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Featured Blogs on Cultivating a Tropical Plants Greenhouse:
Exploring the Possibilities of Year-Round Gardening in a Greenhouse
We review several client success stories in this blog, all describing dramatically different climates and growing goals.
Our first story is about a client who specializes in tropical plants in a non-tropical environment.
What Kind of Grower Are You?
We have created 4 greenhouse grower personas, each representing a different grower with different needs. Read this blog to see if one of them might describe something close to what you might be looking for.
Scroll to the third persona to meet “Erin Richards”– our tropical plants grower.
The Quest for the Perfect Cup of Coffee, By Way of Greenhouse
A fun look at a client’s quest to engineer the perfect cup of coffee.
This blog starts with building the greenhouse for cultivating the coffee plants he needs in order to brew that coffee himself, in Northern California!
A Tropical Greenhouse at Golden Hoof Farms
Take a tour of one of our earliest greenhouse projects: the tropical greenhouse of Golden Hoof Farms. This passive solar greenhouse represents a larger “slow food” model that the farm hopes to embody, with the goals of operating sustainably and bringing people back to their connection with nature and food.
Ceres Passive Solar Design Philosophy
What makes Ceres’ greenhouses so incredibly resilient? Whether you are looking for a backyard greenhouse, or a productive commercial operating, our designs will allow you to meet your specific growing goals.
Ceres Greenhouse Technologies
One centralized system for controlling the whole environment. Monitor temperature, relative humidity, and CO2, leaf/ canopy temp, PAR, lighting zones, and outdoor weather.
We offer Ceres designed EcoLoop™ or EcoPack™ HVAC options depending on growing goals, budget, site constraints, and greenhouse type. All Ceres environmental controls are custom integrated to suit your needs.
The GAHT® system is a ground to air heat exchanger, a system often referred to as a ‘Climate Battery’. Ceres leads the industry in climate battery technology, having designed and installed more systems in greenhouses than any other company in the world.
Different crops may demand specific lighting requirements. We offer a variety of lighting solutions designed to suit the needs of each individual operation.
A NetZero greenhouse will have zero net emissions. This goal is achieved through capturing and storing energy. This can be done using a various system options.
Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene is a durable, high light transmissive glazing option. It offers more than 95% light transmission, including the UV spectrum. More than other greenhouse companies, Ceres is implementing full spectrum glazings for maximum crop growth.