This is our story
Jonny
After a rather difficult battle with anxiety, self acceptance, and some other mental health, I needed something to keep myself focused on moving forward. Christmas of 2023, my partner bought me a small hydroponics tabletop garden to grow herbs and spices, but I realized I found a new passion. Just over a year later, from succulents to tropicals, and vegetables to fruit trees, we have collected, propagated, and grown hundreds of varieties of plants year-round.
Brad
Jonny and I met when we were both in rather dark places in life. As we worked on our personal growth together, I had a long awaited project to create 2 large raised garden beds along our front porch, a small tribute to my late partner I had lost a few years prior to cancer. He absolutely loved planting beautiful annuals each spring. Jonny happily assisted in helping me build these beds from blockwork to planting and pruning. From here, a new joint hobby was born.
Our Business Together
As fast as our passions grew, our family and friends took notice. We started helping with plant repotting, seed starting, selling our propagations, helping with companion plants and natural pest repellents, etc. Brad already had a small design and decal business, and Jonny was unknowingly creating a small gardening business. Thus, after a lot of thought, we combined our efforts into 1 business to build together. Our 2 passions of growing and design, combined with the personal growth we've experienced together, led to a very fitting name,
GROW BY DESIGN