Organic Gardening Resources for Seniors

Experienced urban organic food gardener (over 45 yrs.) & gardening coach (over 12 yrs.) for Canadian Organic Growers – Ottawa/St Lawrence /Outaouais Chapter, Senior Organic Gardeners, Just Food Ottawa, and private groups.

Past gardening experiences with vegetables, herbs, & the flowers that support them in plots, raised beds, & containers (pots, box beds, elevated beds, cold frames, composters, & recycled items).  Backyard (45 yrs.+), Gloucester Allotment Gardens (14 yrs.), Arrowsmith Community Gardens & Gloucester Emergency Food Cupboard Garden (7 yrs.).  Past donor of organic vegetables & herbs [most of the produce on the 2900 sq. ft. we used to garden] to GEFC & CCRC food banks (10 yrs.).

• Gardening coach:  seminars, articles, hands-on workshops, consultation booths, & zooms (over 12 events with translators).
• Past team member, founding Senior Organic Gardeners and Arrowsmith Community Gardens.
• Past volunteer at Gloucester Emergency Food Cupboard (14 yrs.).