To get your own raised bed vegetable garden started, email us or call to request a FREE, no-obligation consultation.

Download and fill out a printable Garden Preferences Evaluation that you can mail to us. Or, if you prefer, download the MS Word version, fill it out, and email it as an attachment.

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 organic 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.

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 is a fun, affordable, and green alternative that provides you with the freshest, highest-quality food available.

Eating safely

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 heirloom vegetables significantly reduces concerns about the safety of what you feed your family.

 

Enhancing property values

Verdura Culinary gardens are, in a word, gorgeous. They're 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 in these recessionary times. And check our Resources page frequently (we're always updating it) for video clips, articles and other timely information on growing organic vegetables at home.