Gardening T-shirt Designs:
Being both a graphic designer by trade and a gardener by passion I love sharing my funny and insightful ideas with the community. These are my own, one-of-a-kind wacky garden designs that you won't find anywhere else. Do you love gardening? Do you have a friend or family member who does? Do you like old school? Retro? Famous quotes? Perfect gifts for gardeners. Order your own trendy garden T-shirts through my store front on SpreadShirt. It's also a cool way to support Albopepper!
Gardening Champion!
![Gardening Champion! [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/Gardening-Champion!_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "Gardening Champion! [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
Many people think of a champion purely as a winner. But living the life of a gardening champion means so much more! A champion is on the front line as an advocate for something. Are you a voice for sustainability? For health and resiliency? For all life on our planet? Then you truly know what it means to be a Gardening Champion!!!
#IHaftaPea!
![#IHaftaPea! [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/IHaftaPea_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "#IHaftaPea! [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
It's time to grow up and start eating your vegetables! And the first place to start is your peas. "Peas are gross" you say? That's because you've never eaten them fresh out of the garden. Grow your own and you'll never go back!
chlorophyll junkie
![chlorophyll junkie [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/chlorophyll-junkie-(molecule)_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "chlorophyll junkie [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
Sure, sure you might have a little coffee now and then. But caffeine is not your true addiction. Oh no, it's that marvelous molecule that makes everything green: Chlorophyll. It's in your lettuce and spinach and kale. And you just can't get enough!!!
ORGANIC Garden Produce
![ORGANIC Garden Produce [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/ORGANIC-Garden-Produce_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "ORGANIC Garden Produce [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
Locally grown food means a healthier planet and a healthier YOU! Growing our own vegetable produce at home is a solution to so many problems. Have you gone organic? Now's the time to do it. And it comes with the added bonus that you get to play with worms!!!
Home Grown GARDEN PRODUCE!
![Home Grown GARDEN PRODUCE! [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/Home-Grown-GARDEN-PRODUCE!_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "Home Grown GARDEN PRODUCE! [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
Are you proud to be a gardener? Home grown, nutritious organic food. ZERO food miles from field to plate. Totally sustainable, self-renewable practices, with compost and worm castings. Well, what are you waiting for? Time to wear it on your sleeve... or your chest I suppose. ;)
kale (is greater than) cow
![kale (is greater than) cow [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/kale-(is-better-than)-cow_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "kale (is greater than) cow [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
If heart disease doesn't get you, maybe global warming will. Do you know you can reduce the threat of both of these, just by cutting down on your beef intake? Raising industrial cattle sucks up a huge amount of resources and releases a massive amount of carbon dioxide into the air. Maybe we should consider eating a little more kale and a little less cow!
Lycopene 4Life - Molecule
![Lycopene 4Life - Molecule [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/Lycopene-4Life---Molecule_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "Lycopene 4Life - Molecule [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
What is this? Could it be??? All those years of eating ketchup have been good for you!? As it turns out, that red goodness in foods like tomatoes and watermelons is more than just a pretty pigment. Lycopene is a strong antioxidant that has been shown to help cells to resist cancer. Lycopene 4Life!!!
Long Live PERENNIALS!
![Long Live PERENNIALS! [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/Long-Live-PERENNIALS!_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "Long Live PERENNIALS! [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
Every year we gardeners are busy planting our annual veggies. It's a yearly process, but the yields are great. Meanwhile, those fruit and nut trees keep getting bigger. The berry bushes start pumping out more and more fruit! The blooms in our perennial herb garden are stunning. A little work up front, but the return on investment is priceless... Long Live PERENNIALS!!! :)
BROCCOLI (gluten free)
![BROCCOLI (gluten free) [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/BROCCOLI-(gluten-free)_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "BROCCOLI (gluten free) [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
Eating healthy can be hard enough in this society of processed food that offers lots of calories and little nutrition. But it's a million times worse for people with celiac disease! Constantly reading food labels to find gluten free products can be a pain. Fear not! Broccoli to the rescue!!!
I'd Rather Be Planting Trees...
