Want to grow your own nourishing food at home?

It's never been more important to grow your own food, with soaring supermarket prices and food scarcity on the rise. But when you put time, money and effort into your garden and STILL don't get the results... it's so frustrating! This course has been designed for YOU - you're in the right place if you've always dreamed of a bountiful garden, to nourish yourself & loved ones from a small (or large!) growing space.

What is the Grow Inspired Academy?

  • Get results

    The Grow Inspired Academy takes our decades of expertise to show you the easiest way to garden, with incredible results

  • Be supported

    Connect with a group of like-minded gardeners, enjoying support and expert guidance every step of the way

  • Grow inspired

    Grow nourishing & delicious organic food, and transform your garden in just one year. Create your own food wealth!

"Taken my gardening knowledge and skills to the next level!"

Colette, Academy member

"The Grow Inspired Academy is so good! Claire is a great teacher who explains things really well for all types of learners. 

The different mediums used in the course (videos, audio clips, PDFs, quizzes with detailed feedback) are all really useful.  The video clips are a favourite because you see Claire in the garden, demonstrating and talking you through a lesson, and it's great to be able to re-watch if you want to.  

The course starts with foundational knowledge and grows from there, however, I jumped straight into areas of interest and this also worked well. The materials are professionally presented and easy to navigate. 

Connecting up with the community of members has been fun and learning from a master gardener is fantastic.  

Claire is generous with her knowledge and is passionate about organic principles and food resilience.  I highly recommend The Grow Inspired Academy for anyone wanting to grow a healthy garden, it's really taken my gardening knowledge and skills to the next level. "

By the end of this one-year course

You will have learned and implemented ALL of the following essential gardening skills

  • The importance of soil, the soil sponge, how to test your soil and how to fix it before planting - including replenishing soil at the end of the season

  • How to prepare nutrient-packed growing beds and choose where to grow for the optimum conditions available

  • How to sow from seed, how to germinate and prick out, how to transplant and how to choose the right seeds and seedlings from the garden centre

  • How to grow a selection of the most popular fruit & vegetables, from seed planting through to harvesting

  • How to work with nature (NOT chemicals) to get results! From harnessing the energy of the moon, to creating good garden design, including biodiversity with beneficial plants & insects, companion planting & mitigating the impact of weather

  • How to grow truly healthy and nutrient-dense food, building your food wealth, security & resilience

  • How to make use of the natural (and often free or recycled) resources around you to grow food - without spending a fortune at the garden centre! Feed your family with nourishing, home-grown food and reduce the number of trips you make to the supermarket (or takeaways!)

  • Build an in-depth knowledge of year-round pests and disease and how to prevent them using organic methods

  • Understand the three types of composting, how to choose the composting method for you, and its benefits and common problems

Introducing your coach

Expert gardening coach

Claire Mummery

The Grow Inspired Academy is designed and taught by leading garden expert, Claire Mummery, who is one of New Zealand’s foremost pioneers in regenerative living, organic garden development and growing nutrient-rich food. Claire has been teaching for 10+ years, with over three decades of experience in organic gardening and composting. Claire's philosophy is to create our own food wealth & security - so you can find her in the garden or kitchen at any given moment! Skilled at teaching complex knowledge simply, Claire's coaching style and passion are inspiring.

What will I get as a member?

Designed and taught by leading garden expert, Claire Mummery, our membership site and community offers support and no-nonsense instructions. The Grow Inspired Academy will teach you step-by-step how to grow your own organic food and start to compost in our signature, one-year course.

With easy guidance delivered in quarterly bundles, simply follow our Success Path to get maximum results and enjoyment. Even better, the course is designed for minimal gardening equipment, products or investment – and no more than one hour per week of your time to get the results you want.

Membership is only open for a limited time, so don't miss your chance to join us. We open our doors for an exclusive intake just once a year, so we can spend our time supporting you as you progress through your garden Success Path. 

