Transform your backyard
Grow Your Backyard is a nonprofit, and 100% of all profits go straight to the Capital Food Bank.
Transform your backyard
Grow Your Backyard is a nonprofit, and 100% of all profits go straight to the Capital Food Bank.
Our Mission
Helping the Capital Food Bank
Grow Your Backyard is a nonprofit, and 100% of all profits go straight to the Capital Food Bank. At Grow Your Backyard we are focused on feeding as many people as possible, for more information go to www.capitalareafoodbank.org.
Sustainable food
Grow Your Backyard gives you the means to grow sustainable food. Whatever plants you choose to fill your new garden, will be grown using sustainable farming practices that combat pollution and harmful environmental practices.
Easy set up
Our main goal at Grow Your Backyard is to enable you to easily own and manage a garden. If requested, we can help plant your vegetables, or even build your garden for you.
Contact Us
Plants Available
Old Virginia Tomato
Heirloom from the Giltner family in VA. Old-time sweet/tart tomato taste. 4-7 oz., dark red, smooth, round fruits with few seeds. The 5-6 ft. tall plants produce even in long hot summers. Good yields and flavor make this a keeper.
West Virginia Tomato
6-8 oz red fruits, meaty flesh, small cores, few blemishes. Excellent, mildly sweet flavor. Good disease resistance includes resistance to late blight race T-0 and some resistance to T-1.
Brandywine Tomato
TN heirloom popularized by Ben Quisenberry. Prized for distinctively flavorful fruit, highly rated in taste trials. ‘Brandywine’ has achieved a national reputation as the flavor standard for tomatoes. Dark reddish-pink, 10-12 oz. fruits. Potato leaf vines are not as disease-resistant as other Brandywine strains, but they hold up well even in cold, wet summers. The flavor of the tomatoes is of gourmet quality. Use for slices, salads, and sandwiches.
Matt’s Wild Cherries Tomato
From seed collected in the wild near Hidalgo in eastern Mexico. Plants bear loads of intensely sweet, tart, and flavorful, ½ in. deep red cherry tomatoes. Plants are vigorous, disease-resistant, and sprawling. Self-sows readily.
Charleston Hot Pepper
Almost as hot as Habaneros! Flavorful ½ x 5 in. fruits; a favorite for hot sauce in the Carolinas. Colorful fruits and the unusual yellow leaves make this an interesting ornamental. Very good nematode
Carolina Wonder Sweet Pepper
Introduced by SESE 1999, the best nematode-resistant bell for home gardeners. Foliage, fruits, and yields are very similar to California Wonder. This variety is a potentially valuable line for developing other nematode-resistant bell peppers. It is also less prone to developing fungus in the seed cavity. The premium-grade, 3- and 4-lobed, fruits weigh 1⁄4-1⁄3 lb and measure 3 x 4 in. Sweet flavor even when green.
Other plants
Reach out to us with any other plants you'd like in your garden including flowers and herbs and we'll see if we can find them for you.
Our Plants
About me
Who am I?
My name is William Massey!
I'm a 15-year-old freshman at Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School. When I was younger I always enjoyed helping my dad work on his garden. I always wanted to grow my own garden. As I got older I embraced that passion, and now I am working to bring my gardens to you. I live in Chevy-Chase, and I hope to build gardens for people in my area to promote sustainable food, and to help end hunger in the Washington DC area.
Sustainable Gardening Resources
American Horticultural Society
American Horticultural Society
American Horticultural Society
The American Horticultural Society has an array of information regarding sustainable gardening practices, for more information click on the learn more button.
Better Homes & Gardens
American Horticultural Society
American Horticultural Society
Better Homes & Gardens has an article on 10 things you can do to make your yard more eco-friendly. To read this click the view article button.
Gardening.org
American Horticultural Society
Gardening.org
Gardening.org has an excess of gardening knowledge. They also have an article on 7 sustainable gardening practices, and why they matter for the enviornment. To view the article, click the view article button below. environment
Subscribe
Sign up to be the first to get updates.
Copyright © 2024 Grow Your Backyard - All Rights Reserved.
Powered by GoDaddy
This website uses cookies.
We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.