This is my first article in Canadian Cycling magazine. For the June/July 2014 issue, I wrote a profile about ultra cyclist Peter Oyler and his third Race Across America. I’ve known Peter for a few years (my husband used to work with him at a triathlon store in Toronto) and I greatly admire his dedication to his sport and his extreme athleticism. Read more »

This past spring, I was approached by PR company Strategic Objectives to be the spokesperson for Plant It Forward, a Kashi and Evergreen initiative that will see the creation and/or maintenance of 18 community gardens across Canada. I participated in media interviews, including a spot on CP24 Breakfast and various radio stations, including 680 News and Proud FM. I talked about Plant It Forward, the importance of eating real food and growing your own edibles, and community gardens. Read more »

February 2014 marked the unveiling of Savvy Gardening, a website I launched with three other garden writers. The idea was born when we all met at the 2013 Garden Writers’ Association’ annual conference in Quebec City. Each writer brings something different to the table and we all have our own garden “beat,” though we all will on occasion contribute to each other’s sections. Read more »

Lee Valley Tools celebrated the opening of their new Vaughn store in May with a whole weekend of seminars and special events. I was asked to create containers throughout the morning of Saturday, May 10. Read more »

Last fall, I took a trip through Castile and León on assignment for Ensemble Vacations. My article, a ham-packed history lesson through Northwestern Spain, was published in the spring issue. It is on page 58 and can be found here. I’m also featured on the contributors page 10.

For this Travel + Escape article, I pitched a winter trip I took to the Fairmont Chateau Montebello and ended up writing about three other places to visit in winter, as well. Read more »

My road trip column for the summer issue took me to St. Albert and Edmonton, Alberta. I had the pleasure of visiting this region back at the end of May and gathered lots of gardening ideas for the website. For the magazine, I wrote about the highlights, which I also posted on the website. Read more »

I recently wrote an article about what’s new and trending in adult lifestyle communities for a special section in the Toronto Star. Harmony Village, one of the places I profiled, posted a PDF to the piece on their website.

I love mountain biking, but I had to share my downhill mountain biking experience in Whistler for Travel+Escape. It was my first time, so I made sure that my first attempt started at one of the famous women’s night events so that I could get a little coaching. Read more »

Last fall, I headed to downtown Hamilton’s monthly art crawl looking for BOW, a fashion truck that is an extension of a retail store in Guelph called Blush Shop. I got there a little too late, but I thought the concept was neat given the huge popularity of food trucks. I pitched it to Elle Canada and was assigned a small piece to accompany a package in the magazine about the changing face of retail in the April 2013 issue.