Options: We’ve already mentioned the optional base for these glasshouses, which is a great investment to make. Rion also offers an automatic vent opener which will open and close the roof vent depending on the heat inside the greenhouse, and a side louvre vent (with ten blades for maximum air flow) which is a nice way to provide additional ventilation for the plants and flowers inside. You can also add various types of staging, benches and hangers to complete your work area.
Rion doesn’t try to be all things to all people; the company simply offers what it believes to be well-built and designed greenhouses, made from the optimal materials to encourage.
Rion doesn’t try to be all things to all people; the company simply offers what it believes to be well-built and designed greenhouses, made from the optimal materials to encourage.
With the trademark Rion Dutch barn-style roof and green frame, the company’s Ecogrow greenhouses give your garden or allotment a touch of class, while at the same time being a great choice for our sometimes difficult winters. The Ecogrow line is the most compact and therefore the least expensive of Rion’s glasshouses, but there are no short cuts taken on design or the materials used to build these showplaces; they’ve been tested to withstand major wind gusts (as high as 65 mph) and enormous loads of snow.
Here’s a thumbnail look at what you can expect with a Rion Ecogrow:
Size And Detailing: Three sizes of this greenhouse are available, all of which can fit into a small garden and most of which can fit into just about any size of allotment: 6 x 6, 6 x 10 and 6 x 12. Each comes with one opening roof window for ventilation, a single outward-opening door complete with lockable latch (certainly desirable in windy areas), and lots of room for working inside the structure thanks to the distinctive Dutch barn roof which allows extra clearance for both heads and plants.
Here’s a thumbnail look at what you can expect with a Rion Ecogrow:
Size And Detailing: Three sizes of this greenhouse are available, all of which can fit into a small garden and most of which can fit into just about any size of allotment: 6 x 6, 6 x 10 and 6 x 12. Each comes with one opening roof window for ventilation, a single outward-opening door complete with lockable latch (certainly desirable in windy areas), and lots of room for working inside the structure thanks to the distinctive Dutch barn roof which allows extra clearance for both heads and plants.
Frames and Base: As with other Rion greenhouses, frames only come in one “flavor” – strong, hunter green, UV-protected poly resin that’s as strong as any plastic frame you can find. It ensures more insulation and strength than found in comparable structures with aluminum frames; the resin won’t disclour or bend despite the elements. The Ecogrow is among the easiest to assemble on the market (as are all Rion products), because they’re designed so that the lightweight frame just snaps together in seconds with no tools required. One other plus: these models are expandable, so you can just snap extra pieces of frame into the existing greenhouse, add the glazing, and you’ve got more room to work in. There’s also an optional base made of the same green poly resin material, which gives the glasshouse another level of stability and strength.
Glazing: One type of glazing, 6mm twin wall polycarbonate, is standard on all Rion models with no options for horticultural or toughened glass. That’s fine for most people, though, because the polycarbonate material provides outstanding UV protection for the plants inside the glasshouse, Similar material, but 4mm thick, is used for the roof panels. The advantages to polycarbonate glazing – unbreakable with unparalleled insulation – are obvious.
Glazing: One type of glazing, 6mm twin wall polycarbonate, is standard on all Rion models with no options for horticultural or toughened glass. That’s fine for most people, though, because the polycarbonate material provides outstanding UV protection for the plants inside the glasshouse, Similar material, but 4mm thick, is used for the roof panels. The advantages to polycarbonate glazing – unbreakable with unparalleled insulation – are obvious.
