What is a Greenhouse?
You've seen them everywhere, I'm sure. They come in many different styles, sizes, materials, shapes, and colors. You may have even been inside one, perhaps when you went to buy seedlings to plant in your vegetable or flower garden. Maybe you have even purchased a tree or two for your yard.
Well, I'm talking about greenhouses, of course. What is a greenhouse? That's easy...it's a structure that has plants growing inside, that uses the sun to create a warm environment for those plants, while protecting them from storms, animals, small children, bugs, and a myriad of other unwanted elements.
How many greenhouse types are there? And which style will suit your needs the best?
Lean-to Greenhouse
One of the favorite types of greenhouse is the lean-to, because it's relatively easy and affordable to build and maintain. A lean-to is constructed against one wall of an existing building. That saves money in the construction, and possibly the heating.
How can a lean-to greenhouse save heating costs? Well, if you build a lean-to greenhouse against your house, maybe where a large window or a glass patio door is currently, then the heat from the house can add warmth to the greenhouse, and on really sunny days, the heat from the greenhouse can actually add warmth to your house.
A further advantage of a lean-to style greenhouse is that you may be able to extend the plumbing and electrical service of the existing structure into the lean-to. That saves both money and time. It's also a space-saving solution for smaller garden areas.
Freestanding Greenhouses
Freestanding greenhouses are positioned away from other structures in order to maximize the light from all sides.
Freestanding greenhouses come in a large choice of different styles, like a-frames, span roof, barn-style, and Quonset, for example.
Victorian Greenhouse
One favorite greenhouse type is the Victorian style. Picture a beautiful sparkling glass greenhouse with the roof of an A-frame, full of lush, healthy flowers and vegetables, and you can understand their popularity.
Being both practical and aesthetically charming, Victorian style greenhouses enhance any setting, adding old fashion English style and beauty to your backyard.
The Victorian comes in a wide choice of design and colors, as a lean-to or a freestanding structure. Available in a choice of timber or steel and a large selection of glazing options, there's a Victorian style greenhouse to fit any greenhouse gardener's dream.
Cedar Greenhouse
Many people are attracted to the rustic beauty of a cedar greenhouse. Often available to be purchased in kit form, they are typically constructed from Canadian Western Red Cedar or something similar.
When purchasing a hobby greenhouse kit, you can be assured that your finished product will be not only attractive but durable, as well, able to withstand strong winds of both summer and winter storms.
PVC Hoop Greenhouse
A PVC hoop greenhouse can be purchased in kit form, or can be easily built from scratch, following a good plan, over a couple of days. It will serve very efficiently to block the wind, and to keep excessive rain, frosts and heavy dew off the leaves of the plants
A hoop greenhouse can extend your warm-season gardening for a month at both the beginning and end of the growing season, since it's capable of raising the daytime temperature 5 - 10 degrees.
If you live in a warmer climate, a hoop greenhouse makes it possible to grow a wider variety of plants through the winter. What a useful addition to your garden!
Greenhouse Coverings
Traditional greenhouses are covered in glass, which allows them to be very transparent and strong. However, they are heavy, inflexible, and relatively expensive to build. Glass also tends to become brittle with time.
Plastic, or polyethylene, has replaced glass in many instances. They are easier to construct and less expensive than glass, although not as long-lasting or as transparent. Wet snow may cause a plastic greenhouse to collapse.
Fiberglass panels have become a popular replacement for glass because of their durability, light weight, and better heat retention. Because fewer structural supports are required for fiberglass panels, they allow more light to enter. On the other hand, they tend to fade and become brittle with age.
Do you want to do some serious planting? Or do you just want to create a space to get away and relax? You can surely find the greenhouse solution to help you achieve your perfect garden get-away.
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