Author: Mark Berger
• Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Buckminster Fuller gave us great inventions. The geodesic dome may be the greatest for it’s simplicity and utility.

In the years ahead, we will use many more of his ideas and put them to good use.

Source: Peak Moment TV

In Colorado it’s cold for much of the year, but inside this cozy dome greenhouse, the plants are growing happily. Take a grand tour with Buckhorn Gardens manager and permaculturist Breigh Peterson: the greenhouse structure with its interplay of light and water, warmth and air; curving raised beds of vegetables and flowers; fish tanks moderating the temperature; vertical trellises and shelves to use vertical space. Outdoors, a huge garden of row crops and a young orchard are complemented by free-roaming chickens and ducks.

For more info, or to visit the farm, see Buckhorn Gardens.

Category: Permaculture
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  1. Hi Sustainable Montreal,
    We’re really pleased to see our Peak Moment show on the Geodesic Greenhouse on your site. You can watch more than 150 programs at http://www.peakmoment.tv/conversations. Our programs are for your audience: people building locally-reliant, resilient communities in the transition to a sustainable society.

    Shows on lower-energy transportation, local food growing, permaculture, and conversations with folks like John Michael Greer (The Long Descent), Megan Quinn (Power of Community film), Richard Heinberg (Powerdown).

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