1. Basic Greenhouse Styles

2. BASIC GREENHOUSE STYLES
BASIC STYLES
EXAMPLES OF GREENHOUSE USES
BASIC GREENHOUSE COVERINGS
COMMON FRAMING MATERIALS

3. DREAM GREENHOUSE

4. A. BASIC STYLES EVEN SPAN GOTHIC ARCH QUONSET RIDGE AND FURROW LEAN-TO
COLD FRAME

5. TERMS
TRUSSES- composed of rafters, chords and struts that support the roof

6. 1. EVEN SPAN Greenhouse with two roof slopes of equal pitch and width
Benefits:
Excellent light, ventilation, and temp control
Disadvantages:
Wasted heat air in the gables

7. 1. EVEN SPAN

8. EVEN SPAN

9. EVEN SPAN

10. EVEN SPAN

11. EVEN SPAN

12. 2. GOTHIC ARCH Side walls are a short base wall of a solid material
POINTED ARCH ROOF
TRUSSES HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED
Not as popular today
Can have sidewalls
Side walls are a short base wall of a solid material
often cinderblocks

13. 2. GOTHIC ARCH

14. GOTHIC ARCH

15. 3. QUONSET
A greenhouse with a semicircular arch that starts at ground level or on top of a sidewall
(Half moon shape)
Benefits:
Less Expensive to construct
Few shadows
Disadvantage:
Cannot handle as much wind and snow

16. 3. QUONSET

17. QUONSET

18. QUONSET