I’m Mary Buri, a garden designer and coach who’s spent the last 13 years growing food and flowers in my own backyard, and helping others do the same through my business, Mars Kitchen Garden.
I’m here to help you become a better vegetable gardener
If you're garden-curious, you’re in the right place.
If you’re a couple of seasons in and hooked, you’re still in the right place.
If you’re sure you’ll be gardening until you’re dead, you’re definitely in the right place.
Why subscribe
Every Tuesday you’ll receive the Mars Kitchen Garden newsletter where I share real-time gardening tips and to-dos, design advice, recipes, reflections and more. It’s free and it’s good for both of us: you get guidance and inspiration; I get an outlet for my two favorite creative acts—gardening and writing.
And together, we grow a community.
Why become a paid subscriber
When you upgrade to paid, you support me—thank you! And you get lots more. Here’s what’s coming:
Virtual events, Q&As, and interviews with fellow gardeners
Proven planning tools I’ve carefully developed for my clients over the years, like planting calendars to time your crops right, crop layouts to maximize space, pest management strategies, and more
Design expertise from my years of building beautiful raised-bed gardens—with layouts, specs, and inspiration for your space
Seasonal cooking and baking demos straight from my kitchen
If you’d like to support this work in a deeper way, there’s also a Founding Member tier. It includes a virtual one-on-one consultation with me, a few surprise bonus posts, and my heartfelt gratitude for helping launch this next chapter.
I started this newsletter to support more gardeners than I ever could one-on-one—and to go deeper than I can on Instagram. My hope is to build a connected community of kitchen gardeners, free from the noise of the algorithm. I’m so glad you’re here.
With dirt under my nails,
—Mars