News & Events
Explore the latest Growing Spaces news and events, including company updates, event announcements, educational opportunities, and Growing Dome greenhouse news. This category brings together timely updates from our team and community so you can stay informed about what’s happening now.
Spring 2020 Event Schedule
February 29, 2020
Update 3-23-2020: All events below are postponed until further notice. We will continue to update the status on this page and send individual updates to the RSVP list as new dates are determined. If you would like to be notified of any changes to these events, you may still RSVP below. We are also not…
Colorado Garden and Home Show 2020
February 21, 2020
We are so excited to announce that we will be participating in the 2020 Colorado Garden & Home Show from February 22nd – March 1st at the Colorado Convention Center. This is our very first event of the year and the biggest show we have ever participated in. Don’t miss the chance to explore the Rocky Mountain…
Help Grow A Dome for Food Insecure Communities
December 9, 2019
These non-profits are working to increase access to locally grown organic food in their communities There are many challenges facing our planet’s agricultural systems. Climate change, pesticides, GMOs, over-farming, soil health, corporate agriculture among many others. Food insecurity is also a major concern, as many communities do not have access to fresh, healthy organic food….
Taspen’s Cosmic Kitchen: Farm-to-Table Dining in Conifer, CO
October 1, 2019
Restaurant Greenhouse The Restaurant’s story. Taspen’s Cosmic Kitchen “is a place for everyone no matter what you eat.” They are a family-owned restaurant located in the Aspen Park Village Shopping Center at 25797 Conifer Rd B112, Conifer, CO 80433. All of their food & drinks are over 95% organic and 100% delicious. The idea to…
Growing Dome Community Celebration
June 10, 2019
Customer Appreciation Party 2019 This year has been one for changes at Growing Spaces, with a new logo, and a new website just around the corner we wanted to take the time to thank our community of growing dome greenhouse owners for their constant support. Plus give some of our potential owners a peek into…
Milk and Honey Farm: Living Values, Creating Community, and Awakening Minds
April 27, 2019
Located on the 10-acre campus of the Jewish Community Center in Boulder, Colorado, the Milk and Honey Farm is a shining example of building a more resilient community through local organic farming.
Growing Bananas at 60 Degrees North
November 26, 2018
Janet and I first met Bjorn Oliviusson in Fall 2012 when we arrived to help install the 33′ Growing Dome Greenhouse sold to the Royal Institution of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. As described in Bjorn’s post, it ended up at a school near the university, a pleasant setting, but late Fall in Stockholm the sunlight…
Whole-Food Plant-Based Diet in a Growing Dome
November 16, 2018
Cara Barnes of Hollyhock Farms in Aspen Colorado talks about sustaining a whole food plant based diet out of her Growing Dome Greenhouse
Farm to Table Restaurant Growing in a Growing Dome® Greenhouse
October 25, 2018
Mirabelle Restaurant, one of Vail Valley’s most reputable establishments, is leading the way with fresh food grown on-site How does a farm-to-table restaurant source the best fresh ingredients year-round in a Colorado ski town? Belgian-born Master Chef Daniel Joly of Mirabelle Restaurant in Beaver Creek has been a devoted Farm to Table restaurateur his entire…
Growing Spaces Change of Ownership
May 24, 2018
Growing Spaces® Founders Puja and Udgar Parsons Pass the Baton New Ownership at Growing Spaces and What it Might Mean for the Future of the Growing Dome® A Growing Spaces change of ownership is shifting up the company geometry. Puja and Udgar are riding off into the sunset to stoke romance, share energy with kids…
Growing Spaces Open House
March 15, 2018
2018 Growing Spaces® Open House Take a Little Trip. Tour 5 Sizes of Growing Domes®. Enter to Win a Hot Springs Pass and The 2018 Open House Special Offer. The 2018 Growing Spaces Open House has a garden seat set aside for you. It’s hard to know what a Growing Dome looks like, what it smells and…
Permaculture Convergence in Mancos, Colorado
July 20, 2016
Permaculture and Tending the Fires of Inspiration Permaculture isn’t really about chickens, swales, plants, energy, composting toilets, and buildings; and this article isn’t really about permaculture. It is about how permaculture helps us design for beneficial relationships. Relationships which make the world a better place, regardless if it is between domestic fowl, comfrey, and pill bugs….
