aboutme
Welcome to Garden Angels! This business was born out of a love of gardening and a desire to build a community of gardeners through education.
My name is Aimee and I have been gardening in the San Antonio area for the last ten years as a passionate hobby. I got started in gardening as an intentional way to focus on work-life balance. As a physician, I know all too well that stress and anxiety can wreak havoc on your mind, body and spirit. I set out to find a hobby that would bring a real benefit to myself, my family and those around me. I couldn’t ignore the body of evidence that supported physical exercise, eating vegetables and being outdoors. Starting a garden was a natural way to combine them all. I knew this because I had grown up in the garden. When I was young, my grandmother had a large vegetable plot and we had a small kitchen garden at my house as well. Gardening became a way for me to enhance mine and my family’s health while also getting back to my roots.
And although, I remembered the fruits of the garden, I also remembered all of the labor that was involved. I knew that as a busy working mom of three, I had to find a way to make gardening more efficient so that it could fit into my space and my life. Over the last ten years, I have been growing, reading and experimenting about the garden here in San Antonio and the surrounding areas. A lot has changed both personally and professionally, but the garden has remained a constant in my life. I now consider myself an expert beginner gardener. In my medical training, they used to say, “See one, do one, teach one.” It is never quite as simple as that, but I have so much passion about my garden, I am ready to “teach one.” I started this business as a mechanism to share what I have learned and to save busy novices like me years of experimentation and failure through my own experience. I thought that I didn’t have enough time, expertise, space or energy, but I proved myself wrong year after year and my little patch of earth brings me so much joy.
Through one on one consultations, garden products and installations, I hope to transform you into a gardener. And I hope that individuals will come together and become a community of gardeners. I am ready to help our community accomplish this one garden at a time and I can’t wait to get started!
Come grow with me!
Services
Consultation
At Garden Angels, our mission is to transform individuals into a community of gardeners through education and guidance. We believe that knowledge really is the key to a successful gardening experience and we are ready to share our over 10 years of experience growing here in San Antonio.
In your consultation, we will teach you how to apply the Garden Angels Four step pathway to a beautiful raised bed kitchen garden. If you do nothing more with us than a consult, you will gain a better understanding of your unique space and the steps to take to create a Kitchen Garden that fits both your space and your life.
What’s included:
• 1 hour One on One consultation with certified garden coach
• Assessment of your desires and aspirations of your Kitchen Garden through our garden consultation assessment forms
• Tour of your garden space and evaluation of location, design and style possibilities
• Education about the Four step pathway with handouts on each of the steps
o Raised Garden Beds
o Specialized soil mixture
o Plants/seed varieties for our area
o Water plan
Within 1 week following your consultation, you will receive via email:
o Sketch of kitchen garden design
o Planting plan for your first season of planting in your proposed space
Following the consultation you will be armed with all of the knowledge you need to make your garden dreams a reality. If you are a do-it-yourselfer, you can choose to move forward on your own, or you can work with us to transform your space into the Kitchen Garden you envision.
Transformation options:
At Garden Angels, there are 4 key steps to the Garden Angels Pathway and we can help you with all of them.
Raised Garden Bed
We supply handmade, 100% cedar raised garden beds in multiple sizes.
Prices listed below are for 4 x 4 beds that are 1 foot deep (other sizes also available):
4 x 4 (The Classic)- $197
The classic 4 x 4 is a beautiful cedar raised garden bed delivered right to your door. This size space offers 16 sq ft of gardening and allows for multiple harvests per year and a variety of different vegetables.
4 x 4 (The Deluxe)- $334
An elevated look to the classic cedar raised bed includes cedar trimming detail along the top and corners of the bed. It has the same great function, with a more sophisticated appearance.
(The Plus+ package) – $490
The plus package includes our deluxe cedar raised garden bed plus our specialized organic soil mixture and the seeds and or plants to get you started in your first season of growing. It also includes a customized planting plan with directions and dates for planting. All of this is delivered right to your door. All you have to do is roll up your sleeves and put all of the puzzle pieces together.
Premium installation: The premium installation package means that Garden Angels will install a turnkey garden for you. We will take on all of the work and all you have to do is sit back and enjoy your garden. This service Includes preparation of your garden space (removal of existing grass, plants, and leveling), creation of borders and pathways to make your Kitchen Garden a distinct space, installation of cedar raised garden beds, fill of specialized soil mixture and organic material, planting of your plants and /or seeds. (This package also includes a water plan so you can work with your own irrigation expert, or we can hire one of our partners for you for an extra fee.)
