A VIRTUAL GARDEN CLUB
BENEFICIAL
KITCHEN
GARDENING
DO
YOU
FEEL
You love your veggie garden but…
It can be overwhelming. Neither reactivity nor avoidance suits you.
You’d love to plan and tend more intentionally.
It can be difficult to tell which advice is relevant and trustworthy, particularly in the age of AI-generated content. No shade to ChatGPT, but it has never grown kale.
Yes! Tell me more.
This three month teaching series is for home vegetable gardeners across the Northeast and other four-season climates, growing organic food with care and inspired to cook garden-to-table. Guided by our beneficial kitchen garden approach, we explore soil health, beauty, and ecological balance in support of flavorful harvests and resilient gardens.
The 2026 Summer Season includes a monthly live, 90-minute video call led by Gardenwell founder Kiera Faulkner Jekos.
Each will focus on what matters most in the garden right then, with space for conversation and questions. All sessions are recorded.
Cost per season is $75.
WANT TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER?
To learn more about Kiera's methodology and teaching style before committing, put on the kettle,
and watch a 15 minute introductory video.
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?
Wednesday May 13th
Noon-1:30pm EST
Welcoming summer in the kitchen garden. Warm-season planting decisions, soil health, and direct-sow-friendly edible flowers, and supporting young plants as they establish. Looking at beneficial insect activity as it ramps up and how to read early pest-pressure signals.
Wednesday June 10th
Noon-1:30pm EST
Plant health cues, early pruning, from tomatoes to topping peppers. Feeding the soil and supporting plants as growth accelerates, with strategies for keeping pest pressure in balance.
Wednesday July 15th
Noon-1:30pm EST
Planning the transition to the fall garden, seasonal shifts, and mid-season pivots. Fall planting timelines, soil preparation for late-season crops, and fall-planted pollinator gardens.
Join us for the summer series.
$75 for the season
We’d love to have you. Sign up through May 11th.
Questions? info@gardenwellny.com
If you're not able to join this spring but want to hear about future seasons, join our newsletter HERE.
DON'T YET HAVE A KITCHEN GARDEN? NO WORRIES.
Alongside custom design work, we’re offering a virtual small-group mentorship designed for gardeners who want expert guidance and plan to install their raised-bed kitchen garden on their own.
Join the waitlist HERE.
Kiera Faulkner Jekos
Founder
I avoided gardening for half of my adult life because of a toddler-era holdover of hating dirty hands. Thankfully, my love of cooking, hosting, and having things just so turned my thumbs green, quite literally.
After fifteen years of growing leafy greens, tomatoes, chiles galore, and more in my Hudson Valley potager, I brought that experience to New York City, greening rooftops and balconies and inviting others to enjoy eating from terrace to table.
Now based in Rhinebeck, I design gardens and teach throughout the Northeast, having guided hundreds of backyard gardeners in cooler climates. My work is rooted in color, thoughtful design, and natural materials, with a focus on gardens that build confidence, beauty, and connection.
