Custom Greenhouses
Wouldn’t you love to enjoy your garden year-round? Picture growing fresh herbs and tomatoes in any weather, inside a solar-heated greenhouse built to thrive through New England winters. Outdoor Personia can make it happen with a specially-designed, hand-crafted custom Greenhouse built to last just for you.
Each greenhouse is built with quality wood framing and can be personalized with your choice of features including freestanding or lean-to styles, optional planting and potting benches, ventilation, water lines, and electric packages.
Beyond gardening, your greenhouse can double as a cozy backyard retreat, home office, or peaceful space to relax. Stop by our design centers in Bellingham or Hanover, MA, or in Waterford, CT. Simply contact one of our design consultants today and begin planning your dream greenhouse.
Important Things to Consider Before Getting Started
Consider how you’ll use your greenhouse throughout the different seasons. Are you growing flowers, herbs, or vegetables? Will you display plants, start seeds, or grow bedding plants? Once you know your goals, we’ll help design the right layout, materials, and features to bring them to life.
Selecting the right spot is key to your greenhouse’s success. Choose an area with strong southern exposure and minimal shade so your plants receive consistent light. If you’re adding an attached storage shed, place it on the north side. Our Design Consultants can help identify the ideal location.
A greenhouse that’s wide and tall enough to work in comfortably is important. Will there be enough space to move around inside? What kind of shelving or storage should you plan for? Our design consultants will recommend dimensions that fit your space, budget, and your gardening style.
Yes. Every greenhouse needs a solid, level foundation to ensure long-term stability and proper drainage. We typically recommend a bed of ¾” crushed stone, though concrete, brick, pavers, or pressure-treated/composite floors also work. A well-built foundation prevents settling, discourages pests, and creates the right conditions for healthy, efficient growing.
Good ventilation is essential year-round. Louvered vents, screened windows, roof vents, or electric fans all help maintain an ideal temperature for your plants. We’ll review all your options for natural and powered ventilation so your plants thrive in every season.
Permit requirements vary by town, but many require one for greenhouses over 200 sq. ft. or when electrical or plumbing is included. Typically, there are two types: zoning permits for land-use approval and building permits for structural compliance. We can guide you through the process and ensure everything is in order.
Choose the Style That Best Fits Your Garden & Lifestyle
Easy-Build Greenhouse Kit
Personalizing Your EZ-Build Greenhouse Kit:
What’s Included:
Your Easy-Build Kit includes an economical 6×8 footprint, a solid pine frame, UV-treated polycarbonate panels, a manual tilt-out louvered vent, a storm door with a screen window, and five pre-assembled panels with clear instructions and hardware.
Prepare a Solid Foundation:
Choose the foundation style that works best for your yard and growing goals. We also offer site-preparation services to ensure your kit is supported, level, and ready for quick assembly.
Create a Productive Interior:
Add efficiency with a wrap-around planting bench or choose from our 53″ or 76″ wood shelves to organize tools, starts, and supplies.
Decide How Hands-On You Want to Be:
Can you assemble the greenhouse yourself with the included panels and instructions, or get some help. Two people can expect to assemble the greenhouse in one afternoon.
Shape It to Fit Your Gardening Style:
With its simple design and flexible add-ons, your Easy-Build Kit can be tailored to support everything from weekend gardening to season-long growing projects.
Pricing Example:
6×8 Easy-Build Greenhouse Kit starts at $3,295
Interior options, foundation, and delivery costs may vary.
Learn more at Easy-Build Greenhouse Kits.
Classic Greenhouse
Personalizing Your Classic Greenhouse:
Start with the Essentials:
Every Classic Greenhouse includes solid pine wood framing, 4′ 6″ high sidewalls, polycarbonate walls and roofing, MiraTec exterior trim, a single entry door, two manual roof vents, and an anchor kit – all built on a no-floor design ready for your chosen foundation.
Set Up Your Space:
Improve airflow and temperature management with options that include roof or side vents, manual or automatic airflow systems, exhaust fans, and solar-powered vent kits. Adding heaters for the winter weather can extend your growing season all year.
Customize Your Workspace:
Boost functionality by adding a freestanding planting table, attached potting benches, or a composite decking floor. Include lighting, electricity, irrigation systems, sinks, and hose spigots – everything needed to maintain a thriving environment.
Personalize the Structure:
Additional options include trellises, raised beds, planting boxes, open shelving, tool racks, window ledges, and even attached garden sheds.
Make It Truly Your Own:
Whether you’re creating a simple growing space or a more fully outfitted garden studio, we’ll help tailor the Classic Greenhouse with the options that best support your gardening goals.
Pricing Example:
10×12 Classic Greenhouses range from $10,000 to $13,000
Foundation options and permitting costs vary based on your property and project requirements.
Premium GReenhouse
Personalizing Your Premium Greenhouse:
Design a Solid Foundation:
We’ll help you design and install the right foundation for your space and intended use. Our no-floor design – with 4×4 rim joists that sit directly on your greenhouse’s foundation – lets you integrate it seamlessly into your landscape.
Make It Your Own:
Choose from our palette of stain colors, pressure-treated Southern Yellow Pine or Cedar framing, or a 30″ kneewall wrapped in your preferred exterior siding.
