The Bicycle-Gardening Chronicles...: January 2010

The Bicycle/Scooter-Gardener...

Cheryl Lindberg

Life Cycles Garden Care & Design, est. 2001
North Vancouver, B.C. Canada

bicycle_gardener@hotmail.com

I'm a professional gardener who arrives by bicycle/scooter, carrying my own pruning equipment and gardener's kit.

Otherwise, I use my clients' handtools, and have soil and plants delivered.

My clients are involved as well--they come shopping, pick up supplies, plan, and keep their gumboots handy.

I never wanted to be a service that replaces homeowners' relationships with the land.

I want to help renew/keep that connection strong, at every stage of the human and plant life cycle!

Not having a truck means I don't have to charge for the overhead of a fully-rigged operation, nor spend my days in traffic/using gas-powered equipment.

And my clients get my creative botanical bionical bicycle energy.

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."

--Albert Einstein

Gardening Credentials and Adventures

Life Cycles Garden Care & Design, 2001-2015

Red Seal Trade Certification, Landscape Horticulture, 2013

Landscape Horticulture Apprenticeship Program, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 2013

Saplings Outdoor Program Educator, Sept. 2013-Dec.2015

Tropical Food Forest Gardening, Ghana, 2007/8/9

Compost Educator, North Vancouver Schools, 2006/7

Special Education Tutor, Capilano College, 2002/3/4/5

Subcontract Gardener (part-time), Landscape maintenance and installation companies, 2001-2006

Waldorf Childrens Summer Garden Camp Instructor, 2002

UK Summer Horticulture Internship, Hardy Plants Nursery / Shropshire, 1999

Maple Leaf Garden Centres, nursery and greenhouse, 1997-2000

Landscape Horticulture Certification, Capilano College, 1998

Bachelor of Arts / Humanities, University of Victoria

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