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Edible Forest Gardening on the edge of Algonquin Park. Growing Zone 3 permaculture.

02/02/2026

07/11/2025

The Monarchs (and the Hummingbirds) are loving the Milkweed as it comes into bloom in Edible Forest Gardening on the edge of Algonquin.

02/16/2025

2025 Workshops beginning soon! Please take a 'scroll' through my previous posts and get a taste for the wonders of creating a permaculture sanctuary around your home. Creating sanctuary in times of uncertainty is an act of true empowerment. :)

Edible Forest Gardening design Spring workshops coming right up!

09/04/2024

My morning coffee corner, the changing of the light, the beautiful blooms of late summer. Edible Forest Gardening planning a working lunch that features rose petals & scarlet runner bean flowers.

08/12/2024

Another beauty from Edible Forest Gardening, the first seasonal harvest of Goldenrod. Destined for the winter apothecary and pantry, all aerial parts of this beautiful, bright plant can be used. Goldenrod’s medicinal properties are varied, making it a versatile herb in the realm of natural remedies. Whether used as a tea, tincture, salve or oil, its benefits give it an esteemed position in herbal medicine. Here the flowers and leaves have been dried to be used for creating all of the above delights over the coming months.

08/09/2024

Sunflower Festival in Edible Forest Gardening. Have not been disappointed with experimenting with a variety of dwarf sunflowers grown in pots this summer. Will be moving these beauties around the house and gardens to enjoy in different displays from now until frost. And then harvesting the edible seeds! 🥰

08/03/2024

Another hot, hot day in store and because a few family members are fighting off the summer sniffles, using the natural heat to brew a Borage (flowers, leaves, stems) and Lemon Balm (leaves) Sun Tea to boost and clear those airways. Healing with Edible Forest Gardening on the edge of Algonquin. :)

08/02/2024

August and the festival of Lughnasa or Harvest Season is underway.
Each morning there are flowers and herbs to harvest from Edible Forest Gardening to restock the apothecary with medicines and the pantry with food. This morning, harvesting for an infusion of Jewelweed Oil that will later be used for creating soaps, lotions and potions.
Young leaves & stems may be cooked and consumed in moderation, the tiny seeds, that explode and give the plant its folk name of 'touch me not', taste like walnuts and the bright flowers add a pretty touch to a green summer salad or cooked and added to a stir fry.

07/03/2024

Before the rains begin, cutting Pastel Yarrow to dry for medicine and tea and because, foolishly lifted too heavy a load and pulled some muscles, indulging in a lovely Valerian, Lemon Balm, Herb Robert and Comfrey warm footbath before heading out for a Heidi Scott, Registered Massage Therapist treatment.
I'll be right as rain in no time! Enjoy the day!

06/18/2024

Haskaps (honeyberries) for breakfast this morn from the Edible Forest Gardening coffee ramble. All 5 shrubs are 3 years old and putting out masses of sweet tangy berries. Haskap has long been known by the ancient Japanese as, “The fruit of Life longevity and Fruit of vision” so I'm more than thrilled to eat handfuls of them with my morning coffee and ... see what happens. 😋

06/17/2024

The star of summer, Daylilies = beautiful and totally edible, flower, spent flower, stems, buds and root tubers.
Another permaculture gift from Edible Forest Gardening providing nutrition and as much Vitamin A as asparagus and more protein and Vitamin C than green beans or asparagus.

05/31/2024

Perennial Sweet Cicely an aromatic herb, with the flavour of aniseed, is also a sugar substitute. It is wonderful in making aperitifs and experimenting with recipes that are both delicious and also support the digestive system. After flowering the young green seedpods are a tasty quick garden treat with a burst of licorice in each bite. The rigid hollow stalks are also fun to use as drinking straws to compliment and add a sweet twist to summer drinks.

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South River, ON
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Our Story

Brenda Scott is the owner of Algonquin Guesthouse Gallery & Gardens located in South River. There she pursues her passion for life long learning especially in sharing encaustic art workshops in the studio & gallery, teaching edible forest gardening/herbal workshops in the gardens, and leading art and photography kayaking tours on the river.

She loves to share what she has learned over the past many, many years with workshop participants both local and from around the world who come to visit and stay in the Guesthouse.

It all began in the early 1970's when Brenda met the Founders of Richter’s Herbs, Otto and Waltraut Richter. Otto toured her through the outdoor herb fields they maintained at that time and encouraged her to plant and learn as much as she could about healing herbs in preparation for an 'unknown' future that he worried would limit both knowledge and the availability of healing plants to the public. And so the path was set.

Over the ensuing years Brenda has studied Herbalism through the Dominion Herbal College, Aromatherapy through the Michael Scholes School for Aromatic Studies and Edible Forest Gardening with Dave Jacke. She also studied Vibrational Medicine specializing in becoming a Shiatsu Therapist and she is a Reiki Master.