Erin and Lenny Goedhart live in a typical suburban street in Vermont where some of the older buildings are being replaced with two-storey townhouses. Theirs is one of the original houses. The land, including the house, measures about 1,000 square metres and on it grows a lot of food: grapefruits, limes, lemons, plums, peaches, figs, olives, apples and chestnuts as well as numerous berries and a large range of vegetables. There are also several varieties of bee-attracting flowers and a beehive which belongs to Adrian O’Hagan, aka The Bearded Bee. 

Gardening was also an important part of her daughters’ home-based education.