Peek Inside 10 Dreamy Greenhouses
These beautiful light-filled spaces offer shelter for tender plants and an escape from winter’s chill
As we hunker down for the second half of winter, perhaps you’d like to join us in a bit of garden dreaming with a cruise through 10 gorgeous greenhouses. These airy, light-filled spaces range from practical kitchen garden greenhouses to over-the-top luxury glasshouses with room for more than just plants. Take a look at these well-designed spaces that allow their owners to get a jump-start on spring planting. Tell us: Which one would you love to potter around in in your backyard?
2. Greenhouse With a Mission
This community greenhouse sits on what used to be a parking lot for a housing project in Montreal’s Mercier West neighborhood. In addition to the new greenhouse, the former parking lot also houses a verdant and productive garden for residents to enjoy and use for growing vegetables and herbs. The welcoming greenhouse design by Rose Architecture features a cabin-like silhouette, thin wood slat siding and cost-effective clear polycarbonate roofing.
This community greenhouse sits on what used to be a parking lot for a housing project in Montreal’s Mercier West neighborhood. In addition to the new greenhouse, the former parking lot also houses a verdant and productive garden for residents to enjoy and use for growing vegetables and herbs. The welcoming greenhouse design by Rose Architecture features a cabin-like silhouette, thin wood slat siding and cost-effective clear polycarbonate roofing.
Inside, residents work under a lattice-like roof structure, potting plants and growing tender edibles in sheltered raised beds.
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3. Sitting Pretty in California
Set among ornamental beds and on a handsome brick patio, this forest green greenhouse acts as a focal point for a San Francisco Bay Area backyard by Karen Aitken and Associates. The deep green pairs nicely with the warm brick that’s used both for the patio and for the base of the greenhouse. The brick is also an easy-to-clean surface after potting.
Set among ornamental beds and on a handsome brick patio, this forest green greenhouse acts as a focal point for a San Francisco Bay Area backyard by Karen Aitken and Associates. The deep green pairs nicely with the warm brick that’s used both for the patio and for the base of the greenhouse. The brick is also an easy-to-clean surface after potting.
Inside, brightly colored pots line the shelves and house the owner’s collection of succulents.
4. Botanical Elegance
Soaring ceilings and a spacious interior make for greenhouse dreams in this Hartley Botanic glasshouse in New York. The owners of this greenhouse took advantage of the brick base by placing terra-cotta pots on the ledge around the perimeter, while other pots filled with ferns and orchids hang from the ceiling. The middle remains open, with pots of geraniums and a spot for relaxing and taking in the view.
Soaring ceilings and a spacious interior make for greenhouse dreams in this Hartley Botanic glasshouse in New York. The owners of this greenhouse took advantage of the brick base by placing terra-cotta pots on the ledge around the perimeter, while other pots filled with ferns and orchids hang from the ceiling. The middle remains open, with pots of geraniums and a spot for relaxing and taking in the view.
5. Chicago Rooftop Garden
Positioned on the roof of a lake house in Chicago and surrounded by abundant raised beds, this expansive glass-walled garden house by Sylvester Construction Services could be used for gardening or as a sunroom. Low hinged windows make it easy to open for ventilation, and large panes of glass bring in maximum light.
Positioned on the roof of a lake house in Chicago and surrounded by abundant raised beds, this expansive glass-walled garden house by Sylvester Construction Services could be used for gardening or as a sunroom. Low hinged windows make it easy to open for ventilation, and large panes of glass bring in maximum light.
6. Tropical Hideaway
Set in a tropical-themed garden in Austin, Texas, this handsome glasshouse protects tender potted tropicals throughout the winter and speeds up growing for small plant starts in spring. The reclaimed wood siding and dark paint help it blend into the garden and allow bright tropicals to pop against the backdrop.
Can you spot the guardian angel keeping watch over the plant collection?
Set in a tropical-themed garden in Austin, Texas, this handsome glasshouse protects tender potted tropicals throughout the winter and speeds up growing for small plant starts in spring. The reclaimed wood siding and dark paint help it blend into the garden and allow bright tropicals to pop against the backdrop.
Can you spot the guardian angel keeping watch over the plant collection?
7. English Kitchen Garden
Located in Surrey, England, southwest of London, this good-sized edible garden benefits from a charming glass greenhouse with decorative exterior details. Nicky Corkerton Garden Design positioned the greenhouse and potager on the top of a slope, where the ground is level, and tiered the side yard with patios for an outdoor dining area and lounge.
Located in Surrey, England, southwest of London, this good-sized edible garden benefits from a charming glass greenhouse with decorative exterior details. Nicky Corkerton Garden Design positioned the greenhouse and potager on the top of a slope, where the ground is level, and tiered the side yard with patios for an outdoor dining area and lounge.
The clever layout brings views of the greenhouse to both of the garden’s seating areas. A sage green umbrella brings continuity to the garden, matching the colors of the greenhouse and roofline of the shed.
8. New England Beauty
Set on a property designed by Douglas VanderHorn Architects in Greenwich, Connecticut, this elegant glasshouse features a brick base to match the main house and a custom-designed steel-and-glass top, which the owners had imported from England.
Set on a property designed by Douglas VanderHorn Architects in Greenwich, Connecticut, this elegant glasshouse features a brick base to match the main house and a custom-designed steel-and-glass top, which the owners had imported from England.
Inside, raised gravel beds on either side of a central pathway offer hip-height growing space for a collection of cymbidium orchids and colorful potted annuals.
9. Russian Retreat
This hardworking greenhouse in Russia allows the owners to grow warm-weather summer crops like tomatoes and peppers. The farm-style polycarbonate hoop is set on a wood frame designed to match the adjacent raised beds.
How to Plan Your Edible Garden
This hardworking greenhouse in Russia allows the owners to grow warm-weather summer crops like tomatoes and peppers. The farm-style polycarbonate hoop is set on a wood frame designed to match the adjacent raised beds.
How to Plan Your Edible Garden
10. Room With a View
Positioned with a prime Alaskan view, this greenhouse allows the homeowners to extend their growing season in a northern climate and capitalize on long hours of daylight in the summer. The structure by Treeline Construction is made of wood and polycarbonate.
Positioned with a prime Alaskan view, this greenhouse allows the homeowners to extend their growing season in a northern climate and capitalize on long hours of daylight in the summer. The structure by Treeline Construction is made of wood and polycarbonate.
Inside the greenhouse, tomatoes and other crops are grown hydroponically (in water rather than soil) on a gravel floor.
Your turn: Show us your greenhouse or tell us which one’s your favorite in the Comments.
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This airy glasshouse maximizes light for its small footprint that would be perfect to slot into a sunny side yard. Here, the glasshouse sits in a small backyard in Aarhus, Denmark, surrounded by wildflowers and planted pavers.
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