50 Fun Facts About Greenhouse Academy

Greenhouse Academy is set at an American boarding school, but in which city was it actually filmed?

Tel Aviv hosted the shoot in summer 2016, with the American cast flown in for about ten weeks. Sets were dressed to pass for the United States, right down to the electrical outlets.

What was the job of Ryan Woods, whose apparent death leads her children to Greenhouse Academy?

Astronaut Ryan Woods seems to be killed when her rocket explodes. Eight months later her son applies to the leadership school she once attended, and his sister ends up enrolling too.

In Greenhouse Academy, which natural disasters do the villains plan to trigger for profit?

Earthquakes are the weapon in a criminal scheme run from inside the school. Students from both rival houses have to join forces in secret to stop it.

After leaving Greenhouse Academy, Grace Van Dien played troubled cheerleader Chrissy in which series?

Stranger Things cast her as Chrissy Cunningham, the popular Hawkins High student of its fourth season. She had left the boarding-school drama after two seasons.

Which 1985 film is the theme of the Halloween dance in the first season of Greenhouse Academy?

Back to the Future gives the episode its title, a nod to Doc Brown's catchphrase. The Eagles organise the party, and an unexpected guest from Leo's past walks in while it is in full swing.

To suit American standards, the Israeli original's guns became which weapons in Greenhouse Academy?

Tasers replaced the firearms because American shows for this age group are less violent. The nastier characters of the original were softened a little for the remake too.

Which Greenhouse Academy house, the brainy rivals of the sporty Eagles, does Hayley Woods join first?

The Ravens take Hayley even though she only came along to drive her brother to his entrance tests. Alex lands in the rival house, which turns the siblings into opponents.

On which holiday in 2018 did Netflix release the whole second season of Greenhouse Academy?

Valentine's Day 2018 brought twelve new episodes only five months after the first batch. Both runs had been filmed back to back during a single summer.

What do Greenhouse Academy students call the gadget that unlocks clubhouse doors and sends messages?

A Louie handles calls, texts, web access and door locks, and a captain's model can switch off a whole team's devices. Alex swaps his sister's for a fake to raid her clubhouse.

Max Miller of Greenhouse Academy prides himself on which game, until a classmate he likes beats him?

Chess is Max's pride, yet a quiet housemate turns out to be a prodigy and beats him at his own board. The two of them are later crowned together at the school party.

In which US state is the elite boarding school of Greenhouse Academy supposed to be located?

California is where the story unfolds, on the southern coast, although the series was shot abroad. Streets and beaches overseas were dressed to look the part.

Carter Woods, the father of Hayley and Alex in Greenhouse Academy, is an agent of which organisation?

The FBI employs Carter, who cannot stop investigating his wife's death. His best friend and fellow agent Eric is secretly helping the plotters, and burns a letter she left for her husband.

Which sport do the Eagles of Greenhouse Academy play, with their captain collapsing after one match?

Basketball is the Eagles' game, and their captain faints after one match because of an infected wound on his leg. The injury exposes what he has been hiding and costs him the captaincy.

Which instrument does house captain Leo Cruz play for Hayley in his music room in Greenhouse Academy?

Guitar is Leo's instrument, and he helps Hayley strum a few chords the first time he shows her the room. Their first kiss happens there during a later session.

Who wins the vote to become the new captain of the Eagles in Greenhouse Academy's first season?

Sophie beats Parker after the two face off in a campaign debate. One of her first acts as captain is making the boys clean their foul-smelling locker room, which uncovers a secret.

In Greenhouse Academy's second season, which technique is used to control Brooke Osmond's behaviour?

Hypnosis leaves Brooke with strange memory lapses and puts her under the villains' influence. Her friends work out what has happened and set about reversing it themselves.

At the Harvest Fair in Greenhouse Academy, the houses compete to raise scholarship money by selling what?

Cupcakes turn into a business test: each house has to market and sell its own batch, and the bigger takings win. The money raised goes towards scholarships.

