About Epic Gardening

OUR MISSION is simple:

We want to help 10,000,000 people around the world learn how to grow plants.

Since founding this website as a hobby in 2013, Epic Gardening has grown to reach millions of aspiring gardeners in over 100 countries around the world.

This website is for you if:

  • You want to grow your own food​
  • You want to stop killing your houseplants
  • You want to prevent garden pests, diseases, and problems
  • You want to learn creative gardening techniques like hydroponics, aquaponics, etc.

Here at Epic Gardening, we blend science and nature and put that knowledge in the palm of your hand.

The Team

Kevin Espiritu

Founder

Hi there – I’m Kevin. I got into gardening in early 2011 with my first hydroponics setup. I lived in a condo back then, so I didn’t have space for a big backyard soil garden.
I had to get creative.

Lorin Nielsen

Lifetime Gardener

Hi! I’m Lorin. As a kid, I planted my first plant under the careful tutelage of my mom. However, the neighbor’s cherry tomatoes were what really had my attention.

Rachel Garcia

Succulent Fanatic

Rachel here! Even though my dad’s an avid gardener, I didn’t discover my love for it until I went to college. I took a landscape design course for an elective and was hooked – plants are amazing!

Elizabeth Cramer

Plant Lover

Elizabeth Cramer is a chef, plant lover, and potter. She loves teaching others how to cook and grow their own food.

Ann McCarron

Horticulturalist

I love working outdoors with people and plants, so working freelance in community and therapeutic horticulture is a dream come true.

Huan Song

Sustainability Specialist

My love for gardening was inevitable having been raised by two grandmothers with epically green thumbs.

Jillian Balli

Arborist

Hello! I’m Jillian. I’ve always had a tremendous fascination with plants and nature.

Rebecca Hendricks

Master Gardener volunteer

One year, I decided to do some research to figure out how I could grow peppers on my apartment balcony, and it worked! I realized gardening is a skill you learn, not an innate talent you are born with.

Melissa Kruse-Peeples

Ethnobotanist

My academic background is in ethnobotany and anthropology and I have a passion for teaching others about biological and cultural diversity.

Connect With Epic Gardening

Along with the blog, we also run a weekly gardening newsletter and am on a few different social networks.

  1. ​Follow me on Instagram, where I share gardening tips and photos from Epic Gardening community members who use the #epicgardening hashtag.
  2. Listen to the Epic Gardening podcast, a daily 3-5 minute show featuring one juicy piece of gardening info.
  3. Subscribe to my YouTube channel, where I release gardening videos as often as possible.
  4. Subscribe to the Epic Gardening newsletter for weekly updates, giveaways, and more.
  5. Join the Epic Gardening Facebook group, with hundreds of gardeners from all around the world.
  6. Follow me on Pinterest, Twitter, and TikTok for more gardening inspiration.