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Growing Dome Greenhouse featured on Casa TV in Quebec, Canada

Lem Tingley

January 2, 2016

Quebec Greenhouse

The Lavoie family of Sainte-Ursule, Quebec, Canada, between Joliette and Trois-Rivières, owns an unusual greenhouse, to say the least. Its ingenious design makes it possible to grow your own vegetables even in the dead of winter, for a negligible amount of electricity. Their Growing Dome Greenhouse was even featured on Casa TV in Quebec, Canada!

Inside a 33 foot Growing Dome Greenhouse in Canadda — Inside the 33′ Growing Dome Greenhouse in Quebec, Canada

Acquired at a cost of $ 12,000, the greenhouse meets nearly 80% of the vegetable needs of the Lavoie family. Its dome-shaped design, panels and a huge 950-gallon water tank store the heat of the sun throughout the day. At night, heat escapes from the tank, maintaining the greenhouse in a temperate climate. “Even in the middle of December, it is still 25, 30 degrees!” Explains the owner, Patrick Lavoie.

To avoid freezing on the ground, a solar panel and a fan allow the heat to be redistributed underground. Conversely, when it is too hot, vents open to let the heat escape. According to the owner, the electricity bill for heating during the nights of December and January is around $ 200.

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Lem Tingley

Former Chief Growing Officer

Growing Spaces

My wife Liz and I acquired Growing Spaces in April 2018. We were initially attracted to the company as a Colorado-based manufacturing company making innovative and environmentally friendly products. We were excited to promote sustainable and healthy lifestyles through the manufacturing and installation of the Growing Dome. I graduated from CU Boulder in Mechanical Engineering, and have been working for Colorado based manufacturing companies for the last 25 years. My core values revolve around efficiency, superior quality, exemplary customer experience and conscious business practices. We look forward to expanding our services, improving our capabilities and enabling more customers to grow healthy and nutritious food year-round without external power! Liz Tingley is a VP of Operations for a payment integrity provider to the healthcare industry. We live in Golden, CO with our three teenage boys. We love to travel, ski, hike, play board games and watch our boys play soccer.

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