The Best DIY Greenhouse Kits and Plans

With a kit greenhouse, you put all the pieces together yourself and reduce costs. Ready-made plans are downloadable blueprints for building your own greenhouse based on someone's tried-and-true design so there's no guesswork — or waste — in buying materials. We've rounded up the best DIY greenhouses so you can build without breaking the bank. Get growing in style with these homemade greenhouse plans.

First up: It's the Dutch door for us. This little 4' x 8' greenhouse is so stinking cute. And the designer, Sara Syrett of Etsy shop Twelve on Main, designed these plans with a budget in mind as the list of materials and step-by-step instructions were created with as few cuts as possible, which results in less waste.

Black metal finishes are having a huge comeback, and we love this 8' x 12' black-frame greenhouse for a modern mountain home or a modern farmhouse backyard. The building plans from Etsy shop A Home Made Here don't include plans for a door, leaving it open-ended for you to find a cool salvaged wood or vintage door.

If minimal, light wood is your aesthetic, take it outside with this design from Etsy shop Good DIY Plans. And if you're doing an entire backyard makeover, they have building plans for everything you could possibly need in a garden, from box planters to tool sheds to patio furniture so everything will match and coordinate.

Some neighborhoods and homeowners associations have strict rules about backyard structures and the number you can have. And even if you don't live in a subdivision like that, you may not want a bunch of different structures in your yard. This greenhouse design from Etsy shop Wood Plans is half greenhouse and half shed, combining space for plants, pots and all your tools. And because it's only half a greenhouse, it looks more like a mini accessory dwelling than a glass onion in your backyard.