Greenhouse Dreamhouse

Inspired wisdom for gardeners based on a plant collector’s dreamy, four-season greenhouse.

A greenhouse is every gardener’s dream. Especially in colder climates, when you have to wait all winter until the garden wakes up again. A greenhouse makes it possible to raise a huge variety of plants, including rare specimens from around the world. A greenhouse can be stylish, a place for year-round experimentation, a showcase of color, a space to start plants that eventually go into the garden, and a tropical refuge in the colder months just steps from your door. GREENHOUSE DREAMHOUSE is a lush tour of a plant collector’s paradise that will inspire both the greenhouse owner who wants to go deep, and the everyday gardener who might not ever have a greenhouse but wants to dream. And why shouldn’t we dream?

GREENHOUSE DREAMHOUSE introduces four types of greenhouse grower: The Artisan, The Horticulturist, The Collector, and The Utilitarian, and explores the various ways a greenhouse can be curated to meet a gardener’s personal taste. With beautiful photos of both rare and familiar plants, and detailed information how they function under glass, Matt Mattus offers notes on projects like raising acacia trees from seed, training woody topiary, collecting bulbs varieties from around the world, how to style your greenhouse beds, how to propagate from cuttings, and so much more. This is a book for anyone who just can’t get enough of plants, plants, plants.
 

• “Whether you’re a nerdy enthusiast or a skillful artisan greenhouse grower, Matt Mattus takes you on a journey of fantasy, exploration, color, design, and dexterity all centered around the wonderful greenhouse. A grower at the highest level, Mattus has years of experience and an unmatched enthusiasm for collecting. Greenhouse Dreamhouse is full of insightful tips, a dream to look at and a joy to read.”
  Fergus Garrett, Head Gardener, Great Dixter
• “This is THE book I’ve been waiting for Matt Mattus to write. It is my inspiration and my bible for adventures in my small greenhouse all fall, winter, and spring.” 
  Page Dickey, author of Uprooted
• “This is a practical guidebook and an Odyssey that explores the many ways you can adapt a home greenhouse for propagation, display, and horticultural exploration. Matt Mattus’s remarkable personal journey weaves through the text, which is illustrated with stunning images that inspire as much as they delight the eyes. If you haven't thought about a greenhouse, watch out! You'll want one once you read this instant classic!”  
  Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator and Director of Outreach, Denver Botanic Garden
• “Greehouse Dreamhouse is a brilliant book on everything one needs to know about choosing and employing a greenhouse to its fullest potential. It is a rich volume with much to learn from; Mattus shows that trial and experimentation will lead to knowledge, and an understanding of your particular greenhouse and abundance will follow.” 
  Frances Palmer, author of Life With Flowers
• “Matt Mattus continually inspires me, both through his celebration of old-fashioned plants, and his gardening practices that help plants thrive. He shares extremely useful advice in Greenhouse Dreamhouse, unlocking the mysteries of how to best make use of a greenhouse, the envy of every gardener.”
  Christopher Spitzmiller, author of A Year at Clove Brook Farm