Katie Oglesby is a Wisconsin-based garden designer and garden and healthy lifestyle coach committed to helping people develop a deeper connection to their food through the transformative experience of organic gardening. She is the founder of the Kitchen Garden Design House, a Wisconsin-based business that specializes in crafting bespoke kitchen gardens that seamlessly blend elevated aesthetics with sustainable, garden-to-table living practices. Katie also runs the Garden-to-Table Community, an online membership for new gardeners all learning to support their health and family's well-being with their own gardens and garden-to-table recipes.
Key points! "Gardeners have a growth mindset"
Making big pivots in your first year of business (the thing you thought you were going to do to what you actually do)
From health coaching to garden design and garden coaching
The power of word of mouth marketing in a community based business
Working a day job to support the growth of your dream job, and then transitioning between full time to part time, to full time in your new business
Building your portfolio from the ground up (professional photography, and get some people in those pictures!)
Cultivating your community by not just offering a product or service, but support to help your people succeed with your products and/or services (like The Garden to Table Membership)
Links:
Get Katie's free MicroGreens Guide and her How to Grow Herbs + Greens guide at https://www.katieoglesby.com/education
Podcast website
Say hello: hello@truerbusinesspodcast.com
Follow Kara & Lauren on Instagram: @karacocreative @truerwordsbylauren
