Garden Coaching Blog

Congrats to Garden Mentor Robin Haglund

Posted by Susan Harris

Here's what the Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association said about Garden Mentor and Certified Professional Horticulturist Robin Haglund when they named her Young Member of the Year:

Garden Mentors is dedicated to furthering the integrity and development of the international horticultural industry. Because of Robin's dedicated service to the industry and WSNLA, and because of her exemplary work illustrating the values of WSNLA's Certified Professional Horticulturist designation during the 2007 year, Robin was nominated by WSNLA peers and voted WSNLA's Young Member of the Year. She was presented with her award in January of 2008.

Visit Robin at her site GardenMentors.com

In more news about Robin, she'll be speaking to the Maymont Flower and Garden Show in Richmond, VA month about garden mentoring and I hope to be there!  Photos and stories would surely follow right here and maybe elsewhere, too!  Here's the link to the show's site.

Our Newest Coach is "In Da Gahden"

Posted by Susan Harris

A new business just opened in Bangor, Maine, with the announcement that Margaret Clark is offering her garden coaching services.  And from the looks of her bio below, she's probably worth waaay more than $25 an hour for her decades of gardening experience and formal training to boot.  Now let's see if we can get a photo of Margaret for our readers.  And do they really talk like that up there?

BANGOR, ME:  Margaret Clark's In Da Gahden    

I'm the garden coach for the common folk who are looking for answers to their gardening questions.  My coaching is tailored to your needs and gardening goals, from composting to inproving your soil to identifying plants and weeds already in your yard. For a reasonable fee of $25 per hour I can tailor my sessions to your abilities and help you with your questions, regardless of your gardening experience. I am a Certified Master Gardener working toward a horticulture degree and have been gardening for over 30 years. I have a passion for sharing my knowledge and resources with others and garden coaching provides that opportunity. Call 207/990-2210.

Let's welcome a new coach - and drool over her website

by Susan Harris

I recently heard from Victoria Secunda, a gardening writer and Gardening Tutor in Connecticut, who told me she was intrigued to learn she'd been coaching for years now.  I urged her to join our Worldwide Directory of Gardening Coaches (done!) and when I saw her site I said damn, that's good.  So check out that link, especially her "About" and "Gallery".  The site not only looks great; it uses Homestead.com, which I use myself and know to be super-easy and cheap, so there are NO excuses, y'all!