Kim Kardashian may be known more for her iconic crying memes from KUWTK, breaking the internet with her risque magazine covers, or even pursuing a law degree. But farming her own vegetables?
Technically, she has gardeners to do that for her. But, case in point, Kim Kardashian has a flourishing fruits and vegetables garden in her “backyard.” Although it would be more accurate to call it a backyard hill. What else can fans expect when the reality star's home is a sprawling 15,667 square feet estate spread over three acres of land with rolling lawns, mature trees, and even a mini play village for her children?
Here's why Kim has a garden, and what she's doing with it.
What Does Kim Kardashian Grow In Her Backyard Garden?
Kim Kardashian recently showed off her flourishing backyard garden to her followers on Instagram, through pictures and videos in her stories. And the shots were unbelievably beautiful!
Her sprawling backyard hill is covered with fruit trees, flowers, and rows upon rows of planted vegetables and leafy greens.
Kardashian also revealed that she loves her orange tree. But she also grows avocados, apples, apricots, and pomegranates in her backyard. The latter two, she explained, are a way for her to stay connected to her Armenian roots.
"How Armenian of me to grow apricots," she wrote. "And even more Armenian of me to grow pomegranates."
Kardashian also shared pictures of freshly-cut broccoli and kale in big baskets, waiting to be taken inside. And she focused on a large patch of artichokes in one of the videos.
As for flowers, she has quite a few of them. But she focused on some white jasmine plants and wrote, “Fresh jasmine that smells sooooo good!"
While Kim Kardashian shared the sneak peek of her garden, she revealed that she was on an afternoon walk through them.
"An afternoon walk in the garden. We're going to start picking some fruits. There's so many amazing ones."
Pictures From The Past Revealed A More Bare Backyard
After Kim Kardashian and her then-husband Kanye West purchased the sprawling estate in Hidden Hills in 2014, they completely ripped up the previous designs, including the vineyards in the backyard.
Renovations were still not finished when the couple and their kids moved into the house four years later.
Eventually, though, their home was ready, per their vision (mostly Kanye's actually). And Architectural Digest was invited for a feature story and house tour in 2020. That's when the public's interest in Kim Kardashian's home really exploded. Mainly because of the almost-empty, off-white, and museum-esque feel to the house.
People were horrified and felt that West and Kardashian did not give their kids the freedom to be cluttered and colorful. But the recent pictures and videos of Kardashian's beautiful backyard tell a different story.
Kim expanded upon the misconceptions about her home in her 2022 Vogue interview, saying her kids were free to make over their rooms however they liked, and the play area was almost always cluttered. But she preferred to keep the main areas of the house minimal to evoke a sense of calm and peace.
As for her backyard, paparazzi aerial shots of her estate from years back when the backyard farm was still under construction reveal the obvious: It takes a while for things to grow and settle into place.
Back then, pictures of her bare-bones backyard hill showed a giant, circular structure made of long shaded segments. It was surrounded by newly-planted saplings and trees that looked sparse from up above.
"It's an organic vegetable and fruit garden," an insider revealed to Daily Mail about the circular structure. "There are planter-like boxes that go across ground level that you can walk in between."
The almost-arid area struck a sharp contrast against the already-developed parts of the estate that showed lush green lawns and mature green trees and bushes.
That area has become a paradise-like garden now with heavily-laden fruit trees and a flourishing sea of green, as per Kardashian's recent Instagram stories.
The Real Reason Kim Kardashian Grows Her Own Vegetables
Kourtney Kardashian's lifestyle website Poosh did an exclusive on her sister Kim's backyard garden some time back. The editorial piece revealed that Kardashian grows her own fruits and vegetables to have a “farm-to-table experience.”
According to Kim, the garden was designed to be “climate-conscious” and “bursting with life for her and her family.” And they try to grow the “most local, organic herbs and produce,” donating any excess to local food banks.
The piece also revealed that Kardashian had originally wanted to grow a citrus orchard in her backyard. But when she approached Heart Beet Gardening to help her bring her vision to life, they suggested that she could also grow local vegetables and tropical varietals with regenerative farming techniques. She decided to go with that instead.
Heart Beet Gardening still takes care of Kim Kardashian's garden. And the article showed plenty of pictures of gardeners working on Kim's farm.
“We plant basil and tomatoes together because the pungent aroma in the basil helps keep harmful insects out,” one of Kardashian's gardeners told Poosh. “You will also see native and edible flowers in the garden to attract beneficial insects.”
The gardener also noted that urban soil is usually not great for farming. “The soil on the hill was depleted when we first tested it in 2019.” But they were able to restore it using organic matter.
Some of the other things Kim Kardashian has growing in her garden are spaghetti and kabocha squash, gem lettuce, peppers, Swiss chard, guavas, lemons, and eggplant.
