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Breaking New Ground—Rosmarie on AMI TV series

Milena Khazanavicius lost her sight and was forced to give up her career as a floral designer, but she never gave up her love of plants. Rosmarie Lohnes’ designs are fueled by a passion for reconnecting people to the land and the natural world that they live in. This warm, inspirational and engaging series by… [Read More]

Filed Under: On the Edge Tagged With: Education, Gardening, Nature as Therapy

Makin’ Dirt

By: Rosmarie Lohnes BA CoEn, President Helping Nature Heal Inc. Soil is the basis of everything on Earth including food, clean air, and water. When we care for the soil, we care for our own well-being. 2015 has been declared the International Year of Soils by the United Nations. I was thrilled to learn this,… [Read More]

Filed Under: On the Edge Tagged With: Coastal Erosion, Composting, Education, Gardening, Helping Nature Heal

Dormant Pruning

Dormant pruning: the act of managing the size, fruit production, and canopy density through strategic pruning. We perform this task January–March, typically on fruit and nut trees, berry and nut-bearing shrubs. We also prune evergreens and shrubs, the principles are the same: Begin with structural cuts (usually the largest cuts), thinning out old wood and… [Read More]

Filed Under: On the Edge Tagged With: Education, Winter

Seed Freedom

Today, Helping Nature Heal joins the 2012 Global Citizens’ Alliance for Seed Freedom. The organization Navdanya is founded by Dr. Vandana Shiva, who came to Nova Scotia earlier this year. Vandana Shiva fights for Earth Democracy– a combination of nature and human rights. Seed freedom is at the heart of her work because seed patenting… [Read More]

Filed Under: On the Edge Tagged With: Education, Seeds, Sustainability

Ongoing Training Ensures Consistent Results

On May 1, the HNH team spent the afternoon completing an assessment of Rosmarie’s garden. During this training session, staff discussed what they look for when caring for your garden and the strategies that they use to ensure the HNH philosophy is consistently used from landscape to landscape. One of the techniques that we focused… [Read More]

Filed Under: On the Edge Tagged With: Education

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