Jennifer

Jennifer has been dabbling in horticulture since the age of four. She managed a nursery in Brisbane with her husband for four years, studied horticulture and is still addicted to propagating and growing edibles.

In June 2009, I set up the Hervey Bay Seed Savers and am presently editor for the Fraser Coast sub-tropical fruit club. I’m also an artist, specialising in portraits of pets and people in my family. We live on ¼ acre at Urangan which has been planted up with over 40 fruit trees. Our family consists of five children who are all grown up and now living out and four grandchildren.

What drives me is that I have an intense desire to teach as many people as possible to grow their own food. I also want to populate our Bay with as many edible plants as possible, hence the ongoing propagating. I think it’s incredibly important in our unstable times to have security as far as food and water goes.

At home we are in the process of installing solar power this year, as well as a second rain water tank. Our eventual goal is to have a hybrid car and run it from the solar power. We have chooks, a native bee hive and a huge vegetable garden plus the fruit trees.