Installing a greenhouse in your garden can open up a whole new range of gardening possibilities. Not only will it allow you to protect tender plants over winter, but it will also give you the opportunity to propagate and grow on plants that may later be transferred outside to the garden itself. Greenhouses come in a wide variety of sizes, materials and styles; from timber traditional span designs to aluminium domes. In fact, whatever size or style of garden you have, there's bound to be a greenhouse design to suit it perfectly.

In this section, we'll guide you through the process of choosing and building a greenhouse, including selecting the style, size and material, finding the best position, preparing a secure base and assembling the final structure. We also include a handy checklist of features to bear in mind when comparing different styles, sizes and makes of greenhouse.