Anne Bartlett opened Riverwood Gardens in 2012 in a rental property, purchasing the current location between Durham and Hanover in 2015. Today, Riverwood offers a good selection of high-quality plant material, specializing in uncommon ornamentals to help your garden stand out and become your little piece of Eden.

Their extensive display gardens are open for touring for a nominal fee. These sculpted gardens are designed to inspire, featuring more than 100 different species of woody plants, hundreds of varieties of daylilies and hostas, and one of the largest conifer and peony collections in Grey and Bruce counties, as well as Japanese maples, rhododendrons, and hydrangeas.

Ben Caesar is the owner of Fiddlehead Nursery in Kimberley, Ontario, which he has operated since 2012. Ben was introduced to permaculture and forest gardening through a friend in Guelph, where he filled his small urban yard with edible perennials before moving to the Beaver Valley in the spring of 2011. Permaculture and food forest gardening is one of the best ways to sequester carbon in the soil while growing food for ourselves! Good for you and good for the earth!

Fiddlehead Nursery grows edible perennials, shrubs and trees and sells plants that survive our Grey County winters, unless otherwise noted.

Fiddlehead Nursery uses only natural ingredients in their soil mixes and fertilizers. Ben does not use pesticides, fungicides or herbicides on his farm, uses compost and nitrogen-fixing plants, and uses mulch or perennial groundcovers for low-maintenance gardens.

Ben also runs Edible Ecosystem Workshops at Fiddlehead Nursery where you can learn how to grow and eat the bounty from these edible perennials, shrubs and trees.

Matthew and his brother, Aaron have been beekeeping in Grey Highlands since 2013. Starting as a hobby with 4 colonies they now manage up to 75 colonies over 4 yards. Hunking Honey is a longtime vendor at the Collingwood Farmers Market and sells honey in a few local retail locations. Taking a deeper interest in honeybee's, Matthew is currently enrolled in the Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping course form the University of Guelph.

Robert is the owner of Grey Bruce Design Studio. GBDS offers a curated collection of technical and decorative lighting, architectural glass and hardware, new and vintage furniture, a unique collection of decorative accessories and full-scope residential & commercial interior design services.

From our boutique showroom on Main Street West in Markdale, we have access to an almost unlimited range of architectural products for a growing market, representing numerous, well-established Canadian and international suppliers across Ontario.

Prior to becoming a professor at Niagara College, Paul was the Director of Horticulture at the Toronto Botanical Garden. A passionate and energetic gardener and lover of nature and he has been delivering presentations across Canada, the US and internationally in countries such as Switzerland, Germany, Bermuda and South Africa for over 35 years.

For the past seven years, Paul has been providing gardening advice on the CBC Here and Now radio program. In 2022 Paul took became the regular garden host on the weekly CBC program Ontario Today. In 2017, Garden Making magazine named Paul as one of Canada’s top 20 people shaping gardens across Canada. He is also the recipient of the 2019 and the 2021 Landscape Ontario Garden Communicator of the Year award.

Jennifer is the creative force behind Mill Pond Home Decor. With a passion for rustic charm and country living, she curates unique home decor pieces that evoke timeless charm. Drawing inspiration from nature and current decor trends, she infuses every creation with authenticity and soul.