Twin Peaks Tropicals

Twin Peaks Tropicals Plants were a hobby and now they're an obsession. My husband built my first greenhouse to keep a palm tree alive over the winter. I needed to figure this out.

Flower gardens and houseplants are something I learned to love from my mom and my grandmother; both were avid gardeners and took pride in their plants and others stopping to see their flower gardens. My love grew slowly until I figured out exactly what type of plants I loved most, and more importantly, what plants loved me back--tropicals. That first year, I struggled to figure out how to make a 3

season hobby greenhouse into a 4 season tropical house. The palm, some herbs, and a hibiscus plant made it through the winter, but the whole setup was too touch and go for me. Three years later I replaced the small hobby greenhouse with a stronger tunnel and found the success I was looking for. Actually, I found too much success. I quickly outgrew the greenhouse and a mere two years later added a second tunnel. "The twins" are now filled with tropicals and succulents in the winter. In summer one is filled with cactus and succulents from my house, and the tropicals move out to the patio. The second greenhouse works as my propagation and repotting workspace. This page is for sharing tips for having a winter tropical greenhouse as well as a place to showcase all the great pictures of the flowers and gardening that's happening in and around the twins.

Entered a bog garden and ponytail palm in the local fair 🎟️🎠this year and won ribbons for both. 🥇🪴🥈Now I’m planning what...
09/03/2026

Entered a bog garden and ponytail palm in the local fair 🎟️🎠this year and won ribbons for both. 🥇🪴🥈Now I’m planning what I’ll enter next year 🎡🎟️🌿

08/21/2026

Swallowtail butterflies

Straw flowers 🌼 are just colorful spots of joy in the garden. 😊 Tucked in pots 🪴 and between herbs 🌿 they add color 🌈 un...
08/19/2026

Straw flowers 🌼 are just colorful spots of joy in the garden. 😊 Tucked in pots 🪴 and between herbs 🌿 they add color 🌈 until they open and then I dry them on an end table until I decide to glue wire stems on them and make a dried floral display. 🖼️

I didn’t mean to end up at Longwood Gardens but it was too close to pass by. The original plan was to explore Baldwin's ...
08/14/2026

I didn’t mean to end up at Longwood Gardens but it was too close to pass by. The original plan was to explore Baldwin's Book Barn West Chester, PA. Both stops made a great day filled with two of my fav things: plants and books.

08/09/2026


Flowers are fresh in May, tame in June, overgrown in July, and by August they're just feral.
08/09/2026

Flowers are fresh in May, tame in June, overgrown in July, and by August they're just feral.

Adding some weatherstripping on the inside of the roof vents keeps the greenhouse heat from escaping in the winter. Even...
08/04/2026

Adding some weatherstripping on the inside of the roof vents keeps the greenhouse heat from escaping in the winter. Even a tightly closed vent has a small gap around the edge.

9/16” brushy stripping works best on my Climapods

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Hershey Gardens visit
08/04/2026

Hershey Gardens visit

My monstera, one of the VIPs of the greenhouse
07/31/2026

My monstera, one of the VIPs of the greenhouse

🌺 What’s blooming in the greenhouses TODAY? 💐 🌹
07/29/2026

🌺 What’s blooming in the greenhouses TODAY? 💐 🌹

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