Landscape Design Consultations for Ontario Gardeners

LANDSCAPE DESIGN CONSULTATIONS
for hands-on gardeners

Janette Higgins
Port Hope, Ontario
serving the needs of central Ontario gardeners since 1993

Taking the agony out of your decision-making

for hands-on gardeners

Contact Janette Higgins

Janette Higgins
Garden and Landscape Designer

Consulting Services

12 Trafalgar Street

Port Hope, Ontario, Canada L1A 1G5

A simple pot filled with dried alliums anchors a section of my garden.

Janette serves the landscape design needs of homeowners in Ontario communities such as Peterborough, Toronto, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville, Newcastle,

Port Hope, Cobourg, Brighton

and the rest of Northumberland County

Enquire about other places in Ontario

905-885-9653


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Bio: Janette Higgins, Garden & Landscape Designer/Consultant

Background

Janette’s expertise in gardening & landscape design has been cultivated for close to 20 years. She provides garden coaching and landscape designer consulting for private clients in Ontario. She also gives slide lectures on gardening topics from a landscape designer's perspective. From 1993-2003 she established and ran Cobourg’s Gardens Past, a shop specializing in quality garden décor and unusual perennials. She is a former educator and has a background in workshop development and facilitation. Her garden has been on tour several times and was featured in an article on Port Hope Gardens in The Ontario Gardener magazine.

Topics for Speaking Engagements

Primary topic: Landscape Design for Hands-on Gardeners

Plus others including: the making of a garden (hers); garden design for old houses; and the ten most common landscape design mistakes and how to fix them.

TV appearances

CHEX TV, Peterborough, Ontario (2003) Two 9-minute segments. One illustrating landscape design for do-it-yourself gardeners in my own garden. The second was the distillation of an actual landscape design consultation for clients in Peterborough.

Speaking Engagements

Janette has been a featured speaker for the following Ontario groups:

Leaside Garden Society (2006)

Port Hope Horticultural Society (twice, 2005 most recently)

Peterborough Horticultural Society (twice, 2003 most recently)

Bobcaygeon Horticultural Society (2003)

Spring Fling Fundraiser for Northumberland Big Sisters (2003, 2004)

North Toronto Horticultural Society, Civic Garden Centre (2002)

Millbrook & Area Garden Club (2002)

Kate’s Garden Lecture Series, Markham (2002)

Oshawa Garden Club (2001)

Architectural Conservancy Organization,, Port Hope (Gardens for Old Houses) (2000)

Victoria Hall Garden Lecture Series, Cobourg (1995)

Board of Education PD Day (1995)

Haldimand Horticultural Society, Grafton

Gore’s Landing Horticultural Society

Cobourg Horticultural Society

Plus 5-6 local Sororities

Spring 2006: An article about Janette by Peggy Foster appeared in the Northumberland News.

Janette Higgins: Unique amongst landscape designers

Get in touch to see if her service is a right fit for your needs.

Inspiration for homeowners in Peterborough, Toronto, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville, Newcastle, Port Hope,

Cobourg, Brighton and other places in Ontario.