From Structure to Storefront: The Retail Greenhouse Features Worth Planning For You can’t predict the future, but you can prepare for it. Whether you’re planning to install a new garden center greenhouse or make improvements to an existing one, it’s important to determine what features will benefit your
4 Benefits of a Smart Greenhouse Approach Everything is getting smarter: phones, cars and even home appliances. As a commercial grower, you may have heard some buzz about the benefits of a smart greenhouse. What makes a greenhouse fall into this category, and what technology would benefit
Maximize Your Harvest: Year-Round Growth with a Commercial Greenhouse Controlling your growing conditions is the best way to boost your yield, improve margins and increase efficiency. And the best way to control your growing conditions? A commercial greenhouse, of course. It’s no secret that a commercial greenhouse
Customizing Your Greenhouse Design for Environmental Conditions A greenhouse exponentially expands your growth capacity by providing control over growing conditions. Whether you are working with a climate with wild temperature fluctuations or you’re simply wanting to grow non-native varieties, the right greenhouse design will bring efficiency and
Educational Greenhouses Drive Innovation Across the country, universities are beginning to find new opportunities to examine sustainability and the energy required for growing in a variety of climate conditions. The work begins with an educational greenhouse, overseen by a team of specialists from universities, technology companies and
The Benefits of Dispersed Lighting (and Stuppy’s Diffused Polycarbonate) Have you been spending a lot of time watching the clouds? Maybe you find that your weather app is your go-to click when you pick up your phone. Monitoring your plants’ access to dispersed light is one of
3 Steps to Better Greenhouse Pest Control Investing in a greenhouse is one of the best ways to limit the access that pests have to your plants. Structural pest control goes a long way in preventing plant loss to birds, deer and other animals that like to
Your Energy Efficiency Upgrade May Qualify for a USDA Grant Sun and wind exposure. General wear and tear. There are many reasons why you may be in need of a greenhouse upgrade. If it’s an upgrade related to energy efficiency, you may be able to qualify for
What You Need to Know About Building Codes for Greenhouses If you’ve been considering replacing your greenhouses or adding to your commercial growing enterprise with new structures, you may be wondering just how much you need to know about building codes. Is there a standard minimum building
Building Your Educational Greenhouse An educational greenhouse offers a variety of benefits to your campus, from providing hands-on learning experiences in botany to giving students the opportunity to take on the responsibility of planning, maintaining, and harvesting a crop. However, as exciting as a new educational greenhouse
