My Story

 

Hello there. I’m glad you found my website.

I’ve always been fascinated with growing vegetables at home. Where I grew up, we used to have a sizable backyard where we would grow all sorts of herbs and vegetables. We were accustomed back then to having something fresh on the table, cooked or prepared straight from our backyard garden.

When I got married and finally settled down into our own home, garden space was a big constraint. Undaunted, I decided to try growing vegetables in pots or containers. At first, I made a lot of mistakes. So I persevered, until I finally got to harvest my first batch of pechay (pak choi). With each successful harvest, I became obsessed with growing more and more varieties. I had to search the web for more information about particular seeds or plants. Later, I realized that most of the blogs that we find online are foreign-based – typically, from countries with cool or temperate climates. Naturally, their gardening experience is not the same as ours.

I decided to create my own website, so that I could share my own gardening experience with fellow gardeners, especially those living in humid tropical urban environments like mine. That’s how I started this blog “Urban Gardening Mom”. Eventually, my passion turned into an advocacy – because everyone should enjoy his or her own garden at home.

As part of this advocacy, I also created an online store The Urban Gardening Shop. There are numerous merchants offering various gardening stuff online, but you are not really sure about their quality or effectiveness, until you have actually tried them. Over the years, I have spent a considerable amount of time and resources experimenting on different gardening products, only to realize later that more than half of them are either ineffective or redundant. Through The Urban Gardening Shop, I hope to make good quality gardening products more accessible to gardeners like you. As much as possible, I only use or recommend products that are natural, organic, or environment- friendly. Again, thank you for visiting my website. I hope you find the information that you need here.

Happy gardening!

Glo de Castro

Founder of Urban Gardening Mom