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Custom garden design, installation & garden coaching to keep you and your family growing strong.

garden consulting with Katie Oglesby garden designer Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Hello there!

I’m Katie, the Garden Girl and I create gardens that make it fun and easy to elevate your home, garden, diet, and life! There’s nothing better than using freshly harvested ingredients in your home-cooked meals or arranging flowers from your very own yard. Fresh flowers, fruits, and vegetables provide daily inspiration (and you’ll be the envy of your neighbors).

A healthy garden leads to a healthier you. 

As an edible garden designer and a holistic health coach, my specialty is designing gardens that help you reach your health and lifestyle goals. Green, growing things can lift your spirits, functional outdoor spaces make it easier to be active, and I’ve personally seen how gardens can bring families closer together (even if it’s just around the kitchen table, wondering what on EARTH to do with a rutabaga). 

Gardens truly are a way to heal your body, clear your mind, nourish your soul, and love your life. 

Join me on a garden-centered path to health.

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Hiring Katie to help us design our garden space was the smartest thing we did to ensure not only a beautiful, functional garden layout, but Katie also walked us through the entire process from beginning to end when it came to purchasing the right plants, compost, materials, caring for seedlings, succession planting, etc. I loved the attention to detail she took when designing our space — from the layout to the custom trellises to match the design of our home to helping us select the different varieties of plants to grow to serve our family’s needs and provide an aesthetic that is enjoyable from every angle of our lot. I also appreciated her approach to gardening — she utilizes only the best, highest quality products and grows/sources pesticide-free plants, ensuring the most nutrient-sense fruit/veggies possible. I highly recommend her services to any gardener, from beginner to advanced. Her background in health coaching also plays a primary and unique role in how she gardens and why she excels in what she does. Having an organic garden has truly been a milestone for our family!
Sam & Chad
Working with Katie was such a fun & rewarding experience. From the design to the install, it was a super smooth experience. Her garden knowledge and the resources she offers are worth every penny. I couldn't recommend Katie enough.
Brittany
Katie and Matt are absolutely amazing at creating kitchen gardens and educating their clients.  I own a catering/personal chef business and cannot express how fabulous and convenient it is to have fresh herbs and vegetables right out my door:  It is like having a personal farmer's market.  In addition to the utilitarian value, it is a gorgeous piece of landscape!  I highly recommend this awesome business!
Laura
I found Katie while we were still living in LA and our home in Wisconsin was still being built.  I had only very general ideas of what I wanted and she worked diligently with me to educate me on the unique growing conditions of our new home and gave me multiple visual and verbal ideas for consideration.  She never pushed or forced her ideas on me and when I asked for certain specifics she hadn’t previously experienced she found a way to make the reality.  Once the project got underway Katie, Matt and their Crew were the hardest workers I have EVER seen.  They turned our blank piece of ground into THE MOST AMAZING Kitchen Garden I ever could have imagined.  Now that it’s in they continue to provide help and guidance and advice to ensure our success in this new endeavor.  I really can’t recommend Katie and Matt enough for any size Kitchen Garden you dream of, their professional approach and work ethic are beyond compare!  
Kathi
We are so thankful to Katie and Matt. Thank you for sharing all your amazing knowledge, thoughts, ideas and designing the perfect sustainable kitchen Garden. When it comes to construction, compact gardening, gaining the most out of your space and aesthetics Katie is the best Kitchen Garden coach.
Maryanne & Bryan
Our herb garden is a raised metal box right off our deck. It has already weathered beautifully and looks great. I walk outside 10 feet, pick my lemon balm and have tea in a few minutes. I use it constantly and cook more because of it. Katie has it designed so we probably have 15 different herbs in it. Super easy to weed and looks great. Organic, functional and attractive.  Wish more things were as useful in our lives as this. I love it.
Mike & Peggy
“It had always been a dream of ours to have a backyard garden to teach our girls how food is grown and have the ability to walk to the garden to grab what we needed for a meal -- and if you've paid attention to food costs lately, you'll know organic produce can be quite an investment! I had learned of Katie's garden consulting services through a friend and I was so intrigued by not only the beauty of her garden but how she was able to produce food for her family without having to rely on the local grocery store. I also had some reservations about haphazardly starting a garden in our backyard without some professional guidance -- I wanted to do it right and do it well. After hiring Katie, we met for a consultation and she was able to give me direction, suggestions, and tools to create the garden we dreamed of.”
Sam
Katie's kitchen garden plan is everything we wanted and more. The process was smooth and easy. We are so excited to have this beautiful addition to our home.
Marilyn
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