The National Environmental Education Foundation Partners with Growing Spaces
May 18, 2015
Nizhoni Elementary School in New Mexico used a Growing Dome Greenhouse to develop a Learning Lab
Growing Spaces Grant Winner Eva’s Village Gets Growing
November 20, 2014
We are very excited to announce the completion of the 26′ Growing Dome for the 2014 Growing Spaces Third Place Grant Winner – Eva’s Village. The innovative homeless shelter greenhouse is located next door to Eva’s Village at Wayne Auto Spa owned by Rob Burke. The new indoor garden will produce food for the teaching…
Growing Spaces, LLC. Joins Colorado Environmental Leadership Program
September 9, 2014
Pagosa Springs, CO – Growing Spaces of Pagosa Springs will be recognized Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts for achievement of Bronze tier environmental leadership by the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment. At the 15th Annual Colorado Environmental Leadership Awards, Growing Spaces will join other Colorado companies…
Iowa Homeless Shelter Greenhouse, Second Chance Through Gardening
July 26, 2014
Central Iowa’s Homeless Shelter Greenhouse The idea of a homeless shelter greenhouse has been spreading recently and we are excited to be a part of this innovative movement. Central Iowa Shelter & Services Center (CISS) built a Growing Dome not only to feed the hungry, but also to teach those needing a second chance how…
For Immediate Release: Pagosa Springs Small Business Honored with Green Colorado Award
June 20, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6.20.14 PAGOSA SPRINGS SMALL BUSINESS HONORED WITH GREEN COLORADO AWARD Pagosa Springs, CO – Growing Spaces given green business award. Growing Spaces of Pagosa Springs will be recognized Thursday, June 26 at RedLine in Denver as one of Colorado’s leading green businesses by ColoradoBIZ Magazine. Growing Spaces owners Udgar and Puja Parsons…
4th Annual Growing Spaces Symposium
April 16, 2014
Saturday, May 31st, 2014 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Join us for this fun filled day at the Pine River Public Library in Bayfield, CO to learn about gardening in the Growing Dome from both new and long-standing instructors of the Growing Spaces team. Topics will cover aspects of soil, composting, insects, seeding, and transplanting…
Columbine Elementary’s New “Growing Dome” Greenhouse – a 21st Century Learning Center
March 14, 2014
Boulder community unites for hands-on, year-round garden education Boulder, CO March 10, 2014 – On Friday students, parents and staff at Columbine Elementary are holding an “Open Greenhouse” – the first chance for the community to check out their recently constructed 33 foot-diameter geodesic Growing Dome Greenhouse. The new greenhouse is considered a pilot for…
PRESS RELEASE: Award-Winning Colorado Greenhouse Company Celebrates 25 Years of Product Innovation and Ethical Business Practices
March 8, 2014
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Award-Winning Colorado Greenhouse Company Celebrates 25 Years of Product Innovation and Ethical Business Practices PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO., March 6, 2014 — Growing Spaces, LLC, a Colorado greenhouse company is celebrating 25 years in business. Since 1989 the company has been designing and manufacturing the award-winning Growing Dome® geodesic greenhouse kit…
Boutique Manufacturing & Sustainable Greenhouses
December 18, 2013
Growing Spaces greenhouses was recently paid a visit by a CompanyWeek reporter. Owners of the company, Puja and Udgar Parsons, had an opportunity to take the reporter on a tour and share about our unique sustainable Growing Dome greenhouses. Puja Parsons is quoted throughout the article, and on this day she took the opportunity to…
Durango Students Lead Movement in Eating Locally Grown Food
November 20, 2013
Animas Valley students and their 22′ Growing Dome school greenhouse make big news, eating locally grown food. From the Durango Herald newspaper November 18, 2014: “Students and faculty at Animas Valley Elementary School were busy on Thursday afternoon collecting tomatoes, red lettuce, radishes and a few carrots from a greenhouse and garden on the premises….
Aspen T.R.E.E. Growing Dome Community Supported Agriculture Project
November 6, 2013
In October a dedicated crew from Growing Spaces and with the help of local volunteers installed at 42′ Growing Dome Greenhouse at 8,000 feet at Aspen T.R.E.E. Colorado in cold and snowy conditions. Through the donations of the Growing Spaces crew time and donations of labor and funds from numerous community organizations and individuals, Aspen…
2013 Growing Spaces In-Kind Grant Winners Announced
June 28, 2013
We are pleased to announce the top three winners of this year’s Growing Spaces In-kind Grant Awards. Each of these well deserving organizations has diligently planned and raised funds for their education programs that will include a Growing Dome® greenhouse. It is with great joy that we join the movements to contribute to and support…