The Glasshouse

I got asked today to tell again the story of how we came to have this fantastic glasshouse!! It is the most amazing story. We were sitting round the table having just submitted the first draft of the CDET application for the permanent planting, pond, raised beds and seating and I was running through the wish list and and the only major item left was the glasshouse. Some of the committee may have been on to their second glass of wine and suggested we try AMDEGA. Everyone but me and Peter pan thought this was a great joke - But me (because I had no idea who AMDEGA were) and peter (because he just sees these things as a challenge). "Why not? the worst they can say is no". Anyway we all laughed and the next day peter rang to ask if the company that makes conservatories and sunhouses for royalty and footballers wives would like to donate a glasshouse to our tiny little community garden in the North East. The marketing director laughed and said (and I'm paraphrasing secondhand here) "your timing is amazing! The Managing director just confirmed this morning that we are going to go back to our Victorian roots and start making Greenhouses again and my main job for this morning is to find a site to locate the prototype"