Garden Coaching Blog

Garden Coaching in Organic Gardening Magazine, Finally

Man, talk about lead time - 11 months.  Garden photog extraordinaire Rob Cardillo spent hours shooting my garden last April and in September I delivered the text about springtime garden-coaching and voila - it's in my hands and on the stands!  And looking good.  Here's one of Rob's cool shots that didn't make it into the mag.

And the folks in the garden coaching world are mighty grateful to Organic Gardening for the great publicity - I'm already hearing from other coaches who subscribe, and they're a happy bunch. 

Veg-Garden Coaching about to Take Off?

The Ecopreneurist declares:

A terrific ecopreneurial opportunity exists for people interested in helping others set up, maintain and harvest organic gardens.  And the industry is about to get a big shot in the arm from the Obama Administration.

Well, we sure hope so.  I recently met Josh, the highly recommended veg-gardening coach at My Organic Garden DC, and you'll be reading lots more about him here this season.

The Ecopreneurist declares:

A terrific ecopreneurial opportunity exists for people interested in helping others set up, maintain and harvest organic gardens.  And the industry is about to get a big shot in the arm from the Obama Administration.

Well, we sure hope so.  I recently met Josh, the highly recommended veg-gardening coach at My Organic Garden DC, and you'll be reading lots more about him here this season.

Garden Coaching in Washingon Home and Garden Mag

Guest writer and coach Helen Yoest of Raleigh, NC gave gardening coaches a nice write-up over on   the Washington Home and Garden website.  Here's the link and we thank Helen AND Nikki.

Photo by Helen

Veg-Garden Coaching in Slate

Here's the article, which offers two options for nervous would-be veg-growers:  having someone to do the gardening FOR you, or hiring someone to teach YOU to do it.  We have a bias toward the latter, of course.  Thanks to Constance Casey for the great write-up and for linking to our directory!

A nice long interview in Examiner.com

Thanks to Robin Wederer for asking good questions and helping to promote the work we do.  She's their national "Gardening Examiner," and here's the link.

Then Elizabeth Licata over on GardenRant posted that link and explored her owns reaction to the idea of hiring a coach. 

Posted by Susan Harris

Amy Stewart on the many ways a coach can help

Garden writer (and Ranter) Amy Stewart was paid a visit by coach Genevieve Schmidt and in the second of her two-part series, lists the ways that coaches can help. Here's the link and Amy - thanks!

Garden Coaching on Channel 9 in D.C.

We're on a roll!  The CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C. gave us some great coverage!  Here's the link to the article and to see the video of the piece, go to "click to view" on the right side of the page.

Posted by Susan Harris

Coaches in Washingtonian Magazine

Washington, D.C.'s big glossy monthly has a comprehensive feature this month about finding help in the garden and includes coaches, along with the more established professions of designers and landscape architects.  Excellent!  I was interviewed and quoted at length, as was one of my clients. Kathy Jentz, editor of Washington Gardener Magazine, was asked about the difference between a coach and a consultant.  Her answer: there's no formal distinction, but those who call themselves consultants tend to have certificates or degrees in landscape design or horticulture, while coaches are generally people who have gardened for years and developed expertise that way, as well as through research or volunteering in a community or botanical garden.  Good explanation, Kathy!

Finally, on their website I found this little gem: "Local garden coach Susan Harris links to a variety of regional gardening blogs at sustainable-gardening.com."  Ah, link love!

Posted by Susan Harris

Coaching in Total Landscape Care

Here's the story, with quotes from Robin Haglund in Seattle and yours truly here in Maryland.

Posted by Susan Harris

Our ears were burning - hot discussion of coaching on GardenRant

Check it out.  That post doesn't seem incendiary...until the commenters weigh in.