Joy Max Jardín teaches easy gardening
methods for
better meals
and mental health

Founder / Designer/ Seed curator Jennymarie Jemison will help you grow food and flowers in whatever space you have.

Shop Seeds & other happy things

“Jemison has created more than a garden shop—Joy Max Jardin is a mood-lifting micro-universe.”

— Austin Chronicle, Best of Austin 2025

What to Do this Month in the Garden

January is the time to prep and plan for spring. The perfect distraction from daily life.

Read the grow guide for January

Jennymarie is the 2025 Austin Chronicle “Best of Austin” covergirl!

“Jennymarie Jemison isn’t just selling seeds – she’s growing a joyful, radically welcoming gardening movement.”

Most Joyful Homegrown Seed Shop
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Joy Max Jardín joins Substack!

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Joy Max Jardín joins Substack! ✐

Join me on Substack for deeper dives, connection with the community, and behind-the-scenes insights into the future of Joy Max.

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Watch her IG Stories for Daily Garden Tips & Inspiration!

View fullsize We had our first frost this weekend. Overnight, all the summer holdovers like this African Blue Basil, got their ticket punched. The coming weekend will be colder. If you have any tender crops, get your frost blankets ready.
View fullsize On this Small business Saturday, I want to say thanks to everyone who’s ever made an order, left a review, asked a question, shared a triumph, shared with someone they know, or become a friend through my little shop aka labor of love. It means
View fullsize Black Thumb Friday is happening till Monday and everything is 20% off. Literally the whole shop. Fall seeds? Yup. Ranunculus? Now shipping! If you’ve been thinking “maybe I’ll try those fancy lil ruffles,” just go for it. The
View fullsize Each autumn in Niigata, Japan, the rice harvest leaves behind mountains of straw. Rather than discard it, students and artisans gather the husks and braid, bundle, and bind them into monumental creatures of myth as part of the @wara.art festival. Thi
View fullsize Thank you Dr. Goodall, for your devoted heart. Your curiosity and kindness showed us all how the language of respect is understood in the natural world, by animals, by the forest, and hopefully one day, by humanity too. 🤍
View fullsize “Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree” – Emily Brontë Happy first day of fall! Find some nature today if you can.
View fullsize France went full Musketeer and trained four golden eagles — Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D’Artagnan — to treat drones like prey. They literally snatch them out of the sky and dismantle them mid-air. Don’t worry, they’re n
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View fullsize There has been a baby boom in the lizard population of my backyard this year. Maybe all the rain made for more bugs to eat and less stress for my little buddies. Love was definitely in the air. Teensy tiny little babies staring up from so many place
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View fullsize Thinking of all the grieving families this morning. 🤍 Sending love to everyone affected by the floods here in Texas, especially the families of the children lost. Holding you in my heart. … Image: Verso l’alto, 1937. Photo by Riccardo
View fullsize Let’s celebrate the fruits of my labor with 20% off everything in my shop! Get some of the merch I’ve made over the years or stock up for seeds for the fall. We did this together so we should all get to enjoy this moment. 🌱🍓🍉🍆🥔🥦🥒🥕

"Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower."

—Shigenori Kameoka

Joy Max's "Dazey" icon - a small smiling flower in the color green