Judy, a ringleader of the villains' plot in Greenhouse Academy, is the mother of which student?

Daniel slowly realises that his own mother is working against the school. After catching her in a lie, he compares notes with Hayley and starts digging into what she is hiding.

What is the day job of Marcus, the Greenhouse Academy staff member who secretly helps the villains?

Groundskeeper Marcus tends the campus while quietly working for the plotters. He later makes a decision that stuns the headmaster and infuriates his partner in crime.

Jackie Sanders is recruited to Greenhouse Academy after showing a talent for which crime?

Robbing banks is what brought the juvenile delinquent to the school's attention. Jessica Amlee, who plays her, described Jackie as super tough, with a hard shell to crack.

After an explosion rocks the school in Greenhouse Academy's final season, which new threat endangers a student?

A mystery virus strikes after the blast, and both houses race to work out what it is. Hayley even weighs a risky way of saving a classmate.

When investigators suspect Jackie Sanders in Greenhouse Academy, what does her whole house take in support?

A polygraph test clears Jackie, who had refused to sit it to prove her innocence. Her housemates volunteered to be wired up as well, and she thanks Hayley for it afterwards.

In Greenhouse Academy, where does the Eagles' captain dispose of a missing weapon while Brooke secretly watches?

In the ocean is where it ends up: he rushes to the beach after overhearing staff and agents discuss the search. Brooke has followed her boyfriend there and sees the whole thing.

During a school trip in Greenhouse Academy's first season, what does the headmaster's son bring down?

A satellite is sabotaged at its launch, with the unwitting help of a gifted student. She realises what she has done only afterwards and confronts him about it.

At the end of Greenhouse Academy's first season, Ryan Woods is revealed to be alive inside what?

A stasis pod in a hidden chamber has held Ryan since the day she supposedly died. Marcus, one of the plotters, is the person keeping her there and tending to her.

Which mineral, dug up at a meteorite crater on campus, do the villains of Greenhouse Academy prize?

Magnetite was first unearthed at the crater by a teenage Ryan Woods when she was a student there. Years later both houses team up on a risky mission to find a valuable chunk of it.

What does the headmaster of Greenhouse Academy order in season three when the rival houses get too friendly?

A two-day hike, deliberately gruelling, is meant to reignite the houses' competitive fire. The fallout reverberates well beyond the campus and forces a difficult decision.

While Enzo receives a mysterious offer in Greenhouse Academy, the two houses compete at which outdoor game?

Capture the flag is the season three challenge that pits the houses against each other again. Enzo, meanwhile, accepts an offer that is too lucrative for him to question.

What name do the students of both houses give their secret crime-fighting group in Greenhouse Academy?

Team Eureka began with the Woods siblings, Jackie, Max and Brooke, and grew as more classmates learned the truth. The gang in the Israeli original is named after the Galapagos instead.

Which actress plays Hayley Woods, the reluctant new student at the heart of Greenhouse Academy?

Ariel Mortman leads the cast as Hayley from the pilot to the finale. She was among the regulars announced more than a year before the premiere.

Which actor plays Alex Woods, the younger brother who joins the Eagles in Greenhouse Academy?

Finn Roberts plays Alex, whose application to the school sets the whole story in motion. Alex wants to attend the same leadership school his mother once did.

Which actress took over the role of Brooke Osmond from the third season of Greenhouse Academy?

Danika Yarosh stepped in as the headmaster's daughter, having played the would-be daughter of Tom Cruise's hero in a Jack Reacher sequel. As a child she danced in Billy Elliot on Broadway.

Grace Van Dien left Greenhouse Academy after two seasons for a lead role in which NBC drama?

The Village cast her as Katie Campbell, which is why Brooke had to be recast. NBC cancelled the drama after a single season.

Besides Brooke, which Greenhouse Academy character was recast for season three, with Dana Melanie taking over?

