Learn the six steps to kitchen garden design in the virtual class series. Be inspired to grow a beautiful and productive food garden, for good health and personal enjoyment.

The Art of Growing Food

Kitchen Garden Design Series: Next Virtual Class Start in January | Six Classes: $249.

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Learn how to elevate an ordinary vegetable garden into an extraordinary kitchen garden, with my six steps to successful kitchen garden design. Based on ideas and principles from my garden books,  you will start with an overview of your landscape in order to site the garden. We’ll look at options for paths, fences and gates and setting up focal points for visual interest. In this six-part class, you will begin to draw your garden on paper and then explore what to grow for the best-tasting vegetables, most aromatic herbs, and fragrant flowers. Personalized virtual class with other students takes you step-by-step to a more beautiful and productive, transforming work into play by adding art and whimsy.

Free PDF: Kitchen Garden Design Worksheet

Reviews from students:

Hi, Ellen-

Thanks so much for the wonderful Kitchen Garden Design Workshop!  Your presentation really helped me focus on how to develop a design for my landscape.  It was incredibly insightful to draw out the existing garden beds in my backyard!  Doing a sketch helped me understand how I could add to and enhance my garden.  Your templates were just what I needed to create a design.  Hope you don’t mind the gushing…but I loved your new book, too!  Thanks, again, for a delightful class!    –

All the best to you-
Ann H.

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Hi Ellen,

Thank you so much. I honestly can’t say enough about your class, it’s just been so enjoyable! Your willingness to share and teach are certainly helping me to be a better gardener. It’s been interesting to see the other gardeners and to hear their process as well. Our weather has been lovely days followed by snow and repeat. I’m just so eager to get out and dig! Thanks again for all the great resources.

Warmly,
Karen T.

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Hi Ellen,
Just a quick thank you for leading the kitchen garden class offered through Tower Hill Botanic Garden.

I so enjoyed the session content and your engaging style. I’m going back through my notes and imagining what this year’s garden will bring.  No matter the harvest, the planning process is a hopeful one. Much needed after a long year!

I just visited your site and ordered two books. Looking forward to learning more and trying new recipes. Please keep me posted of other sessions down the road.

With appreciation,
Deb H.