A friend, colleague and co-teacher in my new Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course, Curtis Stone, has a 900 sq. ft. passive solar greenhouse that grows roughly $50k/year in microgreens. His…

Designing Your Own Passive Solar Greenhouse, Part 1 - Verge Permaculture

Passive heat for greenhouses.

Passive solar design is a design technique that maximizes solar heat gained through the southern windows and retains the radiation with thermal mass.

Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course

Designing Your Own Passive Solar Greenhouse, Part 3 - Verge Permaculture

This underground passive-solar greenhouse is designed to provide a functional growing space. It produces year-round crops in a cold climate.

A passive solar greenhouse from Hometown Structures is a great energy-efficient option that utilizes the sun's warmth to keep your plants warm.

The “Parkway” was our initial research facility; a 12′ x 24′ SunCatcher located in Boone, NC (ski country – cold!). It became the basic design for 100% solar heating. It was built about 2000 and is currently being used as a part of the Lettuce Learn Parkway School garden program. Tomatoes have been grown in it throughout the winter…