Bernadette Dickinson 22 June 2013_blog

Greenhouse Growing

The results are in, and we got a bunch of votes (747) and a slew of comments (42) about Bernadette Dickinson’s photo of her bunches of grapes. It makes us want to take the short drive south to Ignacio just to be able to eat a handful out of Bernadette’s 22′ Growing Dome Greenhouse in Colorado. Bernadette and her family have been growing in their greenhouse for four years now. Way to go with the delightful trellis and succulent grapes, and keep on growing!

Grapes in Ignacio Colorado Greenhouse

This is a perfect example of how vines and trees help shade the Growing Dome and keep the temperatures drastically cooler in the summer.

Here is what this trellis looks like in the overall space of Bernadette’s family’s Growing Dome…

Greenhouse Trellis with Grapes
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This byline marks posts written collectively by Growing Spaces staff where no single contributor is the primary author. Growing Spaces has designed and built geodesic Growing Dome greenhouses from Pagosa Springs, Colorado since 1989, with more than 2,000 installations across 50 states and 14 countries. Posts under this byline draw on shared expertise from the team: gardeners working the production trial domes, design and engineering staff, installation crews working on customer sites, and customer experience staff who walk owners through configuration and long-term operation. When a post belongs under one person's name, it carries that person's byline instead.

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