Good for Plants

The key to the plant-friendly attributes of the Plant Conservatory lies in our history of greenhouse design and manufacture over the past 50 years.

The main problems arising in a conservatory today are:

• heat gain
• heat loss
• insulation.

These result in an environment that has dangerously large swings in temperature across the year: invariably too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter and not habitable year-round. If it doesn’t sustain healthy people, it won’t sustain healthy plants.

With the knowledge that what is good for plants is good for people, we have incorporated the key design elements from our greenhouses to create the perfect environment:

• Large runs of ventilation on the roof assisted by top hung side vents allow for a continual and subtle natural air changing system.
• Shading is essential to reduce heat gain in the conservatory. Traditionally this is done internally, but external blinds will prevent heat gain becoming a problem by bouncing the rays off before they enter the structure.
• A combination of underfloor heating systems will maintain an even winter temperature and can be run off existing power and boilers.