Garden Consulting Is a Year-Round Business
If anyone can prove that garden coaching is a year-round business, it's these seven garden coaches who live and work in colder climates, some even that get as low as -20°F! They've learned how to grow as many months of the year as possible, they teach others how to extend their growing seasons, and they never let a little bit of snow stop them from meeting with a new client.
"I had consults in 13°F with snow-covered yards," says Lindsay Graves of Fourth Street Farm, whose wintery garden design is featured above. She adds, "It's actually really great to check out which spots have winter sun" to help plan where best to grow some cold-loving greens.
Garden Consultants Help Clients Grow More Even in Colder Climates
Thanks to the continuous efforts of these garden consultants, clients have fully installed gardens ready to grow come the first spring thaw.
We've highlighted the locations and temperatures of these seven garden coaching business to show you that it's not only possible to enjoy garden-fresh harvests for more months out of the year than many people think, but it's also feasible to build a successful garden consulting business in colder areas, both in the United States and around the world.
Colorado Gardeners Grow Greens in January
Lindsay Graves is the owner of Fourth Street Farm, and she helps her clients extend their season of growing through even the coldest months. She does this with cold frames, hoop houses, row covers, and more. Lindsay is familiar with the challenges of growing in a colder climate and helps her community understand that frost and cold don't have to mean that gardening is over for the year.
Lindsay Graves of Fourth Street Farm
Location
Eagle County, Colorado
Winter Temps
-27.5°F to 35.4°F
Fourth Street Farm helps clients maintain thriving kitchen gardens in the wild weather and thin soil of their region nestled between the Rocky Mountains. With the right plant varieties and Lindsay's extension techniques, members of the Mountain Vegetable Garden Club can enjoy a selection of greens even in January.
Jamie Brennan of Gold Feather Gardens
Location
Boise, Idaho
Winter Temps
23.2°F to 39.9°F
Garden coach and founder of Gold Feather Gardens, Jamie Brennan utilizes deep raised beds and locally grown plants ideal for Boise's challenging climate to help clients grow year-round.
Ines Batterton of My Nordic Garden
Location
Eastern Ontario, Canada
Winter Temps
30.7°F to 42.3°F
My Nordic Garden is on a mission to green up our environment. They design and build kitchen gardens for clients to help reduce their carbon footprint and support more biodiversity, all while growing their own organic vegetables for most of the year.
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Steve Farley of The Optimistic Gardener
Location
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Winter Temps
20.5°F to 32.1°F
The Optimistic Gardener is inspiring his fellow Canadians to transform their food and cook using seasonal ingredients fresh from their very own kitchen gardens throughout the year.
Arianna Iappini of The Birch Arbor Gardens
Location
Boston, Massachusetts
Winter Temps
22.6°F to 36.5°F
The Birch Arbor Gardens transforms homes in New England into edible garden sanctuaries where clients can forge deeper connections to the nature around them, each and every growing season.
Cynthia Kashef of My Little Potager
Location
Lakeville, Minnesota
Winter Temps
7.5°F to 25.3°F
My Little Potager helps clients set up and grow beautiful raised bed kitchen gardens in chilly Minnesota.
Shannon Schultheis of Daily Potager
Location
Holland, Michigan
Winter Temps
20.8°F to 35.1°F
Daily Potager helps clients set up productive kitchen gardens and enjoy garden-fresh harvests for three out of their four seasons. Shannon's got all the tips to warm your soil and use hoop houses so that you can be eating the good stuff from your garden before other people have even sown their seeds.
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For those of you who want to start a garden but plan on waiting for the spring, I hope this inspires you to get out there now and plan your fall garden. There are so many delicious leaves and roots you could be missing out on if you wait until after your final frost date to plant a kitchen garden.
And for those of you interested in working in the gardening industry, I wanted to show you that, no matter the climate you're gardening in, it's possible to grow a successful garden consulting business; the key is not to grow alone! Gardenary has all the resources you need.
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