Emma Geller had a different actress for the first two seasons before Dana Melanie inherited the part. Rafael Cebrian joined the regular cast in the same announcement as newcomer Enzo.

Jessica Amlee, Jackie Sanders in Greenhouse Academy, was already known as Mallory on which Canadian drama?

Heartland made her name as Mallory, and she went back for a two-episode arc a few months after filming her boarding-school role. She called the two characters immensely different.

Cast member Jessica Amlee summed up Greenhouse Academy as Harry Potter meets which teen drama?

Degrassi completed her comparison, made in an interview a few months after the shoot. She had landed the role in March and filmed it over the summer.

Parker Stevenson, the headmaster in Greenhouse Academy, played Frank in which 1970s detective series?

The Hardy Boys paired him with teen idol Shaun Cassidy from 1977 to 1979. He later joined the original cast of Baywatch, long before running a school full of secrets.

Before Greenhouse Academy, Chris O'Neal played drummer Kevin Reed in which 2012 teen sitcom?

How to Rock cast him as the drummer of the band Gravity 5, his first major role. The following year he starred in the television film Swindle.

Reina Hardesty, Aspen in Greenhouse Academy, later played Weather Witch in which superhero series?

The Flash cast her as Joss Jackam, the Weather Witch, a villain who controls storms with a staff and sets out for revenge on her imprisoned father.

The Israeli series that Greenhouse Academy remakes aired on the local version of which children's channel?

Nickelodeon's Israeli channel carried the original from 2012, and the network's British arm bought the series a year later. It ran for 175 episodes.

Aspen Fairchild turns up at Greenhouse Academy boasting about her singing studies in which city?

London is where Aspen has been living, and she likes to remind everyone of it. She walks into the school party unannounced and promptly kisses Leo.

The Client, the shadowy villain of Greenhouse Academy, turns out to be a second personality of which character?

Jason, the headmaster's son, shares his body with the Client, a split personality played by a separate actor. Two episodes are named after the villain, including the series finale.

The white stucco exterior of the school in Greenhouse Academy is really which kind of building?

A dance centre named Suzanne Dellal supplied the facade, while the interiors were shot in television studios. Beach scenes used a stretch of coast not far away.

Which Israeli writer created Greenhouse Academy and the original series it is based on?

Giora Chamizer stayed on as showrunner and head writer of the remake, control his team insisted on keeping. He began his career by creating a children's game show that ran for 20 seasons.

The Greenhouse Academy episode "Cortinarius Orellanus" takes its Latin title from which kind of organism?

A deadly mushroom, the fool's webcap, carries that scientific name, and eating it causes kidney failure. In the episode the shadowy enemy puts a sinister plan in motion.

Which dormitory furniture was rebuilt for Greenhouse Academy because the Israeli kind stands taller than the American?

Bunk beds had to match American proportions, one of many tweaks made to disguise where the cameras really were. The crew also imported some 200 food items for the cafeteria.

Michael Aloni, the Client in Greenhouse Academy, is known worldwide as the lead of which Israeli drama?

Shtisel stars him as Akiva, a Haredi man in Jerusalem. His breakout came years earlier in a teen drama from the same creator as the boarding-school series.

Selina Giles, who plays Ryan Woods in Greenhouse Academy, played Evey's mother in which dystopian thriller?

V for Vendetta is one of the two roles the English actress is best known for. She also writes plays, and founded a company of actors that raises money for a local charity.

Janae Bakken, who co-wrote the later seasons of Greenhouse Academy, was a longtime writer on which sitcom?

Scrubs employed her from 2001, first as a writer and later as a producer. She has said that most storylines pitched in its writers' room echoed the writers' own lives.

Ishai Golan, who plays Carter Woods in Greenhouse Academy, won an Israeli best actor award for which drama?

Prisoners of War, known in Hebrew as Hatufim, won him the 2010 Israeli Television Academy prize for playing Uri Zach. The series was later remade in the United States as Homeland.