Hey guys I’m planning and designing my home, and I had an idea that an indoor tropical plant garden and maybe some fish ponds would be really cool in the bedroom area. This is a really rough sketch but the blue box would be the bed, and the yellow area would be the garden. I live in a cold climate, and moisture likes to push outwards and into the wall cavity potentially condensing within the walls causing all sorts of problems.
Has anyone made an indoor garden/jungle inside of their home in cold climates that could give me some advice?
I’m thinking enclosing the yellow section for the garden in vapor impermeable material, maybe some parts of it glass or polycarbonate or even normal walls with poly vapor barrier on the wet side. With windows.
Here in Alaska we do a vapor barrier on the inside anyways because we heat our homes the majority of the year and dry outwards.
It would just be really really cool to sleep and wake up with tropical plants all around in a climate zone 7.
by JacobZivotic
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I have zero advice for this, but think it’s an awesome idea if you can build it safely with no mold or moisture issues effecting your home. If you pull it off, post photos!!