If you don’t have the space in your backyard for a full size greenhouse, or you just want to keep your beautiful garden within easy access of your home, a lean to greenhouse is the perfect option. Lean-to greenhouses are literally attached to the side of the house, so you can access your plants from inside. Building a beautiful, classically styled natural cedar greenhouse yourself is a lot simpler than you might think, and cedar lean to greenhouse kits make the job virtually foolproof.

Anyone with a few basic DIY skills and a willing helper or two can put a beautiful new lean-to greenhouse together in a day, or a weekend at the most. The cedar lean-to greenhouse kit will contain all of the components of the greenhouse pre-cut and drilled, so all you need to do is screw everything together.

The advantages of natural cedar lean-to greenhouses.

Lean-to greenhouses, or attached garden rooms, come in a variety of materials, including natural cedar, composite timbers, aluminum and high-strength plastic materials. For most people, the overwhelming attraction of natural cedar for their lean-to greenhouse is its magnificent appearance and its lovely aroma. Building your greenhouse from a natural, traditional material is particularly important if your house has a traditional architectural style, or is built using natural cedar cladding itself.

A lean to greenhouse built from natural cedar will be more expensive and require more regular maintenance than a greenhouse built from other materials, but for many people, the extra expense and effort is well worth it. From a practical point of view, natural cedar actually provides better insulation than metal. This is very important if your local climate is very cold in winter or very hot in summer, as a poorly insulated lean to greenhouse will create temperature control problems throughout the whole house.