Enhance Protection and Performance:
Every greenhouse includes 5′ sidewalls clad in 1/8″ polyacrylic panels for crystal-clear light diffusion and double-wall polycarbonate roofing on a 9/12 pitch to shed snow, capture sunlight, and support healthy plant growth.
Finish with Flair:
Metal trim in standard or custom colors accents the exterior, and a spacious 36″ x 80″ personalized single door ensures easy access for you and your harvests.
Endless Personalization:
Add ventilation, extra doors, potting benches, exterior planter boxes, a portico entryway, dormers, and more. Our Design Consultants will guide you every step of the way!
Pricing Example:
10×12 Premium Greenhouses range from $15,000 to $20,000
Foundation options and permitting costs vary based on your property and project requirements.
Add a Storage Shed to Your Greenhouse!
Tackle your gardening storage needs with a convenient shed seamlessly connected to your greenhouse. An Outdoor Personia Shed Greenhouse Combo keeps your tools and supplies organized and within easy reach while providing a sheltered space to grow and care for your plants year-round.
These dual-purpose structures combine a fully functional shed for equipment with a greenhouse for cultivation – perfect for maximizing space and convenience in your backyard.
Visit our Shed Greenhouse Combos page to learn more and get started today.We individually price each project based on its unique features and any optional services such as drawings, permits, or site preparation – so your quote reflects the full scope of your dream.
Our Simple Process Makes it So Easy to Work With Us!
Share your vision
We want to understand your dream and then personalize a solution to match your vision.
Let's Collaborate
Once you are happy and approve our proposal, we are ready to get to work!
We'll build it
We will choose the best way to create your structure. Relax and enjoy your dream come true.
Custom Greenhouse Solutions
Other people like you have come to Outdoor Personia seeking solutions for their outdoor living spaces. Check out these project ideas and customer stories to see how we can personalize a solution for your individual needs.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Greenhouses
- A greenhouse is a warmer and more humid environment than the outdoors, providing an ideal climate for growing flowers, vegetables, and herbs. You can extend the limited New England growing season by planting early and move your harvest to an outside garden for the summer.
- As well as protecting your plants from harsh weather, you won’t have to worry about pests like deer, insects, rodents, or hungry birds.
- With the increasing trend of organically grown fruits and vegetables, year-round organic planting has become an essential lifestyle choice as well as saving money on store-bought produce.
- A personalized greenhouse is a perfect place to relax and enjoy being outside even during the coldest winter months.
Pre-built greenhouse kits do not include expert installation. The homeowner is solely responsible for either building the structure or hiring a costly professional contractor.
Many greenhouse kits are framed with lightweight aluminum to keep shipping costs low and may be susceptible to the high winds and harsh temperatures of the Northeast. If the ground is not properly prepared and level the structure’s materials can crack or warp over time. Outdoor Personia greenhouses far exceed kit greenhouses in quality and beauty.
Outdoor Personia will prepare the foundation, obtain any needed permits, and work with you to make your dreams of a beautiful, fully functioning greenhouse a reality!
Outdoor Personia frames our structures with a variety of materials including pressure-treated southern yellow pine or stained cedar wood with weather-resistant metal trim.
Durable polyacrylic clear walls and roofing diffuse the sun’s rays while still retaining the natural solar heat. You can also choose from a number of floor types for best drainage. The solid knee walls can support an optional bench for potting and choose to cover the exterior with painted Duratemp siding or stained cedar shingles.
You can include optional benches for easy potting, window ventilation to control internal temperatures or an electric package for fans and lighting. The outer dimensions and base wall can be built at various sizes as well as adding an enclosed storage shed section.
Paint the Duratemp siding with the color of your choice, or cover the exterior with stained cedar shingles.
Add window ventilation to control internal temperatures or an electric package for fans and lighting. The outer dimensions and base wall can be built in various sizes.
A backyard greenhouse can extend the growing season very effectively. Start your tomatoes early in the spring for planting out into the garden. Plant lettuce, kale, or spinach almost year-round. Just be careful to get the proper varieties from your seed company because some lettuce varieties do well in cool climate conditions and others do better in the summer heat.
Dwarf varieties of citrus and other fruit trees are also fun to raise in a greenhouse!
You will find the most significant advantage in extending the growing season in early spring and late into the fall. It often depends on what you want to grow and how much you want to spend. Some varieties of greens can be grown all through winter in a small greenhouse with minimal heating, while other plants require a lot more care. We recommend that you research any plants you are considering planting first.
It is essential to find just the right location for your greenhouse. Not only do you want it to look great on your property, but it should be placed in a spot where the plants will thrive. We recommend that you choose a place away from the shade, and if you are considering a greenhouse with the attached storage shed, the shed portion should be on the north side of the greenhouse. It’s usually not difficult to decide on the best spot for your location, we’ll be happy to help you in the process.
- Consider growing micro-greens (also called vegetable confetti) in your greenhouse. This intensive planting and harvesting of greens is a sensible way to add variety to your diet.
- Grow and eat your own lettuce year-round. By planting different varieties at different times of the year, you will have a constant supply available to harvest.
- Have you thought about growing fruit in your greenhouse space? There are some varieties of cherries, grapes, and lemons that can be grown in a small container.
- Wooden greenhouses provide personal outdoor living spaces. Your new backyard oasis can be the perfect place for a home office, she-shed, or just a place to get away and relax!
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