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How to Build Your Own Greenhouse: Designs and Plans to Meet Your Growing Needs by Roger Marshall

How to Build Your Own Greenhouse: Designs and Plans to Meet Your Growing Needs by Roger Marshall

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How to Build Your Own Greenhouse: Designs and Plans to Meet Your Growing Needs
Contributor(s): Marshall, Roger (Author)

ISBN: 158017647X    EAN: 9781580176477
Publisher: Storey Publishing   
US SRP: $24.95 US  
Binding: Paperback
Copyright Date: 2007
Pub Date: December 30, 2006
Physical Info: 0.64" H x 10.8" L x 8.52" W (1.65 lbs) 264 pages


Unlock new growing opportunities and increase your property value with an outdoor conservatory. In this illustrated guide, Roger Marshall shows you how to build our own greenhouse using simple, easy-to-follow techniques. Covering everything from selecting a site to glazing glass, Marshall includes tips on laying a foundation, construction materials, ventilation, and much more. Whether your goal is to stretch the growing season or create a lush space for a year-round hot tub, you can build the greenhouse of your dreams.

Contributor Bio:Roger Marshall

In addition to designing boats, Roger Marshall regularly lectures and gives talks on gardening and greenhouse growing. He writes a monthly blog post for Hartley Greenhouse, and is the former editor of Home Greenhouse. He is also a member of the Garden Writers Association, The American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the Society of Authors (UK).

Review Quotes:

"Roger Marshall's book...shows gardening enthusiasts how to grow colorful flowers, tropical fruits and abundant vegetables year-round, no matter what the weather is."

Los Angeles Daily News, January 27, 2007

"Marshall leads readers through myriad options and provides well-organized details on the whys and wherefores of each, along with how you (or a contractor) can design and build the greenhouse to suit your gardening needs."

Arkansas Democrat, March 3, 2007

"The book's strengths are its many and varied schematics and highly detailed, step-by-step instructions for building growing structures, from cold frames for just a few vegetables to a large free-standing greenhouse that can double as an entertainment area...There's even a four-page check-list of what to plan for, materials to buy, and approximate costs."

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 25, 2007

"If you are interested in building a greenhouse, here is the definitive do-it-yourself guide. This is the only guide needed to plan, situate and build your dream greenhouse."

Lexington Herald-Leader, June 30, 2007

"If you've ever contemplated adding a greenhouse to your property but didn't know where to start, How to Build Your Own Greenhouse by Roger Marshall will point you in the right direction."

The American Gardener, Sept.-Oct. 2007

"The author gives gardeners the inspiration to take their hobby indoors for the winter months, and then he gives them the means to do so, with step-by-step instructions....Nothing seems insurmountable under the guidance of master gardener Marshall."

Berkshire Eagle
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