Project 07 — Stone conservatory & working potting house

GreenHouse

A single-room classical conservatory set into the pines — cut stone walls, a colonnaded glass front, and a vaulted glass roof over a working potting room lined floor to ceiling with hanging plants, benches, and a wood stove for the cool months.

Single-room conservatory Cut stone & colonnade façade Vaulted glass roof Working potting benches Wood stove Forest site

Exterior

Cut stone walls and a colonnaded glass front sit low in a clearing among tall pines, capped by a black-framed vaulted glass roof

GreenHouse left exterior elevation detail — Left elevation, stone detail

GreenHouse rear exterior corner view — Rear corner & side addition

The Greenhouse

One tall, light-filled room: potting benches down both long walls, ceiling fans and hanging planters overhead, and a wood stove tucked at the far end

High angle view of GreenHouse interior and vaulted roof — Vaulted roof & wood stove

Potting bench near the entry of the GreenHouse — Potting bench, entry side

Potting bench and cabinetry on the opposite wall — Cut flowers & coffee station

Tropical plants near the GreenHouse entry — Tropical foliage, entry corner

Notes on the design

GreenHouse takes its cues from the classical orangery rather than the utilitarian glass-and-aluminum greenhouse — cut stone walls, a proper cornice, and a colonnaded glass front give it the presence of a garden folly rather than a piece of equipment. Set into a clearing among tall pines, it reads as a small permanent building first and a greenhouse second.

Inside, it's a single generous room built entirely around the work of growing things: long potting benches run down both walls under a black-framed vaulted glass roof, with hanging ferns and planters filling the ridge above. Citrus trees, calla lilies, and cut flowers are worked into the benches alongside the practical tools of the trade — buckets, watering cans, potting soil. A wood stove at the far end means the room stays useful through the cooler months, turning it into as much a retreat as a workspace.