![I'd Rather Be Planting Trees... [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/I'd-Rather-Be-Planting-Trees_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "I'd Rather Be Planting Trees... [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
Do you find yourself staring at your friend's naked lawn wondering why they don't make better use of such a precious resource? You look at the lighting, slope and drainage. Inevitably you mentally prescribe the perfect fruit or nut tree that is just dying to make it's home there! Oh yeah... you have a problem. Hmm. Or maybe you have the solution...?
Resist Change
![Resist Change [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/Resist-Change_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "Resist Change [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
Are you tired of being squeezed into the mold? Part of a cog in a machine that never stops grinding away... Adapting to change is an essential skill in life. But knowing when to push back is just as crucial. Question the norm. Push boundaries. Resist the change that is thrust upon you and create your own path!
Dig Hole, Insert Tree, Repeat
![Dig Hole, Insert Tree, Repeat [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/Dig-Hole,-Insert-Tree,-Repeat_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "Dig Hole, Insert Tree, Repeat [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
Carbon sequestration can't happen fast enough! CO2 emissions continue to rise and trees keep falling left and right. One person can't save the world, but we can each do our part. So what are you waiting for? Enough of this tree removal junk! It's time to dig a hole, insert a tree and repeat!!!
I Bleed Chlorophyll
![I Bleed Chlorophyll [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/I-Bleed-Chlorophyll_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "I Bleed Chlorophyll [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
Greens, greens and MORE greens! In the Spring you're munching down your bok choy, lettuce and spinach. In the Summer it's malibar spinach and amaranth. Then you get your kale going for the Fall and Winter. You are what you eat right? Pretty soon that blood will be flowing green!
Who Else Would Pay Money for Poop?
![Who Else Would Pay Money for Poop? [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/Who-Else-Would-Pay-Money-for-Poop--GARDENERS-_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "Who Else Would Pay Money for Poop? [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
Gardeners can do some of the craziest things! How many people do you know who would be willing to special order a bag of bird poop from the internet!? xD
A Pepper a Day Keeps the Scurvy Away!
![A Pepper a Day Keeps the Scurvy Away! [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/A-Pepper-a-Day-Keeps-the-Scurvy-Away_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "A Pepper a Day Keeps the Scurvy Away! [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
Why do lemons get all the love!? Citrus isn't the only good source of Vitamin C. A nice ripe pepper is loaded with nutrients, including LOTS of Vitamin C. (The green ones are simply unripe -and less nutritious.) Pound for pound peppers actually have more Vitamin C than oranges! So eat them peppers and kick scurvy to the curb! ARGH!!!
no. Anti-GMO Tomato / Fish Meme
![no. Anti-GMO Tomato / Fish Meme [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/no.--Anti-GMO--Tomato--Fish--Meme-Tshirt.jpg "no. Anti-GMO Tomato / Fish Meme [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
If a tomato could talk. What would it say? "Oh Please! Yes, cross some fish DNA into my perfectly acceptable genome." Yeah, right. How 'bout... no.
If You Can't Beat 'em Feed 'em!
![If You Can't Beat 'em Feed 'em! [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/If-You-Can't-Beat-em-Feed-em-T-Shirt.jpg "If You Can't Beat 'em Feed 'em! [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
You fight and you fight to keep out the rabbits and groundhogs and other garden pests. Sometimes you just can't win! Maybe it's best to just plant a little extra to share...
Friends Don't Let Friends
Throw Out Leaves.
![Friends Don't Let Friends Throw Out Leaves [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/Friends-Dont-Let-Friends-Throw-Out-Leaves_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "Friends Don't Let Friends Throw Out Leaves [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
You drive over to you buddy's house and parked out on the curb is a massive bag of Autumn leaves! Wha....? You grab the bag and march right up to the door. Thirty minutes later, your friend has learned the value of this rich, organic, soil amendment. A compost pile is started and balance is once again restored in the world! You're such a good friend!!!
Just add Water!
![Just add Water! [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/Just-Add-Water_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "Just add Water! [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
Just add Water! ...and... rooting media, photonic radiation, thermal energy, carbon dioxide, covalent oxygen, nitrates, phosphates, positive potassium ions, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, silicon, boron, chlorine, iron, copper, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, sodium and zinc. It's that easy!
