Pinches & Handfuls Greenhouse
Growing beauty, wisdom, and nourishment — one season at a time.
Pinches & Handfuls Greenhouse
Once upon a time, there was a woman who found her joy in soil and sunlight.
Her husband noticed… so he built her a greenhouse.
Then watched her fill it, leaf by leaf, until he built another.
Here, among the seedlings and the steam on the glass, plants teach us everything:
how to root deeply,
reach for the light,
heal, rest, regenerate—
and how to thrive together in the most unexpected seasons.
The Little Yellow Door
One of the greenhouse doors is painted bright yellow — my favourite colour.
It isn’t just a door.
It’s an invitation.
To step into warmth, curiosity, and the simple joy of growing something with your own hands.
The Yellow Door marks the heart of the Pinches & Handfuls Greenhouse:
a space rooted in love, learning, and everyday magic.
Join Sue
Growing up, I learned the rhythm of the garden by my mother’s side.
Every morning we had our ritual: stepping out into the warmth of the sun, the soft breeze carrying the scent of soil and blossoms. We would pick vegetables still cool with dew, study the colours of the flowers, and lose ourselves in the quiet beauty of whatever was growing that day.
Those moments felt like entering another world — one where time slowed down, curiosity bloomed, and nature spoke in details you could only hear if you paused long enough to notice.
That is where my lifelong love of plants began.
Today, I still carry that magic with me.
I grow my own vegetables and herbs, tend a small greenhouse filled with delicate treasures, and weave together the old knowledge of the garden with the newer understandings of herbal remedies and quantum medicine.
It still amazes me how something as simple as tending a plant can transform a life.
The garden shaped me, taught me, healed me — and it continues to do so.
I am forever grateful for those early mornings with my mom, and for the love of nature she planted in me.
It’s an honour to now share that love with you.
If you’d like, I can also create:
A Greenhouse Built for Teaching, Not Selling
The Pinches & Handfuls Greenhouse isn’t a store — it’s a sanctuary.
A living classroom where I grow the plants I use in my own life,
make herbal teas, tinctures, lotions, and spices,
and share the knowledge I’ve gathered over 47 years of tending gardens.
I grow for myself, for joy, for learning —
and whatever extra plants I have, I offer to the community in spring.
Bedding Plants (When the Earth is Ready) Mother’s Day Weekend Usually
Each spring I grow far more seedlings than my own gardens need.
The extras — sturdy, acclimated, and lovingly grown — are available for purchase when the season turns warm.
Inside the Pinches & Handfuls Greenhouse, you’ll find:
🌱 Over 10,000 plants grown each year
🌿 More than 50 varieties of medicinal herbs
🌼 50+ perennial favourites and rare finds
🥕 A wide range of vegetables for Alberta gardens
🌶 Peppers, melons & heat lovers grown in the greenhouse
🐝 Flower varieties chosen for beauty and pollinators
✨ Unique, unusual, and “let’s-see-if-it-thrives-here” experimentals
I am constantly testing, observing, and adding new varieties —
learning what flourishes in our region and sharing those successes with you.
These plants aren’t mass-produced.
They’re grown slowly, by hand, from a garden built on heart, curiosity, and decades of lived experience.
Pick-up days and availability are always announced first on
Facebook & Instagram.
Plant Medicine, Energetics & Everyday Healing
I don’t sell herbal products —
but I love teaching people how to make their own,
how to understand the energy of plants,
and how to use everything they grow.
Because growing your own food and medicine isn’t just practical.
It’s healing.
It’s better for our bodies, better for the land, and easier on the wallet too.
Here, I blend traditional herbal wisdom with modern energy medicine,
so you can learn not only what to use…
but why each plant matters,
how it nourishes you,
and how its energetics support your whole being.
You’ll find me sharing topics like:
Herbal energetics & plant personalities
Using every part of what you grow — roots, leaves, flowers, seeds
Growing your own apothecary
Making safe, effective home remedies
Garden-based wellness & daily nourishment
Tea blends & seasonal support
Sustainable gardening that cares for the earth
Eating from the garden in simple, everyday ways
This is where gardening becomes self-nourishment,
where plant energy meets personal wellbeing,
and where you learn to use your garden in the fullest, most beautiful way.
Workshops, Classes & Retreat Days
My dream is to open the greenhouse even wider.
In the future, I hope to offer small, heart-centred gatherings such as:
Hands-on herbology days
Garden wisdom & observation classes
Growing your own apothecary
Tea & greenhouse retreats
Women’s seasonal reset days
Garden-to-energy workshops (The Yodah meets Pinches)
These offerings will grow organically —
announced as the seasons allow.
Rooted in the Same Energy as The Yodah
The greenhouse is not separate from my work with the horses.
Plants and horses both teach:
presence, observation, nourishment, boundaries, energy,
and the quiet power of paying attention.
Pinches & Handfuls Greenhouse is where earthly wisdom meets energetic awareness.
“Growth happens without thought it’s one of the miracles in life. If you plant a seed and let it free in an environment with enough of what it needs it will grow. Nourish it and it flurishes”
— Susan Hayduk-Entz