#burnsidefarm

Over the weekend, we had the opportunity to work with Afterhouse Detroit on building a semi-subterranean passive geothermal greenhouse at Burnside Farm. Their award-winning design utilizes the existing foundation from a demoed house as the base of the greenhouse, with walls and a roof strategically twisted to face south in order to attain maximum sunlight. Once it's finished, Burnside Farm will have a space to grow plants not typically associated with Michigan like avocado, fig, olive and citrus trees. 

We had an awesome time contributing what help we could offer, learning a lot and making some new friends. We plan to continue building with the team every Sunday that we are available. And, we hope to build a subterranean greenhouse on our own land someday, or even collaborate with Afterhouse on one in the future. 

Here are some photos of the work we did on Sunday, which included raising and painting the support beam for the roof.