Solar Gem Greenhouses, Inc.

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Founded in 1991, Solar Gem Greenhouses have provided the optimum growing environment for those looking to grow spectacular flower, and/or robust, fresh vegetable gardens for over 30 years!

The Solar Gem Greenhouses is unique as they are single-piece molded fiberglass structures that do not require on-site assembly. More importantly, they do not have any structural parts or pieces to come loose, wear out, or deteriorate after a few years like most greenhouses.

These design features allow Solar Gem Greenhouses to remain ‘flexible’ and withstand the most rigorous weather conditions including high winds, extreme temperatures and snow for many, many years.

Not only are our greenhouses structurally superior and resilient, they are easy to install with no concrete, brick or wood foundation required, and with no permits for placement required in most cases.

Also, a Solar Gem Greenhouse can be easily relocated if/when necessary, and are backed with the best warranty in the industry!

To that end, the Company has now evolved into Solar Gem Grow Products… a premier source offering the Urban Farmer a host of new products and accessories including chicken coops, indoor hydroponic systems, while staying grounded to our founding roots by offering The Most Durable, Efficient Greenhouse on the Market!

30+

Years

50

States Served

3

Countries

Gardeners Everywhere are Taking Notice

We are Darren & Deborah! a husband and wife team that believe in holistic living – healthy food, appreciation for nature, god, country, freedom to choose and community. We feel that now is a perfect time to draw customers who are not interested in woke, corporate ideology, and to go back to the mind-set that we vote with our dollars. We want to help link them to others with similar beliefs, while providing them products to help them gain further independence. Side note, but much of today’s food is engineered, full of pesticides, picked before ripe and controlled by a handful of large food producers, all with the intertwined backing of the USDA and FDA. We believe that being able to grow more of what you eat is gaining importance by the day.
Deborah and I are high-school sweethearts that have raised 3 kids and are now looking to help others with their quest to improve their lives, eat healthier and ‘getting back to basics’ with various elements of their lifestyle
We began our journey many years ago by adopting healthy eating habits, being more mindful of what we eat and how that all plays a part in more sustainable food chains. Leaving the corporate world 2 years ago has helped us calibrate this storyline.
We are from Eugene, Oregon and currently live in Spokane, Wa. We feel strongly that taking a company founded in Tacoma in 1991 and combining it with our story, while adopting this enhanced vision is compelling.
We believe in our mission and feel that it resonates with people… we believe more and more people are going back to basics within their own lives, particularly post-covid and further accelerated by this highly contested geo-political climate. We’ve already found deep connections with most of our customers and have felt a mutual sense of purpose by doing what we are doing. For us, we feel like what we are doing is much bigger than the sale of a product, and we are eager for that to become an embedded part of our messaging. Note, both of which get addressed when a customer goes to purchase, and if we can’t provide that, we’ll ask them to ‘call for more details’ Solar Gem has the stated purpose to be the not only the ‘one stop shop for the Urban Farmer/grower’, but be a source for information, industry news, links to valuable suppliers that work holistically within the ‘Solar Gem ecosystem. We believe our product durability and efficiency speak volumes, but the vision to be the ‘one stop shop’ for the Urban Farmer (backyard grower), education provider or even small commercial farm can be unique, by not only providing the parts/pieces to perform the work, but further complemented by our ability to help them flourish through the resources available to them through our newly created ‘eco-system’ which would be comprised of things such as access to information (hence the Solar Gem Grow Products Blog), and by providing access to complementary products or services that we don’t offer but believe our customer may want.
Great customer service, good quality products, sound messaging
Mid to high in the price range, but strong on value which we are told repeatedly by our loyal customer base Drawbacks (are there any factors that make us less competitive, the marketing team needs these identified please) Two come to mind. The cost of logistics – preassembled units make them costly to ship, therefore each mile between us and a customer becomes a larger issue in their decision making. Secondly, the current appearance of the greenhouses are not highly aesthetic in the modern area where appearance is valued more than functionality. Note, we are working to address this with a newly designed concept for building a trellis over and around the greenhouse, which will also provide protection for the greenhouse, greatly approve it’s ‘curb- appeal’, but also give us a place to anchor solar shades to help keep the units cooler during the summer. It will also feature integral outdoor planting boxes.

