Jane is a permaculture designer, community developer, consultant and grower. She brings 31 years of healthy food program and design experience with municipalities, nonprofits and businesses across Ontario and North America.

As a principal of Hoffmann Hayes, Jane offers design consultation for urban agriculture, gardens, and healthy food & community development programs to the businesses, agencies, and people who are planning, building, and developing urban communities. Jane has contributed to projects that include master planned communities, urban food hubs, commercial foodscapes, a Community Housing rooftop farm, edible campus master plans, and over 30 building gardens.

Years ago Jane helped establish the City of Toronto’s Community Garden program, City of Toronto Children’s Garden Program, and High Park Children’s Garden, and more recently Ottawa’s revamped Community Garden Program, Mississauga’s Urban Agriculture Strategy, and Charlottetown’s revitalized Community Garden Program. Jane is a graduate of U of T and received a Masters of Environmental Studies from York U. She’s certified in Permaculture Design and Permaculture Teaching. She also runs Garden Jane.