When we next open our doors, the price increases immediately, so grab this incredible price and secure LIFETIME ACCESS to the course content*. 

Join us today!

*With a lifetime membership

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The Grow Inspired Academy Success Path

Your journey to becoming an expert gardener and composter at home

  • Quarterly bundles packed with easy steps to complete in your garden, tailored to suit all garden spaces – from window sills to acres of land

  • All topics covered - from how to prepare your garden beds, how to grow, harvest and prune, soil regeneration, growing with the moon, pests and disease, composting and much, much more

  • Access to our community area and regular live Q&A sessions with expert, Claire Mummery provide consistent support and guidance throughout your journey

"Worth every penny, a five star program"

Séverine, Academy member

"The Grow Inspired Academy by Claire Mummery is a fantastic online program to learn how to grow nutrient-dense food, while working alongside Papatuanuku. An empowering journey that encourages you to use the natural resources available to grow beautiful crops in an economical and respectful way.
 
 The program is packed with the extensive knowledge and hands-on experience that Claire gained over decades of passionate professional practice, yet it is concise and easy-to-digest. And the four-season thematic bundles are a great guide throughout the year.
 
 I enjoy learning and experimenting at my own pace, but Claire is always available for a question, so generous with her time and tips.
 
 In addition, I find the monthly Zoom Q&A sessions to be a real bonus. We learn from each other, and I like being part of this community.
 
 Worth every penny, this five star program truly helps me grow inspired!"

Join as a member today

Get our great price by signing up now, PLUS unlock BONUS bundles!

UNLOCK BONUS BUNDLES worth $388!

by signing up before Monday 28th August

  • UNLOCK BONUS CONTENT

    Access my secret tried-and-true recipes to managing pests & disease without chemicals, AND my expert guide on the beneficial spring flowers your garden needs. Worth $388, these extra bundles will boost your success in the Grow Inspired Academy!

  • BONUS: Organic pest & disease management

    *Soap concentrate recipe to target pests before they infest * Organic recipe to treat powdery mildew * Banana skin magic - plant food recipe * Magical uses of comfrey in the garden & home * Homeopathic slug deterrent recipe * Value $289!

  • BONUS: Beneficial plants & insects in spring

    *The magic that phacelia & calendula can bring to your garden & what you need to know when planting these power flowers * The secret to growing delicious food without pest & disease: Biodiversity * Value $99!

FAQ

  • What is the Grow Inspired Academy?

    The Grow Inspired Academy is our exclusive membership site, where you learn how to grow food successfully at home and compost to make your own soil, using your kitchen scraps. Our year-long course empowers you to upskill yourself from wherever you are now, to be able to grow your own food and reduce your organic waste. You can choose to have complete flexibility on a monthly membership, so you can cancel anytime, OR you can choose a pay-once price for LIFETIME access to the course content.

  • How do you teach the course?

    The course is accessed online in a dedicated, easy-to-follow learning platform. Members will have access to content bundles released quarterly, so you can follow along at your own pace. Content includes step-by-step video and audio guides, downloads and printables, an exclusive and supportive community of fellow inspired gardeners packed with advice, regular live Q&A sessions with Claire Mummery and bonus content. Our members LOVE our video lessons and interactive quizzes.

  • What topics will you cover?

    Learn holistically about all aspects of gardening, with regular content on growing in the phases of the moon; organic pest and disease management and composting. You will also learn how to prepare your garden beds; sow from seed; transplant; nurture & harvest a huge variety of plants; & create biodiversity in your growing area with companion planting and beneficial flowers. We teach you to grow the seasonal food you love to eat.

  • How much time will it take to follow the course?

    With easy guidance delivered in quarterly bundles, simply follow our Success Path to get maximum results and enjoyment. Even better, the course is designed for minimal gardening equipment, products or investment – and no more than one hour per week of your time to get the results you want. You can choose to complete tasks each week and follow along, or save up to do them when you have time.

