Indoor Gardening

Indoor Gardening

Your enjoyment of gardening may be extended throughout the year by bringing it under cover, by making use of a greenhouse, conservatory or simply a sunny position in your house. Indoor gardens can allow you to grow a whole range of plants that would not be able to endure the British weather, they can act as a nursery for cuttings and seedlings and they can provide a frost-free shelter for plants that spend the summer outdoors.

What you use your indoor garden for will depend on whether or not it is heated: a warm, humid environment can supply you with just the right conditions to grow tropical and sub tropical plants, whilst a cool environment is excellent for protecting tender and half-hardy plants over the winter. Regular maintenance is required to keep greenhouses and conservatories clean and in good working order. A thorough clean and maintenance check in the autumn will reduce problems from overwintering pests and diseases.

The exact set-up of your indoor gardening space will depend on how you intend to use it. There are a number of elements that go towards creating the right conditions for your plants, including lighting, heating, shading, insulation, watering and ventilation. You will also need to consider the equipment that you might need, such as staging, shelves, beds, and connection to the mains services for electricity and water.

Heated & Unheated Greenhouses
A look at the differences between heated and unheated greenhouses or conservatories, and the wide variety of plants that may be grown in them ...
Growing Environment
How the right amount of heat, light, insulation, shade, ventilation and water can create the perfect environment for growing plants in a greenhouse or conservatory ...
Greenhouse Equipment
Equipping your greenhouse or conservatory with raised beds, borders, staging, propagators, shelves and a supply to mains services ...
Greenhouse Maintenance: Exterior
Tips on cleaning and repairing the outside of your greenhouse ...
Greenhouse Maintenance: Interior
Keeping your greenhouse or conservatory clean all year round ...
Dealing with Greenhouse Pests
Controlling and preventing pests and diseases in greenhouses and conservatories ...
The Gardening Year
Find out when to carry out cleaning, sowing and maintenance tasks in the greenhouse or conservatory ...