About Us

Hare & Hosta offers a coaching service that educates and equips you to garden on your own. Our passion is getting people to love gardening as much as we do; that's how we measure our success. We value authentic, warm connection because we've seen how much knowledge people can soak up when sessions are personalized every time. 

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Owner Sarah-Mary Gerchman has a broad background in horticulture and agriculture. She attended an agricultural high school where she first worked in a greenhouse at 15. She spent two summers on a small produce farm where she planted, harvested, and ate every greenhouse tomato she could get her hands on. Next, she managed a boutique gardening center, where she bought and cared for the store's annuals, veggie and herb starts, temperennials, and houseplants. After transitioning to a wholesale grower, she helmed perennial production, growing over 450 unique perennial crops, as well as hundreds of thousands of annuals, vegetable and herb starts. Most recently, she was a project manager restoring and repairing high-end research and teaching greenhouses across America. Throughout her professional career, she has dug into her own yard to gain the experience of a backyard gardener. She owns far too many houseplants.

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