Rooted on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, the Sea Spray Garden Initiative was founded by experienced local gardeners dedicated to boosting food security. We’re empowering our community to grow sustainably—and our impact is growing exponentially.
Executive
Tracy Milsom – Chair
Tracy Milsom holds a BA in Psychology with a Minor in Biology from Saint Mary’s University. She has spent the vast majority of her career as an award winning Media Sales Consultant and running a small digital marketing agency in Halifax. Tracy is an avid and experienced vegetable gardener and a huge proponent of food security through home gardening. She currently resides in East Petpeswick with her dog Memphis and cat Bazil.
Jenni Blackmore – Member at Large
Jenni is an artist/writer/permaculture practitioner with a passion for healthy, homegrown food and sustainable lifestyle. Her books, Permaculture for the Rest of Us and The Food Lover’s Garden (New Society Publishing) reflect her life on Quackadoodle Farm (#QuackaDoodle_Farm), her small homestead in Seaforth, N.S. She is delighted to be part of the Sea Spray Garden project because she sees it as a viable way of providing healthy, affordable produce, grown locally and made available to the community.
Wanda Hall – Member at Large
Wanda’s lifelong love of gardening and preserving began while helping her father with the family garden and making his annual pickles. Her passion has since expanded to include sourdough baking and making herbal medicines like salves and tinctures. Wanda is the Past President and Head Gardener for Urban Farm of Spryfield, a past board member of Life School House, and currently volunteers with St Ignatius Church, having started their fruit and vegetable gardens, the produce from which is donated to the Beacon House Food Bank and given away to parishioners.
Nancy Zwaagstra – Member At Large
Nancy Zwaagstra is a graduate from Mount Saint Vincent University with a BSc in Nutrition. She is a resident of East Petpeswick and retired after spending 40+ years in the food service industry with experience working for several national companies with a focus on the Healthcare industry. Over her career she also served as a member of Mount Saint Vincent Alumnae board of directors as well as on the Mount Saint Vincent Board of Governors. She shares a passion for gardening and a desire to help others, while enhancing local food security.