About Food Garden Life Media

Food Garden Life Media helps people spend time outdoors with fun and practical garden, food, and outdoors information served up in plain English.

We’re the source for informed home horticulture.

Daughter-Father Duo

We’re the daughter-father duo who bring you The Food Garden Life Show, this website, and weekly e-mail newsletters.

• Emma Biggs is a 18-year-old Gen-Z gardener, author, and speaker who is crazy about growing tomatoes. Emma is the recipient of the 2020 GardenComm Emergent Communicator Award.

• Steven Biggs is a horticulturist who teaches and writes about food production.

How it Started

We’ve worked together in garden communications since Emma was in elementary school.

We started with the local speaking circuit, doing small events, and that grew to include everything from neighbourhood library events to national gardening shows.

We’ve also written two kids gardening books: Grow Gardeners and Gardening with Emma.

Creating Food Garden Life

We started our Food Garden Life Podcast and brand when schools shut down during the COVID pandemic. We were both stuck at home. And were were both missing all of our favourite gardening shows, events, and friends.

So we decided we’d reach out to the world through podcasting.

It’s been a fun ride! In 2022 we received the Landscape Ontario Garden Communicator Award for The Food Garden Life Show.

These Days

We host a live monthly radio show, podcast weekly, blog, hang out on social media, speak and teach at gardening events, and are expert guests on radio, TV, and other podcasts.

We live in Toronto.

Awards

We love what we do and are honoured when our work is recognized!

2022: Landscape Ontario Garden Communicator’s Award of Excellence for The Food Garden Life Show. 2020: GardenComm Gold Media Award for Grow Lemons Where You Think You Can’t. 2020: GardenComm Gold Media Award for The Garage Gardeners Radio Show (which we’ve since renamed The Food Garden Life Show). 2020: GardenComm Emergent Communicator Award for Emma’s work in garden communications. 2020: Taste Canada Awards Shortlist, Gardening with Emma. 2017: Garden Making magazine recognizes Emma and Steven as part of the “green gang” of Canadians making a difference in horticulture. 2012: Garden Writer’s Association Silver Award for Grow Figs Where You Think You Can’t. 2012: Monthly Press Reporting Award, Canadian Farm Writers' Federation for Steven’s farm reporting. 2011: Outstanding Article Award, American Society of Journalists and Authors for Steven’s farm reporting. 2010: Best Press Feature Bronze Award, Canadian Farm Writers' Federation for Steven’s farm reporting.

Visit Our Garden

Here’s a video tour of our garden.