Landscape & Urban Design Issue 51 2021 | Page 18

GARDEN DESIGN
Hartley Botanic ’ s vintage Semi- Dodecagon Greenhouse , built in the 1950s and representing this decade on the RHS Chelsea stand

HISTORIC GREENHOUSE GARDENING TIPS & TRICKS WE NEED TO REMEMBER

TO TIE-IN WITH ITS RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW ‘ HERITAGE & HISTORY ’ STAND , HARTLEY BOTANIC HAS WORKED WITH GARDENING EXPERT MATTHEW BIGGS TO UNCOVER SOME HISTORIC GREENHOUSE GARDENING IDEAS & TIPS
At RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year , historic English Glasshouse and Greenhouse manufacturer Hartley Botanic is celebrating and showcasing its business through the decades . The Lancashire-based business has built an unrivalled heritage and reputation over 83 years and will be showing four handmade Hartley Botanic structures , each representing different eras in its trading history . The structures have been dressed to represent the 1950s , 60s & 70s , 90s and the modern day using planting schemes , garden tools and accessories typical of each decade - a vintage Semi-Dodecagon
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