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.”

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

— Austin Chronicle, Best of Austin 2025

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.

Abstract artwork depicting a face and hand in pink against a green background, surrounded by orange flowers.

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.

What to Do this Month in the Garden

Prep for fall and endure or flee the summer heat. Gardener’s choice.

VASES ARE HERE

Goddess Blue Mini Bud Vase Goddess Blue Mini Bud Vase

Another one-woman artisan labor-of-love Logan Ceramics is now available in the Provisions Shop!

Follow @jmjgrows on Instagram!

Watch her IG Stories for Daily Garden Tips & Inspiration!

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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. 🌱🍓🍉🍆🥔🥦🥒🥕
View fullsize When elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled. —Kenyan proverb #nomorewars #freepalesti̇ne #peace #iran
View fullsize What’s that you say, it’s the longest day of the year and the high in Austin is not in the triple digits? Break out the maypole. 🌞#summersolstice #midsommar
View fullsize I’m out of town visiting family today, so I had no idea I was an Austin Chronicle cover girl (!!) until friends started texting me the news. 😲💖 This moment feels especially sweet—five years after our 2020 Stay Home Garden Club was name
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View fullsize See you at the capital Saturday. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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View fullsize Happy June and Happy Pride! 🌈💚 I spent the last day of May entirely outside in my garden. Today, I’m sore and restored. There is no better #joymaxnaturechurch experience than being out there with the flowers, the breeze, and the creatures in
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"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