Personalized Garden Coaching & Consultation Services for New Orleans Families
Grow food in your yard that feeds your family and reboots your weekends — we'll show you how.
Hands-on consultations and full-service edible landscaping that turn front/back yards into low-maintenance, high-yield gardens — built for busy homeowners who want healthy food and less guesswork.
Ever catch yourself wishing you could step outside and gather your own fresh, reliable produce—without the guesswork or overwhelm? You’re not alone, and you don’t have to go it alone, either.
At Grow Greenfingers, I’m here to guide you every step of the way, from your very first consult to a thriving, abundant garden—and beyond.
Whether you’re craving hands-on coaching, a full installation, or ongoing care, my five core services blend time-tested wisdom with today’s best practices.
The result? A garden that’s not just productive, but purposeful—a place to nurture resilience, celebrate growth, and reconnect with what matters most. You have the power to choose your path, and I’m here to help you grow it with confidence.
5 Services — Clear Pathways from Advice to Ongoing Care
Choose exactly how hands-on you want to be.
Each service is focused, measurable, and built to work together so your yard becomes a productive, resilient food source.
Garden Consultation
One site visit to diagnose soil, sun, and layout — leave with a prioritized action list.
We assess soil, sun patterns, and microclimates and produce a clear 30–60 day action plan so you can start planting with confidence.
Garden Planning
Custom garden plans that fit your space, schedule, and lifestyle.
Receive a scaled planting map, crop rotation schedule, and plant list optimized for your goals — whether you want year-round salads or seasonal preservation.
Garden Coaching
Weekly or monthly coaching to teach techniques and build your skills.
Step-by-step mentoring that turns confusion into competence — we help you plant, prune, harvest, and troubleshoot until the process is second nature.
Garden Installation
We build your edible landscape from soil prep to first planting.
Full-service installation including raised beds, soil blends, irrigation setup, and first-season planting to make your garden productive from day one.
Garden Maintenance
Ongoing care packages so your garden thrives without consuming your weekends.
Seasonal tune-ups, pest management, and harvest help designed to keep yields high and chores manageable for busy households.
Garden Consultation — Clear, Prioritized Next Steps with One Visit
A focused, on-site or virtual assessment that flags your highest-impact changes so you stop guessing and start growing within 30–60 days.
Most gardens fail not from lack of effort but from scattered priorities and lack of knowledge. Our consultation gives you a one-page action plan targeted to your yard’s sun, soil, and your garden goals overall. Expect to learn how to take the required measurments like sunlight mapping, soil health testing, and an achievable prep, planting, and maintenance checklist you can implement yourself or hand over to our team for addtional help.
Site Diagnosis & Soil Snapshot
We test soil texture and advise on soil testing, map microclimates, and identify immediate improvements that produce visible impact in one season.
Priority Action Roadmap
A step-by-step list that tells you what to do first, what to defer, and why — so every hour you spend multiplies harvest success and reduces mistakes.
Follow-up Options
Choose from a coaching package, full plant map, or installation quote — we keep momentum so your garden doesn't stall.
Garden Coaching — Learn to Tend a Thriving Garden
Practical, scheduled mentoring that turns occasional success into consistent harvests and keeps your confidence high.
If you want to do the work but need the right guidance, coaching keeps you on track. We teach planting timelines, watering regimes, pruning, pest thresholds, and harvesting windows through hands-on sessions or virtual check-ins. Expect fewer mistakes, more predictable yields, and the satisfaction of growing your own food as a wellness practice on your health journey.
Hands-on Sessions
On-site coaching demonstrates tasks while you follow along so skills stick.
Seasonal Check-ins
Scheduled visits or calls to adapt the plan as the season changes, avoiding common pitfalls.
Skill Transfer
You leave with documented routines and a simple troubleshooting guide tailored to your garden.
Garden Planning — A Custom Map for Real Ecosystems
We create an actionable planting map and schedule so your space grows the crops you want, in the right places and right times.
A great garden starts with a plan. Our plans include a scaled site map, plant lists matched to your microclimate, crop rotation guidance, and a seasonal work calendar. Whether you want a compact kitchen garden or a full edible front-yard, the plan reduces waste, improves yields, and makes installation straightforward.
