Greenhouse Gardening Tips

Read our customer's story about moving his beloved greenhouse five times

Thank you once again, Kyle, for taking the time to look after me yesterday. I did, again, appreciate so much your thoughtfulness in assisting me with my own reconstruction dilemma of a few weeks ago. As with everyone there, you showed such warmth and kindness, and as always, I am away with such a good feeling of support and confidence about my maintenance of my beloved little greenhouse.

Do all greenhouses require foundation?

The simple answer is YES

Over the years we have had hundreds of greenhouse-related questions and many of them are related to foundations.

The Power of BCG 

When offering heating and cooling suggestions for optimum climate control for your greenhouse, we ask our customers three things:

There are many plant varieties and they all require different night temperatures to sustain their growth.

Greenhouse night temperatures

The Benefits of a Home-Attached Greenhouse

With convenient access to water and power and designed to maximize the heating benefits of your home, the attached greenhouse is a must for those wanting to extend the season and enjoy the view into the garden. BC Greenhouse Builders offers a lean to greenhouse kit and a gable design for home-attached greenhouses. A lean-to is a roof that has a single slope with its upper edge adjoining a wall or building. A gable-attached greenhouse is a typical freestanding greenhouse with the gable end removed and attached to a wall.

What is Fivewall Polycarbonate Glazing?

BC Greenhouses has been working with this glazing product for a few years. It was so impressive in terms of its energy efficiency that we built a new aluminum framing system to accommodate the wider profile. For example, a typical single glass greenhouse glazing is 3mm in thickness whereas the Fivewall polycarbonate is an impressive 16mm.

Its less complicated than you might think

Many of our customers wonder how difficult it is to build one of our greenhouses.  While it's not IKEA, it's also not hard.  The best tip we can give you is to make sure that your greenhouse foundation is level and square.  

With over 70 years of experience and conversations with thousands of customers over the years, if you live in a colder climate or will ever think about moving, a greenhouse kit is the way to go.  Did you know you can easily disassemble our greenhouses and move them to a new location?  Not so easy to do with a homemade greenhouse.  In fact, many of our customers choose to add an extension when they move because they have more space!

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