In the garden, glass offers a variety of opportunities, from traditional greenhouses to garden rooms that are awash with the natural light that makes great home offices

Garden room

Not strictly a glasshouse, more of a gardener’s bothy, but this structure could double as a home office or spot to write a novel, with its glazed panel and hideaway corner. It costs £15,300 from English Heritage Buildings (01424 838643; www.ehbp.com)

Open garden

The NGS receives 5% of the proceeds from the sale of every glasshouse in Griffin Glasshouses’ NGS Collection, including this Victorian-style Fennel design with a steeply pitched roof and traditional ridge fittings and finials. It costs £15,500 (01962 772512; www.griffinglasshouses.com)

Your choice

White Cottage Greenhouses produces bespoke designs to suit individual requirements, such as this mono-pitch Edwardian lean-to, which was made to fit an existing base wall. It has side vents, cold frames and staging along one side and costs £8,000 (01270 753826; www.whitecottage.co.uk)

Square find

Hartley Botanic has been producing handmade aluminium greenhouses in England since 1938 and today offers a good choice of designs, including The Grange, an unusual square glasshouse with a high four-sided pyramidal roof and spacious interior. It costs £14,800 and is shown here powder coated in Cotswold colour (01457 819155; www.hartleybotanic.co.uk)

Taken on trust

Designed in collaboration with the curators and gardeners from the National Trust, the compact Hidcote greenhouse in Wood Sage is both timeless and practical, with room for one bench and beds on two sides. It costs £10,250 from Alitex (01730 826900; www.alitex.co.uk)