Since 1991, the Solar Gem Greenhouse business model was focused almost exclusively on displaying and presenting our best-in-class greenhouses and accessories at Flower and Garden Shows, Home Improvement Shows, Fairs and the like, as we catered largely to growers living primarily in the Northwest.

During the early 2000’s we worked to develop a Dealer Program, but with inconsistent results, which led us to today’s Factory-direct Sales model in an effort to provide our products to you at the lowest cost possible by eliminating touch-points and additional overhead. As a result, if you live outside the Northwest, we are unable to direct you to a showroom,

Today, bolstered by a widely read 2013 article in Mother Earth News that highlighted the best backyard greenhouses available, public demand has grown very strong, and our distribution area has increased, now with Solar Gem Greenhouses in almost all 50 states!

By selling Factory Direct from our factory in Tacoma, Wa, while using an enhanced E-marketing approach, we can provide you with a host of outstanding, real-life testimonials and photos from Solar Gem Greenhouse owners spanning our 33-year history! We can also send you a small fiberglass wall sample for you to examine the quality and durability of the product as a means to ensure your confidence prior to a purchase.

Visit our “Shop” page and pick out the greenhouse and accessories that are perfect for your needs and you’ll be backyard gardening with a new Solar Gem Greenhouse no matter where you live.

We hope you’ll take the opportunity to navigate around it and see why so many people swear by Solar Gem Greenhouses as the best YEAR-ROUND backyard greenhouses that money can buy.

LET’S GROW!

About the Owners –
‘The Family Behind YOUR Urban Farm’

Welcome to Solar Gem Grow Products, so glad you found us…

We are Darren & Deborah, an active husband-and-wife ownership, backed by an exceptional operations team that is here to provide you with the best greenhouse(s) and garden products on the market.

Having lived throughout the Northwest our whole lives, yet having traveled extensively, we have developed a deep appreciation for the environment and all that nature has to offer, and believe wholeheartedly in the mission and vision of Solar Gem Grow Products!

We believe in holistic living – healthy food, appreciation for nature, God, country, freedom to choose and community. We feel that now is a perfect time to draw together and expand our community of like-minded people who strive for a more wholesome life-style, while using their own backyard to produce heathy foods or just looking to challenge their ability to grow plants and connect with nature.

We want to help raise awareness to the power and beauty of the backyard garden, as much of today’s food is genetically modified, potentially exposed to pesticides or herbicides, generally picked before ripe, packaged and shipped many miles, and often times controlled by a handful of large food producers.

We believe that being able to grow more of what you eat is gaining importance by the day, which puts TRUE sustainability and environmental stewardship literally in everyone’s hands, and Solar Gem Grow Products at the center of it.

We wish you and your family the very best!

Darren & Deborah

About the Owners –
‘The Family Behind YOUR Urban Farm’

Welcome to Solar Gem Grow Products, so glad you found us…

We are Darren & Deborah, an active husband-and-wife ownership, backed by an exceptional operations team that is here to provide you with the best greenhouse(s) and garden products on the market.

Having lived throughout the Northwest our whole lives, yet having traveled extensively, we have developed a deep appreciation for the environment and all that nature has to offer, and believe wholeheartedly in the mission and vision of Solar Gem Grow Products!

We believe in holistic living – healthy food, appreciation for nature, God, country, freedom to choose and community. We feel that now is a perfect time to draw together and expand our community of like-minded people who strive for a more wholesome life-style, while using their own backyard to produce heathy foods or just looking to challenge their ability to grow plants and connect with nature.

We want to help raise awareness to the power and beauty of the backyard garden, as much of today’s food is genetically modified, potentially exposed to pesticides or herbicides, generally picked before ripe, packaged and shipped many miles, and often times controlled by a handful of large food producers.

We believe that being able to grow more of what you eat is gaining importance by the day, which puts TRUE sustainability and environmental stewardship literally in everyone’s hands, and Solar Gem Grow Products at the center of it.

We wish you and your family the very best!

Darren & Deborah

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