Barbara Wilson is a passionate Gardener and Horticulturist with 25 years of experience. An advent master at what she does, Barbara’s experience spans across horticulture and horticultural therapy, organic gardening, sustainable farming, permaculture, and landscape design.
She is the owner of a 20-acre organic farm and an active member of the Mountain View Farmers Market. She is also the founder and Editorial Director for The Grow it Mobile blog.
When she’s not working, teaching, or in the garden, Barbara is busy touring private gardens and farms intent on discovering the next big gardening idea. Barbara also enjoys evening walks and game nights with her husband, Bob, and her twin daughters Tara and Tania.
Highlights:
- Founder and Editorial Director of the Grow it Mobile Editorial team
- 25 years of gardening and horticulture experience
- Currently undertaking a Master Gardener degree
- Former member of the Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers
- Member of the Mountain View Farmers Market
Experience
Barbara has to her name 25 years of extensive experience as a certified gardener and 17 years as a certified horticulturist. She offers practical gardening tips and inspiration for sustainable farming and living.
Barbara started off her career at a local organic farm practicing organic gardening and organic farming before creating Grow it Mobile. A site that is geared towards helping gardeners by providing resourceful content to make gardening easier.
A big chunk of her life is spent moving around the world sharing her knowledge, and sharing her real life practical tips on the Grow it Mobile site. She is also a regular at popular radio stations, films, and podcasts talking about her experience in horticulture, permaculture, sustainable living, organic farming and organic farming systems.
In her spare time, Barbara teaches about sustainable farming and organic gardening at local colleges in California where she is also coaching students to be better champions of sustainable living.
When she’s not writing, teaching, broadcasting, or speaking about horticulture and gardening, Barbara is harvesting year-round from her thirty raised bed organic vegetable garden in Los Angeles, which is filled with an exotic mixture of organic vegetables like carrots, broccoli, cucumbers, and tomatoes, as well as unique varieties of herbs collected from around the world during her tours.
Education
Barbara has a degree in horticulture from the University of California where is also currently undertaking her Masters’s in gardening. She is set to graduate in the summer of 2021.
Barbara also attended Colorado State University from 2002 to 2006 where she studied horticultural therapy.
EXPERTISE: Organic farming, Sustainable Farming, Horticulture And Horticultural Therapy, Permaculture & Landscape Design
EDUCATION: University of California, Los Angeles
LOCATION: Los Angeles, California
TITLE: Gardener & Horticulturist
Awards and Publications
In 2005, Barbara received The Outstanding Young Californian Award for her work teaching sustainable farming, horticulture, and organic gardening to teens and young adults.
A word from Barbara Wilson
“My lifelong desire has been to continually learn and share my knowledge and experiences with others.
I wake up everyday with one goal- to inspire, teach and empower other passionate gardeners and farmers. This is why I continually put out my knowledge and everything I have learned and continue to learn in my blog Grow it Mobile.
I have held on to a Chinese proverb that says- Life begins the day you start a garden. – and truly my life has never been the same since I started gardening. Nature is where life begins and where it ends”