Quick Take: Courtney Johnson is a Garden Coach Academy graduate who designs, installs, and maintains kitchen gardens for clients through her business, The Kitchen Garten, in Kinston, North Carolina.

Courtney Johnson Is a Garden Coach in Kinston North Carolina

With gardening in her family history and many years of gardening experience in her own backyard, Courtney is a natural garden consultant and coach. Her business, The Kitchen Garten is a huge success and the work she does in her community is truly inspiring.

Read on to learn the story of Courtney's business name and discover the work she's doing to change her community for the better (even while being a busy mom and wife).

Courtney's Garden Coaching Journey

Courtney describes what originally inspired her to love gardening...

"During my younger years, my family lived in Germany, and playing in our German neighbor’s garten platz, complete with a bunny house and rows of veggies, was my first experience with gardening, and, as you may have guessed, the German word for garden is garten.

And there you go…"

"My grandparents and father have always kept a farm or garden chock full of peanuts, squash, zucchini, beans, and tomatoes in the summer, and collards, turnip greens, and mustards in the winter.

So I have grown up with a love for watching things grow.

For the past ten years, I’ve been gardening in my own spot of lawn, and through many failures and successes, I think I’m finally getting the hang of this!" she explained.

"I started my blog in 2016 and was already working alongside my husband building raised beds and selling them, but I definitely needed support and a process.

I found Nicole while scrolling Instagram in 2017, and I fell in love with her raised garden beds. I remember visiting her site and seeing a notice about the Garden Coach Academy even before it came out. I emailed her to get on the list!

Nicole has helped me expand and organize my garden business, which has allowed me to work for myself and to create a nice side income for my family. And the biggest bonus is I’m sharing my love for gardening with those around me!

If you love to garden, then join the Garden Coach Academy! There's no better way to share your passion for gardening and to earn an income in the process."

We're so proud to have Courtney as a member of the Garden Coach Academy and love the work that she's doing in Kinston, North Carolina. Courtney is taking something she loves, that's meaningful and part of her family history, and sharing it with her community to make a difference for the better.

As a busy mom and wife, Courtney can fit her Garden Coach business into her lifestyle whenever it works by scheduling consults, installs, and garden work around her everyday life. We love Courtney, and we know you will too.

If you're in the North Carolina area, you've gotta get Courtney's help in your own kitchen 'garten!'