You've seen Chris on our YouTube channel, you've probably seen on Instagram, you've heard

her on the podcast, but just who is Chris, a fluent garden up in Vancouver, British Columbia,

that's what we're going to get into on today's show.

We did this recently, Chris was jock, where we just kind of asked him some questions

about how he came to be, so to speak, and maybe we won't go all the way back in time

on that question, but I guess the first question I have for you is, how did you become someone

who was sharing gardening information instead of just growing in your backyard and letting

life be?

Right, and I guess, I mean, to step back a little bit, I guess it started when I decided

to go back to school for horticulture.

At that time, I was going through a bit of a life shift change becoming a mom and having

a kid and having to decide whether I really wanted to go back to my office job that I wasn't

excited about, because if I wanted to be away from my son, it should be something meaningful.

And at that time, my office job was not that meaningful.

And so what were you doing back then?

I was working in IT at Arcterics, which is based out of North Vancouver, which is where

I live.

That's the first rain jacket I ever had.

I bought one from REI for $70, which I think is pretty cheap for Arcterics, and went to

New Zealand and wore it the whole time I was in New Zealand.

It's great.

It's not because I've worked there, and I have the gear, and I like it, but it's really

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