Gardening with Society Member Steve, The Optimistic Gardener

Today, let’s hear it from a former Royal Navy.

Let’s see how he managed his kitchen garden in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Steve Farley founded The Optimistic Gardener in 2020. He wants to inspire people to create their own dream kitchen garden.

The Optimistic Gardener provides garden designs, installations and maintenance services in the Halifax Municipality and South Shore of Nova Scotia area.

Meet Steve

I have always had an affinity with nature and have loved gardening, more flowers though than vegetables.

After serving Her Majesty for 26 years in the Royal Navy, my wife and I decided to move to Nova Scotia, Canada. When we bought our house, it came with a 1 acre plot. This allowed me to really get into creating a vegetable garden as well as being able to design my flower garden.

This led to me thinking that I wanted to start a YouTube channel to talk about gardening and hopefully inspire people to get out into the garden, whether to grow fruit and veg or to design a garden space that they will want to spend time in. 

This led me, via Instagram, to Gardenary and the Garden Coach Society. 

Steve’s Testimony

Joining GCS has really helped me learn the real things I need to know, to turn my love of gardening into a sustainable business.

Nicole has walked all the steps of what she teaches, so knows what is important when it comes to making a successful Garden Coaching and Design Business.

As well as all that she is just an inspirational person, that when you are feeling it is all a bit much, just revs you up and gets you wanting to get out there and break down the barriers.

Connect with The Optimistic Gardener

You can find Steve’s business, The Optimistic Gardener here

On Instagram @the_optimistic_gardener

On FB @TheOptimisticGardener

Or by email at theoptimisticgardener07@gmail.com