This fall, the Allen Neighborhood Center (ANC) and the Hunter Park Community GardenHouse are sponsoring Build a Backyard Greenhouse, a program that gives neighbors access to140 square foot backyard greenhouses.
“I think that this is something that, at least for serious gardeners who love to garden seasonally, will allow them to do it year round,” says Joan Nelson with the Allen Neighborhood Center. “This could also be a sweet little shelter in their backyard that they could duck into in February.”
The Allen Neighborhood Center and the Hunter Park Community GardenHouse worked on the six-foot tall greenhouse prototypes all summer. They’ve hosted several “how to” workshops for neighbors wishing to build the greenhouses, which can easily be placed in a small Eastside backyard.
Now, they’re putting together a manual with pictures and instructions so neighbors can put the $400 kits together themselves.
“We’ve found similar ones on the Internet that sell for $800 to $1,000,” Nelson says.
Neil Byrne, with the Allen Neighborhood Center, developed the concept and is available to construct the greenhouses.
“It’s a very cool idea,” Nelson says. “There’s this huge growing movement afoot all across the country about creating more green space. Combined with rising food prices, concerns about food safety and increased preference for locally grown produce, I think this will be appealing to a lot of residents.”
If you’re interested in getting information about the greenhouses, contact ANC here.
Source: Joan Nelson, Allen Neighborhood Center
Ivy Hughes is the managing editor of Capital Gains and can be reached here.
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