THE HARVEST ISSUE
güdgardens Justclose your eyes and imagine, itVs late September. The nights have gotten cooler and the days shorter. The leaves are all starting to turn hues of yellow, gold, orange, and red. For some, this may signify comfy sweaters and pumpkin spice, but for those of us in Southern Oregon, itVs Harvest season!
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WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH to meet with Jessica Clements, owner, and cultivator at Güd Gardens: a female-founded, Clean Green Certified, organic Cannabis farm located on the banks of the Rogue River in the beautiful Southern Oregon Rogue Valley Jessica was originally from Chicago, however, Cannabis grabbed her by the soul and after attending school in Arizona she found herself in Oregon. “This whole area has had such a culture of cannabis cultivation for decades.” The people that she spent most of her time with were already growing and as she started asking questions and gathering information, the rest was history! Jessica got her start in cannabis in 2010 growing medically. Then when legalization hit in 2016 she knew that this is what she wanted to do. Her passion piqued the interest of her good friend Bailee Reimer and together they started chasing the dream.“I wanted to make it a career. I loved it so much,” expressed Jessica.
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Jessica and Bailee needed to find a way to grow organically (at scale) while maintaining the reality of being cost-effective and efficient while respecting the land. This is when they purchased the property on the Rogue River which currently houses the flagship .5 acre outdoor garden as well as a 2500sq ft indoor facility and a 2500sq ft greenhouse. Jessica’s vision had become reality, and in 2017 as they celebrated their first recreational harvest the brand was born. When they first started thinking of branding, they knew that they wanted to remain unique and flexible. They wanted to honor the roots of how the brand began so they worked with a brand designer who created an identity for them that was “clearly and intuitively OUR farm,” says Jessica. This included depictions of their chickens, goats, and the natural settings around them.
Today, Pablo and Paul (the family goats) still reside on the property along with the “Queen of the Farm,” Lillith the dog. The (now) 34-acre property has 5 Tier II licenses and houses nearly 6900 plants among 4.5 acres of outdoor garden beds nestled near the bank of the Rogue River, a resource that Jessica tells us the company has water rights to. We started our tour by following Jessica from the office, an old feed store, to the garden where we were met with an impressive selection of cultivars ranging from Modified Bananas to Double Solo Burger. While we were all chatting about terpene profiles and beautiful chunky buds, Jessica stopped and looked at a beautiful cola. She commented on its leaves changing color and explained that what we were looking at was called senescence, a process that Cannabis undergoes just as the trees in Autumn. | C O N T I N U E S > >
