Rooted in Phoenix, Growing Together
Establishing Roots Phoenix started as a backyard experiment and grew into a community of desert gardeners who believe that growing your own food changes everything.
How It Started
Establishing Roots began with a simple mission: help school gardens get off the ground. Over the years it grew into a hub of knowledge and community, rooted in hands-on learning and real experimentation in Morgan's own backyard.
Morgan now shares everything she's learned so others can succeed — knowing exactly what works for growing food in the harsh realities of city and desert life. She also teaches how to build food security, giving you genuine peace of mind.
Classes cover the full journey — building healthy soil, creating a food forest, raising backyard chickens, and stocking your pantry with food you've grown yourself. It's about literally establishing roots of your own, while building the kind of community that creates true resiliency.
Our Mission
"Creating community to make food growing accessible, practical, and joyful for every Phoenix family regardless of yard size, budget, or experience."
Desert-First Thinking
Every technique we teach is tested and proven in Phoenix's climate. No generic gardening advice — only what actually works here.
Community Over Competition
Gardening is better together. We share seeds, knowledge, and harvests freely. Our community is our greatest resource.
Accessible to Everyone
We offer sliding-scale pricing, free community workshops, and Spanish-language sessions. Growing food shouldn't be a privilege.
Water-Wise Always
In the desert, water is life. Every workshop includes water conservation techniques — because sustainable gardening starts with the resource we have least of.
Meet the Instructors
Real gardeners who grow in Phoenix. Every technique we teach, we've tested in our own yards.
Morgan Winburn
Founder & Lead Instructor
Morgan has been gardening in Phoenix for 15+ years. She specializes in desert-adapted food forests, micro-farming in space spaces, and soil building. As well as homesteading practices of small animal husbandry to preserving harvests with canning, dehydrating and more. She recently finished two ASU fellowships at the Knowledge Exchange for Resiliency.
As Seen In
In the News
ABC15 Arizona
A local farm co-op helps keep small farms in Arizona in business
Coverage of the local farming community and cooperative efforts keeping Arizona's small farms thriving.
Read the article →Green Living Magazine
5 Community Gardens to Support in Arizona
Morgan Winburn featured on the importance of community gardens as hubs for connection, sustainable agriculture, and urban food access.
Read the article →YouTube
Watch on YouTube
Video feature highlighting our community garden work and mission in the Phoenix area.
Watch the video →Join the Community
Whether you're starting with a single pot on a balcony or planning a full backyard transformation, there's a workshop for you.
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