Looking for greenhouse alternatives? Here are three options that could transform your gardening experience: the Haxnicks Sunbubble, Light-Booster Plant House, and Grower Frame. Each offers unique features to improve your growing conditions, depending on your garden, plants, and personal needs.
Haxnicks Sunbubble: A Mini Garden Eden
The Sunbubble is a dome-shaped greenhouse designed to capture maximum light while providing a sheltered environment. It’s ideal for extending the growing season, offering ample space for plants, and is tall enough that you can shelter from the weather in it (it could become your new favourite place!)
Key Features:
- Dome Shape for Maximum Sunlight: The Sunbubble’s curved design captures light from all angles, perfect for sun-loving plants like tomatoes and peppers.
- Portability: Easy to assemble, disassemble, and move, making it great for allotments where permanent structures aren’t allowed.
- Tall Space: Its height accommodates taller plants like cucumbers and climbing vines, giving them plenty of room to grow.
Top 3 Reasons to Choose the Sunbubble:
- Great for Light-Hungry Plants: Perfect for tomatoes, melons, and other plants that thrive in full sunlight.
- Year-Round Growing: Extend your growing season by protecting plants through autumn and winter.
- Ideal for Taller Plants: The dome shape allows room for tall plants, making it versatile for different crops.
Best Plants for the Sunbubble:
Winter Salads, Tomatoes, Chillies, Peppers, Cucumbers, Aubergines
Haxnicks Light-Booster Plant House: Compact and Efficient
The Light-Booster Plant House, is perfect for urban gardeners or those with limited space. Its reflective lining increases light exposure, making it ideal for growing in low-light conditions.
Key Features:
- Reflective Lining for Maximum Light: Designed to bounce light back onto plants, especially beneficial during darker winter months.
- Compact Design: 3 sizes - single, double or cold frame the space-saving vertical structure is suitable for small gardens, patios, or balconies.
- Protection from Pests and Weather: Keeps plants safe from frost, pests, and harsh weather, making it versatile for various climates.
Top 3 Reasons to Choose the Light-Booster Plant House:
- Extend Your Growing Season: Reflective properties help plants thrive in low-light conditions, ideal for starting crops earlier and overwintering crops.
- Perfect for Small Gardens: Its compact size fits into tight spaces like balconies or small patios.
- Budget-Friendly Gardening: Grow plants from seeds, saving money compared to buying mature plants.
Best Plants for the Light-Booster:
Seedlings of all sorts, Lettuce and Spinach, Herbs, Sweet Peas and Broad Beans – overwinter for a head start in spring.
Haxnicks Grower Frame with All-Weather Poly Cover: Year-Round Protection
The Grower Frame is a versatile solution that offers protection from frost, wind, and pests. Its durable poly cover retains warmth and allows light to penetrate, creating a controlled microclimate.
Key Features:
- Lightweight - use the sturdy frame anywhere in your garden. On a hard surface over winter then move it over plants like carrots or brassicas growing in beds.
- Year Round Use: All weather Poly cover provides protection from harsh weather while still allowing light to pass through. Alternative Micromesh insect netting cover to carry on using it all summer.
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Tall Taller than many growing spaces to accommodate hard to protect plants - ideal protection for Broad Beans against caterpillar attack! Or cabbages against pigeons and other birds.
Top 3 Reasons to Choose the Grower Frame:
- All-Weather Protection: Perfect for changeable weather, it offers robust protection from rain, wind, and frost.
- Ideal for Hardy Veg: Great for growing cold-resistant crops like spinach and broad beans, even in winter.
- Pest Defense: Keeps slugs, birds, and other pests at bay, ensuring your plants stay safe.
Best Plants for the Grower Frame:
Carrots, Broad Beans, Spinach, Salad leaves, chard and brassicas like broccoli and cabbage.
Which Should You Choose?
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Sunbubble Greenhouse: Perfect for sun-loving plants and gardeners who want a greenhouse type space with extra height and space.
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Light-Booster Plant House: Best for small spaces and those looking to extend their growing season.
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Grower Frame: Ideal for year-round gardening and protecting plants from unpredictable weather and pests.
No matter which option you choose, you’ll create an ideal growing environment for a thriving garden. Happy gardening!