In honor of Yew Dell's 10th birthday, we are delighted to
announce that this fall, we'll break ground on a stunning
collection of brand new horticulture facilities; greenhouse,
nurseries, headhouse; even event space around the new greenhouse.
The project will be headlined by a new solar/geothermal greenhouse
complete with green roof (on the north slope only!), plant growing
and propagation space, teaching/workshop space and even the
potential to host modest exhibits. The entire structure is being
designed as an exhibit of low-energy-requiring construction for the
green industry and will also serve as the nerve center of all Yew
Dell's horticulture activities; teaching, research, production and
display.
The greenhouse is being designed by Yew Dell staff in
collaboration with Rough Brothers of Cincinnati,
OH, one of the leading greenhouse/conservatory
designers/fabricators in the US. The Rough team is working with the
Louisville Architecture firm deLeon & Primmer
Architectue Workshop - the award-winning architects who
designed Yew Dell's Gheens Barn/Peyton Samuel Head Trust Pavilion
and the more recent Visitor Center and Garden Shop. Both DPAW
projects resulted in top design honors from the American Institute
of Architects. The Kiel Thomson Company of
Louisville, KY will serve as the general contractor - coordinating
the process of turning the plans into reality. The Kiel Thomson
Company was responsible for construction of Yew Dell's Visitor
Center and Garden Shop which opened to national acclaim in
2010.
In addition to the greenhouse, the existing historic Klein
potting shed building will be completely rehab'd and reopened as
the Preston T. Ormsby Horticulture Center, a
facility that will serve as the greenhouse's headhouse, teaching
and work space and the center of daily operations for Yew Dell's
growing horticutlure staff.
North of the greenhouse and hort. center building we will
construct production facilities for research evaluation work. An
unheated high-tunnel structure will be erected for fall/winter
vegetable production research. Evaluation fields for vegetable and
ornamental crops will be combined with updated container production
facilities, expanded composting capacity and materials storage - to
provide an all-encompassing horticulture facility unlike anything
in the region.
Construction will begin this fall and will continue through the
winter. Completion of the greenhouse and Horticulture Center
building is anticipated in spring 2013 with the remainder of the
facilities coming online shortly thereafter.
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