Speaking Requests
Book Jermaine and Toni Jefferson
Two growers from West Central Florida who teach ordinary people how to turn a lawn into food. No theory. No lecture hall. Real plants, real yards, real results people can copy the week they get home.
Send Your RequestWhat we come to do
Most garden talks send people home inspired and still confused. That is a waste of your budget and their afternoon.
We build a talk around one promise: every person in that room leaves knowing exactly what to plant, when to plant it, and where it goes in their own yard. Beginners get a first step they can take Saturday morning. Experienced growers get the parts nobody told them, the perennials, the tropicals, the food that keeps producing after the tomatoes quit.
We speak plain. We tell the truth about what fails in Southern heat, sand and humidity. And we bring the pictures to prove it, because we grow all of it at home.
Talks we give
Pick one of these or tell us the outcome you want and we will build it for your room.
Grow Food NOT Lawns
The signature talk. Why the American lawn is the most expensive crop nobody eats, and the step by step swap to a yard that feeds a family.
The Food Forest Blueprint
How to stack trees, shrubs, vines and ground cover so one small yard produces year after year with less work, not more.
Plants That Actually Survive the South
Heat, sand, humidity and hurricanes. The perennials and tropicals that hold up, and the popular picks that quietly waste your money.
Food as Medicine in Your Own Backyard
Moringa, leaf of life, elderberry, papaya and the rest. What they do, how to grow them, and how to use them safely.
Self Sufficiency for Regular People
Food security without ten acres or a big budget. What one family can realistically produce, and where to start when money is tight.
Discipline: What Nobody Wants to Hear
Jermaine's keynote from twelve years as a certified personal trainer. Discipline, consistency and doing the work when nobody claps.
Choose your speaker
You can book either one of us, or both. Booking us together is the one people ask for most, because the two perspectives cover the whole room.
Jermaine Jefferson
Founder of GrowFitFL. Author of Grow Food NOT Lawns, The Florida Perennial Garden, and Discipline: What Nobody Wants to Hear.
- Eleven years growing food in Zone 10a
- Twelve years as a certified personal trainer
- Best on food forests, perennials, medicinal plants, discipline and self sufficiency
Toni Jefferson
Creator of RootedinJs. Author of The Florida Grow List.
- Grows alongside Jermaine on the same property
- Speaks to beginners, women and families who want to start and not quit
- Best on starting from scratch, small spaces, kitchen use and keeping a garden going through real life
Formats that work
Keynote
45 to 60 minutes. One clear message, built for the whole room.
Breakout session
30 to 45 minutes on one narrow subject, with time for questions.
Hands-on workshop
60 to 120 minutes. People plant something, prune something, or build a bed before they leave.
Panel or fireside
Moderated conversation. Works well when you want both of us on stage.
Virtual
Live over video for groups that meet online, with the same slides and the same yard footage.
Full day
Keynote plus workshop plus questions for garden clubs, extension programs and retreats.
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We read it, not a bot
Every request comes straight to us. Within 3 business days you get a real answer, yes or no.
We shape the talk to your room
If it is a fit, we get on a short call and build the session around the outcome you wrote above, not a canned deck.
You get the paperwork and the promo
Agreement, invoice, headshots, bio and a short promo clip your team can use to fill seats.
Grow Food NOT Lawns
That is the whole message. If your people are ready to hear it, send the request and let us see if the date works.
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