09/21/2026
High Five… Happy Birthday, Gardenheir!
Five years ago today, we launched Gardenheir.
As the story goes, it began with a garden in the Catskills, and two people who had very little idea what they were doing.
We had spent most of our adult lives in New York City, working across fashion, art, retail and education. When we bought our little house in Windham, we inherited several wooded acres of heavy clay, rocks, deer and very little level ground. We planted things where they didn’t want to grow, broke tools, read everything we could find, and (slowly) learned to pay attention.
Somewhere along the way, gardening changed the way we looked at things. It made us think differently about usefulness and beauty, traditions worth carrying forward, and the idea that none of us really owns a garden. We look after it for a while, learn from it, and eventually pass it along.
That idea became Gardenheir.
We couldn’t have imagined where it would take us, or how many people would become part of it. So today, mostly, we want to say thank you.
To everyone who has ordered something, visited us in Windham, opened an email, followed along, told a friend, shared our belief in dressing for the garden, or trusted us to send you a tool you’ll hopefully have for decades: thank you.
To the gardeners, makers, craftspeople and family businesses around the world who have shared their work and knowledge with us: thank you.
And especially to the people who have worked alongside us… we could never have built this without you. We think back to when it was just the two of us packing orders in our dining room and how lucky we are now to have a team we genuinely enjoy spending our days with.
Five years later, we’re still devoted amateur gardeners. Our garden is still changing. We’re still making mistakes, still learning. And Gardenheir, thankfully, still feels like something that’s growing rather than something that’s finished.
That’s probably the point… Long live the garden.
❤️ Alan & Christopher
