Jo Ann Gardner

Jo Ann Gardner has been growing, preserving, and baking with small fruit for over forty years. She and her husband operated a small hand-/horse-powered farm on a remote peninsula on Cape Breton Island, Canada, which inspired books, articles, and lectures beginning in 1987. Together they wrote Gardens of Use and Delight , describing how they transformed a bare farm into a lush landscape using simple methods. Jo Ann and Jigs now live in Westport, New York, in the Champlain Valley where they have...See more

Jo Ann Gardner has been growing, preserving, and baking with small fruit for over forty years. She and her husband operated a small hand-/horse-powered farm on a remote peninsula on Cape Breton Island, Canada, which inspired books, articles, and lectures beginning in 1987. Together they wrote Gardens of Use and Delight , describing how they transformed a bare farm into a lush landscape using simple methods. Jo Ann and Jigs now live in Westport, New York, in the Champlain Valley where they have established a small farm with extensive gardens. See less