Hi,
I’m Karen Creel and the face behind Gardenchick.
My memories of gardening go back to my childhood days when I spent a lot of time at my grandmother’s since we lived within walking distance. It’s funny how the things that you experienced as a child were never given another thought but as an adult are now cherished memories. I remember my grandmother always had flowers, and she could just pitch seeds over the porch rail and they seemed to grow. I remember “thrift” growing in mounds, and snap dragons that were just waiting for my cousins and I to “pop”.
My dad was raised on a tobacco farm in Tennessee, and although he left the farm at an early age, he always had a garden in the backyard. Before he died several years ago in the month of August, I was helping him make grape jelly in July!.
So, as you can see, it was inevitable I would love gardening. Shortly after marrying, and starting a family, I began to have my own gardens. I’ve had more than 30 years of growing vegetable gardens, and can only remember a handful of years that I didn’t have one.
What started as a blog to share my gardening tips, recipes, or repurposed junk finds, has now grown into a business.
Before recently retiring from 40 years of nursing, I made a decision to use my knowledge of gardening to help others grow their confidence and their love of gardening. I created my business Growing with Gardenchick where I offer raised bed garden designs, planting plans, one on one coaching, and garden classes locally.
Hoping to reach a larger audience, I developed my online course for Beginning Vegetable Gardeners. This course provides the foundations for growing a thriving backyard vegetable garden.
I also participated as a speaker in the Hobbyscool Home Gardening and Cooking Summit, reaching over 500 people with my “5 Easy Steps to Growing a Backyard Vegetable Garden” video presentation.
Please visit my Classes and Services page if you would like to work with me.