Food. Garden. Passion.
Your Garden Pantry was created out of gardening abundance. With one year’s spring garden, I may have overestimated the volume of vegetables my family of three would eat and couldn’t stand the thought of such lovely, fresh produce going to waste. Teaching myself to can, pickle and use the produce in unique ways combined my newfound love of gardening with my lifelong passion for cooking. I knew that other prolific Houston gardens could use a helping hand in preserving harvests - and Your Garden Pantry was born!
Erin Fazio
Founder
My very first memory is of eating a vine-ripened tomato out of my parent’s garden in the mountains of North Carolina at the age of three, foreshadowing my future passions of food, the outdoors and gardening. My family nurtured that love, and gardening is part of who I am. My father was a sod and strawberry farmer in Montana, with my mother working alongside him until they ultimately chose to raise my brother and me in North Carolina.
Life has a way of surprising you, and I somehow ended up in Corporate Finance professionally, which I still do today. Needing a creative outlet in my downtime, I decided to start my own garden a couple of years ago. Immediately, being out in the warm (hot!) sun, getting dirty, and ultimately reaping the rewards had me hooked. The unique Houston climate where we can grow all year long made it all the better. I hope to pass along similar first memories to my daughter - her favorites to eat straight from the garden seem to be basil and sage!
I’m so excited to launch Your Garden Pantry and help others enjoy more specialty goods crafted directly from their Houston gardens.