  • Do I need to buy special equipment to follow the course? What if I don't have a big garden?

    Members require minimal equipment and the course content focuses on using what you have available at home to grow in, without needing to spend lots of money at the garden centres. The course is designed to save you money by growing your own food from seed - so important in today's economic climate! Content is tailored to suit all garden spaces – from window sills to acres of land, so that everyone can learn how to grow food at home.

  • Can I join the membership site anytime?

    No - We only open our doors for an exclusive intake just once a year, so that we can spend our time on supporting you as you progress through your garden Success Path. When we next open our doors, the price increases immediately, but the price you sign up for today will always remain locked in at our best value ever, so join now.

  • How much does it cost to join and are there contracts involved?

    We are offering our great value price for new members who join us now at NZ$63 per month on a rolling subscription for one year, with no commitments - you can choose to cancel anytime. For even better value, you can pay $630 as a one-off price to get LIFETIME access to the course content.

  • Can I pay for a year?

    Yes - we are offering a special bundle. Buy 12 months in one transaction now and pay for just 10 ($630), which also gives you LIFETIME access to the course content!

  • I'm hopeless at gardening - is this course for me?

    With step-by-step courses, you can learn in a structured and supported way to get maximum results. Our community area is a place where members support one another and share their success stories. Regular live Q&A sessions with founder and expert, Claire Mummery provide consistent support and guidance throughout your journey. YES - this course is for you! We can't wait to see you inside the Academy!

A small sample of our amazing alumni...

Testimonials from some of Claire's students

A great teacher!

by Adam Stevens

"Claire is a great teacher – she puts everything in a clear, easy to understand way and follows it up by getting you to do practical examples. All I can say is WOW – she is amazing, never was there a question she couldn’t answer and not just from a theoretical point of view. Claire eats, sleeps, drinks and breathes Organic gardening and has tried it all!"

Confidence to try new things

by Tammy

"Since meeting Claire, her passion, wisdom and expertise has not only inspired me in my garden but also given me confidence to try new things, and feel good about the progress I am making. Claire is always there to answer any questions and goes out of her way to help whenever and where ever she can. Her enthusiasm overflows and shows in everything she does."

Her enthusiasm is infectious!

by Suzie

“Before I met Claire I was totally intimidated by my garden. I never knew what to plant or how to take care of it. Claire has given me the confidence to get in there and just do it! She is an amazing gardener and a wonderful teacher. Her patience and generosity seem to know no bounds and her enthusiasm is infectious.”

DON'T PANIC - IT'S ORGANIC!

Dee Shireman

"For an absolute beginner interested in growing veggies and composting, it's important to do it right the first time, and so I attended a “Grow Inspired” course with Claire. Our whole group got totally inspired! Claire introduced us in a fun way to germinating seeds and naturally growing produce, using organic composting and pest control. She is very knowledgeable and helpful, even after our course finished. I started as a total beginner, and within 4 weeks I’ve become a founding member at the Grow Inspired Academy. Three cheers for Claire!"

Totally inspired to get composting & gardening

by Kristin Busher

“Claire’s teaching style and experience is so engaging, whatever level you are at. Everyone goes home beaming with new ideas and totally inspired to get composting and gardening. Claire passion is infectious!”

Taken my skills to the next level!

by Colette, Academy member

The Grow Inspired Academy is so good! Claire is a great teacher who explains things really well for all types of learners. The different mediums used in the course (videos, audio clips, PDFs, quizzes with detailed feedback) are all really useful. The video clips are a favourite because you see Claire in the garden, demonstrating and talking you through a lesson, and it's great to be able to re-watch if you want to. The course starts with foundational knowledge and grows from there, however, I jumped straight into areas of interest and this also worked well. The materials are professionally presented and easy to navigate. Connecting up with the community of members has been fun and learning from a master gardener is fantastic. Claire is generous with her knowledge and is passionate about organic principles and food resilience. I highly recommend The Grow Inspired Academy for anyone wanting to grow a healthy garden, it's really taken my gardening knowledge and skills to the next level.

