<b>Janet Melrose</b> is a garden educator and consultant, and an advocate for Calgary’s Sustainable Local Food System. She is a life-long gardener and holds a Prairie Horticulture Certificate and Home Farm Horticultural Therapy Certificate. She has a passion for Horticultural Therapy and facilitates numerous programs designed to integrate people marginalized by various disabilities into the larger community. She is a regular contributor to<i> The Gardener for Canadian Climates</i> magazine. She lives in Calgary where she runs her education and consulting company, Calgary’s Cottage Gardener.