Florida Food Forest Masterclass
Grow Food NOT Lawns.
Build a Florida Food Forest That Actually Feeds Your Family.
The 7-week self-paced masterclass for Florida growers who are done killing plants that were never meant to live here. Plant once. Harvest for years. Built for zones 8b through 11.
From the author of Grow Food NOT Lawns and The Florida Perennial Garden · 40,000+ subscribers on YouTube
Picture Your Yard in One Year.
Right now, your yard is mostly grass that costs you money to keep alive. By next summer, here is what your land could be doing for your family if you start now.
- Picking fresh fruit off your own trees instead of paying $6 a pound at the grocery store.
- Walking out the back door for greens, herbs, and perennials that come back season after season without replanting.
- Hurricane and freeze ready beds that bounce back instead of starting from zero every year.
- A real soil profile in what used to be Florida sand. Living, holding water, feeding the plants.
- A neighbor on the fence line asking how the heck you did all this in one year.
- A skill set your family will eat off of for the next twenty years, not just this growing season.
Most Florida Gardens Quit by Year Two.
You followed the YouTube channel run by some guy in Ohio. Bought the seeds. Watched everything die in the heat, the freeze, the rain, or the bugs. Florida is its own beast and most growing advice is built for somewhere else.
The summer wipes you out.
Northern annuals can't survive June through September. You replant every year and call it gardening.
The soil is sand.
Nothing holds water. Nothing holds nutrients. You pour money into amendments and watch it disappear.
The pests never stop.
Florida bugs don't take a winter off. Most pest advice you read does not apply to zones 9, 10, or 11.
You keep starting over.
Every season is a fresh round of seeds, soil, and disappointment. That is not a food forest. That is a hamster wheel.
A Food Forest Built for Florida.
A real Florida food forest is mostly perennials. You plant once. The system feeds you year after year. Less work each season, not more. That is what this masterclass teaches you to build.
Florida-First Plant List
Every plant in this course is proven to thrive in zones 8b through 11. No guessing. No imports.
Plant Once, Harvest Years
Perennials, fruit trees, and self-seeding crops. Build a system that pays you back season after season.
Heat, Freeze, Hurricane Ready
Designs that survive a 28 degree night and a 95 degree day in the same month.
Soil You Actually Build
Turn beach sand into living soil with methods that work in our climate.
7 Modules. 30+ Lessons. Yours For Life.
Self-paced, on your schedule. One module unlocks each week so you can apply it before the next drops. No information overload. By week seven, you have a working food forest.
The Florida Reality
Climate zones, soil types, freeze dates, hurricane prep, and the calendar that runs your year. Most courses skip this and that is why most courses fail Florida growers.
Finish week one with a personal Florida growing calendar for your zone.Designing Your Food Forest
The 7 layers of a Florida food forest, sun mapping your yard, water flow, sacrifice zones, and where to put what so it produces for decades.
Finish week two with a hand-drawn map of your future food forest.Forever Crops: The Perennial Backbone
The 30+ perennial food plants that pay rent year after year in Florida. What to plant, when to plant, and what to skip even if every other channel pushes it.
Finish week three with your first plant list and sourcing plan.Soil and Water
Build real soil from Florida sand. Composting in the heat. Mulch strategy. Irrigation that works in summer rain and winter drought.
Finish week four with soil and water systems ready for planting day.Pests, Disease, and Wildlife
The Florida pest playbook. Fungal pressure in humidity. Living with deer, raccoons, possums, squirrels, and iguanas without losing your harvest.
Finish week five with a pest defense plan for your top ten plants.Maintenance and Expansion
Pruning fruit trees, propagating from cuttings, dividing perennials, and how to expand a food forest without burning out.
Finish week six with a maintenance schedule that fits your real life.Harvest, Preserve, and Eat
Year-round harvest planning. What to do when the mango tree drops 200 pounds at once. Preservation methods that fit a busy family.
Finish week seven with a year-round harvest and preservation plan.What's Waiting for You on Day One.
The cohort opens July 1, but the second you claim your seat you get instant access to the welcome materials so you can hit the ground running.
The Welcome Packet
Your zone playbook, planting calendar starter, and a week-one prep checklist so you walk into module one ready to go.
Florida Plant Sourcing Directory
The Florida nurseries I trust, what to order now for July planting, and what to skip even if it is on sale.
