The Gardeners

Jasmine’s first garden memory is her 9-year-old self gardening peanuts and carrots in Jamaica. Her all-time favorite herb is the “oh so potent” thyme. After she moved to Canada, she disconnected from her love of gardening. However, when she moved into her house with a run-down garden, she decided to start gardening again and planted sunflowers and perennials. Once the pandemic began, she saw an opportunity to learn more about gardening and joined the Scarborough Village Community Garden. Jasmine loves to be around people and has been thoroughly enjoying her time with the other community gardeners.

Jasmine

Mathew

Although currently retired, Mathew has worked in the field of agriculture for over 33 years, in India and Canada. He has a diploma in Agricultural Science and a postgraduate diploma in Counselling Psychology. He has extensive knowledge of the nutritional values of crops according to their kind and colours. Mathew loves growing vegetables and is happy to be more involved in the garden.

Michael

Michael has been gardening for several years. His first gardening experience was planting vegetable seeds inside in his teenage years. One of his hobbies is cooking, especially using fresh garden herbs. He also enjoys learning about what kind of food he is eating and the varieties of each vegetable.