
The Cancer Survivor’s Garden Companion: Cultivating Hope, Healing and Joy in the Ground Beneath Your Feet And she discovered that gardening is good medicine –for the body, mind and spirit. She used her desire to garden and dig in the dirt again to pull her out of the darkness. But Peterson, a garden designer and Master Gardener, did not let the cancer diagnosis define her. Her cancer treatment was hard, emotional and often deeply depressing. (October 5, 2015): When Jenny Peterson was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012, it rocked her world. Jenny is an amazing, extremely positive lady who is an inspiration for us all. book two is going to be based in America.Īnn and I were fortunate to interview Jenny Peterson, just after her new book was published. Journey to Dreamtime was born, currently available as an eBook it will soon be available as a paperback, you can see more here… Now available in a paperback, you can order either on Amazon or from BookLocker “Why not make the learning an adventure story?” This along with late night chats with friends and my lovely wife the small light bulb ( well it has to be an LED these days) began to flicker. I agreed because I felt we do need to help this planet of ours every so often.Īfter much thinking coupled with the odd glass of wine – I’m fairly partial to a nice burgundy. I’ve been writing this blog for a few years now, in addition with my wonderful co-host Ann we have been interviewing the fascinating people we find for our podcast Last year I was asked if we might develop a learning aid for children based on how we grow food, develop sustainable approaches to agriculture and cope with modern city life. The professor takes Sophie, Dylan and their two pets Monty and Naomi on a wild adventure We would love to hear from you, with your comments or ideas for shows write to us at and Chris You can listen – below– to our truly fascinating interview with Jan Johnsen or if you prefer on iTunes at Growing Trends Jan’s extensive knowledge of plants for a purpose, shines through in the selection on plants she recommends in the closing chapters of this delightfully, inspiring and easy to read book. Jan’s writing style allows the reader to follow the thinking process to such an extent that you are able to ‘join all the dots’ resulting in a much easier understanding of what can be quite a complex process. Designed to help you with the process of accessing, sketching, designing, laying out and finally creating their own garden. They are fun, easy to remember and can be implemented in any size yard. Jan’s book “Gardentopia” for the home owner with 135 lushly illustrated garden and planting ideas that aim to inspire and inform you. Gardentopia – Jan Johnsen’s go to landscape book for Homeowners.Ī few years ago Ann and I were fortunate to interview Jan Johnsen about a fascinating book she had written about gardens.
