About the Business

FIMBY is the brainchild of Juliet Chapman and Christina Giudici, two great friends who love pottering in our own gardens with the sun on our backs.

During 2007 and 2008 we mused and wondered and dreamed and chatted about ways to earn a living from sharing the delight and satisfaction of creating and working in a suburban back yard vegie patch. In early 2008 we began to talk about creating a small business, and got excited and energised by the idea. Christina fizzed madly with ideas and churned out lots of spreadsheets and ideas for brochures and software, and Juliet stayed grounded and encouraging and came up with the fantastic business name FIMBY - Food In My Back Yard.

In August 2008 we began working with three sets of friends to set up new gardens and test out some ideas about how we might work with people. So FIMBY's 'birth' date, although hard to pinpoint, is somewhere around 8th August 2008, or 08-08-08 (very auspicious!).

The pilot gardens went well, and by early 2009 we had a website, brochures, and some clearer ideas about services and costs. The train was moving, and gathering speed! Since then its been a matter of hanging on, and saying 'yes'.

During 2010 and 2011 FIMBY had over 150 customers in southern Tasmania, and we both worked full time on and in the business, and had a team of casual and contract workers and volunteers to help us keep up with the ever growing demand for our services.