45 Best DIY Greenhouses ( Tutorials & Free Plans! )

How to build great DIY greenhouses, simple cold frames, tunnels, and hoop houses on a budget with BEST tutorials, design ideas and free building plans. Yes you can have a productive garden in winter and cold climate!

I can day-dream about them all day long … greenhouses and cold frames! They are such effective structures to extend the growing season, allowing us to start seedlings early and grow an abundant garden year round, even in the snowy cold winter!

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You will discover that you can build your own greenhouse or cold frame even when you have little budget and little carpentry skills.

Every one of these greenhouses and cold frames contain lots of inspirations to learn from. You will find ingenious ideas such as passive heating elements of painted jugs, straw bale as building material that needs no tools, using tree branches, old bottles, windows, and even a trampoline! For more, here are 52 Best landscaping ideas & designs for front & backyard garden, and our complete guide to vegetable gardening for beginners.