Cooking and gardening go hand-in-hand which is why I teach basic skills such as how to design a kitchen garden, and how to to cook foods harvested fresh from the garden. When we learn to plant a seed, watch it grow and bring it to the table with pride, we naturally become responsible consumers. In my kitchen garden design classes and workshops, I share tips and techniques on the art of growing beautiful food.

Ellen Ecker Ogden

Ellen Ecker Ogden is a food and garden writer, cookbook author and kitchen garden designer. She is the author of four books including, From the Cook’s Garden, The Vermont Cheese Book and her newest, The Complete Kitchen Garden, featuring 15 theme gardens and 100 recipes for the vegetable gardener.

Her articles and kitchen gardens have appeared in The New York Times, Boston Sunday Globe, Eating Well, Vermont Life, Vermont Magazine, Vermont Sunday Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, Organic Gardening, Martha Stewart Living, and Horticulture. She lectures widely on topics that inspire gardeners and cooks with creative ideas and organic techniques for growing their own food.

As the co-founder of The Cook’s Garden  catalog, America’s premier source for culinary seeds, Ellen Ecker Ogden is dedicated to growing  ornamental edibles and is a featured speaker at national flower shows, botanic gardens and garden events throughout the U.S. She has been a guest on  the PBS show, Victory Garden, and HGTV as the “baroness of basil”.  She designs private gardens and holds workshops on kitchen garden designs and techniques throughout the U.S. Ellen is an active member of Les Dames D’ Escoffier and Garden Writers of America.

Country Garden Magazine: Spring Greens Artistry

Kitchen garden expert Ellen Ogden celebrates the new growing season with salad greens that are a feast for the eye as well as the palate. Read on >>>

Eating Well Magazine: Homegrown Salads

Now’s the time to liven up your salad bowl with beautiful garden greens – from spicy mustard to mild mache – that thrive in the cool weather of spring. Read on >>>

Vermont Magazine: Grow A Kitchen Garden

A kitchen garden may be a fancy name for a vegetable garden, yet the concept is as old as the first hunter-gatherers who decided to sit back and watch seeds grow. Read on >>>