Marilyn Simmons and daughter Donelle are owners and operators of Garden Inspirations. Marilyn has always been an avid gardener. Her daughter Donelle, promotes healthy lifestyle through her PILATES STUDIO. On their 2.9 acre farm in Ellis County, Texas, Marilyn has overcome many challenges that TEXAS WEATHER and TEXAS BLACK CLAY/CALICHE present.

Every year the vegetable gardens are increased to accommodate the growing interest in LOCAL, FRESH, AND PESTICIDE FREE vegetables grown and sold through the CSA called Veggies In Partnership.

Marilyn has worked for a Landscape Nursery, The Greenery, in Waxahachie, Texas, for the past 13 years. She has attended many series of classes on Organic Landscape Design with Lucy Harrell, a local organic landscape Designer. Marilyn has and still attends gardening and landscape classes.

Services provided by Garden Inspirations include GARDEN CONSULTS and LANDSCAPE DESIGN.  Garden Inspirations provide GARDENING AND LANDSCAPE EDUCATION via workshops and or speaking engagements.

Donelle handles marketing of our FRESHLY BREWED COMPOST TEA that is sold from March through October, weather permitting. She is the backbone behind the e-mails, training materials, and technology that keeps our business in shape.

It is our mission to encourage, produce, challenge and promote every family in America to learn some aspect of Vegetable Gardening. We believe we have gone too far from our roots. Americans need to know how to be more self-sustainable like our ancestors were. Not that everyone has to garden but we need to know that we can garden, grow our own produce, KNOW WHERE OUR FOOD COMES FROM and preserve our fresh vegetables from our own harvest. We encourage gardening on all levels, large and small; even if it is a container on the back porch or on an apartment balcony, PLANT SOMETHING EDIBLE. It is very rewarding to reap a harvest from a tiny seed of hope