A FREE, 3-day event to help you Start growing delicious and nutritious vegetables right from your backyard—Even if you think you have a brown thumb, or don't have enough time or space to manage a garden!
The Details
WHEN
The Summit will be next Monday- Wednesday, starting at 11:00 am CST each day. Don't worry if you can't make it live, Grab your free ticket and I will send you the replay!
WHERE
I don't know about you, but I'm busy! You can watch the presentations from the comfort of your couch and pjs. You don't have to leave your house to learn how to start gardening.
PRESENTATIONS
The presentations will be held in Zoom. Then, the replay will be available for 24 hours to encourage you to stop waiting for the right time and take action along with thousands of others. If you want additional access, we recommend upgrading your ticket to the All Access Pass.
UPGRADE
After registering, you can also upgrade to gain access to the All-Access Pass. That means you'll get lifetime access to presentations and incredible bonuses. You won't want to miss it!
Growing your own vegetable garden is an incredibly rewarding experience but it's not always easy, especially if you feel like you have a brown thumb.
Have you ever bitten into a store-bought tomato, only for it to have zero flavor, taste watery and gritty? If so, you've probably bitten into a tomato that was several months old. That's why people say nothing tastes as good as a homegrown tomato!
If you want to feed your family the freshest, most nutrient-dense and delicious food you can, you need to start with fresh, homegrown produce. That might mean that you're spending a small fortune on organic produce at the grocery store or carving out time on Saturday mornings to head to the local farmer's market. Maybe you want to...
- Grow fresh, home-grown vegetables to put on your dinner table each night, so that you can enjoy vibrant, flavorful produce instead of bland options from the grocery store.
- Learn to grow vegetables at home so you can stop stressing over the quality, pesticides, and unknown treatments on your fresh food.
- Gain confidence in growing your own food, so that you can save time and money spent at the local farmer's market.
- Understand how to plan your garden effectively to maximize your growing space and time, so that you can avoid feeling overwhelmed by your gardening journey (trust me, I've been there).
- Explore new types of plants that add more flavor and nutrients to your meals.
You can have all of those things.
The best part: Gardening doesn't have to be complicated.
Learn how during the Backyard Vegetable Gardener's Summit!
Don't miss this incredible FREE event to help you start growing flavorful, fresh vegetables right in your backyard!
Who You'll Learn From:
Audrey Crawford
Audrey's Little Farm
How to Successfully Start and Grow a Raised Bed Garden
Rebekah Pierce
J&R Pierce Family Farm
10 Most Common Gardening Mistakes People Make (and What to Do Instead!)
Carly MacQuarrie
The Little Green Shoot
7 Ways to Maximize Your Growing Space
Alicia DeVore
Create My Garden
How to Garden in Just 10 Minutes a Day
Tracy Lynn
Simple Living Country Gal
Easier on You Gardening Options
Kristin Duke
MrAnimal Farm
5 Best Vegetable Plants for Beginners
Steve and Emily Forbes
Forbes Family Farm
How to Plan Your Garden for Versatility in the Kitchen
Lisa Lombardo
The Self Sufficient HomeAcre
Growing an Organic Garden without Weeds and Pests
Heidi Villegas
Healing Harvest Homestead
Growing Your Own Fire Cider
Danielle McCoy
The Rustic Elk
Tips for Successful Soil Blocking, Starting & Maintaining Seedlings
Shelby DeVore
Garden. Farm. Thrive.
The Simple 3-Step Plan to Homegrown Living This Spring
"I wish I had discovered Shelby DeVore when I started homesteading last year. The summits and events that she hosts are both informative and inspiring! In her classes, she does a great job of giving you the nuts and bolts for the basics and explains complex topics simply and clearly. I was armed with much better information to get started this year and I can finally stop Googling the things that are not going quite right on the homestead."
-Danette Cathcart
The Backyard Vegetable Gardener's Summit will teach you how to successfully grow your own fresh vegetables and herbs even if you have never gardened before, kill everything you bring home or think you don't have the time or space to grow a garden.
"I’m a seasoned homesteader with 40+ years of experience. I was interested in the summit to find ideas for choosing better what I really need to be doing for my husband and I on the farm. I was able to get some really good information from the summit and walked away with a much better plan for my next steps. Thank you for offering this summit. It was very enjoyable and informative. I would have loved to have this when I started my homestead decades ago."
