Although our consumer culture means that we’re continually encouraged to buy prefabricated products for our homes and gardens, many people still enjoy the simple pleasure of making things for themselves. Now you can extend that pleasure beyond the walls of your home itself and into your garden. Making greenhouses for your garden may sound like a tricky proposition, but thanks to the excellent greenhouse kits now on the market, it’s never been easier.

Greenhouse kits are available for all different greenhouse types and for different levels of ability. If you’re a beginner, you may find it easiest to use one of the season extenders which can be a permanent structure but usually are portable and sometimes even collapsible. The more permanent greenhouses usually come with pre-cut framing material and joints as well as and pre-cut greenhouse panels which simply need to be slotted into place or attached to the frame. 

If you are up for the challenge, another option includes custom building the entire greenhouse yourself where basic carpentry skills are involved. These kits give you a little more room to be creative so you can build your greenhouse to a size that fits perfectly in your yard. The greenhouse can be designed to suit your preferred garden aesthetic. Part of the point of DIY, after all, is to give your home character. For an easier to design greenhouse frame, you can use cedar or some other outdoor grade wood (pressure treated wood is not recommend). PVC tubing is also a popular greenhouse frame, but it generally needs added support to hold up to strong winds. Once you have built the frame, you can attach your preferred greenhouse covering from poly-film to Solexx covering. 

These days there are as many different kits on the market as there are different greenhouses for your garden, which means there’s something for everybody. It’s a new way to approach DIY, but it can be highly rewarding.