The Manor House, Bedfordshire

Sometimes there’s nothing like seeing garden products in situ to really appreciate what they can add to your own garden plans.  It’s one of the reasons why we have supported a variety of gardens belonging to the National Garden Scheme by supplying them with products to display and use.   

This gives our customers up and down the country an opportunity to have a close-up view of products such as fruit and vegetable cages and raised beds before they buy. 

The Manor House Garden is one such venue and covers a four acre site in the vegetable growing hot-bed of Bedfordshire. Consisting of 18 gardens of varying styles and design, Not all the gardens are separated but they are easily distinguishable and have been developed and cultivated over a 20 year period by Kathy Brown and her husband Simon.

You'll find a range of Harrod Horticultural raised bed tables, planters and vegetable growing frames all situated in the delightful surroundings of the Courtyard garden - so be sure to pay a visit as you wander around the various avenues, borders and walkways of The Manor House Garden!

To find out more about The Manor House Garden and the various gardening services - including lectures, books and garden design - that Kathy offers, we thoroughly recommend you visit The Manor House Garden website.

Currently on display at The Manor House Garden are:

Standard Raised Bed Table - GDN-640
Standing 74cm (2'5") off the ground, our Standard Raised Bed Tables make gardening as comfortable as it possibly can be and pose a formidable problem to slugs and other soil-based pests and diseases. The Standard Raised Tables are manufactured to the same exacting standards as our raised bed range and feature a slatted base (along with stiff plastic protector), quality polypropylene liner and are structurally guaranteed for five years.     

The Standard Raised Bed Table on display in the Courtyard garden measures 60cm x 1.2m (2ft x 4ft) in size and is 2 tiers deep, giving 30cm (12") of fertile soil for your fruit, vegetables and herbs to flourish in!

Superior Raised Bed Table - GDN-644
A variation on the exceptionally popular Superior Raised Bed, the Superior Raised Bed Table leads the way in looks and design quality. Manufactured to the same 74cm (2'5") working height as the Standard Raised Bed Tables, the Superior Version boasts aluminium corner brackets and reasurringly thick corner posts - it's THE raised bed table to have if looks and strength are on your list of priorities.

Kathy has a 1.2m square (4ft) Superior Raised Bed Table on display in the Courtyard area and the combined depth of the two tiers - 40cm (16") - gives vegetables even more room to stretch out.    

A-Frame Vegetable Garden - GPL-707
Incredibly providing almost 2sqm of growing space, the A-Frame Vegetable Garden takes pride of place in the Courtyard of The Manor House Garden and clearly demonstrates that lack of open beds or soil is no excuse for not producing home-grown fruit and vegetables. The FSC accredited, high-pressure treated timber which forms the framework holds six 28 litre trays firmly in place and gives you the growing space to raise low growing fruit and salad crops. There's the option of adding an irrigation kit to make watering as simple as turning on a tap and with spare trays available separately, quick turn-round times and crop rotation is not a problem! 

Ladder Vegetable Planter - GPL-708 
Another versatile planter small on footprint but big on growing area, the three x 28 litre trays of the Ladder Vegetable Garden can be used to grow a wide range of vegetables, salad crops and fruit - and just like its big brother the A-Frame Vegetable Garden, spare trays are available to allow you to keep a succession of crops on tap. The framework is made from FSC high pressure treated timber and elevating the trays off the ground seriously hampers slugs and snails.

Once again, the Courtyard garden is the place to see the Ladder Vegetable Planter in 'action'.

Bookshelf Planter - GPL-709
It's sometimes impossible to fit even a space saving planter such as the A-Frame Vegetable Garden or Ladder Vegetable Garden into your garden - and that's where the Bookshelf Planter really comes into its own! Wall mounted, the FSC high pressure treated timber frame has a hinged front to protect and hide the three black plastic troughs in which you can grow fruit, herbs and vegetables - your very own 'growing library'! Visit the Courtyard garden to see the Bookshelf Planter at work.  

Manger Raised Planter - GPL-700 
One of the criticisms often levelled at raised beds is a lack of growing depth, leading to the exclusion of root crops such as carrots, parsnips and even potatoes - but the Manger Raised Bed Planter answers those questions head-on! This attractive growing trough has a growing depth of 45cm (17.5") mid-section and a bit of imaginative planting in this FSC high pressure timber manufactured trough can see the root crops occupying the middle ground with shallower-rooting salads and herbs taking to the sides. You'll be able to admire the Manger Raised Bed Planter - and Kathy's planting - in the Courtyard section of The Manor House Garden.