After doing tons of research on what kind of greenhouse we wanted and one that would survive the climate of Alaska, we settled on the 11x7 Bellerose. My husband and I took our time sorting everything out in the garage, including putting up tables for all the hardware and alphabetizing the boards. We also water sealed all the boards prior to installation (sealed as we went). It took us several weekends working on it, including building the foundation. We are extremely pleased with the high-end quality, excellent instructions, and aesthetics of the greenhouse. We have gotten a lot of compliments on it so far. I love that it has folding tables, a built-in fan and water spigot. This is definitely higher quality than the ones we looked at at the big box stores and even local contractors that build on site. Well-worth the investment and would definitely recommend!!!

Everything was delivered in great shape. We unboxed everything and tried to sort as we went onto a trailer that we pulled to the backyard while we built the greenhouse. It took about 90 minutes to get all the boxes opened and sorted. My son and my neighbor helped me build this and it took us about 3.5 days total. The first day, we built all four walls. It took about 4-5 hours to get those done, standing up and connected to one another. A lot of time was spent "finding" the right pieces of wood and hardware. The second day was putting all of the wood panels on, installing the windows, and putting in the benchtops. Everything went into place relatively easily. Two areas we had challenges: 1) a couple spots where we had to make a minor cut on the trim with a flat woodworkers handsaw but I think that was 3 pieces total. And 2) the benchtops were not quite level with the backwall as we installed them, so we adjusted to the same height and maintained level as we went to the front. The third day, we built the rafters and ridge boards. Installed those (46 yo and 68 yo men) and it wasn't too difficult. We installed the roof panels and metal covers, along with the soffits and other metal pieces. Similar to other reviews, we kept the metal pieces out of the sun and the blue coverings were still a bear to get off...but we got them done. On the last day, we finished the flashing, built and mounted the ridge cap, built the pergola and finished the remaining things inside the greenhouse. It looks great...I know my wife is looking forward to using it!

Overall the quality was very good - only criticism is the screw holes on the window hinges should be alternated because the screws abut when the window is closed and it's tight. The amount of lumber and hardware is daunting, but it was fun to put together and I know I'll be very happy with it for years to come!

I am constructing my greenhouse now and am totally blown away at the attention to detail, the quality product, and the clear and detailed instructions provided. I cannot be happier and am so impressed with Backyard Discovery and their product!! Thanks!

I ordered and received shipment in about 10 days. 8 large boxes my husband was able to unload with a Bobcat. We were both pleased with the quality of the wood and hardware. Remember to water seal all of the lumber before assembling. This step was t in the directions however a follow up email about the 5 year warranty stated this should be done followed by annual applications. The directions and assembly went very smoothly. I am super excited to start using it this spring!

We installed the XL greenhouse recently. For most homeowners this is far far too much to take on and best left to pro's. I would expect two young ambitious homeowners to need 10-15 weekends for foundation work, wood sealing, assembly, andfinishing touches. I felt this kit was overall very well made and the precision the kit is made at (e.g. pre-drilled holes, notches etc.) is astonishing. I'm not a fan of the poly panel taping it required (why not sealed panes?) as moisture can get in and fog the panels. I felt the fasteners were well made except for the metal roof screws which are terrible and window latches are akward. I'm not a fan of how the roof was flashed especially where poly roof panels meet metal. I felt the kit would benefit from gutters/rain barrel option and the fan/thermostat a solar option. Despite the criticisms this kit is awesome overall and if you're crazy ambitious get one.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Good design and thoughtful function meets beauty. The structure of this greenhouse seems quite sturdy, and the wood design blends seamlessly with nature around it. The folding shelves are easy to use and the hose hook-up makes it very practical to use as well!

We absolutely love our Bellerose 11 x 13 greenhouse! It’s beautiful and great quality, sturdy, squares up nicely, had plenty of extra hardware, and has some nice features such as the shelving, the back wall for hooks, the exhaust fan and the hose hook up. We definitely compared lots of different options before purchasing, and we feel like this one gave us the best size and quality for the money. And in the end, it was well worth it to go with cedar. Although it’s quite a long assembly manual, it’s very detailed and doable if you just take it step-by-step. They provide an online video tutorial, but we actually just preferred the paper manual. Just pay attention to the pilot holes and the notes in red and you won’t have any issues. All in all the hardware is quality and each piece was marked well. There was only a handful of times where the pilot holes didn’t lineup perfectly. But nothing that caused any major problems. Get the roof sections squared was a little challenging, but wr expected that to be the case. We recommend using a square throughout assembly of each section to help ensure that the whole thing will be in square at the end. My husband and I assembled this together and it took us a total of 45 hours over the course of a week. We are very detailed people and my husband tends to take things slowly when assembling to make sure there are no mistakes. So there could definitely be people out there who could do it quicker than we did. Those 45 hours included moving the boxes from our driveway to the backyard location, and also opening the boxes and inventorying everything. Just those two things took 3-4 hours, but it was an important part of the process and made things go quicker later. We highly recommend laying out all of the cedar alphabetically for ease of finding each piece during the building process. We also did the same for the hardware. There is a lot of it, so you’ll definitely want to order it numerically. We used one of the large cardboard boxes to lay out all of the hardware numerically. And we were also able to write on the cardboard to label the top of each column. For example 100s, 200s etc. since each bag of hardware is labeled with a number. That way we knew exactly where to go when we had to find a certain piece. It was a definite timesaver in the end. One other thing that we found to be helpful was for one of us to gather the pieces required for the next step while the other one was assembling the parts in the previous step. Teamwork makes the dream work! ;) Side note: we decided to have a concrete pad poured as the base, with a trench drain down the middle for drainage. We poured the pad and additional 12 inches in both length and width as compared to the footprint of the greenhouse. If you go this route be sure to check the exact specs because it’s not exactly 11 x 13 (it’s 11’6” x 13’11’). And you’ll want to decide if you want the pergola to be on the concrete pad or not. We opted for not, and we will just put small concrete footers under the posts of the pergola. We also just wanted to note that we purchased our own 2 x 4 cedar planter for the center since there was so much room in there. We also purchased some string lights for the perimeter and hanging pots for the back wall. So you will see these things in our photos, but they did not come with the greenhouse. Bottom line, we highly recommend this greenhouse and can’t wait to start using it.

I've had it up and running for a month now and it has done nothing but bring me pleasure! My husband and I put it together in about a week, working a few hrs a day since we are older. Best advice...STAIN everything FIRST 😀! I'm looking forward to many years of using this greenhouse, it is very well constructed! Super pleased, CR

We put this together with the help of our friends. This greenhouse fit perfectly into a space in our new backyard where a raised bed had stood. The inside of this greenhouse is spacious enough for our two person inflatable hot-tub as well as winter protection for our more delicate plants. Most of the work occurred during (3) 5 hour Sunday workparties. 1 person sorted and matched required hardware 1 person sealed all the pieces 3 erected walls and assembled the greenhouse. We used a combination of the booklet, the app and assistance from the 1800 number. We were still good enough friends at the end of each day to enjoy a meal together. We took a pause prior to erecting the pergola and unfortunately frozen ground prevents us from moving forward.