Specialties
I am the former Director of Horticulture for the Toronto Botanical Garden and former Curatorial Gardener for the largest tropical plant Collection in Canada at the Toronto Zoo. I was recently featured on the new television series ‘Visionary Gardeners’ which aired earlier this year. I am a regular keynote presenter at Garden Clubs and societies from coast to coast. An experienced Daylily hybridizer with 85 named cultivars / registrations to my name. My home garden was featured in Tara Nolan’s recent book, Gardening your front yard. I am considered an industry influencer with social media posts reaching 30 million + people a month. Whether you are looking for someone to recapture the beauty in a garden that's gotten away, create a new garden using dynamic plant combinations with plants that are carefully selected for your individual needs. Whether you're looking for a one time clean up, or a regular maintenance schedule. I will give your garden the Botanical Garden treatment. If you are new to gardening, and looking to learn your way around the garden, garden coaching is a great way to learn from an industry leader working at a pace that works for you, and focussing on skills that you are looking to perfect. Sometimes when you are gardening for many years, you need a fresh set of eyes, to offer suggestions on how to improve your garden space, address a challenging space, or to get some design ideas for a new garden, then a garden consultation may be for you.
History
Established in 1995.
A passionate life-long horticulturist, Paul was recently featured on the new television documentary series 'Visionary Gardeners'. Affiliated with Toronto Botanical Garden as the former Director of Horticulture and The Toronto Zoo as former Curatorial Gardener managing Canada's largest tropical plant collection.
Many online garden lovers may know Paul through his strong online presence as The Tattooed Gardener, with social media posts reaching 35 million people per month. He is also an experienced hybridizer of daylilies, with 49 registrations with the American Daylily Society.
Although gardening has been a life-long passion, (He was a Director of the Waterloo Horticultural Society at 16 years old); Paul started at Plant World; He then accepted a position as gardener / grower for the City of Toronto, maintaining historical gardens in west Toronto, (Sunnyside Pavilion / James Gardens) He also spent time as an estate gardener for a Trillium award-winning garden in Carlisle Ontario.
Meet the Business Owner: Paul G.
Although gardening has been a life-long passion, (He was a Director of the Waterloo Horticultural Society at 16 years old); he only entered horticulture as a profession just over a decade ago. Paul started part time at Plant World in their perennial department. He then accepted a position as gardener / grower for the City of Toronto, maintaining historical gardens in the west end of Toronto, (Sunnyside Pavilion / James Gardens) He also spent time as an estate gardener for a Trillium award-winning garden in Carlisle Ontario. Paul has been featured on Podcasts and Radio shows, in Newspapers and Magazines His home garden, which held an eclectic mixture of plants, is featured in Tara Nolan's book: Gardening Your Front Yard: Projects and Ideas for Big and Small Spaces.