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Quick Bio
David was born and raised in Yorkshire,
England, but has made Canada his home. He has ink stains on his green
thumb
and lives in Waterloo,
Ontario,
where he loves to watch things grow — his children, his garden, his
friends
and his compost heap.
In addition to creating the Garden
Humour Web
site, he is the weekly garden columnist for the The Record, Waterloo Region and The
Guelph Mercury, and currently the Ontario correspondent for
Canadian Gardening magazine.
He has written two books of humorous garden stories
-- Soiled
Reputations, and Diary
of a Mad Gardener
David is always available for speaking and/or
storytelling engagements.
He has spoken to numerous horticultural societies and gardening groups,
including Canada Blooms,
The Canadian
National Exhibition, The Southwestern Flower Show in Atlanta
Georgia, and the Ontario Horticultural Association Convention.
With the humour and passion of a lifelong gardener,
he entertains
with
tales of garden
adventures, including lots of tips, or if desired, on the more
practical aspects of
gardening. Join him on a
light-hearted
and informative journey to the heart of gardens. See
magic
and mystery while exploring the essential qualities discovered in there
-- inspiration, creativity, patience . . . and humour. A gardener must
be able to laugh with their garden, otherwise they'd cry (laugh while
you garden and you'll live forever!).
Member of the Garden
Writers Association
See an
interview
More? email
Typical
speaking
engagements since 2001 - - always
informative and entertaining.
(not quite standup
comedy for gardeners, but they do seem to laugh an awful lot).
Other presentations include digital slides of the Chelsea Flower Show,
Inspiring Gardens of Ireland, My Own Garden Story, and more. Email for more information.
- For the Love of Gardening, Peterborough, Ont.
- MC at Galt Horticultural Society Dream
Garden Conference.
- Toronto Storytelling Festival
-- Workshop on writing
and telling humorous stories.
- The Ontario Garden Show
- Stratford Garden Show.
- Kitchener Public Library -- Tips and
Tales from a Mad Gardener.
- Cloverleaf Garden Club Mississauga.
- Waterloo -- MC The Dandelion Festival.
- Oakville University Women's Club.
- Barrie Horticultural Society.
- Waterloo Probus Club.
- Mount Hamilton Horticultural Society.
- Canadian Authors Association (Kitchener
branch)
- Paris Horticultural Society.
- Learning Unlimited Woodstock.
- Credit Valley Horticultural Society.
- Guelph Horticultural Society
- Elmira Horticultural Society
- Tilsonburg Horticultural Society
- MC Toronto Storytelling Festival
Cabaret
- The Stratford Garden Show
- The Ayr Horticultural Society
- At the Scarborough library
- Preston Horticultural Society
- Wilmot Horticultural Society
- University of Waterloo Bookstore
- Amherstburg Garden Tour Weekend
- Preston Horticultural Society
- Eden
Mills
Writers' Festival (At The Fringe)
- Moorefield Horticultural Society
- Perspectives Series at the University
of Toronto at
Mississauga.
- Streetsville Horticultural Society
- Southeastern
Flower
Show,
Atlanta, Georgia
- The
Canadian National
Exhibition
- Elora and Salem Horticultural Society
Conference
- Woodstock Probus Club
- The Success With Gardening Show, The
International Centre, Toronto
- Ontario Horticultural Association
Convention, North Bay,
Ontario
- And more and more
More information on speaking
e-mail
dhobson@golden.net
519-576-2498
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