Growing with Purpose: Sustainable Garden Design with Ruthie from Hintreland

In this episode of The Highlands Gardening and Environment Show, we welcome Ruthie Cummings, a lifelong gardener, Master Gardener, designer, and educator with over 40 years of hands-on horticultural experience. Ruthie is the founder of Hintreland, a Haliburton County-based garden design business that brings a practical, plant-forward approach to creating beautiful, functional, and resilient landscapes. Listeners will discover the art and purpose behind Ruthie’s natural garden structures, including living fences, dead hedges, wattles, and hedge-laying features. Through her wood weaving and moss installations, she transforms locally sourced natural materials into functional and artistic elements that bring texture, habitat, and year-round interest to gardens. Join us as we explore Ruthie’s journey, her passion for sustainable horticulture, and her belief that gardens can be places of beauty, connection, and ecological renewal.