Pearls of garden wisdom

by Alice McSherry

“Claire and Grow Inspired is a platform for rich learning, radical connection with our land and activated social change. I recently attended a composting workshop with Claire at the Waiheke Sustainability Centre and walked away a more empowered human, armed with pearls of garden wisdom that are almost inaccessible these days. The workshop allowed me to realise my green thumb potential and network with other like-minded people in our tight-knit community here on the island. In this way, Claire is a woman who embodies her mission: she inspires you to grow food with wholehearted intention and love.”

Gave me such inspiration to grow

Jules Pattison

"From the moment I sat down in the first lesson in Claire Mummery’s GROW YOUR OWN FOOD four week course, it was very obvious to me that Claire was hugely knowledgable about organic gardening. She so generously shared information and gave me such inspiration to grow nutrient-dense vegetables from soil well prepared from natural sources. We went home each week with seeds to plant and little plants to nurture. The lessons were structured but furnished with so many extra tips - all of them profoundly useful. Claire thank you so much for enriching my ability to grow. I learnt so much."

Fun, informative and inspiring!

Sarah Allcock

"Claire’s ‘Grow Your Own Food’ course was fun, informative and inspiring. The depth and detail of Claire’s knowledge is amazing – you can ask her any gardening-related question and she’ll have an answer for you. We learnt all sorts of useful information about growing food, how to deal with pests, how to make your watering go further (very helpful on Waiheke!), companion planting and the difference between the needs of summer and winter plants. Claire is an entertaining teacher, and the progress made by our class over four weeks, both in class and at home in our gardens, was staggering. She’s also infinitely helpful and so willing to share her knowledge. If there was a follow-up course, I’d be joining immediately!"

Passion by the bucketload

Nicola Stunell

"An inspirational teacher has passion by the bucketload, a depth of knowledge at their fingertips, instills that all mistakes are learning, and has the ability to connect authentically with their students... That's Claire! I learnt more about growing food well in the 8 hours I spent with her than in the last 40 odd years of my life. And the information comes tried and tested! I come away feeling that I too can grow good food in a way that is beneficial to my family and, importantly, our world. Thanks Claire, your passion is contagious, I've caught the bug!"

Incredible benefits to join as a member now!

Get a fantastic price with exclusive benefits!

  • Best Price! Lock in your membership at just $63 per month (for 12 months), or $630 for the entire course - enjoying TWO MONTHS FREE! Prices will increase the very next time we open our doors

  • Expert Knowledge! Enjoy group monthly live Q&A calls with expert & founder, Claire Mummery during the year's course. Get your questions answered and access extra tips & advice (Value of $1,800!)

  • Lifetime Access! Choose our LIFETIME membership option at $630 to get access to ALL the Grow Inspired Academy content FOREVER, once the year course is complete. Watch, re-watch, grow and learn forever!

  • Find your Tribe! Access a community of fellow gardeners, sharing your successes and learnings as you grow together throughout the course

  • BONUS bundles! Sign up by Mon 28th August and receive my BONUS bundles, worth $388!! Access my secret tried-and-true recipes to managing pests & disease without chemicals, AND my expert guide on the beneficial flowers your garden needs this spring

Pricing options

Join today as a member for just NZ$63 per month or $630 for the year's course - that's TWO MONTHS FREE. Hurry - our price will increase next time we open our doors!

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    Lifetime Member - one year course, access forever

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The Grow Inspired Academy Promise

  • Learn skills to feed your family

    Enjoy gardening, and grow your own nutrient-dense food that you can harvest, cook and serve to your family.

  • Empowered to share your new knowledge

    Develop skills that you can also pass on to your children or others, to show them how easy it is and where food comes from.

  • Make a difference

    Reduce the amount of organic waste you send to landfill and make a difference to the planet!