Incredible Edible: Pamela Warhurst on Making Grey Spaces Green

Pamela Warhurst from Incredible Edible Network talks about turning grey spaces green by helping people believe in themselves.

From the Ground Up

Pamela Warhurst from the Incredible Edible Network talks about turning grey spaces green by helping people believe in themselves.

The original Incredible Edible project in her hometown started with “propaganda” gardens on public land. It evolved to include edible plants around the community health centre and collaborations with businesses in the community.

Today the Incredible Edible Network includes communities around the world.

“It wasn’t the veg that mattered: It was the fact that a bunch of people had said, ‘We’re going to change things.’”

Top Tips

Warhust says to start by helping peole to help themselves.

Here are her top two tips to get started:

  1. Just get up and do it. Don’t make a long list.

  2. Believe in yourself.

“It’s a movement of people who care about tomorrow as well as today.”

Warhurst’s new book is called Seed to Solutions.

Watch the TED talk about Incredible Edible
Steven Biggs

Recognized by Garden Making Magazine as one of the "green gang" of Canadians making a difference in horticulture, Steven Biggs is a horticulturist, former college instructor, and award-winning broadcaster and author. His passion is helping home gardeners grow food in creative and attractive ways.


He’s the author of eight gardening books, including the Canadian bestseller No Guff Vegetable Gardening. His articles have appeared in Canada’s Local Gardener, Mother Earth News, Fine Gardening, Garden Making, Country Guide, Edible Toronto, and other magazines.


Along with over 30 years working in the horticultural sector and a horticultural-science major at the University of Guelph, Steven’s experience includes hands-on projects in his own garden including wicking beds, driveway strawbale gardens, and a rooftop tomato plantation—to the ongoing amusement of neighbours.


When not in the garden, you might catch him recording his award-winning Food Garden Life podcast or canoeing in Algonquin Park.

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