Edible Garden Consulting + Design in Fort Worth, Texas
Grow your own food without guessing your way through it.
The Gardens at SmallMeadow helps curious, hands-on homeowners, renters, and food lovers grow edible gardens that fit their space, budget, lifestyle, and goals.
Whether you’re dreaming of a backyard food forest, a raised-bed kitchen garden, a balcony full of herbs, or a pantry stocked with food you preserved yourself, we’ll help you understand what to grow, where to plant it, and how to actually enjoy the process.
Why designing your garden matters
Modern life has made food feel convenient, disconnected, and wildly confusing. But it doesn’t have to be…
Growing your own food is an investment in your future.
At The Gardens at SmallMeadow, we believe every seed planted creates hope for tomorrow — a tomorrow filled with abundant harvests, nutritious food, a healthier ecosystem, and a deeper connection to nature and the world right around you.
Instead of creating gardens that look pretty but don’t actually serve your life, we focus on edible garden consulting, practical design, permaculture-minded planting, and low-maintenance food crops that help your garden work for you.
Choose where to start
Where are you ready to dig in?
Garden Consultation + Planning Services
For the beginner, overwhelmed gardener, or a DIYer gardener who wants a clear plan
From one-time garden consults to custom edible garden plans and project management support, these services help you understand what your space can support, what materials you need, what to plant, and how to bring your garden to life without wasting time, money, or energy.
Includes:
Garden Consults, Custom Garden Plans, Garden Project Management + Install
Preserve the Harvest
For the garden that’s growing and the “what do I do with all this food?” moment.
Learn how to care for your edible garden, use what each season gives you, and preserve food before it goes to waste. Whether you grew it yourself, bought in bulk, or scored a grocery deal, Patti helps you build the habits and hands-on skills to make your food last.
Includes:
Garden maintenance basics, pantry building, food preservation, canning, fermentation, and sourdough
Don’t Know Where to Start?
Perfect. That’s exactly what a consultation is for.
You don’t need to know whether you need raised beds, containers, a balcony setup, a full garden plan, or just someone to tell you what’s already growing in your yard. Start with a consultation, and we’ll walk your space, talk through your goals, and figure out the best next step together.
I’m Patti Kirkey — edible garden consultant, former corporate project manager, interior design major, award-winning baker, and the person who fully believes a little trial and error can teach you a whole lot.
The Gardens at SmallMeadow began as a way to share my own “failed successes” in growing food. Now, it exists to help others learn what works, what doesn’t, and how to make the most of their space, time, money, and harvests.
With a focus on permaculture, subsistence crops, and French Intensive Methods, I help you create a garden that is beautiful, productive, and designed around the way you actually live.
Part project manager, part garden nerd, part “let’s figure this out” guide.
Meet Patti
From the creator behind award-winning bakery Le Chat Noir — now trading buttercream for soil, seeds, and homegrown food
You don’t need to know everything before you start.
Whether you need a one-time garden consult, a full edible garden design, ongoing coaching, or hands-on food preservation instruction, The Gardens at SmallMeadow is here to help you dig in with confidence.
Ready to grow?
The Gardens at SmallMeadow helps you start with what you have, understand what your space can support, and build practical skills one step at a time.
You just need a plan that makes sense for where you are right now.
You don’t need acreage. You don’t need perfect soil. You don’t need to spend thousands of dollars on specialty equipment. And you definitely don’t need to become a full-blown homesteader overnight.