For the Love of Gardening!

One thing you need to know about me is that I absolutely love gardening. My first apartment, although it was small, had a patio with a strip of dirt three feet wide and about twelve feet long. There were already two trees planted in the strip, and the first thing I did after I moved in was to plant ferns and put down some blue rock. It made such a difference, and although the apartment wasn't in a great area and there was street traffic and it leaked, etc. etc., I loved it because I had my little garden. Since then, I have moved into a house and now have a big yard to play with.

My love of gardening drew me to Filoli Gardens time and time again, and when I saw that there was a class offered called 'A Year In The Garden' I jumped at the opportunity. My mom loves to garden as well (she has an even bigger yard than I do) so we signed up together. I ended up loving the class and learned a lot about the biology of the garden, how plants really grow, why some plants die for no apparent reason, and so many other great lessons. After the class ended, I continued to read and do my own research, adding plants to my yard and even consulting with friends and family if they had gardening questions.

I've taken the next step and created my own gardening 'course'! It's very loosely based on the topics covered in my Filoli class, but with a lot more information, supplemental videos and diagrams, and my own little touches throughout. I have never made it public; I was playing with the idea of possibly hosting my own gardening class out of my backyard, but this course is well-adapted for long-distance and internet users, so I've now added it to this website! You can check out the course here:

Kristi's Garden Club

If you've got a green thumb as well, it's worth checking out. And if you're a gardening novice and would like to improve your plants' livelihood, it's a must! It can be done at any pace, so feel free to browse through the topics and choose the ones you like. I hope you all enjoy it.