Visit our open greenhouse
All sorts of people have loved visiting our greenhouse, including the Guardian, Kitchen Garden and North West Tonight. Come and see what you’re missing…
Directions
Our greenhouse is in Mawdesley, Lancashire, just off J27 of the M6. Click here for directions.
We really enjoy showing our greenhouse off to visitors. Whether you’re an experienced expert or you have never grown anything before, we think we’ve got something to inspire you.
Plenty to see
Inspirational plants - 8ft (2.5metre) tall chilli plants, 15ft (4.5metre) tall tomato plants, bananas, ginger, lemongrass and too many more to mention, all to inspire you to grow your own veg or exotic decoratives.
Unusual growing techniques - some of our plants are grown without soil. Hydroponic and aeroponic techniques are used by commercial growers and we’ve scaled them down into home-sized kits, see them for yourself and learn why plants grown using these techniques produce crops 3x bigger than plants grown in soil and why one of our plants grew 7ft in 5 weeks.
Small-space growing – see just how much you can grown in a space just 55cm x 55cm.
Gardening Angel advice - are always on-hand to offer friendly advice and to answer any questions you might have about our greenhouse or your own plants.
Tea, coffee and a chat – our ‘chalet’ has free tea and coffee and a seating area where you can sit and chat. There are lots of other great places to visit in Mawdesley and we’ve created a guide to our favourites along with a map to help you find them.
Greenhouse Facts
The Greenhouse Sensation greenhouse holds the Guinness World Record for the world’s longest tomato plant; it was grown in a hydro system and is in the record books at 65ft.
The Greenhouse Sensation team has been quietly growing exotic edibles in Mawdesley since 1995.
