The Purposeful Gardener

Grow more food, more flowers, and more joy—right from your backyard.

Step into your backyard and harvest dinner from a space that’s as productive as it is beautiful. The Purposeful Gardener is your complete guide to transforming an outdoor area into a thriving food oasis using raised beds, vertical growing, and companion planting techniques.

Through her blog and online community, @ThePurposefulYou, Tasha Medve has taught and inspired thousands of gardeners around the world to grow more food and maximize their space with ease. In this book, she shares all of her best tips and tricks to help you create a garden that works hard and feels like home.

Discover Tasha’s proven techniques to double your harvests, reduce pests and disease, and bring structure and intention to your garden design. Inside are exclusive DIY plans for her famous Wall of Peas and Pumpkin Arch, sample garden bed templates, succession planting tips, companion planting guides (including pollinator-friendly natives), and the space-saving secrets that come from breaking outdated spacing rules.

Whether you’re working with a small side yard or a full backyard, this book is your key to creating a more bountiful, beautiful food haven at home that will feed your family, nourish your soul, and bloom with beauty.