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There are many legitimate reasons for starting a home garden. You could fill a post listing the benefits that motivate gardeners. Many of these same motivations apply to tea gardens, but with some unique aspects as well.Here are but a few of the benefits of growing your own tea: Full accountability: The supply chain begins and ends with you.Freshness guaranteed: Straight from your garden to your cup.Organic or conventional: Choose your preferred gardening methods.Make what you like: Store brand teas are often limited in quality and variety.Open-ended project: Tea plants live for decades and will forgive your mistakes.Grow a working hedge: Your tea hedge won't just be for looks.Make new friends: Tea is to be shared.Possible side income: You never know where your tea craft could take you.Tea craft is fun! This has to be true or else it's not worth it.And besides all these great benefits, who grows and crafts their own beverages? You'll be the coolest kid on the block!First steps in growing teaNow that you know why you should grow tea, let's discuss how to determine if you have a realistic chance of creating a thriving tea garden, starting with the basics.What is tea? Know your plantThe tea plant C. sinensis is a woody, long-lived shrub that may grow twenty to thirty feet tall if left unpruned (you will definitely prune your tea). Tea camellia and related camellia species occur naturally in forests and along forest edges where soils are rich in organic matter and minerals.Though the history and genetic ancestry of tea are disputed, it is generally accepted that there are two comprehensive varieties of tea nested within the C. sinensis species. One is a variety of tea with small leaves that is originally from southern China and is designated var. sinensis. This variety of tea, which is also called the China type, is generally preferred by planters in cool climates though it can tolerate some degree of heat stress as well.The other variety of tea has large leaves and is generally cultivated between Assam in eastern India to Yunnan province in southwestern China. This variety is designated var. assamica and often called, more simply, the Assam type. The Assam type is preferred in warm, sub-tropical, and tropical areas where it seldom, if ever, freezes in the winter

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