VERMONT KITCHEN GARDEN

Courtney Contos founded VERMONT KITCHEN GARDEN to encourage and teach simple methods for growing food. VKG offers basic gardening skills or support to improve and or redesign an existing garden. Have never gardened before? This is for you! Services may be custom designed to fit your needs or choose one of the straight forward packages

COURTNEY CONTOS

Courtney grew up in Chicago where her father owned many famous restaurants. She is a trained chef (since 1994) and Master Gardener. Vermont quality of life was a life long dream come true for her, escaping the city and sinking into a slower pace with a “farm to table” approach. In 2007 her first Vermont Kitchen Garden was planted with much success. As a chef, growing food has become a important ritual for her. Knowing home grown food tastes much better than the grocery store alternatives and  the environmental benefits are greater. Born and educator she has taught public cooking classes for nearly 1o years, spreading her enthusiastic food knowledge across the globe. Now she has expanding her teaching and added vegetable gardening to the mix. Her home garden is 11ft by 58ft, producing generous yields for a family of two.