About Garden Making
Garden Making magazine aims to inspire and inform Canada's gardeners with useful, practical information you can use in your home garden. We aim to serve expert and beginning gardeners — anyone who really wants to know the what, when and how of gardening. Garden Making magazine is published quarterly.
Beckie Fox, Editor
Beckie gardens in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, and is a Master Gardener who loves spreading the joy of gardening. A long-time writer and editor, Beckie was on the editorial team of Canadian Gardening magazine for its first decade from its launch in 1990 until becoming its editor from 1999 to 2001 when it was owned by Avid Media.
An interest in container gardening evolved into her book, The Potted Garden: Creating a Great Container Garden, published in 2002 by Prentice Hall Canada. Beckie enjoys speaking at garden clubs, garden centres and home shows in Ontario. She teaches gardening at George Brown College and the Toronto Botanical Garden in Toronto.
For perspective on the Garden Making name, here's the story. Contact Beckie at beckiefox@gardenmaking.com.
Gary Hall, Design Director
Gary Hall is a publication art director and designer in Toronto, and an active participant in the design community. For the past four years, he has also taught editorial design at the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) in Toronto.
In addition to his role as design director of Garden Making magazine, Gary designs publications for a number of clients. He also played a lead role in the redesign of Maclean’s magazine in 2001, serving as the magazine’s deputy art director for four years.
During his career, Gary’s work has received numerous design and art direction acknowledgements and awards from The Advertising & Design Club of Canada, Applied Arts annual design showcase, The Canadian National Magazine Awards, The Society of Publication Design and The Society of News Design. Gary is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design.
Katherine Fox, Sales
Advertising sales and garden show planning are being handled by Katherine Fox. Contact Katherine at katherine@gardenmaking.com
Our public launch
The family business: Michael, Katherine and Beckie at Toronto Botanical Garden on Feb. 20, 2010, when we first sold copies of Premier issue to eager gardeners. Photo courtesy of Mark Disero of GardenToronto.ca
Meet some of our contributorsWe're delighted to introduce some of the contributors to our premier Spring 2010 issue: |
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Judith Adam
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Allan ArmitageWell-known garden writer, speaker, educator and researcher, and the author of 11 books, including his latest, Armitage’s Vines and Climbers (Timber Press, 2010). |
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Lorraine Flanigan
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Liz Primeau
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Gayla TrailAuthor, photographer, blogger, and the creator of You Grow Girl, the popular urban gardening project at yougrowgirl.com |
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Kate SeaverOwner of Kate’s Garden in Unionville, Ont., which specializes in gardening services, seminars and special events. Also a Master Gardener and a frequent horticultural speaker and television guest. |
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Karen YorkHorticulturist and magazine writer and editor, as well as author of The Holistic Garden: Creating Spaces for Health and Healing. Karen is based in British Columbia. |
Acknowledging some business partners
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Scott Bullock's firm, Circ 3, consults on single-copy sales to boost our availability and visibility. |
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Coast to Coast Newsstand Services Partnership arranges for us to be on sale in stores across Canada. |
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Subscribers' orders, payments and queries are being handled on the Cornerstone Publishing System. |
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Dollco Printing in Ottawa is printing our premier issue. Here's our environmental policy on paper use. |
About Inspiring Media Inc.
We are a private company based in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, owned by Beckie Fox and Michael Fox, who is a long-time circulation expert and publishing executive in Toronto. Here's our latest press release.