What should we name our greenhouse?

November 20, 2024 12:58 PM

We put up a small greenhouse in our backyard as a COVID project but didn't end up getting serious about it till this year. This year we're making a real effort to overwinter some plants and he's really gotten into it with a heating system and remote monitoring. I'd like to make a sign for the greenhouse as a Christmas present for my spouse, who's doing most of the work, but I need a name for it! Amusing is a must. Puns are welcome.
posted by The Elusive Architeuthis to Home & Garden (33 answers total)

House of Leaves.
posted by SPrintF at 1:27 PM on November 20 [6 favorites]

this is awesome!! we just cleared some space in the yard and were thinking of putting in a greenhouse but then we had to have work done on the car ($5000) so we'll be waiting until next year :(

The Secret Garden
Earthly Delights
Evergreen

trying to think of something punny but its not coming...
posted by supermedusa at 1:28 PM on November 20

You could do something with the "Welcome to the Garden" meme that was going around a while back where a simple sign inspired a spoof of Guns and Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle"
posted by kindall at 1:39 PM on November 20 [1 favorite]

Twoey's (from Little Shop of Horrors. Twoey is the nickname of Audrey II, the flesh-eating plant)
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 1:47 PM on November 20 [1 favorite]

Liberal Gardens with a picture of a bleeding heart plant before the title. I planted a bleeding heart next to a liberal sign in my yard and I'm 99% sure no one will ever notice (being so far out of town), so I'd love for you to get some use out of it!
posted by Eyelash at 2:23 PM on November 20 [5 favorites]

Ralph
posted by sammyo at 2:43 PM on November 20

Jenny

The Tardis
posted by cotton dress sock at 2:44 PM on November 20

George G Greenhouse, Esq.
posted by Thella at 2:44 PM on November 20 [4 favorites]

Stonethrower
posted by leafwoman at 2:56 PM on November 20 [1 favorite]

I'd go for Valley Forge, but that's only great if you're/they're an SF fan.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 3:14 PM on November 20 [2 favorites]

"[Spouse's Name], with the trowel, in the Conservatory"
posted by eponym at 3:20 PM on November 20 [7 favorites]

Housey McHouseface.

Or Hadiqat, which I believe means “garden” in Arabic. (cf the Walled Garden of Truth by Sanai.)
posted by Winnie the Proust at 4:08 PM on November 20 [1 favorite]

Invincible Summer

HOTTOGROW
posted by momus_window at 4:20 PM on November 20 [8 favorites]

"LEAF ME ALONE"
posted by Kangaroo at 4:27 PM on November 20 [1 favorite]

Apologies in advance.

The Fernished Room
Plant Parenthood
Bloom Box
The Sprout Spot
Root Awakening
Aloe There Greenhouse (this must be said in the worst imaginable Cockney accent)
The Green Scene
posted by Ink-stained wretch at 4:51 PM on November 20 [12 favorites]

Glazed and diffused
posted by Calvin and the Duplicators at 5:34 PM on November 20 [4 favorites]

The Crystal Palace.

Or...
Very Crystal. (From link above, It has been suggested that the name of the building resulted from a piece penned by the playwright Douglas Jerrold, who in July 1850 wrote in the satirical magazine Punch about the forthcoming Great Exhibition, referring to a "palace of very crystal")
posted by xaryts at 5:45 PM on November 20 [1 favorite]

House of Pane.

I really love "HOTTOGROW" but it might not age very well.
posted by being_quiet at 6:46 PM on November 20 [1 favorite]

'Sup? Plantation.
posted by SPrintF at 7:52 PM on November 20 [1 favorite]

Them’s Good Eden
posted by ejs at 7:53 PM on November 20 [2 favorites]

“The Orangery”
posted by mumkin at 8:05 PM on November 20 [1 favorite]

The house of dill repute.

Better if you are indeed growing dill
posted by piyushnz at 8:08 PM on November 20 [3 favorites]

House for kale

(In the style of a realtors sign)
posted by piyushnz at 8:09 PM on November 20 [3 favorites]

Don't throw stones.

Plant Crossing Ahead.

Authorized Persons Only : Plant Room.

Jack's Place : The Beanstalk.

Shakey Stevens.. ('behind the green door'.)

Pot about.

Bio dome.

Bunny's Feast.

Worm Farm.

Earth.
posted by many-things at 8:23 PM on November 20 [1 favorite]

Biosphere 3
posted by ejs at 8:40 PM on November 20 [1 favorite]

Glassed But Not Leased
posted by ejs at 8:44 PM on November 20 [1 favorite]

Lady Mondegreenhouse
posted by oxisos at 9:01 PM on November 20 [2 favorites]

Greenie McGreenhouse
posted by freakazoid at 3:17 AM on November 21 [3 favorites]

I'm going to go against the grain here and say: if your spouse is doing most of the work, propose a name-finding game to them. Come up with something fun together, and *then* make the sign as a surprise gift.

I know your intentions are only the best! But I think the person who's done most of the work should get to name the project. The sign will still be a nice gift.
posted by Pallas Athena at 3:51 AM on November 21 [5 favorites]

Doesn't matter what you call it as long as all the plants inside it have googly eyes. You need to know where you stand with them at all times.
posted by flabdablet at 6:46 AM on November 21 [2 favorites]

The Propagation Station.
Like, a long skinny sign in the style of a railroad station sign.

Also, much like a cat tax, I have just implemented a greenhouse tax and am here to collect, so pls share pics of this greenhouse!
posted by the webmistress at 8:08 AM on November 21 [1 favorite]

The Salad Bar (but agree on giving naming rights to whoever mostly built it)
posted by raccoon409 at 9:08 AM on November 21

The House of Chlorophyllia
posted by specialnobodie at 11:27 AM on November 25