Growing Domes in Crestone

Growing Domes, Crestone Colorado
Home of 18 Growing Domes , 2 New Domes coming soon! 2006

Toyota selects Growing Dome for demonstration project.
Toyota Vehicle Manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Kentucky plans to use a 51 ft Growing Dome Greenhouse
to show recycling of organic waste and efficient use of resources. For full details of this project, see our forum under New Visionsor visit treehugger.com

Crestone Growing Dome Owners meet at the Forum

Lorraine's 15' Growing Dome

Dome Sweet Home 33' Growing Dome

Annanurs 15' Growing Dome

Vedina's 22' Growing Dome

Grace 42' Growing Dome

Sanctuaryhouse 33'Growing Dome

JoyFul Jurney's 42' Growing Dome

Lynn and Nicks 15' Growing Dome

Toni's 18' Growing Dome

Bill & Chinle's 22' Growing Dome

Russells 26' Growing Dome

Kier 26' Growing Dome

Nichols 22' Growing Dome

Crestone Charter School 22' Growing Dome

Hollander 22' Growing Dome

Steffens 22'growing Dome

Forrest's 18' Growing Dome

Toms 18' Growing Dome

26' Standing Dome

22' Day Dome

33' Shambala Dome

15' Charlie Dome

15' Loriane's Dome

26' Chuck's Dome

18' Casita Dome

Alamosa Colorado's First Growing Dome 9/07/2005

GrowingSpaces Promotional Video
(6.8 Megs, Requires RealPlayer)

GrowingSpace's Growing Dome Links

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Constructing a Growing Dome Greenhouse / GrowingSpaces UK / Home Sanctuaries / Growing Dome Care

12 foot dia growingdome 51 foot dia growing dome

These are Growing Spaces 2 new Greenhouse Models: a 12' Growing Dome in Idaho and a 51' Growing Dome in Missouri.

The 12 ft Growing Dome greenhouse in Idaho is already producing. See "Idaho dome greenhouse"

New Pictures of building a Growing Dome in New York at "Point of Infinity" Retreat Center

Learn how to Care for your Growing Dome on our Growing Dome Care website.

See our Growing Dome Building Crew in action, with Greenhouse Owner comments.

Click here to enter a 42' Growing Dome full of tropical plants.
Many of our dome owners are choosing to create a lush tropical environment year round, as typically, the Growing Dome greenhouse,
if heated, uses only one third of the amount of heat needed by a normal greenhouse.

The Growing Dome Greenhouse as a Home Sanctuary

EXPLORE A BACKYARD TROPICAL PARADISE IN WINTER

Tell 'em Pamela and Rodney sent you! or you can email us for more information at info@growingdomesofcrestone.com

Bed design and construction services also available.

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Greenhouse allows you to grow fresh vegetables, flowers and herbs year round. It's the most energy-efficient, hobby greenhouse kit available today.

The Growing Dome Greenhouse kit is a significant improvement in solar greenhouse design. The Growing Dome is able to provide a year round growing environment with little or no extra heating or cooling. You can enjoy your indoor garden in a beautiful nurturing protected space throughout the changing seasons, in your own Growing Dome. Much more than a greenhouse; it's a way of life.

Enjoy the Many Benefits
of Having a Growing Dome in Your Life

Health: Growing your own fresh food, free from pollutants is a precious gift you are giving to yourself and your loved ones.

Security: No matter what happens to the economy, food is as close as a walk down your garden path.

Harmony: A Growing Dome bring us in touch with the seasons and the environment in which we live.

Beauty: You can delight in having a warm, lush nurturing environment on your own property. People love to sit and relax inside the Dome.

Connectedness: Puttering around in your Growing Dome is a wonderful way to relax at the end of a stressful day and renew your connection with the earth and the natural world.

Abundance: Plants grow in profusion in the moist, warm interior of the Dome. You can grow an abundance of fresh, nutritious produce for family and friends.

Self-Sufficiency: Unlike regular greenhouses which require large amounts of energy to heat and cool, the Growing Dome is solar powered, saving you money, and perfect for off the grid living.

I have endeavored to make the Growing Space's Growing Dome the best insulated greenhouse that is available in kit form in the U.S. The wall of the greenhouse has an R value of R12, the north wall has an R value of R10, but it could be increased to a value of R20. The problem is that any material that transmits light (i.e. glass, plastic, polycarbonate, acrylic) actually has a very poor resistance to heat loss. As a greenhouse is designed to grow plants, it needs a lot of light.

In our Growing Dome we have endeavored to create a correct balance between insulation and glazing. We also use a triple wall polycarbonate glazing which we consider to be the best value for the money of all the insulated glazing's currently available on the market. Also the advantage that our Growing Dome has over a regular greenhouse is that it has two method of storing the heat captured in the day to augment the heating system you may install. These features are: The under-soil heating system and the water tank.

We find that overall our Growing Domes need approximately a third of the amount of heat a regular greenhouse would use. The amount of heat lost from a structure at night is proportional to the minimum surface area of the structure, and the temperature difference between the interior and the exterior. In this regard a dome structure is very energy efficient because it encloses the maximum volume for the surface area.

--Udgar Parsons