Sawtooth Edible Gardens helps you cultivate and grow the life of your dreams through personalized garden design plans suited to your unique needs, budget, and landscape.
About us
Our families have been coming to the Methow since the 1980s. In 2013, we accepted positions at the North Cascades Basecamp as conservation biology interns where we dove deep into gardening when we weren’t busy placing camera traps for wolverines in remote corners of the Cascades. We have lived and worked in the valley full time since then. Spending as much of our time as possible outside, on the trails, in the mountains and of course, building gardens.
Sawtooth Edible Gardens is located and operates on the unceded territory of the Methow Tribe. Our work is informed by Indigenous ontologies and agricultural methods from across the globe.
“Restoring land without restoring a relationship is an empty exercise. It is a relationship that will endure and a relationship that will sustain the restored land.”
— Robin Wall Kimmerer
Joey Nishida, Owner
From a young age, Joey has been fascinated by biology. This led him to pursue a degree in molecular biology at Western Washington University where he examined the intricacies of microorganisms and soil health. He is a certified Permaculture Designer from Oregon State University and holds an advanced certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing from Eastern Washington University. Joey is a lifelong student and has taken intensive coursework in dryland farming, and water harvesting. Joey has over a decade of experience in home maintenance, irrigation maintenance, and landscape design.
When he isn’t digging in the dirt or building new garden structures you can find Joey running on the trails surrounding his Methow Valley home. An accomplished ultrarunner, skier, and fisherman Joey will see your project through from start to finish.
Dundee and Nootka, Excavation Experts
Dundee and Nootka, are our Australian Shepherd pups who help around our garden with morale, hole digging, and mouse hunting when applicable. They love eating peas off the vine and relaxing in freshly planted beds.
Ready to start building the life and garden of your dreams? Contact us today to get started.