Free garden review
Twenty minutes: show us your space and we'll tell you what's realistic this season.
Online · Beds, containers and small yards
Grow food
Grow food
that actually produces.
Six tomato plants and one sad zucchini is the usual first season. Usually it's soil, spacing or watering — and all three are visible in a photo of your bed.
- 6–16weeks per program
- 48 hfor a photo diagnosis
- 10 maxin a live session
- $0garden review
The programs
Four programs, timed to your season
Everything runs on your frost dates and your climate, not a generic calendar written for somewhere else.
Your first vegetable bed
One bed, six crops that actually work for beginners, and a watering habit that doesn't kill them in July.
See the programSoil & feeding
Testing what you've got, fixing it with compost rather than products, and feeding plants at the right moments.
See the programSeason planning
Succession sowing, spacing that reflects mature size, and a plan that doesn't hand you forty pounds of zucchini in one week.
See the programPests & problems
Identifying what's wrong from photos, and the least drastic fix — which is usually not a chemical.
See the program
How it works
Photos of your beds, not general advice
Gardening advice online is written for somewhere with a different climate, soil and rainfall. Yours is specific.
A plan on your dates
Built from your frost dates, sun hours and the time you'll actually spend.
Weekly photos
Beds and any plant that looks unhappy. Close-ups of leaves, both sides.
Diagnosis within 48 hours
What it is, what to do, and what to ignore.
Plans
Pick your level of support
Month to month, cancel anytime. The 20-minute garden review is free.
Garden group
A weekly session through the season, with everyone's gardens on screen.
$25/ month
- One 60-minute live session each week
- Groups of 10 gardeners maximum
- Sowing calendar for your zone
- Replays for 30 days
- Photo diagnosis thread
Coaching essentials
A plan for your garden, with photo diagnosis all season.
$69/ month
- Personal plan for your climate and space
- Photo reviews within 48 hours
- One 30-min session per month
- Bed layout and crop plan built with you
- Access to all group sessions
Whole season
For a new garden, a big plot, or growing enough to actually feed people.
$139/ month
- One 45-min session each week
- Replies within 24 hours
- Full season plan with succession sowings
- Soil test interpreted with you
- Access to all group sessions
Prices in USD. Cancel anytime, no contract.
How we work
A coach, not a garden center
Garden advice usually ends at a product: a fertilizer, a spray, a raised-bed kit. We sell nothing, so the answer can be compost, better spacing, or simply watering less often.
Everything is tied to your actual conditions — your frost dates, your sun hours, your soil test. That's the difference between advice that works and advice written for a different state.
Frequently asked
The questions we get most
I have no yard, just a balcony.
Containers work well for a surprising amount. We'll plan for the light you have and the pot sizes that make sense.
How do I test my soil?
Your county extension service usually does it cheaply and reliably. We'll help you read the results, which is the part people find confusing.
Can you tell me what's wrong with my plant?
Usually, from good photographs — leaves top and bottom, the whole plant, and the soil. Some things need a lab, and we'll say when.
Do you recommend sprays?
Rarely, and only after diagnosis. Anything you use must follow its label and your local regulations, which we'll point you to rather than improvising.
I killed everything last year.
The most common starting point. It's nearly always watering, sun hours or spacing — all fixable before the next season.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. No contract, no minimum term. Access stays open until the end of the month you already paid for.
What do you want to grow?
Twenty minutes on your space, your climate and what's realistic this season. Free.