Epic Gardening

American gardening brand

Epic Gardening

Website| www.epicgardening.com
YouTube information
Channel|

* Epic Gardening

Years active| 2013–present
Genre| Gardening brand
Subscribers| 3.8 million[1]
Views| 780.4 million[1]

Creator Awards

| 1,000,000 subscribers| 2020

* * *

Last updated: 13 May 2025

Epic Gardening is an American gardening brand with a YouTube channel operated and founded by Kevin Espiritu (born August 1987) since 2013. As of May 2025, the channel has 683 videos, 3.8 million subscribers and 780 million views.

## History

[edit]

Espiritu grew up in Rancho Peñasquitos, San Diego.[2] In order to pay for college, Espiritu made money playing online poker.[2] In 2013, he graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara receiving a degree in accounting after having been undeclared.[3][4] To combat his addiction to video games after college graduation, Espiritu's mom suggested he and his younger brother take up gardening as a hobby.[2][4][3]

Espiritu's first video on Epic Gardening was uploaded in February of 2013, focusing on hydroponics systems.[5] In 2016, he made the decision to leave his position at a book subscription service to cultivate food in backyards while simultaneously developing a gardening blog as a full-time job.[6] As his following expanded, he ventured into YouTube and various other social media platforms, culminating in the establishment of an e-commerce website.[2] He documented online the conversion of his San Diego residence into an eco-friendly smart urban homestead: raising chickens for eggs, reusing rainwater and greywater, composting food and yard scraps,[7] and installing solar panels.[8]

In 2019, Espiritu was selected by Timberland as one of their 8 "Heroes for Nature" in an international sustainability campaign.[9] In 2021, Espiritu was featured on the Today Show on multiple occasions throughout the year.[10][11][12]

In January 2022, TCG invested $17.5 million in Epic Gardening.[6][13] At the end of 2022, Epic Gardening reached 2 million subscribers.[14] The company now has over 80 employees.[3] In 2022, Epic Gardening added Jacques Lyakov of Jacques in the Garden as a guest star on the channel. In January 2023, Epic Gardening acquired Botanical Interests, a seed selling company based in Broomfield, Colorado.[15]

## Bibliography

[edit]

* Field Guide to Urban Gardening (Cool Springs Press, May 2019)[16]
* Grow Bag Gardening (Cool Springs Press, March 2021)
* Epic Homesteading: Your Guide to Self-Sufficiency on a Modern, High-Tech, Backyard Homestead (Cool Springs Press, January 2024)[17]

## See also

[edit]

* Celebrity gardener

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b "About Epic Gardening". YouTube.
2. ^ a b c d Ianni, Jennifer (September 1, 2023). "If You Grow It, They Will Follow". San Diego Magazine.
3. ^ a b c Williams, Dana (September 19, 2022). "This 35-Year-Old Makes 6-Figures Gardening and Teaching About Plants in San Diego". NBC San Diego.
4. ^ a b Laporte, Nicole (March 5, 2023). "Epic Gardening's epic quest to win the booming grow-your-own and homesteading movements". Fast Company.
5. ^ Navpreet, Dhillon (March 16, 2022). "Every Raised Bed Gardening Question You Didn't Even Know You Should Ask". Sunset Magazine.
6. ^ a b Mullin, Benjamin (September 13, 2022). "A $100 Million Bet on Finding the Next 'Mr. Beast'". New York Times.
7. ^ Deines, Tina (February 5, 2024). "Seasoned gardener shares how weeds could actually save you money: 'One of the best ways to take advantage of your garden'". The Cool Down.
8. ^ "This Guy Transformed His House Into A Sustainable Homestead, And TikTok Is Officially Obsessed". Yahoo News. January 13, 2023.
9. ^ Richards, Katie (September 10, 2019). "Timberland is the latest brand to tout sustainability with forest restoration project". Glossy.
10. ^ "Tips to care for your house plants". Today Show. March 31, 2021.
11. ^ "How to make your own container garden". Today Show. July 7, 2021.
12. ^ "How to keep a colorful garden through the fall". Today Show. September 17, 2021.
13. ^ "Epic Gardening Receives $17.5 Million in New Financing". Greenhouse Product News. January 26, 2022.
14. ^ Zevely, Jeff (September 5, 2022). "YouTube Gardener closing in 2,000,000 subscribers across the world". CBS8 News.
15. ^ "Broomfield's Botanical Interests acquired by San Diego gardening media platform". Daily Camera. January 12, 2023.
16. ^ Lockwood, Diana (June 9, 2019). "Gardening: Book's sage advice for tight-space gardening plants seeds of bigger ideas". The Columbus Dispatch.
17. ^ "Review of Epic Homesteading". Publishers Weekly.

## External links

[edit]

* Official website