New Greenhouse Progress
The new greenhouse will be located in our service area, not accessible to the public.
December 2, 2011 - The tropicals loving their new winter home.
Photo by Bryan Christ
December 2, 2011 - New mist bench up and running.
Photo by Bryan Christ
October 26, 2011 - Shade structure to accompany the new greenhouse.
Photo by Bryan Christ
October 18, 2011 - Ed Hincken and Dan Benarcik install a circulation fan in the new greenhouse.
Photo by Bryan Christ
October 18, 2011 - Birds eye view of the job site.
Photo by Bryan Christ
October 14, 2011 - Sixteen foot sliding door, that should be tall enough.
Photo by Bryan Christ
October 5, 2011 - Greenhouse progress from a different view.
Photo by Bryan Christ
September 27, 2011 - All the glass has been installed, waiting on the doors...
Photo by Bryan Christ
September 22, 2011 - Paul Sautterfield sets a spacer before securing the ledger board for the new shade structure.
Photo by Bryan Christ
September 14, 2011 - Walking on air...
Photo by Bryan Christ
September 13, 2011 - The glass ceiling of the tall house is nearly complete.
Photo by Bryan Christ
September 13, 2011 - The hip house has take form in just a day of assembly.
Photo by Bryan Christ
September 2, 2011 - The skeleton of the house is nearly in place.
Photo by Bryan Christ
August 31, 2011 - Charlie Gallagher trowels the concrete slab covering the cistern.
Photo by Bryan Christ
August 25, 2011 - The steel sub-structure is in place.
Photo by Bryan Christ
August 24, 2011 - Darren Coder, of Solar Innovations, guides a cross member into place during the sub-structure assembly.
Photo by Bryan Christ
August 24, 2011 - Steels on site and we're ready to go...
Photo by Bryan Christ
August 18, 2011 - Darren Bradley mans the concrete hose while pouring the floor to the cistern.
Photo by Bryan Christ
August 18, 2011 - Floors nearly complete in the lower houses.
Photo by Bryan Christ
August 18, 2011 - Tubing for the radiant floor in the "Hip House".
Photo by Bryan Christ
August 12, 2011 - Troweling the concrete for the Prop House floor.
Photo by Dan Benarcik
August 5, 2011 - Masons build framing for the floor of the Prop House.
Photo by Dan Benarcik
July 28, 2011 - A look at the site with new footers for the "Tall House".
Photo by Bryan Christ
July 27, 2011 - Assistant Facilities Manager, Bryan Christ, guides a steel beam into place.
Photo by Dan Benarcik
July 26, 2011 - Framing for the new footers is being constructed.
Photo by Bryan Christ
July 26, 2011 - Phase two of the footer excavation begins.
Photo by Bryan Christ
July 21, 2011 - Gabriel Bradley checks the fresh poured basement floor.
Photo by Bryan Christ
July 21, 2011 - Steel rebar for the floor of the cistern.
Photo by Bryan Christ
July 12, 2011 - Block work complete, waiting for floor to be poured.
Photo by Bryan Christ
July 8, 2011 - Foundation walls around cistern and basement nearly complete.
Photo by Bryan Christ
June 30, 2011 - The block work begins on the foundation walls.
Photo by Bryan Christ
June 30, 2011 - The block has arrived.
Photo by Bryan Christ
June 29, 2011 - Gabriel Bradley trowels the last pour of concrete for the footers on the new greenhouse project.
Photo by Bryan Christ
June 29, 2011 - John Russel places rebar in fresh concrete for block work to come.
Photo by Bryan Christ
June 29, 2011 - Gabriel Bradley oversees the first pour for the footers.
Photo by Bryan Christ
June 28, 2011 - John Gilmore and John Russel build forms for step up in the footing.
Photo by Bryan Christ
June 28, 2011 - Darren Bradley, of Gabriel Bradley Masonry, levels crushed stone as the footers and take shape.
Photo by Bryan Christ
June 27, 2011 - John Gilmore, of John Gilmore General Contractors, reads plans as he lays out the footers for excavation.
Photo by Bryan Christ
June 23, 2011 - DeCaro Construction Company begins excavation...
Photo by Bryan Christ
June 15, 2011 - James Wise, of Callas-Cameron Contractors, begins dismantling the existing greenhouse structure.
Photo by Bryan Christ
June 15, 2011 - The before shot...
Photo by Bryan Christ
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