Why Monarch Garden Society?

If you've tried to learn to garden by following gardeners on Instagram who don't even live in your area, and you've been getting your gardening education from 20 second sound bites on Tik Tok, you've probably been pretty frustrated.

What if there's a better way?  What if you could have your very own mentor who has been gardening for over 25 years and a community filled with expert gardeners walk you through every component of growing successfully in Houston's climate?

Enter Monarch Garden Society!

We help Houston-area gardeners go from confused about growing in our area, missing important planting deadlines, and wasting precious time and money to feeling confident, eating more from their garden, and saving valuable time and resources! 

Are you a new gardener?  The membership is the place where I systematically take you through a curriculum so you can go from a newbie to a confident gardener.  We accomplish this with live teaching sessions (recorded if you need to watch them at a later time).  This is not a bunch of boring modules.  These teaching sessions are interactive.  We cover a new topic every month.  You can ask questions! 

Are you an experienced gardener?  The membership is where you continue to grow and hone your skills.  You get your own live teaching session every month where I walk you through something more advanced, or we learn from local experts!

What’s Included in Monarch Garden Society:

Monthly you'll receive:

· A big-picture to-do list for the garden for the month

· A live zoom meeting for new gardeners where I teach you through an organized curriculum so you can go from being confused to confident!  This is an interactive teaching with a discussion time, and you can ask questions!

· A live zoom meeting for experienced gardeners where I either teach you something or we learn from another expert.

· A live zoom community roundtable meeting.  Our team will provide a topic and host the discussion, but this will be a time for you to learn from each other!  You'll get to share your favorite garden tips, what's working, what isn't, share recipes, and resources!

Weekly you'll receive:

· A weekly video telling you exactly what I'm doing in my garden for the week and what we have planned for our clients' gardens for the week.

· Reminders for when to plant everything we plant in raised bed gardens, when to remove things, and when to stop planting.

Daily you'll receive:

· Fun prompts where we get to know each other better and share our gardening wins (and frustrations), ha!.

· An opportunity to post any and every gardening question you have and get a response from our team (and probably others in our community) within 24 hours!

But wait, there's more!

· Within the membership there are fun sub-groups where we get to hang out and learn together about non-gardening topics!  Many of these subgroups are moderated and hosted by my brilliant, talented girlfriends!  I can't wait for you to spend more time with them!

Subgroups include: 

·       Health, Wellness, and Fitness

·       Foodies (we share recipes, new Houston restaurants, and garden-forward menu items and cocktails in our area)

·       Makeup/Fashion/Skincare

·       more subgroups added as our community requests them!

Member’s Only Events

· Four in-person events only for Monarch Garden Society members and their friends.

Bottom line:  we're committed to making this such a fun place to learn as well as the sweetest community ever! 

Fun Monthly Bonuses:

· Rita with Old Country Olive Oil brings us yummy Lebanese recipes.  Did you know her family owns Abdallah's in Houston?  

· Kelly Turner with Verified Wellness  teaches us how to optimize our health and prevent disease with evidence based solutions.  She's a PA who is certified in Lifestyle Medicine.  

· Chef Jorden with Savory Events  shares garden-forward recipes and gives us all the chef tips we need to feel confident in the kitchen. 

· Nour with My Mom's Table shares her plant-based recipes with our community.  Because of high blood pressure, Nour switched to a plant-based diet, and we get to reap the benefits of her favorite plant-based meals