BC Greenhouse Builders Limited, North America’s leading builder of hobby and estate greenhouses, is proud to announce the recent article “A Photographer’s Backyard Greenhouse is Picture Perfect” by Christy Wright.  The article features our customer Emily Yewchuck and her stunning Cottage model 12×16 glass greenhouse. Bigger is better. That’s just what Emily Yewchuk, owner of Yew & Co., realized after building an eight-by-12-foot greenhouse at her home in British Columbia’s Comox Valley. “After six months, I knew that all the things I wanted to do here would require more square footag ..read more

Backyard Greenhouses are Growing on Homeowners BC Greenhouse Builders Limited, North America’s leading builder of hobby and estate greenhouses, is proud to announce the recent article “Backyard Greenhouses are Growing on Homeowners” by Melissa Feldman.  The publication comes at a great time while the company is celebrating our 70th anniversary.  This article featured two of our greenhouses and greenhouse customers. Historically, elaborate, ornate greenhouses were fabricated for high-society households while more utilitarian versions were operated by commercial agriculturis ..read more

Do your greenhouse tomatoes have heat stroke? Tomato flower breaking off when it doesn’t get pollinated. If your tomato blooms are bending and falling off, flower and all, they are having heat stroke. When extreme heat hits, greenhouse tomatoes fail to set fruit even as the leaves keep growing and new blooms appear.   The University of Delaware says “Tomato plants can tolerate extreme temperatures for short periods, but several days or nights with temperatures above 90oF (daytime) or 72oF (nighttime) will cause the plant to abort flowers and fruit. At these temperatures the pollen can b ..read more

Joanna DeJong, accountant for BC Greenhouse Builders, is a legacy               As part of our 70th Anniversary, we continue with spotlights on people who have shaped the BC Greenhouses that we are today.  Joanna DeJong, Accounts Manager of BC Greenhouse Builders, started her long career in 1997.  One of the few legacy employees who not only remembers the Hedley location in Burnaby but worked there too.  Joanna started as a Girl Friday of sorts but her introduction to the Heinen family started much earlier. “My Mother tells the story about the ..read more

  A collection of our greenhouses in various snowy climates!   The post Winter Greenhouse Under Snow appeared first on BC Greenhouse Builders ..read more

Guttation, Transpiration and Edema – How Water moves through Your Spring Greenhouse Plants Great example of guttation and the way water moves through a plant If you are inclined to have a long, lingering coffee before you pop out to your spring greenhouse in the morning you may never see this “problem”. If, however, you are an early bird, you may panic when you see your plants leaking water from the leaf edges. This is a condition called guttation.   In the early season of tomato growing when the soil is nice and moist but the air temperatures are still cool inside the morning greenhous ..read more

Big Idea: Build the best greenhouse for you, forever. Listen to this greenhouse podcast and learn more about BC Greenhouse Builders and their 70 years of building high quality greenhouses.         Recently Kyle Exner, General Manager at BC Greenhouse Builders, joined Donna Balzer to talk about the options when customizing your greenhouse. Kyle has ideas to build a forever greenhouse and he shares his 23 years of experience on this podcast. Learn about location, sun exposure, underground greenhouses, why weather resistance matters and more! Wondering what to cover your gree ..read more

      The post Cape Cod 10×20 Glass Greenhouse appeared first on BC Greenhouse Builders ..read more

Mike Brouwer, owner of Clear Choice Glass Construction, is the exclusive representative for BC Greenhouse Builders in the Fraser Valley   Recently I had the opportunity to connect with Mike Brouwer, owner of Clear Choice Glass Construction, about his history with BC Greenhouse Builders.  Mike is what we would call a ‘legacy employee”.  Legacy to us means someone who has been with the company for an extraordinary amount of time, adds incredible value and improves the company over the years through their dedication and hard work. “It was the spring of 1981 that I worked at BC ..read more

Greenhouse Algae, pests and worm castings oh my! Before we get to greenhouse algae, let’s talk about a shopper on Amazon that complained about bugs in her worm castings. If you don’t speak garden lingo yet, worm castings are simply worm poop. They are mixed with soil in garden beds or in pots to make tomatoes grow faster, stronger and healthier. And just in case you missed the memo, worm poop comes with bugs of its own. The good ones. Dan Rollingson started selling Earthly Matters worm castings on Amazon as soon as he got his worm casting labels sorted with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ..read more