Your ground. Your table.
Let's get something growing.
Start your garden§ 01 — The honest comparison
✕ The label won't say what it was sprayed with, how far it came, or when it was really picked.
One line. Two lives.
Same fruit — very different story.
YOUR TOMATOGROWN WITHCOMMON GROUND
✓ Every answer known — because you grew it. Nothing hidden, nothing to look up.
Gardens we build.
How we design →The four-season potager
Vegetables, herbs & flowers
Dwarf orchard & berry rows
Fruit trees & berries
Courtyard kitchen garden
Compact, full-sun spaces
- 100%
- Custom-built to your site
- 3yr
- Workmanship warranty
- 1row
- Opt in to grow one for a neighbor
§ 02 — The custom plan
What you'll get.
Four parts. Take all four, or just what you need.Drawn to your site
Sun, soil, and how you cook — turned into a plan.
A bed your kids will inherit
Cedar as standard, cut and joined by hand.
Soil, then seed
Built-up soil, planted for four-season harvest.
We come back
Optional ongoing care, so it stays productive.
Your table, all year.
What a New England kitchen garden puts on your plate, season to season.Spring
- Peas · Radishes
- Lettuce · Spinach
- Asparagus · Chives
Summer
- Tomatoes · Beans
- Cucumbers · Zucchini
- Basil · Peppers
Fall
- Kale · Carrots
- Broccoli · Garlic
- Apples · Winter squash
Winter
- Leeks · Cold-frame greens
- Herbs on the sill
- Next season's plan
How it works.
Four steps, no surprises.- 1
Site walk
We walk your ground and talk through what you want to grow.
- 2
Plan
A drawn design and a clear estimate. No surprises.
- 3
Build
We build the beds and structures, then fill and plant.
- 4
Tend
We hand it over — and can keep tending, season to season.
The maker
Hi, I'm Stephen.
I started Common Ground because I wanted to trust our food again — to know where it came from, what went into it, and to feel good putting it on my family's table. With two young boys and a grocery bill climbing every week, too much of what we ate had become a mystery.
My grandparents grew everything; so did my dad. Eight years ago I finally built my own garden — year one was tomatoes and basil, and every season after added berries, fruit trees, and rows of vegetables. Soon we had more than we could eat, and every care package I dropped at a friend's door came back with the same words: the best they'd ever had.
That garden fed my family, cleared my head after high-pressure workdays, and pulled my kids into something real. This isn't just a business — it's family, food, and health. Your ground, your table.
§ 03 — The pricing ladder
Start small. Grow every year.
Most homeowners begin with one bed and expand each season — here's the ladder.Year 1 · Starter Bed
$995
first 10 gardens, through June 30, 2027; then about $1,100
A 4×8 cedar raised bed, premium soil & compost, and your first season's planting — with a sun & placement consult and a simple growing guide.
Year 2 · Expansion
Add as you go
quoted per project
More beds and irrigation, berry rows, and pollinator strips — the garden grows a little every season.
Year 3 · Homestead
Built to a plan
quoted per project
Greenhouses and fruit trees, pathways, and compost stations — a true backyard homestead.
Gardens that teach and feed whole communities.
The same beds and the same care — built at the scale of a school, a senior residence, or a town. Food that people grow together, close to where they live.
Schools
Living outdoor classrooms paired with a hands-on seed-to-table STEM curriculum — biology, data, weather, and nutrition, taught right in the beds. We'll help you put together what funders ask for.
Senior-living communities
Accessible waist-high beds, therapeutic and sensory herb gardens, and gentle seasonal tending — fresh food, time outdoors, and a reason to get your hands in the soil again.
Civic & community
Shared plots for towns, churches, and nonprofits — with Giving Row™ pantry partnerships, so a single build helps feed the whole neighborhood.
Craftsmanship meets horticulture.
Not landscaping with vegetables — two trades, one bed.Cedar joinery
Solid cedar and tight joints — no flat-pack hardware to rust out.
Soil science
Tested, amended, and built for living roots.
Seasonal planting
Successions timed to New England's real calendar.
Ongoing care
We come back — prune, plant, and problem-solve.
How a shady side yard becomes a working kitchen garden.
Say you cook every night but have nowhere to grow. We terrace the slope in cedar, open up the light, and build living soil from scratch.
One season later: tomatoes, greens, herbs, and fall brassicas — steps from the kitchen door.
Book by early spring and we'll do our best to have your beds in before Mother's Day. We'll give you a real date when you book.
Meet Marigold
— the companion app we're building for every gardenIn the works · Spring 2027We're building Marigold, the app that goes with every garden. The plan is simple: on build day we map your exact beds, and the app tells you in plain words what to do this week and keeps track of every harvest. First gardens get it in spring 2027. No green thumb required.
DOOR 01
Bed Map
We draw your beds to scale on a map of your own yard. It's coming to the app, so you can sketch your own.
DOOR 02
The Patch
Your installed garden in your pocket: weather-aware chores and a harvest log for every bed. Coming in 2027.
DOOR 03
The Grow Shed · Basil, 2027
Basil is the garden helper we're building. Send a photo of a struggling plant and it'll tell you what's likely going on and what to try — and when it's serious, it'll send a real person.
Design · Build · Grow · Give
The Giving Row™
Plant one extra row and we'll help it feed someone. Opt in, and we'll help you get your extra to a local pantry. We're setting up the first drop-offs now. It's the simplest way your ground becomes common ground.
How the Giving Row worksOne row, shared.
From your beds to a neighbor's table. Weigh what you give, and we'll help you keep count.
Common questions.
- When's the best time to start?
- Any season. We design in winter, build in spring and fall, and plant when the ground's ready.
- Do I need a big yard?
- No. A sunny corner is enough for a real, productive garden.
- What if I've never gardened?
- Good — that's who we build for. We plant it, show you what to do, and can keep tending it if you'd like.
- Will it survive our winters?
- It's built for them. Cedar beds as standard, cold-hardy plantings, and four-season planning.