The haven now features colourful flowers from around the world.
Dave, who has always been passionate about ferns and rare unusual plants, said: “My grandad had allotments, my dad was into plants as well.
“[But] I never had my own place to get into it.
“Any rented properties we had, we always had house plants, but Gem wasn’t massively into it to begin with, she had her own interests.
“But I feel our interest has grown together since we got into creating our own tropical garden.”
While Dave works at a garden centre, Gemma is more used to caring for people not plants, as she is a nurse.
