About Us
Our mission is to help the urban, suburban and rural homesteaders, become more resilient and grow their food.
Urban Garden Workshop designs and manufactures beautiful home and garden products from sustainably sourced and reclaimed materials and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified wood with workshops in Ukiah, California, and Waynesboro, Virginia. UGW provides easily assembled DYI garden kits for chicken coops, raised beds, planter beds, and composters with rustic appeal.
We believe we are helping make the world a better place by cultivating local food systems and reclaiming our collective agricultural roots.
Where It All Began
The Urban Garden Workshop began in 2012 in California as a company called Laughing Chickens. Our initial focus was on building chicken coops from reclaimed redwood fence boards, but quickly we realized that our customers were looking for additional items for their gardens, and that we had much more to offer. This became the catalyst to expand our product line, and thus the Urban Garden Workshop was born.
Our team of carpenters, permaculture specialists, and urban gardening enthusiasts work in quirky industrial Workshops. While the chickens are milling around...doing their hen thing….we do the heavy lifting, and build some of the finest garden products around. With Workshops on both the East and West Coasts, we are now able to offer our customers great products at competitive prices, delivered to your door.
From Our Family to Yours
My name is Cael Kendall, owner of Urban Garden Workshop. I’ve spent over 20 years bringing ecologically sound and reclaimed wood products to market.
I grew up in the old growth forests of Northern California and British Columbia. At a very young age, I was deeply impacted by the deforestation that I witnessed and became dedicated to promoting sustainable forestry practices. After many years of developing and selling environmental wood products, I became increasingly interested in urban farming. I realized that building backyard chicken coops provided the perfect opportunity to utilize reclaimed redwood that was otherwise going to the dump.
Our coops are predator-proof and functional works of art. They require very little maintenance and will look beautiful for years. Our hen houses are made with reclaimed redwood fences. It saves a trip to the dump and allows us to reduce the amount of waste in the world.
I love having fresh eggs available every day for my family. My kids spend hours hanging out with the chickens, feeding them and checking for eggs. They are easy to keep — no need to take them out for walks, no boarding fees or expensive veterinary bills. Hens also make amazing groundskeepers. They will go after pesky insects and their droppings make for excellent compost and garden materials.
Having used the coops in my own backyard, I’ve worked to perfect the models to allow for proper ventilation and protection from predators for the chickens to lead healthy lives. We build these coops in different shapes and models from reclaimed redwood of superior quality, heavy-duty galvanized hardware cloth. From our large collection of hen houses you could choose a backyard chicken coop that harmonizes with your home’s exterior. The redwood used is rot resistant and long lasting. I invite you to take a look around our website and let us know if we can answer any questions you might have!
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We would love to hear from you!
Give us a call or email us using the form to the right.
(434) 212-1007