Welcome to SunGarden Houses

We design and build classic heirloom houses. They are passive solar, they employ autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) wall systems, and they are designed with gardens in mind. Our houses cost no more to build than conventional houses. Visit the pages of our site to learn about our services, the advantages of our techniques, and to look at and buy our plans.

what's new?

Our project "Arietta" was on the 2007 National Solar Home Tour. See more photos...

INTRODUCING small 2-bedroom house designs, including the "Larkspur" plan below. Learn more...

INTRODUCING special 3-bedroom designs for Habitat for Humanity, including "Sunnyside" below. More...These plans will be donated free to any Habitat organization. See our project for Habitat as it is built by the staff, volunteers and our expert crew of subcontractors in our hometown, Pittsboro, NC

Our present building project, "Meadowsweet":


SunGarden Houses appears in
these two recent publications:
Visit our Publications page

to view/download the articles.
going green

Going Green: A Wise Consumer's Guide to a Shrinking Planet.
by Sally Kneidel, Ph.D.
& Sadie Kneidel
green from the ground up Green from the Ground Up: Sustainable, Healthy, and Energy-Efficient Home Construction
by David Johnston
& Scott Gibson