Free standing Cold Frames & Greenhouses

Traditional Cold Frames were unheated frames for hardening off cuttings from a warm greenhouse, but with these Cold Frames you can do so much more...

Strong architectural aluminium sections give strength to the cold frame without robbing light from inside. Tou

ghened safety glass gives all the traditional advantages of glass - good light transmission and excellent heat retention, with none of the disadvantages. Strong enough to be moved around the garden fully glazed (the glass can easily be removed if required) these Cold Frames can be located near the house in Winter and down the garden in Spring - if you have a large greenhouse they can even be placed inside during the Winter to provide an area for delicate plants.

A growing guide and more details of the unique features of our Cold Frames are in the information section. Prices include delivery in England and Wales. Units can be shipped anywhere in the world at extra cost.

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History of the Cold Frame

Traditionally a cold frame was used in conjunction with a heated greenhouse. Young plants were grown on inside the warmth of the greenhouse and then transferred to a cold frame as a halfway house between the warmth of the greenhouse and the cooler temperatures outdoors. Without this intermediary step, the plants would have too much of a shock.

Cold frames were also used on the vegetable plot to protect crops and allow earlier fruit and vegetables (these were the days before flying vegetables in from Africa!)

Access started manufacturing cold frames in the late 1950s, and in those days the majority of growers used them in conjunction with a greenhouse or for growing on vegetables - indeed in days gone by, many Flower Show winning vegetables were grown in an Access Frame. As times have changed, so has this traditional use of the cold frame, many people use them as their only protected area, adding heat to them to take more delicate plants through the Winter, and to bring on seasonal bedding plants.

Recently things have started to come full circle, with the growing awareness of the benefits of fresh vegetables and the concerns of "food miles" making growing your own veg popular again.

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