Epic Gardening

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Kevin Espiritu
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Personal information
Occupations
Website shop.epicgardening.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2013–present
GenreGardening brand
Subscribers3.4 million [1]
Total views646.23 million [1]
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2020

Last updated: 14 October 2024

Epic Gardening is an American gardening brand with a YouTube channel operated and founded by Kevin Espiritu (born August 1987) since 2013. As of April 2024, the channel has 577 videos, 2.8 million subscribers and 465 million views.

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History

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. [15] In February 2023, Epic Gardening posted a video of their greenhouse build at Carrie Underwood's 400-acre home in Nashville, Tennessee. [16]

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