A greenhouse is very much a luxury item for most gardeners. Not everyone can have one because of restraints on the budget and on the size of the garden. However, if you can afford one it will enrich your gardening no end and you’ll appreciate an early start to your growing season.

You can sow your seeds earlier in the season and then be able to grow on tender plants. The greenhouse will also provide you with somewhere to overwinter frost tender plants and during summer you can grow your tomatoes and aubergines that would sulk in a typical UK summer. And if it’s cold, wet and windy your greenhouse is the perfect place to continue gardening in the dry.

To make a greenhouse pay its way in your garden you need to maximise the use you get out of it. For this you’ll need some type of storage and a decent working surface. In a smaller greenhouse you might find that a potting bench is all you need. You can sow your seeds earlier in the season and then be able to grow on tender plants.

However, for most people a potting bench is too small and restricting. That’s where wooden greenhouse staging comes in as it come is a whole range of sizes to fit what ever space you have available. They can be single tiered, double tired and even three tiered to give you extra storage space.

If you like to make sure your pots are well ventilated then the greenhouse staging can be slatted or have a solid top if you want a practical work surface. Some staging folds up or folds down to allow you to use the space during the growing season for growing plants.

Being flexible with the insides of your greenhouse will help you get the most out of it. At times you’ll need to cope with a mass of young growing plants and at times it could be almost devoid of living vegetation.