Potting Shed Creations


Liz Cosko and Ann Killen started with an idea, a seed that sprouted into the first product they offered: the Garden Keepers Seed Saving Kit. From the fertile soil of their talents and the success of that first product, these two best friends have grown Potting Shed Creations. Their homegrown business quickly outgrew the living room of Liz's house. They transplanted Potting Shed Creations to a 100–year–old dairy barn, did some renovations, created many more of their unique gift offerings, and continued growing until they once again outgrew their space. Now they have recently purchased, renovated and moved to a much larger facility in the scenic town of Troy, Idaho. And of course their new home has a history...it once was the Troy elementary school. Today this blossoming business is a multi-million-dollar a year wholesale gardening gift enterprise with forty loyal employees.

Their products –– and the biggest key to their success – are based on one simple premise: "Develop exciting, high quality products that offer a fresh approach to gardening." Everything that goes into one of their gift products they do themselves. They carefully select unique seeds for their kits, they do the marketing, photography, layout, design and writing for the instructional booklets that accompany their seed kits. Their team of loyal employees pours a lot of love into assembling each product by hand to create a gift both beautiful and functional. Each product is a tantalizing treat for both novice and experienced gardener alike, with seed selections hard to find anywhere else. The bottom line for this business is an unusual team effort from people committed to the kind of detail and quality they can all take pride in.