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






