Hi Reader, After a year of writing (and many more years of learning, growing, and harvesting!), we’re thrilled to announce: Our book: Permaculture Gardening for Everyone, is officially here—and ready to ship! Order the Book Here This book is for everyone who’s ever dreamed of growing their own food—whether in pots, raised beds, or a backyard food forest. Inside, you’ll find: 🪴 10 chapters from seed to harvest, rooted in real family experience 🌿 Practical, faith-filled guidance on designing...
15 days ago • 1 min read
Hey, Reader! June for us is a month of rest, but also of transition—when spring crops wind down and summer crops take off. ☀️ If you're wondering what you can still plant this month, you're not alone. Many gardeners think they’ve missed their window, but there are at least two crops you can grow in June in North-America. In our latest blog, we keep it simple 🌿 2 Money Saving Crops for June 🥕 A Growing Guide for these Crops Read What To Grow in June Whether you’re just getting started or...
22 days ago • 1 min read
Hi again, Reader!At Permaculture Gardens, our mission goes beyond just growing food—we want to help you harvest abundance in every form: 🌱 Nourishment, 💊 Natural medicine, 🕊️ Peace, 💚 And yes, joy. But let’s be real—when your garden is producing wildly, the real work often begins after the harvest. Now that we've harvested this beet, how do we cook it? That’s why we’re so grateful for our friend Katie Kimball of Kitchen Stewardship. She helps families like ours eat out less, save more, and...
29 days ago • 1 min read
Hello, Reader!On this Memorial Day, we pause to honor the sacrifice of those who gave their lives in service to our country. May their courage inspire us to live with gratitude and purpose. 🇺🇸 We hope you're enjoying the beautiful spring weather—our garden here in Virginia is beginning to overflow with greens, and we’re wishing the same abundance for yours! 🌿 Eastern Boxwood Turtle So much lettuce! So mad at the deer for eating my tallest sunflowers and willow and comfrey and apple tree and...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, “How do I get rid of pests…without chemicals?” This is one of the most common questions we hear—and it’s exactly why we created the GIY Community. Inside, you’ll find monthly Q&A sessions, Garden Goal check-ins, and a private space to share your real-time garden struggles (and wins!) with others walking the same path. But before we get into that, let’s tackle some quick wins👇 🐛 10 Common Garden Pests + Organic Solutions 🌿 In permaculture, we always say: You don’t have a pest...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Happy Sunday, Reader, Today, we celebrate the women who sow seeds of life, love, and hope into the world. 🌸 🌿 Celebrating the Mothers Who Grew Us Happy Mother's Day to my mom, Xenia, whose birthday happens to be Earth Day! Isn't that crazy cool?Every year, I celebrate her by planting a small garden of perennial flowers. Some of her favorites include the irises that return faithfully, year after year. And I celebrate my 103-year-old grandmother, Lola Teresa, who is a gardener extraordinaire!...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, You may or may not know it, but we’ve been working on a book about permaculture gardening for the past year—and now, we’re just about a month away from its release! 📖 It’s called Permaculture Gardening for Everyone, and we have something special to share with you: ✨ Inside the book, we’ve included the names of every single backer who supported our original SAGE Kickstarter campaign. That’s right—your name is printed on the Dedication Page! This book wouldn’t exist without the...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Good morning, Reader! While we didn’t get to host our French Potager Garden Workshop at Bethany Farm this spring due to few RSVPs, preparing for it taught us so much. 🌿 The good news? One of our amazing GIY members, Camille, has a real-life potager right in her backyard—and she's generously offered to host an event there in the future! We'll be sure to share more as those plans come together and hope that if you are local, Reader, you can plan to come and visit. Camille's backyard food garden...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Reader, This is how you grow a garden that actually feeds your family Let’s be honest—gardening can feel overwhelming. What should I plant?Where do I start?Why isn’t this working? These were exactly the questions we asked when we knew we didn’t want to settle for foods of dubious origin at the grocery store. But back then, it was so hard to find the right answers for our specific climate and shady backyard. Even after taking a permaculture design course, the education we received wasn’t...
2 months ago • 1 min read
