Growing Roots Beginner Gardening Course
The basic gardening information you need to know, plus a customizable planner to keep everything organized.
Do you want to garden but feel completely overwhelmed and confused?
The Growing Roots Beginning Gardening Guide and Planner will teach you the basics of gardening in a simple, easy-to-understand manner. No jargon, no crazy techniques. I'll help you master the basics so you feel confident to plan, plant, and harvest your garden.
You will learn:
- Where the best spot in your yard to garden
- The two most important dates in gardening
- What needs to planted when, and tricks to extend the season
- How to start seeds from a window or grow light
- Which vegetables are the most forgiving so you don't get in over your head
- and so much more!
You'll also get over 40 downloadable garden planning pages to keep everything organized and help you stay on top of things
Plus, I've recently added a Bonus 17 Page Backyard Planner to take your backyard dreams to reality in 5 years or less.
Growing a Better Garden Made Simple
In this beginner gardening course you'll learn the foundations of gardening. Each chapter has corresponding garden planning pages so you can customize your very own garden planner and journal. In the journal you'll find:
- Yearly Garden Bullet Journal
- Daily and Weekly Journalling pages
- Crop Rotation Planner
- Seed Starting Tracker
- Grids to Plan out your Garden
- Checklists for Every Season
- Budget Trackers
Your Instructor
Kristen is a life-long gardener and the blogger behind the popular home and garden blog, Shifting Roots. She is a zone 3 urban gardener and sees her tiny urban backyard as an exciting challenge.
Course Curriculum
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StartFind Your Growing Zone
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StartFrost Dates and What They Mean To You
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StartLet There be Light!!: Finding the Light in Your Yard
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StartSome Handy Definitions
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StartSoil: the Foundation of a Good Garden
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StartComposting Basics
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StartBonus: How to Turn an Overgrown Mess into a Beautiful Garden or Landscape
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StartVegetables
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StartThe Vegetable Guide: Time Commitments, Seeding, Maintaining and Harvesting
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StartFlowers
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StartFruit Trees
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StartShrubs and Trees
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StartWhen Your Garden Dreams are Bigger than Your Garden Space
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StartHow to Start Container Gardening
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StartGardening Based on How Much Time and Energy You Have
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StartStrategies When You Are Away From Your Garden
But wait, there's even more!
I've recently added the 5 year Backyard Planner-- a simple way for you to plan out your backyard dreams in 5 years or less. You'll get all the lists, graphs, and planning pages you need to organize your thoughts and put your plan in action.
Frequently Asked Questions
"Kristen Raney's expert advice comes from a wealth of gardening experience, her own missteps and her incredible artistic instincts. She helps to take my vague, disorganized ideas and turn them into something that is easily implemented by a completely novice gardener. If you have excitement and ideas, but not a lot of confidence or expertise, Growing Roots and Kristen's gardening tools are the place for you!"
- Naomi Suchan, Home Gardener
Don't wait a whole year to learn how to be a better gardener. Take the mystery out of gardening so you can grow food for you and your family and create a beautiful yard.