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Case Study

THE PIG-on the Beach

24 October 2016 | Daisy Faughnan

The large greenhouse at THE PIG-on the Beach is at the very heart of an idyllic kitchen garden.

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Project Overview

Style

Freestanding with gable ends attached to wall

Dimensions

12m x 2.9m

Colour

Sussex Emerald

We worked closely with the team at THE PIG-on the beach to ensure the greenhouse was located in a natural setting within the garden. Attached to the wall at each gable end, the structure is an integral feature of the garden. It is used by the Kitchen Garden team in producing crops for their home-grown menu, as well as a popular spot for guests to look around during their stay.

Powder coated in Sussex Emerald, the greenhouse is the perfect soft light green, sitting comfortably amidst the greenery of the crops growing out in the garden.

The Kitchen Garden is at the heart of the hotel, with THE PIG’s “plot-to-plate” ethos, and the Alitex greenhouse is a key feature. Internal partitions create several zones, creating varied growing environments. Most of the restaurants’ plants grow in the central section.

The team utilise the greenhouse to get the seedlings growing, and then harden them off in the Cold Frames ready to be planted out into the garden.

The result is a fully-functioning greenhouse being used to propagate and grow many of the ingredients you see on THE PIG menu today.

THE PIG has found the structure to be an asset to their kitchen garden and therefore have now extended their collection with additional greenhouses across their litter. You can find Alitex greenhouses at in THE PIG-in the forest, THE PIG-at Harlyn Bay, THE PIG-near Bath and THE PIG-at Bridge Place. You can view their testimonial and video tour here.

Greenhouse with gable ends attached to walls
Greenhouse with gable ends attached to walls

The Design

Attached to the wall at each gable end, the greenhouse forms part of the walled garden

Powder coated aluminium greenhouse
Powder coated aluminium greenhouse

The Colour

Sussex Emerald compliments the colours growing in the garden

Greenhouse Cold Frames
Greenhouse Cold Frames

Accessories

Cold frames are perfect for hardening off crops

Every single greenhouse is going to be different, specific to you. What you want is what you get with an Alitex greenhouse.

Andy Moore, Head Gardener at THE PIG on the Beach

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