Growing Spaces "Older Posts" Archive

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The deep tail of the archive. These earliest posts, from 2004 and 2005, are owner letters from the first Growing Domes and early news coverage, including a Toyota plant that used a 50-foot dome to grow food from its own compost.

Two gardeners standing together among lush plants inside a Growing Dome greenhouse
Large geodesic greenhouse on an open site beside a road

Toyota & Growing Spaces

November 18, 2005

Toyota Takes Factory Efficiency to the Next Level Treehugger.com -November 16, 2005 07:30 AM – John Laumer, Philadelphia Plenty of businesses encourage recycling and perhaps “green purchasing”. Some, even a few of the big multinationals, are famed for their occasional green designs. We haven’t seen many big companies, though, which continually green their designs, continually…

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Growing Dome greenhouse with an open roof vent in a grassy backyard

Karen & Glen Everitt in Manti, UT

November 29, 2004

A note from Karen & Glen Everitt in Manti, UT: We received our 22 ft. greenhouse kit on April 11 and by May 23 it was completed except for a couple of finishing projects like a trellis and potting table which are now completed on May 30. We LOVE our greenhouse. It’s the first place…

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Growing Dome greenhouse covered in snow beside another dome-shaped building

Larry Jones’ 42 foot Growing Dome in Kansas

October 9, 2004

Hi Udgar, Puja, Nicky and Wirt, I just wanted to take time to thank you for the Dome. We love it! It has been the best thing that we have done in years. We love to garden and our “Kansas Plains” climate is very inhospitable to many of the plants we love. We have very…

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