At each of our on-site garden consultations, we dive into garden selections. Much like building a new home or decorating a home, gardens can take on entirely different looks depending on the materials we use to build them. Our goal is for the garden to compliment your existing exterior features of your home and outdoor spaces. When your garden is complete, we want it to seem like the garden has always been there and was part of the original design of the home. CEDAR Perks: cedar gardens are beautiful and less expensive than other materials we use to create gardens. Cedar is also durable and f ..read more

Wondering Where Your Garden Should Go? We Have the Best Spot! Where should your garden go? Our go-to answer: where you can see it! When we visit your home for a consultation, we will help you find the ideal spot for your garden.  In addition to making sure your garden is in the perfect spot to get enough sunlight to grow what you want to grow, we will help you pick the area in your yard where you’re most likely to see your garden!  Hear us when we say:  this garden will be a show-stopper.  Beautifully designed and lush year-round;  trust us, you’ll want to see it!  ..read more

Wondering what’s included in a Rooted Garden Consultation? Great Question! First, we’ll schedule a time for us to stop by your home. All of our consultations are in-person and include a visit from one of our highly trained garden consultants. The visits last around 45 min-1 hour. Once we get to your home, we’ll want to get to know you and your space.  What do you want to grow?  Why do you want a garden?  Are you looking for a new hobby?  Are you wanting organic, fresh produce right outside your door year-round in Houston? Maybe you don’t want to do the physical work of gar ..read more

You Can Plant a Lot in Houston in January Happy New Year! And it is literally happy in Houston. While much of the country can only look at seed catalogs in January, we can keep planting all month long. January’s focus is primarily on tending what was planted back in November and December. Nevertheless, there are still plenty of things you can plant this month. Many Cool Season plants are best planted in succession every two weeks in order to have continual harvests into the beginning of our first Warm Season in March. January is the month we’re all thinking about our health and the kitchen ga ..read more

Meet Sherri Campbell Wood and Her Front Yard Garden in West-U What do you do if you don’t have enough sunlight for a garden in your backyard? If you ask Sherri Campbell Wood, she’d tell you to build your garden in the front yard! Sherri, a native Houstonian, has a beautiful front yard garden in West-U. She and her husband, Dr. Pat Wood, are empty nesters. They have three kids and three grandchildren. Somehow Sherri not only has a gorgeous garden, but she also managed to convince all three of her grown children to live right here in Houston. When I met with her for an interview, you better bel ..read more

Want a Rooted Garden Arch, Obelisk, or Trellis? One Day Only: Available in HOUSTON for pick-up! Mark your calendars! Sunday, November 13 from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the Farmer’s Market in the Heights (714 Yale Street) you will have the chance to pick up your pre-ordered arches, trellises, and obelisks! We will have a very limited number of trellises available for purchase at this one-day event at the Farmer’s Market. To guarantee you are able to get your very own Rooted Garden trellises, be sure to pre-order HERE by Friday, October 28. We will not offer another pick-up day/time in Houston un ..read more

There’s So Much You Can Plant in Your Houston Garden in October In Houston, the weather is beginning to feel cooler! Now that it’s October, we might see temperatures finally drop below 90 degrees! We like to think the amazing growing season from October-March in Houston is our reward for May-September when we can’t step outside without breaking into a sweat. The benefit of these mild Houston winters is that Houston can grow ALL year long in the kitchen garden. The cooler temperatures in October-March are ideal for growing sweet lettuces, kales, herbs, beans, peas, root crops and so much more w ..read more

Since very few of us are homesteading in our spaces in Houston, sometimes it’s a challenge to know exactly what to do with a handful of green beans, a few okra, or a couple bell peppers. Harvest Highlights are here to help. Find quick links to some of our favorite seasonal recipes using what we’re harvesting from our Houston gardens. Not only can you grow year-round in Houston, we guarantee Rooted Garden clients can harvest every week from their kitchen garden. Here are our favorite ways to incorporate long beans (or green beans) into our weekly meals. Yard long beans are a summer staple in H ..read more

There’s So Much You Can Plant in Your Houston Garden in September In Houston, the weather still feels quite warm in September. Some might even call it ‘hot.’ But those of us from Houston know that we have. to reserve the word, ‘hot’ for the middle of summer. While we might not love the fact that the warm weather is still here, we can celebrate the fact that we get extra months to grow lots of delicious things in the Houston garden.  This month, at Rooted Garden, we introduce our clients to what we call, ‘Warm Season 2.’  This is a mirror reflection of our spring season (affectionat ..read more

From Pasture to Garden Paradise Our client, CeCe Ray, had a vision to turn her pasture into a beautiful garden space. The Rooted Garden team was thrilled to be a part of this incredible transformation. It starts with a vision. Imagining what’s possible is one of our favorite aspects of partnering with our clients to create a garden space. The Rooted Garden team spent a week in Montgomery, Texas bringing this garden to life. The garden was designed to coordinate with Cece’s goat house and chicken coop. We chose the garden materials to match the existing structures. CeCe has a very large fam ..read more