other regions or out of season under glass. Whatever your gardening preferences, a greenhouse will broaden the scope of what you can grow and when.
In the UK, it wasn’t until the Industrial Revolution that the cost of glass fell dramatically and glasshouses were affordable to more gardeners. The Golden Age of the Victorians saw glasshouses, made of cast iron and with coal-fired heating, flourish, featuring exotic crops and extending the growing season in kitchen gardens. By the early 20th century, small glasshouses, or greenhouses as they became known, were manufactured.
If you have the remains of a Victorian greenhouse or lean-to in your garden, it may be possible to restore