Pre-Cohort Bonus Video
A 20-minute walk through my own food forest so you see exactly what you are about to build.
The Florida Climate Toolkit
Four bonus PDFs covering pest defense, freeze protection, hurricane prep, and a year one calendar. Yours to download immediately.
Everything You Get for $497.
This is the full stack. The course, the toolkit, the directory, and lifetime updates. All digital. All yours forever.
Is This Course For You?
I would rather you not buy this than buy it and never use it. Here is the straight answer.
This Is For You If
- You live in Florida or the Gulf Coast and you are tired of advice built for other climates.
- You own or rent a yard, big or small, and you can put plants in the ground.
- You want a system that produces food year after year without starting over each season.
- You learn well from video and you will actually do the work in your yard.
- You want a self-paced course you can come back to season after season.
This Is Not For You If
- You are looking for a quick win or a passive income hack. This is real work.
- You live somewhere with hard freezes and a real winter. You need a different course.
- You only want to grow tomatoes and basil in raised beds. Stay with annuals.
- You want personal coaching or one-on-one calls. This is a self-study course.
- You will not make 2 to 3 hours per week to apply what you learn.
50 Seats. One Price. One Time.
Founding cohort gets the lowest price this masterclass will ever sell at. After the 50 seats fill, the price goes up. Lifetime updates lock in for whoever gets in first.
Secure checkout · 14-day money back guarantee
Trial and Error vs. The Masterclass.
You can keep figuring this out alone for the next five years. Or you can shortcut it. The math below is honest.
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Watch Module One. Get Your Money Back if It Is Not For You.
You have 14 full days from the day the cohort opens. Watch module one. Read the welcome packet. Use the worksheets. If you decide this is not what you expected, email contact@growfitfl.com and you get a full refund. No hoops, no exit interview, no hard feelings.
That is how confident I am in what I am handing you.
I'm Jermaine.
I grow food right here in beautiful West Central Florida. I have been at this long enough to know what works in our climate and what only works on YouTube videos shot somewhere else.
This masterclass is the system I built for my own family, on my own land, in zone 10a. Same heat, same sand, same bugs, same freeze nights you are dealing with. I am not teaching theory. I am teaching what is feeding my family this week.
- Author of Grow Food NOT Lawns, The Florida Perennial Garden, and Discipline
- 40,000+ subscribers on YouTube at @GrowFitFL
- 11 years certified personal trainer before the food forest
- Husband to Toni at RootedinJs · we grow together
- Faith-anchored, family-first, Florida-rooted
Before You Claim Your Seat
I am not in Florida. Will this still work for me?
This course is built for Florida zones 8b through 11. If you are in coastal Georgia, the Gulf Coast, south Texas, or Hawaii, the principles will carry over. If you are in a different climate, this is not the course for you and I would rather you save your money.
Is this a self-study course or do you teach live?
Self-study. Every lesson is pre-recorded video. You watch on your schedule, work the modules week by week, and apply what you learn in your yard. There are no live calls, no group coaching, no personal consultations.
I am brand new. Will I be lost?
No. The first two modules assume you have never grown anything. We start with climate, soil, and design before we ever touch a plant.
I have been gardening for years. Will this be too basic?
If you have built a productive Florida food forest with 30+ perennial food crops, you do not need this course. If you have grown vegetables in beds for years and want the perennial system, this will fill the gap.
How much time per week?
Plan on two to three hours per week to watch the lessons and a few hours of yard time to apply them. The drip schedule keeps you from getting overwhelmed.
How long do I have access?
Lifetime. Watch it once or come back every spring. Founding cohort also gets free updates forever.
How do I access the course after I buy?
After checkout you get an email with a login and instant access to the course on my website. Watch on any device. Download the PDFs. Come back any time.
What if I do not like it?
14-day money back. Watch module one, and if it is not what you expected, email contact@growfitfl.com and you get a full refund. No hoops.
Why founding cohort pricing?
The founding cohort gets in at the lowest price this course will ever sell at, plus lifetime free updates. After the 50 seats fill, the price goes to $797.
Get Notified When the Course Goes Live.
Drop your email below and I will let you know the moment the cohort opens, plus send you a free Florida planting calendar to start with.
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Stop Replanting the Same Garden Every Year.
The founding cohort closes when the 50th seat sells. The price goes up. The food forest you build does not.
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