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Farm-grown Genovese

The basil your kitchen has been waiting for.

Organic plants, shipped living. Seeds, slips, and bushes — ready to pinch, pesto, and plate.

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Guarantee
Arrives living
Ship
Overnight
Harvest
Same week
A lush Genovese basil plant in a terracotta pot on cream linen
Hands harvesting basil leaves beside pesto ingredients on a kitchen counter

Why Folia

One variety, grown properly.

We raise a single cultivar of Genovese basil in living soil, under glass. No peat bombs, no supermarket stretch, no plants that collapse on the windowsill.

Every order leaves the greenhouse the morning it ships. You cook with it the same week — sometimes the same night.

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Rows of basil plants in terracotta pots inside a sunlit greenhouse

Aguadilla small farm. Harvested Tuesday and Thursday.

The difference

Built for cooking, not the garden center.

  • Living soil

    Mineral-rich mix, no peat pellets. Roots stay vigorous after they leave the greenhouse.

  • Overnight, upright

    Packed standing, shipped overnight. Plants arrive green, not folded in a box.

  • Harvest in days

    Pinch the medium and large the evening they arrive. Seeds and slips catch up fast.

  • Care card in every box

    Light, water, and how to pinch so the plant bushes instead of bolting.

  • 30-day live guarantee

    If it arrives stressed or fails in the first month, we replace it. No photographs required.

  • Grown without pesticides

    Beneficial insects, airflow, and one cultivar. The leaves are meant to be eaten.

Care

Three habits. That is the whole method.

  1. 01

    Light

    Six hours of direct sun, or a bright south window. Rotate the pot once a week.

  2. 02

    Water

    When the top inch is dry. Soak, then drain. Never leave the saucer full overnight.

  3. 03

    Pinch

    Cut just above a leaf pair, from the top. Regular pinching keeps it from flowering.

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From seed to a plant that feeds the house.

Five sizes. Same cultivar. Ships Tuesday and Thursday. Living guarantee on every order.

Seeds: Genovese Seeds

Seeds

Genovese Seeds

200 seeds

$8

Open-pollinated Genovese. High germination, two seasons of starting.

  • 200 seeds
  • Germinates in 5–7 days
  • Indoor or outdoor
Slips: Rooted Slips

Slips

Rooted Slips

4 cuttings

$16

Four rooted cuttings in water. Pot them, then pinch in two weeks.

  • 4 rooted cuttings
  • Arrives standing in water
  • Pot within 48 hours
Small plant: Windowsill

Small plant

Windowsill

4" pot

$24

A young plant for the kitchen sill. First leaves ready in days.

  • 4" terracotta pot
  • 6–8 inches tall
  • Care card included
Medium plant: Kitchen Bush Most chosen

Medium plant

Kitchen Bush

6" pot

$38

Dense, fragrant, ready tonight. The plant most kitchens keep.

  • 6" terracotta pot
  • 10–14 inches tall
  • First pesto in a week
Large plant: Counterpiece

Large plant

Counterpiece

8" pot

$62

A mature, overflowing bush. Weekly harvests for a household.

  • 8" terracotta pot
  • 16–20 inches tall
  • Feeds a full kitchen

Kitchens

Cooks who stopped buying plastic clamshells.

  • “The kitchen bush arrived upright and fragrant. We made pesto the same night — sweeter than anything from the market.”

    Elena Rossi

    Brooklyn, NY

  • “I have killed every herb on my windowsill. These slips rooted, kept going, and now I pinch twice a week for service.”

    Kenji Nakamura

    Portland, OR

  • “The large plant is a weekly harvest. Guests always ask where the basil is from. I just point at the counter.”

    Amara Lewis

    Atlanta, GA

The harvest note

Growing notes, recipes, and first-pick on new plants.

A short letter when we harvest. No weekly filler. Subscribers get first access when slips are limited.

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