Obtain our Gardens
Are purchasing choices actually investments? A cause is endorsed and value is communicated, whether for good or bad, through the form of money. We promote that healthy living in the form of gardening matters.
The quality of an investment is revealed through the longevity of its service to us. A greater sacrifice may be required in the short term, but its “fruit” remains long after. A garden is a worthy investment in our health.
The Product:
Our gardens are the staple of our work. Though the following options are typical, each garden may be custom-made for the needs of the order. If you do not see what are looking for here, just ask! We welcome dialogue to meet your needs.
Finish
Carts may come unfinished or finished. Finish is an oil-based polyurethane rated not hazardous to food contact after a proper length of dry time allowing it to set. Choosing to add a finish to the cart is anticipated to extend its length of use from 2 growing seasons to 4 growing seasons.
Natural
Approx. 2 growing seasons
Sealed
Approx. 4 growing seasons
Barrel
Barrels may come in 1/2 size or 3/4 size. Barrels are 75-Gallon USDA food standard made from 1/2″ polyethylene plastic. The 1/2 size is ideal for growing herbs, beans, and other plants with a shallow root system. The 3/4 size is ideal for growing tomatoes, carrots, and other plants with a deep root system.
1/2 Barrel
35 gallons, 65 pounds
3/4 Barrel
50 gallons, 85 pounds
Wheels
Gardens may come as a bed or as a cart. Wheels are 4″ hard polyethylene plastic. They are intended for industrial applications and are durable to carry the weight of a full 3/4-size barrel. If you have a hard-surface upon which you intend to place your garden, such as the edge of your deck or driveway, and you will be moving the garden for the cold season of the year, a cart is a must!
Bed
No wheels
Cart
Wheels and lifting handles
Trellis
Gardens may come with or without a trellis. The trellis is mounted to the side of the garden’s frame and quickly removable by hand. It is made from 3/4″ PVC plastic tubing, extending 3 feet above the rim of the frame. The structure is ideal for securing tomatoe plants or a string trellis, for easing harvesting of other plants.
Free
No trellis
Cage
Trellis
Cover
Gardens may come with or without a cover. The cover drops into the top of the garden’s frame and is quickly placed and removed by hand. It is made from 1/2″ plywood… If your garden will remain outside in the elements during non-growing months, a cover will help prevent mold development from standing water, avoid soil “run-off” (out of the bottom drain holes) from water saturation, or simply require less work to begin the next growing season.
Open
No cover
Closed
With cover
Quality has no voice. It speaks for itself.
The Service:
We offer our gardens with full-service. We can build it from scratch to your needs, bring it to your desired location, fill it with rich soil and organic vegetables, care for it over the number of growing seasons you specify, and then take it away when you are done with it. Let us know the extent to which you would like to take on responsibility for the garden or how we may assist you.
Sourcing
Gardens may be stocked with rich organic soil and organic vegetables at your request. We have a growing network of farmers, gardeners, and food enthusiastics who love to offer what they cultivate in order to get you started.
Soil
Organic soil
Plants/Flowers
Organic seeds and plants
Tending
Full-service for the planting, watering, weeding, and harvesting of the garden may be available based on your location and pairing with a willing and amiable individual. The garden creates a regular opportunity for connection with the individual(s) at the hosting home or institution. This is one of the joys of our work, and the purpose of sponsorship.
You Tend
No service support
We Tend
Full service support
Recycling
At the end of the lifecycle of a garden’s cart, we provide pick-up service to dispose of the cart and its soil. Alternately, when you are no longer interested in having and tending for your garden, we will likewise come by to get it.
Bed
No wheels
Cart
Wheels and lifting handles
100% Organic
All of our soil, plants, and flowers chosen for full-service garden placements are 100% organic, selected from local sources in the greater seacoast of Maine and New Hampshire.
The Gardener:
We see our gardens as connection points. We are making an investment in our own health through the tending and eating of the produce, or we are choosing to invest in another individual. We may even be the one who desires to have an “excuse” to regularly engage in conversation with another individual stemming from the garden that is given on their behalf.
Audience
Gardens may be purchased for yourself or on behalf of another individual. Alternately a garden may be sponsored so that it may be placed at an institution serving a cause for which you are passionate.
For Me
Your garden to tend
For Them
Their garden to tend