About Chicago Land Gardening

We are a small group of gardening enthusiasts dedicated to sharing knowledge, practical guides, and helpful tips for anyone looking to learn and enhance their gardening skills. On our website, you’ll find useful and detailed information on various aspects of gardening. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced gardener, we have got you covered!

Our Mission

We believe that gardening is an enjoyable activity that anyone can do—whether you have no experience or limited space. Through our articles and guides, we aim to make gardening more accessible and easier for everyone.

We provide detailed information on various types of gardening, the right tools to use, plant selection, soil care, and other essential aspects to help you get started or improve your gardening skills.

What You’ll Find Here

On our website, you will find:

• Articles for both beginners and experienced gardeners
• Tips on proper planting and plant care
• Guides on choosing the right soil, pots, and other gardening tools
• Practical solutions for common gardening problems
• Information on urban gardening, vertical gardening, and other methods
• And most exciting of all – our own Garden Planting Calendar Tool

Our Garden Planting Calendar Tool

Apart from providing practical and easy-to-follow guides, we’ve developed a free, interactive Garden Planting Calendar tool that helps you determine the best time to plant based on your location and chosen plant. Whether you’re in a tropical zone or a cooler climate, the tool provides personalized planting schedules and helpful tips to guide your success.

At Chicago Land Gardening, our goal is simple: to help you grow plants – and grow your passion for gardening. Whether you have a backyard, balcony, or just a windowsill, we believe everyone should have the chance to cultivate something beautiful.

Meet Our Team

Chicago Land Gardening is managed by a small team who are passionate about gardening. We are not professional agriculturists, but our experience and love for planting drive us to share our knowledge. We continuously review and improve our articles to ensure that the information we share is helpful to you.

The Story Behind Our Site

For over a decade, I lived the corporate grind as a senior marketing manager – endless deadlines, late-night presentations, and the constant pressure to deliver results. My life revolved around spreadsheets, client meetings, and coffee-fueled all-nighters. The stress was relentless, and my health was paying the price.

After 10 years in a high-stress marketing job, I desperately needed an escape. On a whim, I planted a single basil seedling—mostly to prove a self-help book wrong about gardening ‘reducing stress.’ But as that little plant grew, so did my obsession. Digging in the dirt became my therapy. I swapped spreadsheets for seed packets, turned my tiny balcony into a jungle, and eventually convinced a few fellow plant-crazy friends to start this site.

What began as a personal lifeline taught us something bigger: Gardening isn’t just about plants. It’s about slowing down, nurturing life (including your own), and finding joy in small, daily miracles—like the first tomato of summer or a flower surviving your ‘care.’

Our passion for gardening started with small projects, such as planting vegetables in pots, and eventually grew into developing larger backyard gardens. Over time, we realized the true value of gardening. It is not just about beautifying our surroundings but also about having healthier food, cleaner air, and a relaxing space in our homes.

Because of these learnings, we wanted to share our knowledge and experiences with more people. Today, as the Chief Editor of Chicago Land Gardening, I created this platform with my fellow teammates as a trusted source of information for anyone who wants to learn, try, or improve their gardening skills. No matter the size of your space—whether big or small, with or without a backyard—we want to show that there is always a way to grow and nurture plants wherever you are.

Through the articles, guides, and practical advice we share, we hope to inspire more people to embrace a healthier and more sustainable way of living through gardening.

Join Our Community

We would love to have you as part of our growing community of gardening enthusiasts! We hope that our articles help you improve your knowledge and experience in planting. Feel free to share any comments or feedback in our article comment section, and we will get back to you.

Thank you for visiting our website. We are excited to be part of your gardening journey!

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