Greenhouses for Universities, Colleges, K-12 Schools, Public Gardens, and Other Institutions
Updated 8/26/25
Modern turnkey greenhouse solutions for universities, colleges, K-12, public gardens, and other institutions provide researchers and educators with the means to advance the understanding of plant cultivation and plant genetics to enhance our lifestyles and protect endangered species.
These greenhouses are also critical for the education of students from elementary school levels to advanced university studies, to facilitate hands-on learning.
Public gardens and private institutions also continue to invest in the maintenance and restoration of their historic structures and improve the experience and enjoyment for the people who visit.
Rough Brothers/RBI (founded in 1932) and Nexus Greenhouse Systems (founded in 1967) have served universities, colleges, teaching greenhouses, and other institutional entities for decades by providing them with high-quality, well-crafted, reliable greenhouse structures, greenhouse equipment, and maintenance and restoration services.
They have now joined forces under a dynamic new brand—Prospiant—to cover your greenhouse needs from end-to-end.
The Right Minds for Your Educational Greenhouse Project
There’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all greenhouse project.
Not when you want to create the ideal growing environment, visitor experience, or a flexible infrastructure to support your educational and research ambitions.
Or maybe you are focused on maintaining or restoring greenhouse structures that remain central to your educational or research mission or your community’s heritage.
Our teams have succeeded at every
aspect of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) —
architectural design, installation, integration, operations,
maintenance, expansion and restoration — over and
over again.
We can help you select the method that best
advances your growing agenda.
Prospiant’s Role
Prospiant provides turnkey greenhouse solutions for universities and other educational entities, as well as public gardens, botanical centers, and other private institutions with world-class greenhouse structures, benching, control systems, lighting, coverings, and more.
We serve:
- Universities/colleges
- High Schools
- Elementary Schools
- Middle Schools
- Public Gardens
- Botanical Gardens
- Conservatories
- Public institutions
- Private institutions
- Research and Development
- And more…
Our greenhouse specialists are seasoned pros, with years in the field working on countless projects for educational operations big and small.
Architectural design, value engineering*, installation, integration, operations, restoration, maintenance, expansion — no matter your need, however simple or complex, there’s nothing we can’t handle.
Services We Provide
Integrate
- Control and Zoning Systems
- Automation and Growing Equipment
- Heating System
Operate
- Operations and Maintenance
- Restoration
- Emergency Repair
- Aftermarket Parts
- Ongoing Support, Training, and Education
Turnkey Greenhouse Solutions for Universities, Colleges, K-12, Research, Public Gardens, and other Public/Private Organizations
Structures
Prospiant is the largest North American commercial greenhouse manufacturer of commercial greenhouses and retail greenhouse structures. With a comprehensive suite of greenhouse structures to offer you, we can meet all the greenhouse needs for universities, colleges, K-12, or public institutions. If you don’t see what you want, just ask, we also design and build customized structures.
Equipment
Explore our equipment section, with everything from venting, benching, and HVAC to growing systems, retail greenhouse supplies, and more. If you don’t see what you need here, just ask. We offer customized solutions to cover every growing situation for university greenhouses, colleges, elementary through high school, research facilities, and other public institutions.
Rough Brothers (Prospiant) was a real pleasure to work with. Their professionalism, dedication, attention to detail and creativity in solving any and all challenges led to a great outcome for the project.
Qualified In-House Talent
- In-house engineering* for all disciplines
- We work with P.E. Registered partners as required
- Extensive nationwide qualified installer network
- Qualified and experienced Project Managers OSHA 10/30 certified
*We work with partners to ensure proper, compliant performance of engineering and design services.
