grow your own food
live well.
taking the guesswork out of growing your own food in the PNW.
Want to be gathering your own fresh produce from your own yard this summer? Love the idea of gardening but feeling a little overwhelmed by it all or just plain worried that you wont see it through (again). We are here to help!
We are local gardening experts with the experience and knowledge to get you going in the right direction. We provide our customers with garden and landscape consultations and we also design and build kitchen gardens. See our services below for more details.
Kitchen Gardens- Raised beds
We build custom designed cedar raised garden beds. They are installed and filled with a local garden mix (sand, loam, and compost) that has been proven to produce great veggies the first year!
Send us a message with what you would like and we will give you a quote.
We also put in pathways, arbors, and trellises to beautify your raised bed kitchen garden area!
Our smallest beds start at $350 and include both soil and installation.
Kitchen Garden Consultations -
Do you start every year excited and motivated to start a garden, only to end up confused and overwhelmed a couple of months in? We can help with that! We can come and look at your space and give you simple and practical advice so that you can succeed. Our consultation rates start at 150 dollars.
Edible Landscape Design -
Edible Landscapes are a way to make your garden both beautiful and productive. Imagine looking out your window at a flower bed buzzing with local pollinators or walking into your yard to harvest fresh fruits and veggies for your dinner and dessert! We do consultations and designs that can make this happen.
Our edible landscape designs start at $350 and include a visual design, planting advice, and an in-person consultation.
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I absolutely loved having Ryan and Joanna help with my garden this year. Their expertise increased my confidence and knowledge about how to garden, and I've been gardening for quite a while. The greatest thing was watching the interest increase with my grown children! They each took an area to cultivate what foods they wanted to eat. Each of them had a tremendous amount of pride to watch their garden grow from seed to plant to dinner! I would highly recommend their services to any level gardener. I will definitely be using them again!
DJ, Duvall, WA
increased my confidence"
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"Their expertise
"Ryan and Joanna made gardening so accessible and fun. As a total garden newbie, and living in a West Seattle city apartment, I never even considered that I would be able to have a full beautiful garden. With the pandemic, I found myself with some time on my hands and decided to give it a try. Ryan came out to my apartment, assessed the small patio space, and helped me understand the best seasonal veggies and herbs for my space. In no time, I had stacked strawberry pots, fresh lettuce, carrots, mint - all sorts of amazing things I never thought would flourish in my tiny space. They provided me tips and tricks, and a garden community to bounce ideas and questions off of. I highly recommend working with this friendly, kind, and knowledgeable duo. I learned so much and continue to enjoy growing my own garden."
Beth, West Seattle, WA
ACCESSIBLE AND FUN"
"gardening made
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I have always dreamed of having my own vegetable garden and had no idea how to make that happen. Luckily I found this program and Ryan and Joanna could not have been more responsive and helpful.
Ryan built us 4 large vegetable beds filled them with organic soil and created drip irrigation - he made it so simple. They then provided the actual plants and made suggestions how to plant and harvest the vegetables.
They were available for questions any time and even came out to our place several times to provide assistance.They made it a fun and educational experience and we loved having fresh vegetables all summer and fall. Our grocery bill was cut in half!
I would highly recommend them to anyone interested in growing their own garden and not sure what to plant and how to start.
Wendy, Redmond, WA
HAVING MY OWN VEGETABLE GARDEN"
"I've always dreamed of
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“Joanna and Ryan were such a help this year in our gardening efforts. We have garden boxes and have planted over the years with varied success. Having someone help us with plant choices and then be available when we had questions was incredible. We also loved having such a variety of starts to choose from. Mostly knowing there was a community of other gardeners we could share our success and frustrations with helped us stay motivated through the whole process—planting to harvest.”
Aminda, Monroe, WA
COMMUNITY OF GARDENERS HELPED US STAY MOTIVATED"
"knowing there was a
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I very much enjoyed my gardening experience with Forage and Tend. I have been planting a garden for a few years with little knowledge of what I was doing. I learned so much from Ryan! I was able to pick out the plants that I wanted and he would bring them by, tell me how to plant them, the best area to plant them and how to care for them. He is full of knowledge and has a “deep-rooted” passion for gardening that is fun to be a part of. I feel like I have so much more knowledge than I did last year and can’t wait to get planting again!
Stephanie, West Seattle, WA
"I CANT WAIT TO GET PLANTING AGAIN"
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I had a great time gardening this summer thanks entirely to this garden program. Ryan's program led me step-by-step through when to plant what and where to put the seedlings or seeds; how to nurture some veggies along; how to harvest (yes, I had no idea when to pick lettuce leaves!); and what to do now that I've enjoyed all the fruits and veggies of my labor. I didn't have to do any research --thank you! If I had a question (and I had several throughout the summer), I took a picture of my 'what's this and should I worry?', sent it to Ryan and got his expert instructions back that day. The gardening program is a fantastic service for someone who wants to garden, but doesn't have the time or inclination to figure out how to start. As a bonus, thanks to Ryan, I now know what broccoli raab is, and it's one of my favorite veggies!
Karen, Seattle, WA
BUT DOESN'T KNOW WHERE TO START"
"a fantastic service for someone who wants to garden
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ABOUT us
we're here to give you the confidence to grow your own food
We are a Snohomish-based family who are passionate about living off the land! We like to grow, pickle, forage, and cook just about anything you can think of. If it has anything to do with food - we have probably tried it!
After teaching in both England and the United States and traveling the world, we moved to Snohomish and started experimenting with growing our own food. We now raise pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, while also growing, foraging, and preserving most of our own fruit, flowers and vegetables. After many years of trial and error and many, many mistakes along the way we are really excited to be able to share the things we have learned with you.
We can't wait to share our love of gardening with you!
