The Fetzer Greenhouses property out in Jamison, Pennsylvania seemed to stay off the typical Urbex Pin Maps that are commonly shared around various short lived urbex Discord Servers, keeping a lot of the typical social media clout goons blind to its very existence, myself included. I too was unaware of the property until my unexpectedly timely visit, which just so happened to be a few months before the property was ultimately leveled. It is these sort of off-the-radar locations that sometimes wind up being the most fun to explore for me. Despite all the time I waste on Google Maps, frantically zooming in and out while looking for my next adventure, the Fetzer Greenhouses somehow managed to hide between my fat fingers. It's always thrilling to find something interesting on Google Maps, that has successfully hidden in plain sight; such was the Fetzer Greenhouses.
As it turns out, abandoned greenhouses are actually quite interesting to explore and photograph. Ripped tarps, broken glass, and shattered plastic allow the elements to easily enter these otherwise once climate controlled houses for plants. As a result, long after the original vegetation once for sale dies off, vines and other unintended flora really take over the space and can create for some interesting scenes. It's also not that common to find a large complex of abandoned greenhouses; the only other examples I can think of are the formally abandoned Boyce Thompson Institute and the massive American Cyanamid campus. In late 2023, the Fetzer Greenhouses property proved too valuable to property sharks and as of 2026 has been reduced to a Pulte Homes community, which seems to have added some growing concerns to the small village of Jamison.
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