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Kew gardens diploma students on tour

Kew Diploma Student Tour with Alitex 2013

18 July 2013 By Billy Hawkins

“The School of Horticulture at Kew has been described on many occasions as a ‘centre of excellence’ and as such is at the very heart of world-wide horticultural and botanical education. As a result, close links are maintained with many institutions...More >
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Tags: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, alitex, kew diploma
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Bespoke strawberry gantry to go in greenhouse

Engineering Ideas from a Strawberry Loving Family

17 July 2013 By Billy Hawkins

Mr Caster originally approached Alitex some years ago to help build a greenhouse that would have a large surface area without the associated higher ridge height. Working with Chris Sawyer and Mark Mawhinney from Alitex, the best and most economical...More >
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Tags: engineering at Alitex, design innovation, Strawberry Gantry
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Bespoke freestanding Messenger greenhouse in Australia

Our First Greenhouse in Australia

27 June 2013 By Billy Hawkins

Our first greenhouse in Australia is a bespoke Messenger structure. Our client decided on Chalkhill Blue because it is close to the colour of the shutters on the house and timber gates already in the garden. The Alitex assembly team selected for the...More >
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Tags: alitex, alitex greenhouse, alitex in australia
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Alitex at Chelsea Flower Show

Alitex Veranda Canopy at Chelsea Flower Show

23 May 2013 By Billy Hawkins

In our 60th birthday year, not only have we show cased our greenhouses on the Alitex Chelsea Flower Show stand , we have also had the opportunity to exhibit a long veranda canopy on the Gaze Burvill stand next door. The canopy is 4metres long and...More >
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Tags: alitex, alitex conservatory, alitex veranada canopy, chelsea flower show, gaze burvill
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Alitex Open Day

Experts share top tips at the Alitex Gardeners' Question Time

14 March 2013 By Billy Hawkins

We welcomed guests to our headquarters at Torberry last night, here to listen to the wisdom of our guest panellists, Tony Kirkham from The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew , Marina Christopher from Phoenix Perennials and Ann- Marie Powell , locally based...More >
Events old and new >
Tags: alitex events. gardeners question time, kew, tony Kirkham, Marina Christopher, annmarie powell, garden design
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Alitex 60

Alitex' 60th Birthday - Where Has The Time Gone?

13 March 2013 By Billy Hawkins

Once upon a time (in 1952) a young man called Frank Hagborg set up a greenhouse business in Station Road, Alton. He called it Byron Engineering. His vision was to make well designed and extremely functional aluminium greenhouses for growers -...More >
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Tags: alitex, alitex is 60, greenhouses, conservatories, Birthday
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Alitex Event

Citrus Plant Talk at Alitex with Amanda Dennis

28 February 2013 By Billy Hawkins

Amanda Dennis from the Citrus Centre in Pulbrough came along to Alitex recently, sharing her wisdom and knowledge garnered over thirty years of growing citric plants – which include eighteen years of trading. There really isn’t much Amanda doesn’t...More >
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Tags: alitex, alitex greenhouse, alitex conservatory
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