Scaled Planting Map
Visual map that shows plant placement, bed sizes, and companion planting to maximize space and build ecosystems.
Planting Calendar
Month-by-month sowing and transplanting schedule tailored to your location and veggie or fruit preferences.
Material & Cost Guide
A transparent list of materials and optional labor so you can budget for DIY or a pro install.
Garden Installation — From Soil to First Harvest
Full-service builds including bed construction, soil blends, irrigation, and planting so your garden produces properly from the start.
Skip the trial-and-error and get a garden that’s ready to grow. Our installation team handles bed construction, soil amendment, irrigation basics, and first-season planting. We set the garden up for success and hand you an easy care plan or enroll you in a maintenance package for ongoing support.
- Turnkey Build: We manage permits (where applicable), site prep, and clean build execution so you avoid long delays.
- Soil & Irrigation Setup: Custom soil blends and a simple irrigation plan reduce water waste and improve plant health.
- First-Season Planting: We plant for immediate results and include a harvest calendar so you know when to expect your first crops.
Garden Maintenance — Keep Your Garden Productive Without the Overwhelm
Flexible care packages that preserve yields and free your weekends: seasonal visits, pest management, and harvest support.
Maintenance packages are designed to match the garden's maturity and your lifestyle. We offer seasonal tune-ups, targeted pest interventions, and harvest assistance to keep productivity steady. Many clients pair maintenance with coaching to learn as we care, making the garden both reliable and educational.
- Seasonal Tune-Ups — Pre-season and mid-season visits to address nutrient needs, pests, and irrigation adjustments.
- Pest & Disease Management — Integrated, low-toxicity strategies to protect crops and preserve beneficial insects.
- Harvest Support — Help with harvest timing and processing so your yields make it to the table at peak quality.
What Clients Say — Real Gardeners, Real Results
Stories from local homeowners and community partners who turned ideas into edible landscapes with
Grow Greenfingers.
“Grow Greenfingers can literally do anything you need garden related. She is so knowledgeable, trustworthy, and accommodating. She also sets you up to be able to tend to your own garden without her, if that's what you're looking for!"
Brieze Levy, Adult Program Manager, Dancing Grounds Studio
“The reliability, knowledge, and especially the patience Erin shows, not just towards gardening but also in engaging my kids who are curious to learn, has been the highlight. It's more than gardening; it's a shared learning experience."
Victoria Tran, Founder, Sorted Professional Organizing
"We wanted to keep our garden in good order and make sure that it would be highly productive. Grow Greenfingers is helping us meet and exceed that goal. "
Deepak Bhatnagar, USDA Center Director, Southern Regional Research Center
“I like learning from Erin, when I plant and maintain the seedlings into full grown vegetables. Her knowledge is next level."
Jasmine Gorwara, Counsel at Maritech Commercial, Inc.
“I was hopeful my little boy would take some interest in gardening. Since we are a host to so many pollinators he loves looking at the new critters visiting and helping put new plants in. "
Emilie Airhart, Mompreneur, Basset Hound Resuce
Meet Erin — Founder, Organic Garden Consultant & Coach
From family garden traditions to 10+ years managing edible landscapes in the New Orleans area, Erin blends practical experience with community-driven gardening.
Erin grew up around family gardening traditions and discovered a deeper connection to plants after Hurricane Katrina. Since then, she founded her college community garden, worked as a consultant and master garden manager across the metro area, volunteers as a Louisiana Master Gardener, and is a Certified Gardenary Consultant. Her approach is hands-on, patient, and focused on teaching clients the skills they need to grow their health and wellness through a garden practice.
10+ years local consultancy & installations
Louisiana Master Gardener & LSUAg Grow Louisiana Certified
Level 1 Green Infrastructure Certified, Dana Brown & Associates
Certified Gardenary Garden Coach & Consultant
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Ready to Turn Your Yard into a Healthy Food Source?
Book a consultation now and get a prioritized action plan —
or choose a package from coaching, planning, installation, and maintenance.
We keep the booking process simple: choose consult for a fast diagnosis, or select a package that bundles planning, installation, and the first three maintenance visits.
Services
- Consulting
- Garden Plans
- Garden School
- Coaching
- Installation
- Maintenance
Contact
Email: hello@growgreenfingers.com
Phone: (555) 123-4567
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