I was watching The Garden Chronicles on Max and saw these tables in Bunny Mellon’s garden at Oak Spring. I was wondering how people think they were made. I love the idea of pebbles as the substrate because greenhouse tables always get gross and metal wire rusts. The pebbles probably hold in some nice heat for the nights as well. What is under the pebbles? Wood? Concrete? Plastic?
coffeejn
To me, it looks like a large ebb and flow seedbed on top of a concrete wall painted white. Definitely not plastic since it would be too weak for the weight if the bed is flooded. The spacing is there so you can have access under but also blocks things to roll under.
CommissionUnlucky525
Our very old local nursery has tables like these and they are made out of concrete. I think they must have been custom made for the greenhouses. They are fairly deep.
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I was watching The Garden Chronicles on Max and saw these tables in Bunny Mellon’s garden at Oak Spring. I was wondering how people think they were made. I love the idea of pebbles as the substrate because greenhouse tables always get gross and metal wire rusts. The pebbles probably hold in some nice heat for the nights as well. What is under the pebbles? Wood? Concrete? Plastic?
To me, it looks like a large ebb and flow seedbed on top of a concrete wall painted white. Definitely not plastic since it would be too weak for the weight if the bed is flooded. The spacing is there so you can have access under but also blocks things to roll under.
Our very old local nursery has tables like these and they are made out of concrete. I think they must have been custom made for the greenhouses. They are fairly deep.
Egyptians