Grow FoodNOT Lawns.
The complete growing platform for Southern food forest growers in USDA zones 7 to 11. Zone-personalized planting calendars, a personal Garden Coach, and a full 15-module masterclass.
Northern garden advice will starve you in August.
Most growing advice is written for a climate that does not exist down here. Your tomatoes melt in July. Your kale bolts in March. Your Kent mango is not going to survive in zone 7.
The Southern Grower's Hub was built by a Florida grower for the actual conditions you are working with. Heat. Humidity. Hurricanes. Sand. Clay. Freezes that come once every five years and kill everything you forgot to wrap.
If you have ever wasted money on plants meant for Vermont, this is for you. Real Southern growers, real Southern weather, real food on your table.
Everything a Southern grower needs in one place.
Nine tools built around real Southern conditions. No fluff. Just what works in your zone.
15-Module Masterclass
75+ lessons covering food forest design, soil, water, trees, berries, herbs, vegetables, tropical edibles, pests, climate, harvest, and homestead skills.
Garden Coach
A personal coach that knows your zone, your soil, your sun hours, and the plants you have. Tells you what to do this week for your specific yard.
Plant Doctor
Snap a photo of a sick leaf. The system identifies the issue and tells you how to fix it. Pulls from a Southern-specific knowledge base.
Year One Plan
Answer 7 questions about your family, space, time, and goals. Get a personalized plan with crops, planting dates, expected yields, and three actions for the weekend.
Garden Tracker with Satellite Mapping
Pull up your property from above. Draw your garden zones. Track plants, harvests, and how much grocery money your garden saved you.
Recipes That Match Your Garden
35+ recipes. The system shows you which ones you can make tonight from what is growing. Add more plants, more recipes unlock.
Community of Southern Growers
Connect with growers in your zone. Share wins, ask questions, get answers from people who actually grow in your weather.
GFC-1 Certification
Complete the 15 modules and pass the quizzes, you earn the GrowFitFL Certified Grower credential. Lifetime, no renewals. Your name appears in the public directory.
Frost & Heat Alerts
Automatic notifications based on your county's weather forecast. Spanish translation coming soon.
How Year One Plan Works
Answer 7 Questions
About your family size, space, time, and goals.
Get A Custom Plan
Built for your zone, your land, and your life.
Start This Weekend
Three real actions to take, written for someone who has never done this.
The first 100 members earn something the next 5,000 cannot.
Founding Class status is permanent. Three things only the first 100 paying members get.
Permanent Gold Ribbon
A gold Founding ribbon stays on your GFC-1 certificate for life. Future members will not have this.
Locked-In Lifetime Rate
Your founding rate never goes up. As the platform grows and prices rise, you keep the rate you joined at.
Founding Member Badge
A Founding badge appears next to your name in the community directory. Other members see who built this with us.
Founding Class closes when 100 members join, or when public launch hits June 1, 2026. Whichever comes first.
Pick The Plan That Fits.
Cancel anytime. 14-day money-back guarantee on either plan. Secure checkout via Stripe.
- 15-Module Southern Masterclass
- Garden Coach (zone-specific)
- Plant Doctor photo diagnosis
- Year One Plan for beginners
- Garden Tracker with mapping
- Recipes from your garden
- Active grower community
- GFC-1 Certification path
- Frost and heat alerts
- 14-day money-back guarantee
- Everything in Monthly
- Save $89 every year
- Priority support
- Early access to new modules
- Founding annual member badge
14-day money-back guarantee. Cancel anytime.
Join The Waitlist
Public launch June 1, 2026. We notify Founding Class first.
Have An Invite Code?
Founding Class members can checkout before public launch.
Why I Built This.
I started GrowFitFL because grocery prices were beating my family up and the gardening advice on YouTube was written for Vermont. Twelve years later I am growing my family's food on a half-acre in West Central Florida.
The Hub is everything I learned the hard way, written for the South, in plain talk. No filler. No theory. The systems that actually work in our heat and our soil.
If you are tired of the food system, if you want to feed your family from your own land, if you want a community of growers who get it, this is for you.
Before You Sign Up
Ready to Grow Food, NOT Lawns?
Join the waitlist. We open the doors June 1, 2026.