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It's packed with seasonal gardening tips, recipes, links and a list of what to plant and harvest.

Why grow vegetables at home?

Here are a few reasons to consider growing your own heirloom vegetables with Verdura Culinary Gardens:

Eating right

Food doesn’t get any more local, sustainable or fresh than when it comes out of your own back yard. With Verdura Culinary Gardens, you can grow enough organic vegetables to feed your entire family most of the year. And you’ll be growing many heirloom vegetable varieties that often can’t be found in grocery stores or big box garden centers.

Eating affordably

We’re lucky here in Portland to have so many farmers markets and upscale gourmet grocery stores. However, buying organic produce is expensive without even taking into account the economic and environmental impact of frequent trips to the market. Growing your own vegetables at home is a fun, affordable, and green alternative that provides you with the freshest, highest-quality food available.

Although it is more expensive the first year to set up a new garden, over time having a productive home garden can save you a considerable amount of money.

Food safety

Many of the vegetables you eat have been trucked thousands of miles to reach your dinner table.  When you factor in the health risks associated with GMOs, salmonella, e-coli, and pesticides, it becomes increasingly difficult to justify the environmental, economic, and safety cost of trusting anonymous conventional farmers to provide vegetables for you. Growing your own organic garden with an emphasis on open-pollinated, heirloom vegetables significantly reduces concerns about food safety for your family.

Enhancing property values

Verdura’s raised bed garden frames and custom trellises are, in a word, gorgeous. Our residential gardens are neat, compact, and always well groomed. They’re the one investment that can enhance your property’s value for the long term while feeding your family now.

Need more reasons?

View this MSNBC segment on growing your own vegetables: “Gardening to Beat the Economy." And check our Resources pages frequently (we’re always updating them) for video clips, articles and other timely information on growing organic vegetables at home.

Learn more:

Planting Your Raised Bed Garden

Garden Coaching and Maintenance

Gardening Consulting Services