-Donna Barrett
11 Experts over three days will teach you proven strategies that will help you to grow more of your own fresh vegetables in your backyard.
Maybe you're...
- Tired of the added hormones, chemicals, and preservatives that are added to your food and you want to take control of your food supply
- Wanting a way to slow down at the end of the day and enjoy more time in the sun and nature and grow fresh food for your family at the same time
- Interested in gardening, but you don't know how or where to even start
- Tired of the eye-rolling your spouse gives you when you bring up gardening because every time you've tried in the past, you've failed
- Wondering how to actually harvest and use the fresh ingredients that you're producing and you want to make the most out of it
Whatever it is for you, it’s time to start successfully growing your own food to put real, fresh, home-grown food on your table.
Hey, I'm Shelby DeVore!
I’m a multi-generational homesteader with over 20 years of experience growing my own food. Not only have I grown a large percentage of my family's food for years, but I’ve got a unique perspective when it comes to backyard vegetable gardening.
I’ve got both a Bachelor’s degree in Animal and Dairy Science and a Master’s degree in Agriculture. I spent several years teaching high school and college agriculture. I was an FFA advisor for several years also and taught numerous students and community members how to grow more of their own food.
Most gardening educators are either ‘experts’ because they’ve grown their own vegetables successfully with no prior experience or they spent thousands getting an education about crops with little real-world experience. I have the unique perspective of doing both. I want to teach you the best methods to garden successfully that will put real food on your table, whether you’re looking for fresh vegetables, fruit, or herbs.
I created the Backyard Vegetable Gardener's Summit to help you to learn how to confidently grow more fresh vegetables in your backyard. Join me to learn how to grow more healthy, nutritious food, right in your backyard.
Learn how to grow your own vegetables right from your backyard.
There are tons of online events, workshops, and summits out there about gardening and growing your own food. So, what makes the Backyard Vegetable Gardener's Summit different?
- First, this summit was created specifically for women who want to grow more food to feed their families fresh, delicious vegetables grown in their own backyard. This isn't general advice for any gardener or homesteader out there. Every single presentation is specialized for learning how to grow food at home, making it a whole lot more impactful.
- More importantly, we're not here to add a ton of chores to your plate. Our goal isn't to throw a pile of strategies at you, leaving you feeling overwhelmed and like you were born with a brown thumb (spoiler alert: you DO have a green thumb, and at the summit, you'll learn how to uncover it).
- We're here to help you plan and plant your first garden. We want to help you start your garden the right way so it's simple and easy for you to grow more fresh food- even if you feel like you don't have the time or space to garden.
Here's what other attendees have to say...
"Each of the presenters is an expert, but also a human with finite energy, time, and finances. I know that "I Can Do It!" after watching them and hearing their tips & stories."
-Melissa Mattern
"All speakers had great info! Love that you brought them together so we can hear each one's experience and knowledge!!" -Tara Shaver
"I attended last year's summit you hosted and it was so good. I LOVED it so I had to attend this one!"
-Carole Lynette
Would you believe me if I told you that the 'fresh' vegetables you get in the grocery store could be months old?
Real talk here: I have a Master's degree in Agriculture and I spent nearly seven years teaching high school and college agriculture classes. At one point, I managed a commercial greenhouse that grew plants for people to put into their garden. I'm very familiar with big food companies and commercial farming.
I'll be the first one to tell you that if you want the highest quality food, you need to grow it at home. You may think that if you buy 'organic', 'non-GMO' or 'fresh' at the grocery store, that you're getting better quality. The truth is that many commercially grown vegetables are weeks, even months old when you get them. Some things can even be over a year old when you buy it, despite the tag that says it's fresh!
Not only does this impact the flavor and texture of what you're eating (hello, watery, gritty tomatoes), but it also impacts the nutritional quality of what you're eating. Within hours of picking a vegetable, the nutrients in it start to break down. That means if it's weeks or months old, the nutritional value can decrease by as much as 80%.
In order to eat healthy, you need to have access to real, fresh food. The best way to do that is to grow it yourself. During the Backyard Vegetable Gardener's Summit, I'm going to show you how to plan and plant your first garden, even if you have no idea what you're doing or feel like you don't have the time or space to take care of a garden.