Greenhouse Dreamhouse

“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
“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
“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
“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

Matt Mattus is Senior Director of Horticulture at the American Horticultural Society and a longtime leader in the gardening world. He has served as a trustee of the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill and as past president of the North American Rock Garden Society. A widely published writer, his work appears in leading gardening magazines, and he is the author of Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening and Mastering the Art of Vegetable Gardening. Matt lives and gardens with his partner of forty years, Joseph Philip, on the same property where his parents and grandfather gardened before him-a continuity of place that spans more than 125 years. Together they remain deeply involved in New England’s plant societies, often opening their greenhouse in winter and their gardens in summer to fellow plant enthusiasts. They share their home with three much-loved Irish Terriers.

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