Greenhouse domes turn into city gardens

Niall O’Brien’s social enterprise, The Grow Dome Project, turns wastelands into a community resource by creating an indoor greenhouse in a geodesic dome.

A hemispherical alternative to the traditional greenhouse, the dome can be used to grow plants through a soil-free process called hydroponics.

O’Brien built his first 100 square metre Grow Dome in Rialto in Dublin in 2014, and has since established a second on the grounds of Dublin City University with ...