Welcome

We chose the dandelion as our logo because it persists - it represents our approach to persisting through adversity and living harmoniously.

Life in the 21st Century is challenging.  Living well is hard to do in a world driven by growth, consumerism, and meeting the gap between income and making ends meet.  There is no one-size-fits-all solution.  This site presents some of the solutions that have worked for us to be able to first, survive, and then go on to thrive. 

One of the parts to our approach is to consciously push back on consumerism. We are not idealising earlier eras as idyllic. Instead we ask what do we gain and what control and skills do we lose by being locked into forever service agreements to others.

Similarly, we affirm the value of spending time in the garden, seeing seeds we started turn into herbs and food and beauty. Seeing the garden feed ourselves, our souls, and nature.

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To find out more about life coaching, ADHD coaching, or therapeutic horticulture, please contact us.  If we are unable to get to the phone, please leave a message with your contact information and we'll get back to you.

 

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ADHD and Life Coaching

Life coachingI am a certified life coach and Autism Specialist who specializes in transformative coaching and mindset coaching.  Other areas in which I can help are ADHD, Autism, self-esteem, and organization.  As a life coach, my goal is to help you get from where you are now to where you want to be in your personal and professional life. 

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Gardening Therapy

Gardens and plants have a long history of being associated with healing.  And, how we as humans respond to the natural environment dates all the way back to our earliest experiences as hunter gatherers.  At Rugged Weeds, we work with small groups to use gardening to tap into the ties we have as humans to nature and plants to access improved health. 

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All of the therapeutic horticulture programs and infrastructure on our property are self-funded.  Please donate to help us improve the programs further for our clients.

 

Latest Posts

  • Compost is the under-appreciated secret to gardening. It lends no beauty to the garden and gardeners often wonder where to hide it. The pile needs to be close enough to trundle over Autumn leaves, lawn clippings, dead plants, weeds, and plant debris. A little water and regular turning produces temperatures that kills most of the weeds in the...

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  • When snow blankets the garden, there is very little the gardener can do outside. It is the perfect time for tinkering and decluttering.

    Snow days put a pause on activity. But how we use that time can still contribute, if used wisely. Snow days are the seasonal equivalent of a fallow bed. Fallow beds can be planted with nitrogen-fixing clover and...

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  • You arrive in the garden one morning and discover that a tomato plant is missing leaves and stalks are chewed. Before you seize the hornworm to squash it, you notice white sacs on its back. So you leave it, sacrificing a vine for the row. Those are the eggs of a Braconid wasp infecting the hornworm and which will produce more wasps. That hornworm is...

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