Who Is Laura LeBoutillier? Wikipedia & Net Worth (Updated 2023)

Laura LeBoutillier from Garden Answer is one of the fastest-growing and richest gardening YouTubers. She has an estimated net worth of $1 million.

Laura LeBoutillier, also known by her maiden name Laura Kurth, is an American gardening YouTuber and social media personality.

She was listed on GPN’s 40 under 40 class of 2019.

In this article, we’ll talk about who Laura is, her wiki, family, how she started her gardening career, YouTube, net worth, etc. Keep reading!

Garden Answers’ Laura LeBoutillier’s Age

She celebrates her birthday on April 20. She was born on April 20, 1984. As of 2023, she is 39 years old.

Laura LeBoutillier’s Wikipedia

Family

Laura LeBoutiller was born as Laura Kurth to her father, Mike Kurth, and mother, Susan Kurth, in Ontario, Oregano, about 60 miles west of Boise, Idaho, United States.

Her father, Mike, was Andrew’s Seed Co floor sweeper. His boss and the company’s owner mentored him. He worked hard and later bought the company.

In 1990, her parents expanded their company, and her mother, Susan, opened a garden center.

Laura learned gardening from her parents. She is pretty close with her parents; they’re also nerds. Her family can talk about gardening the whole day.

She travels to England with her parents and husband to visit gardens. She shares the traveling pictures on her social media.

Siblings

She grew up without siblings, surrounded by family gardens and company. She is a private person who does not publicly talk much about her personal life.

Education

She completed her schooling at a local school and studied nursing in England.

She lived in England while studying and later returned home. Her entire high school life, she worked at the garden center.

Alongside learning gardening, she is also interested in knitting (as in winter) and music. She learned to play piano at 4 and took piano lessons classically for 17 years.

She spends most of her time gardening and creating videos, but she also takes some time to practice to improve her piano skills. Brahms is her favorite & go-to composer.

Laura LeBoutillier’s Wedding

Laura married Aaron LeBoutillier on September 23, 2006. Her husband, Aaron, is Garden Answer’s videographer.

The couple has been married for over 16 years and blessed with a son, Benjamin, and a daughter, Samantha.

Laura LeBoutillier’s House

When she started her YouTube channel, they used to live in a one-sixth-of-an-acre home. After producing 1000s videos, the couple bought a two-acre residence in Eastern Oregon (zone 6) and lived there.

Laura LeBoutillier’s Garden Answer

She has been interested in gardening since childhood and turned her passion into a profession. She runs a YouTube channel, Garden Answer, related to gardening.

She was gardening at home for a long time. Their life changed when the LeBoutillier couple decided to film their experience and record YouTube videos.

They started the Garden Answers YouTube channel in 2014, creating weekly gardening advice videos. They did it as a side gig for some time but later gave it a year to work.

Before the 1 year trial period ended, someone recommended their videos to people at Proven Winner, and the couple was hired to make videos for them.

PW’s marketing director, Marshall Dirks, told Greenhouse Grower that the couple had over a half million followers and over 30 million views on Facebook in only 2 years.

They were then offered to get paid for creating those videos full-time without promoting PW plants or mentioning their name.

It worked, and the channel took off. As of 2023, they have over 2 million subscribers on YouTube alone. On Facebook, she has over 4 million followers and 3 million likes.

On Twitter, she has over 13k followers. On Instagram, she has over half a million followers. After combining all social media accounts, they have over 5 million followers.

Their most viewed video, How to Make a succulent planter from an ancient dough bowl, with over 3.5 million views. Garden Answer is showing no signs of slowing down.

Initially, her husband, Aaron, was the videographer & editor, and she was the writer & performer in the videos.

After creating 1000s of videos, they have hired some professionals and now record 5 to 7 videos weekly.

In the videos, she shares her experience and answers gardening-related queries. She also talks about seed saving, soil & pest management, decorating, etc.

She advises beginners to go out and plant whatever they want, and however they want. She advises beginners not to follow the standards, break rules, make mistakes, do anything, and learn.

She also learned a lot from her mistakes. Due to the name, her favorite to grow was Freckled Lettuce. Once, she grew a Blue Dune Lyme plant that took up her lawn.

The Lesson is to make mistakes and learn from them.

Aaron also runs a YouTube Channel by his name. He has over 1.5k subscribers with only 10 videos. Before getting into YouTube, he was working at a local cable company.

Garden Answers’ Laura LeBoutillier’s Net Worth & Income

Laura and Aaron have been working hard for 10 years on their YouTube channel. Before that, they were marketing professionals and workers at a local cable company.

The couple also owns a company Garden Answer LLC registered in 2016. They have been running this company for over 7 years as directors and members.

As of 2023, she has an estimated net worth of over $1 million, combined with her husband. Their success is not a game of luck. It’s hard work that led them to garner millions of followers.

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