GMO Monsanto Goon: Bt-Corn
![GMO Monsanto Goon: Bt-Corn [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/gardening-garment-GMO-Monsanto-Goon-Bt-Corn-T-Shirt.jpg "GMO Monsanto Goon: Bt-Corn [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
If you're new to the game, perhaps you've honestly never heard of Bt-Corn. This is a GMO (genetically modified organism) developed by Monsanto. The Bt stands for Bacillus thuringiensis, a bacteria that actually makes its own pesticide. You see, some genius thought, "Hey! Why don't we cross genes from a bacteria with corn!? Then the corn can kill any corn borers that feed on." And suddenly science fiction became reality. Now we are served corn that produces a protein which is toxic to insects. It enters their guts, causing a paralyzing effect, then it proceeds to form holes in the gut wall. Yummy!
Lettuce Bolt!
![Lettuce Bolt! [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/Lettuce-Bolt_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "Lettuce Bolt! [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
The heat sets in as Summer threatens to take over. You go out in the garden to try to squeeze just one more salad out of your trusty lettuce plants but... EEK! That bitter taste!!! Yep, it has started to bolt. Doh!
GMO-NO: Grossly Modified Organism
![GMO-NO: Grossly Modified Organism (SCRABBLE Board) [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/GMO-Grossly_Modified_Organism_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "GMO-NO: Grossly Modified Organism (SCRABBLE Board) [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
GMOs are so prolific, that they have even found their way into our cherished family board games! When you're playing Scrabble with your family and the board looks like this... I think they are trying to tell you something.
COMPOST BANANA -> Mantis gets its wings!
![COMPOST BANANA -> Mantis gets its wings! Garden Style [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/Mantis-gets-its-wings-T-Shirt.jpg "COMPOST BANANA -> Mantis gets its wings! Garden Style [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
This little known garden folklore is unknown to many. But from what I've heard, every time you compost a banana, a mantis get its wings! It's a double-win. Just think of all the good you're doing!!!
PEPPER POWER! Retro 8-bit Garden Style
![PEPPER POWER! Retro 8-bit Garden Style [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/8-bit-PEPPER-POWER_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "PEPPER POWER! Retro 8-bit Garden Style [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
Did you ever envision your gardening life through the eyes of an 8-bit camera? Well this is me on the AlboPepper farm, growing every sort of pepper I can squeeze out of my 8 megabyte yard. This is container gardening -NES style. Look out Mario. These peppers will put those fire flowers to shame!
HOLY KALE!
![HOLY KALE! [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/Holy-Kale_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "HOLY KALE! [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
Every tried and true gardener has heard the pro Kale propaganda. "The healthiest of all leafy greens." Much debate surrounds this yummy brassica. Is it REALLY so nutrient dense? One thing is for sure, the nutrient density will soon be zero if you don't watch out for those pesky cabbage moths!
if you LOVE it you will GROW it.
![if you LOVE it you will GROW it. [Gardening T-Shirt Design]](images/if-you-LOVE-it-you-will-GROW-it_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "if you LOVE it you will GROW it. [Gardening T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
Do you love strawberries? Do you love tomatoes? How 'bout corn or peppers or watermelons? Whatever your favorite fruit or vegetable, if you LOVE it you will GROW it! Experience the excitement as the first seedling pops up out of the dirt. Revel in the joy of watering and nurturing your plant to maturity. And of course, savor that first mouth watering bite of the season. But for Pete's sake... GROW IT!
Release... the Mantis!
![Release... the Mantis! [Praying Mantis T-Shirt Design]](images/Release-the-Mantis_Gardening-Tshirt.jpg "Release... the Mantis! [Praying Mantis T-Shirt Design] - Click to enlarge")
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THE STORY:
As the enemy presses in and you find yourself losing ground, it may seem that all is lost. Aphids assaulting your lettuce. Cabbage moths pillaging your kale. And then the stink bugs advance on your peppers! This is the last stand... RELEASE THE MANTIS!!!