Please choose below for some detailed information on some of our projects.
Traditional Greenhouse Case Studies |
Thrive is a small national charity that uses gardening to change lives. Thrive helps people with a disability use gardening to improve their health and wellbeing. It brings profound change to people recovering from stroke or living with heart disease. Also those coping with physical... View More | |
Queens Park was designed by world renowned landscape designer Sir Joseph Paxton in the late 1850’s and was dedicated to the memory of Mary, Queen of Scots.
The Grade B listed glasshouse was built in 1905 and comprises a central cupola and nine adjoining long, low glasshouses.
The upper... View More | |
The glasshouse is to provide a focal point for a Grade II* listed walled garden in Leicestershire. With the sensitive nature of this site the Alitex Thomas Messenger system was chosen due to its ‘timber’ glazing profile.
The glasshouse has two wings or zones; one is used as a... View More | |
The clients came to Alitex wanting to build a structure onto the back of an existing garage. Several options for the structure were considered, including building a double glazed conservatory to be used as a studio for painting furniture. However as the structure was some distance... View More | |
After meeting the clients at their home and looking at the various sites for a greenhouse, the chosen location leant itself to building a slightly larger greenhouse than had originally been discussed. This greenhouse with its central entrance forms a strong focal point and opens up... View More | |
Part of the Loch Lomond Golf Club Estate included a Grade II Listed Walled Garden with a dilapidated Victorian lean-to greenhouse.
The Club wished to restore the Walled Garden and replace the greenhouses with a structure that met the strict requirements of the Scottish Heritage and... View More | |
The greenhouse is in a long and narrow garden of a very old fishermans cottage dating from the 1640’s. Flooding in the cottage and garden was a major problem until the owners put in extensive drainage. This made the ground unstable so when the greenhouse was put in the foundations had to... View More | |
As a landscape designer, Phillippa Lambert creates gardens for her clients. With Old Park Phillippa was able to restore this Victorian walled garden on the Isle of Wight for herself. The 2 acre lake and walled garden are part of a significant marine residence in the 'Undercliff' which is a... View More | |
While searching for new premises for her garden design business in 2001 Jan Howard was shown a hidden area on the Cowdray Estate in Midhurst. This walled garden was very neglected but still surrounded by its lovely orginal Tudor brick walls. Jan fell in love with it and entered negotiations with... View More | |
This lean-to was built to replace an old dilapidated timber structure in this Grade II listed garden. The Trust were keen to have a glasshouse that had the aesthetic qualities of timber, but that also had longevity and was virtually maintenance free. Before deciding to choose an Alitex structure... View More | |
Having always wanted a greenhouse but having nowhere to put one, the owners of this greenhouse were delighted when their neighbours sold them an acre of orchard. The orchard was encompassed into the garden with the additon of a terrace and pond to provide a stunning setting for the... View More | |
This stunning glasshouse was neatly placed into the corner of a walled garden in Ireland. The client wanted to position a feature glasshouse in the garden that would be used as a display house and also provide a place to sit in and admire the garden.
The old rear wall was re-furbished and... View More | |
