Joy Max Jardín teaches easy gardening
methods for
better meals
and mental health
Founder / Designer/ Seed curator Jennymarie Jemison will help you grow food and flowers in whatever space you have.
What to Do this Month in the Garden
Get ready for the cold while enjoying the mild weather that makes central Texas gardening a joy.
Yes, you can still plant wildflowers in December in central Texas.
FALL-PLANTED FLOWERS
Don’t miss the planting window for flowers like wildflowers & poppies that require cold stratification to germinate. Plant in fall for spring flowers.
Is your garden ready for the cold?
Why Rainwater is So Good for Plants
JMJ IN THE NEWS
“Gardening brought her joy, and it enabled her to turn a negative situation into a positive one. By sharing that experience with others, she’s paying that positivity forward. Life may have given her lemons, but she is growing an “orchard” of other gardeners from the seeds she saved.”
Texas Gardener, September-October 2023. Jennymarie Jemison and her Joy Max Jardín.
“Jennymarie Jemison's garden is the joy of her friends, family, and thousands of Instagram followers. Luckily for those who prefer their flora to be edible, the constant gardener sells packets of her heirloom "Salad Days" seed collection – with ruby red lettuce leaf and slow bolt arugula and more – along with bull's blood beets and red-veined sorrel and, oh, see for yourself, green-thumbed citizen!”
Austin Chronicle, “Five Food Gifts to Help Smash the Patriarchy: Excellent comestibles from women-owned Austin businesses”
“Gardening has been one of my greatest joys in the almost 20 years I’ve lived in this town, and in those two decades, I learned how to do it without that much effort. It’s what I call the Joy Max Method, a fusion of no-till gardening, companion planting, and incorporation of native plants and seeds that do well in our increasingly challenging climate…”
HAPPY HEAT, April 25, 2024, “WEED, SEED, AND EEYORE'S — WHAT SPROUTS FROM OUR SOIL.”
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"Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower."
