Your backyard office, yoga studio, library, gym, recording room, guest suite, spiritual retreat, kid-free, clutter-free, dream world.

We use sustainable, natural materials. We manufacture our building components offsite and then we deliver and rapidly assemble our units onsite.

Poplar Seed

Our products are built with modular, engineered wood cassettes and filled with hemp wool insulation. This innovative structural approach allows us to quickly assemble units on site.

We are committed to using natural, healthy materials. All of our units are wrapped in a waterproof membrane and clad in upcycled rice hull composite siding. Floors are made of wide European white oak boards, and walls are made of organically dyed wood fiber panels. Ceilings are an LED lit stretched canvas fabric.

All units come with an efficient split-mini system for heating and cooling + electrical outlets.

Backyard Pods

  • The standard Poplar Seed is 12’6” x 16’

    We are able to customize for smaller and larger footprints depending on local code requirements and customer preferences.

  • - UV Stable Water Resistive Vapor Permeable Membrane

    - Standing Seam metal roofing

  • - R-20 5.5" high performance hemp wool insulation

  • - Energy efficient, surface mounted LED lighting

  • - Walls: Organically dyed paper fiber panels or Birch Veneer panels.

    - Ceiling: Stretched canvas acoustic textile that is edge-lit with ambient LED lighting.

    - Floor: 1/4" Natural cork underlayment with 7-3/8" wide European White Oak flooring, solvent free, ultra-matte finish

  • - UV Stable Water Resistive Vapor Permeable Membrane

    - Cedar slat siding

  • - Mitsubishi Air Conditiong wall mounted casette offering 9k BTU Cooling + Heating

    - 4 Standard outlets.

  • - Steel Frame w/ concrete footing or ground screws depending on site condition

Why Poplar?

Materials that matter.

What things are made of really matters. These are the materials you interact with everyday, you touch, you breath. We have a responsibility to use the good stuff. Whenever possible, we don’t use vinyls, foams, plastics and high-VOC crap.

Spaces that sing.

We believe in the capacity of design to create personal, emotional responses. We want you to find harmony in our structures, to be motivated, calmed and delighted by the light and warmth that they convey.

Built better.

We leverage digital manufacturing to reduce waste, minimize mistakes, make the outcome predictable, the pricing transparent and the quality constant. We assemble our units quickly with a well orchestrated team.


  • Hemp Wool Insulation

  • White Oak

  • LED lit Canvas

  • Organically dyed paper fiber

A room of your own

  • Schedule a project review.

    We’ll answer any questions you have and check to make sure we can install a unit on your site.

    If you decide to move forward then the next step will be to place an order and deposit.

    You can schedule a review here.

  • Once you give us the greenlight you’ll pay an initial deposit to lock-in the order and a delivery date. We’ll then mobilize our team and prepare your unit.

  • We will arrive on your delivery date and begin assembly. First we will set the foundation and then assemble the unit. Within a few weeks your unit will be ready, we will hook up the electrical and hand over your keys!