Name: Recreating Eden
Uploaded: 2025-04-25T23:00:30.000Z
Description: Our bond with the Natural World, and ourselves, is strengthened when we garden.

Our bond with the Natural World, and ourselves, is strengthened when we garden.

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The Godolphin Estate in Cornwall dates to the15th century. Yet, its gardens extend back even further. At over 700 years old, the Estate's gardens are among the oldest and most important in Europe and are steeped in history and culture.

A Calgary Cowgirl in King Arthur's Court

Isaburo Kishida was responsible for creating the first Japanese Garden in Canada. Since that period in the early 20th Century, Kishida's horticultural inspiration and energy lives on through the work of Paul and Makiko Nishida Allison.

Finding Kishida

As a gardener, Lois Hole was proud of her role as a provider of nourishment to plants and people alike, for to her, caring was the soul of gardening. Lois' energy lives on through her children, and in the people she has inspired worldwide.

A Mother's Legacy

The Evergreen Foundation in Toronto believes in bringing a healthy natural balance back to our cities that are replete with concrete and metal, and it has successfully invigorated local commerce, culture, and the educational system.

Saving Cities

When Susan and Michael found a new home in Tuscany, their initial vision for the land changed in time as the land began to speak to them in ways they had not anticipated. The couple also had a unique effect on their new neighbors, as well.

Eden: Italian Style

A book given to her by her grandmother spoke to Lucinda Vardey one day in a way that compelled her to travel to Tuscany and purchase a 600-year-old property that has deeply resonated with, and become a sacred place for, her and John.

Allowing Eden to Grow

Diana Beresford-Kroeger and her husband Christian tend to their 60 acres of land in a manner we all can realize. Extending beyond mere beauty, they strive for biodiversity, balance in the soil, and to protect rare and endangered species.

The Renegade Scientist

Birgit Piskor's garden is a favorite stop for visitors who take part in Victoria, British Columbia's garden tours. In just a few years, Birgit created a flourishing garden surrounding her urban home that has changed her life forever.

Growing Up

People wondered why Jane and Barry left Vancouver for Panama. For them, it was about Time. In Panama, the couple works more, but it is work that is more satisfactory to them, and together they consider themselves stewards of the land.

Living the Dream

Through her various horticultural initiatives, such as You Grow Girl, Gayla Trail has sown the seed of possibility in people's hearts as to how they too can help rebalance our urban environments to include more healthy green spaces.

You Grow Girl

With a former limestone quarry for her backyard, Jennie Butchart envisioned landscaping a sunken garden in its place, transforming the property for her family, and visitors, into what is today known as the world-famous Butchart Gardens.

A Family Garden

Even though she does not have a garden of her own, Donna Dawson relishes the process of organizing garden tours that help people from around the world form new friendships and strong bonds over time, while celebrating our natural world.

The Garden Tourist

Upon walking in the maple forest that is now a part of Blueroof Farm, Kim Ondaatje knew she had found her home. Our "wilderness gardens," as she calls them, help strengthen our bond with the Earth, with other people, and with our souls.

Recreating Eden

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