Black History Month

The Joy of Growing Your Own Food!

Zoom presentation with PAUL ZAMMIT

Whether you have a traditional garden, a patio garden or even a balcony garden, celebrity gardening expert, Paul Zammit, will draw on his years of experience and share his favorite tips and tricks on what, and how to grow your own delicious fresh vegetables this coming season.

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The recording will be available until 12 noon, March 7, 2024.

All proceeds will help feed the families of  big-hearted women in the slum community of Kibera who take in orphaned children to love and raise as their own. All donations will receive a tax receipt from our partner, CAP Network.

Paul Zammit

Paul Zammit, is a graduate of the University of Guelph and is a professor of Horticulture at Niagara College.  Prior to joining the faculty, Paul held the position of the Director of Horticulture at the Toronto Botanical Garden for 10 years.  Before that, he spent 20 years managing the Perennial Department at Plant World.  He is a passionate and energetic gardener and lover of nature who has been delivering presentations across Canada, throughout the US and internationally in countries such as Switzerland, Germany, Bermuda and South Africa for over 30 years.  For the past eight years, Paul has been providing gardening advice on the CBC Here and Now radio program. In 2022 Paul became the regular garden host on the weekly CBC program Ontario Today.    Paul is also an avid photographer. His articles and images have been featured in numerous gardening magazines including Fine Gardening.  In 2017, Garden Making magazine selected Paul and his wife as two of Canada’s top 20 people shaping gardens across Canada.    In 2019 and again in 2023 Paul co-lead a tour of private and public gardens in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.  Plans are in the works for more tours in 2024.  Paul was also the recipient of the 2019 and the 2021 Garden Communicator of the Year award from Landscape Ontario. In 2023 he received and Educator award from the Perennial Plant Association.