What We Grow

We are a Useful Plant Nursery and microfarm focused on phytonutritional, edible, and medicinal plants. We grow plants that serve a purpose: to nourish your body, heal your ailments, offer some beauty, or rebuild your soil

The 2026 Core Collection: 52 Plants, Infinite Possibilities While we have over 120 varieties growing on the multi-plot micro-farms, we have intentionally narrowed our 2026 propagation list to 52 Core Plants.

• Why 52? These are the most resilient, high-yield, and useful species for our North Texas bioregion.

• The Strategy: By focusing on these 52, we can ensure every single plant we sell is thriving, healthy, and ready to succeed in your garden.

• The Result: A curated selection of superfoods (like Moringa and Chaya), medicinal herbs (like Comfrey and Mullein), and native staples (like Yaupon and Sunchoke) that you can rely on.

How We Grow

We use regenerative, natural farming methods

• No Chemicals: We use zero inorganic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides and rely on natural farming methods such as Korean Natural Farming (KNF)

• Living Soil: Our focus is on cultivating "good tilth"—a living, breathing soil ecosystem that supports resilient plants naturally.

• Bioregional Focus: Every plant we offer is either native to North Texas or perfectly adapted to our climate, ensuring it will thrive without constant intervention.

Hi I'm Kirsten.

Owner of Good Tilth Farm and Nursery, a seasonal, sub-acre, multiplot nursery that grows and curates some of the unusual and useful plants that I had a difficult time finding when I started growing.

GTF also provides the moringa, yaupon and some herbs used in the sister company, Lorica Tea, a regenerative tea shop. 17 years ago, before founding these businesses, I received my permaculture design certification through the Permaculture Institute of Australia. I have worked as a permaculture designer, market gardener, greenhouse manager and educator throughout the DFW area.

My focus now is to help people grow good things even if they are convinced they can't. You're not a bad gardener, you just need to find a better plant tribe. We collect useful plants that are hard to kill and utilize permaculture design principles and systems so you can create abundant, beautiful and useful gardens.

Our Mission

Our goal is to keep diversity in the plant gene pool and help you create beautiful, abundant food production systems on your own property or patio.

Whether you are looking for a single plant to start your journey or a pre-designed "Guild" to build a mini-food forest, we are here to help you succeed.