What is a Gardenary?

A gardenary is a kitchen garden amplified to its fullest potential. At South Tampa Gardenary, we’re here to help you and your family savor the joy of homegrown herbs, lettuces, and vegetables. We excel at understanding our unique climate, keeping pests at bay, and employing organic gardening methods.

Why we garden:

We're rekindling the gardening wisdom that was once a staple in our grandparents' lives, now almost forgotten. At South Tampa Gardenary, we’re bringing these timeless skills back, empowering families to grow stronger with wholesome food, build closer bonds through the shared joy of gardening, and nurture a deeper connection to the natural world and its extraordinary cycles

Let's plan a garden together!

We offer support to our clients with Consultations, Coaching, Design and Memberships. 

Reach out to South Tampa Gardenary to set up your 1-hour Consultation to begin your own gardenary today!

South Tampa Gardenary Services

Garden Consultation

Meet South Tampa Gardenary and experience the hands-on approach we offer to your garden. This one-hour session at your garden site will allow South Tampa Gardenary to understand what you want from your garden, taking measurements of the space and identifying the best location for the garden or inspecting the current garden.  The goal of the consultation is to provide a few tips and tricks to help your current garden improve, assess what the next steps need to be and come up with a plan of action to achieve the goals we set during the consultation.

Coaching Sessions

Coaching sessions are about getting your questions answered about your specific space and your specific needs.  Every gardener has questions about ways to improve their garden and get the inside scoop on how to grow a new vegetable that they’ve never grown before.  This is about taking the mystery out of gardening by doing less “trial and error” and getting more harvests.  By asking questions about your specific garden and your specific needs you will have a more successful garden with less stress.

These coaching sessions will be one-hour long at your garden site.

Seasonal Coaching Package

(4 Coaching Sessions) Imagine having someone tell you what you need to be doing for your garden just before the season begins.  Imagine being told what plants to grow, when to start your seedlings, when to transplant and when to turnover your garden.  The Seasonal Coach provides you the knowledge of a seasoned gardener who will help you manage the specifics of our specific climate here in Tampa.

These coaching sessions will be one-hour long at your garden site spread out throughout the year.  The meetings will be planned before a planting season begins (March/June/Sept/Dec) or as close as we can.

Coaching Bundle

Imagine being able to call someone to your garden's side to help address any of the issues you need.  This bundle is ideal for new gardeners who don’t have the experience of knowing how to deal with pests, how much and how often to fertilize and when is the best time to harvest.  South Tampa Gardenary’s Coaching Bundle makes gardening both new and seasoned gardeners easier because we teach you the ins and outs of gardening success.

These coaching sessions will be on-hour long at your garden site.  They will occur whenever the client requests them.  These sessions are really about learning best practices, solutions and how to really enjoy the gardening process.  These coaching sessions are need based and specific to every client.

Upcoming Services!

**Coming Soon!**

South Tampa Gardenary is thrilled to announce our upcoming Family Workshops, right in your own home garden! No garden yet? We’ve got you covered! We’ll help you and your family create a beautiful patio garden from scratch. Imagine your kids learning to identify plant parts and their functions through hands-on, fun, and engaging activities. We’ll teach you how to plant, care for, and maintain your garden, making it an exciting adventure for the whole family. Get ready to grow together and cultivate a love for gardening in every family member!

Would you like to be put on the waitlist?

Meet the team

Meet the Team--Founder+Garden Designer

Sam Bennett

Sam Bennett, a proud boy mom and passionate educator, finds joy in the aroma of dew-kissed plants. Her entrepreneurial spirit blossomed from a deep love for tactile learning and the irresistible taste of homegrown food. This dream flourished into South Tampa Gardenary, where her two passions intertwine, nurturing both gardens and the community.

Meet the Team--Co-Founder+Creative Director

Jen Renninger

Jen Renninger is an editorial and commercial illustrator whose work graces clients like The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, Oprah's O Magazine, The Washington Post, and Better Homes & Gardens. She has collaborated with businesses like Target, Chronicle Gifts, Krispy Kreme, and Papyrus, bringing her unique touch to each project. When she's not illustrating, Jen enjoys walking her adorable dog Angus and gardening with her husband, Bill.

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