Verdura Culinary Gardens provides a full-season vegetable garden planting plan to help gardeners grow their own backyard organic vegetables.

Verdura Culinary Gardens are compact and intensively planted, taking up little space and providing surprisingly ample crops of organic vegetables. The basic garden –The Ranch – is a 4’ square self-contained raised bed framed with natural Douglas fir lumber. Other garden designs are available, including our gorgeous Mayan garden frame or container.

Because the gardens are self-contained, complete with their own organic soil mix plus weed barriers, it doesn’t matter if you don’t have good soil on your property.
Planting Verdura vegetable gardens require no backbreaking tilling, digging, or weeding.
Weeds and pests are easily controlled without chemical intervention.
Our vegetable garden planting plans maximize companion planting and crop rotation techniques, increasing the overall health of the garden.
Best of all, if you're interested, we'll teach you and your children to garden as we work together to plant, maintain, and harvest your new garden.

Do I need a big yard with good soil?

No, you don’t! Verdura Culinary Gardens are compact (as small as 4’ square) and very productive. We even have patio versions, which can flourish on decks, around pools, and on porches. They’re perfect for people with little or no yard space.

What you do need is sunlight. A healthy vegetable garden requires a minimum of six hours of direct light a day. If you have a sunny spot on your property, whether it’s in your front yard, back yard, or along the side of your house, you’re an excellent candidate for a Verdura Culinary Garden.

How large a garden does my family need?

Verdura Culinary Gardens are compact and intensively planted, taking up little space and providing surprisingly ample crops of organic vegetables. Only 4 feet square, our smallest frames and containers can provide 64 heads of lettuce or more than 40 lbs. of heirloom tomatoes! Of course, we tend to plant a more diverse mix of vegetables than that, but you get the idea.

How large a garden you need depends upon the size of your family as well as what you’d like to grow. Do you want herbs? Just salad greens? Or are you aiming to grow as much of your own organic vegetables as possible? Do you plan to freeze or can some of your produce for the winter months or for gifts? Generally speaking, a 4' x 8' garden frame will provide a nice supply of vegetables and for a typical adult.

When we visit with you to do your site assessment, we’ll discuss your needs and budget and then create a vegetable garden planting plan custom-tailored for you.

How much will it cost?

For about the same cost as buying a season's worth of produce at the farmer's market, you can grow your own organic vegetables at home. Actual costs the first year depend upon your garden design, of course. Your garden is built to last many years.

The free site assessment includes a no-obligation cost estimate for your first annual growing season.

Once your beds are set up, our Garden Grow maintenance program ensures your continued success by providing you with a year's worth of locally grown plants and seeds, plus ongoing garden care. You can opt for monthly, bi-monthly or weekly visits, and can participate as much or as little as you like. Each visit costs about the same as having your lawn mowed, and includes all plants and seeds, soil amendments, irrigation system fine-tuning, weeding and replanting. The best part is we'll teach you to garden for no additional cost! We include hands-on, private gardening lessons as part of the Garden Grow program.

What are the payment terms?

Once you choose your garden size and style, we ask for a deposit of 50% of the fee for setup and design. The balance will be due upon completion of your new garden. Maintenance is billed at the end of each month via an emailed invoice. We accept personal checks, or you can pay with credit cards or your bank account using PayPal.