Eden's Organic Garden Center
Marie Tedei
4710 Pioneer Road
Balch Springs, Texas 75180
214-348-EDEN (3336)
eogc@airmail.net
www.safe-gardens.com
“Eden's Organic Garden Center was conceived out of my passion to share the beauty of nature, the simplicity of organic gardening and the hope of helping create a safer place in which families and individuals could enjoy their little piece of paradise at home, or wherever their paradise is found. It continues to be my passion to bring safe solutions to people who have no idea how harmful toxic pesticides and common home and yard chemicals can be to themselves, their families and pets or neighboring properties.”
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Marie Tedei, the proprietress, has been into organics and the green solutions for a very long time. She is originally from the Midwest where she remembers recycling and thinking "green" were taught in school. As a gardener, upon moving to Texas, she quickly learned that fire ants are not at all like the benign picnic ants back home, the soil was either sticky as paste or hard as a rock and yet, there were more beautiful plants growing in organically amended soil here to choose from - perennials that returned year after year - than she ever dreamed of, due to the wonderful mild Dallas winter climate.
In addition to the many years at the "school of hard chunks of soil", she studied at Collin County Community College in the horticulture program and managed one of the industry leading organic garden centers in Dallas for nearly two years.
"If there is a need to control a pest or unpleasant situation, we look for the most natural, least toxic and inexpensive way to solve the problem. In that way, anyone can have a safe home and yard, without the worry of dangerous pesticides or harsh chemicals or cleaners." It seems every year, more of the previously considered "safe" chemicals are being pulled off the shelves. Come see what nature uses to control itself when things get out of balance.
Eden's Organic Garden Center takes appointments for consultations on how to implement organics at your home or business and to provide "house calls" to help trouble-shoot and teach folks right where they live and use the products. Marie has been working in organics in one capacity or another for 20 years and has a lot of knowledge to share. Companies, schools, churches or other organizations wishing to convert from the use of toxic, synthetic polluting products to natural methods can seek advice here.
EOGC will also ship or deliver products to those who live where organic garden centers and the products haven't quite made it yet. "The organic movement is growing and we want to be able to share what wonderful products we have in the Dallas area market with folks around the USA."
Eden's Organic Garden Center is working to reach out to the community around it working to put together a community maintained garden, offering free classes to the public or small nonprofit groups, hosting of a farmer's market and Marie writes an article on various gardening topics that is published in the Richardson NeighborsGO and Mesquite NeighborsGo magazine, found in the Saturday Dallas Morning News - when the editor makes room for it.
Marie has accepted the role of President with the Dallas Organic Garden Club again this year and has been asked to speak to various groups such as White Rock Lake's "For the Love of the Lake" and at the annual TOFGA conference this past January. See the events page for upcoming lectures.
"I hope to share some Paradise with everyone who visits my shop or who comes to me for help about their yard. II Peter 1:3 says, in my words, that, God gave us everything we need to live a good, full, and godly life. I like to think the organic way reflects that scripture, and I try to live as naturally as I can!"