It Started on a Garden Tour (ePub)

Georgia Brock, born and raised in Port Perry, Ontario, graduated from University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Physical & Health Education, taught in Ontario, and did further study and teaching in London, England.

She married. Her daughter was born in London.

Surprisingly, the "Phys Ed" degree was a liberal arts degree giving a broad understanding of the human body, human motivation, social inter-actions of people in sports, and artistic interpretations in literature and dance.

While in London, Georgia discovered the cookery writer Elizabeth David's French Provincial Cooking. Georgia devoured it. As well as recipes and cooking instructions, it was both armchair travelling and gastronomic history.

Upon returning to Toronto and Port Perry, Georgia discovered Julia Child introducing the same food culture to North America.

Georgia and her daughter settled into a modest bungalow in Port Perry as Georgia resumed her Ontario teaching career and Sophia attended the local schools. Both were active in sports and music.

Ever curious and enthusiastic, Georgia surveyed the back yard of her home. Two trees, a poplar and a crab-apple, graced the lot. Realizing that if she didn't do something that in another ten years it would look exactly the same! Deciding there might be more to gardening than digging up a patch and planting some vegetables, she decided to read about gardens and gardening.

Georgia discovered Victoria Sackville West's Sissinghurst; Gertrude Jekyll; Sir Edwin Lutyens; Monet and the Impressionists; Frank Law Olmstead of Montreal's Mount Royal and New York City's Central Park; du Pont estates Longwood Gardens and Winterthur; and many more...

Upon retiring from teaching, Georgia went on a garden tour of Europe. Having decided her next career was Writer she put people those gardens and you can enjoy it all in It Started on a Garden Tour.