Patrice Porter, also known as the Gardening Grandma, is a highly-regarded gardening consultant who loves opening the world of gardening to folks and especially to children. She believes every child should have gardening and growing their own food as part of their education.  To aid in this she has created “Got Dirt? Gardening for Kids” program and “Roots to Learning: Academic Lessons Within Gardening”

Patrice had 15 years working in Education, having hundreds of children under her care and being in a position where she could see the potential in the children, nurture it & see kids blossom. Patrice is still working to see kids grow to their greatest potential but doing it through families as a parent support coach.

She loves the medium of books for sharing knowledge and expertise and is the author of the book series “Bringing Out the Potential of Children” and co-author of the #1 Best Seller book “No-Problem Parenting; Raising Your Kiddos with More Confidence and Less Fear.” And International #1 Best Selling Book “The Parenting Owner's Manual: The A to Zs of raising a happy, healthy family“