Stacey Charlesworth
In 2021 Stacey joined the Gardens Manitoba Board as the Volunteer Coordinator. She joined the board as a way to give back to community.
Stacey loves dabbling in gardening as a way to enjoy the sunshine and for the joy of seeing the plants and flowers grow. Her favourite thing to grow in the garden is green beans.
Stacey loves to work with the board and volunteers to organize events such as the bulb sale andgardening Saturday. Stacey’s skills from her career in the hotel industry are an asset when organizinglarger events.
Favourite flower is a tiger-lily.
Favourite Garden to Visit: Buchart Gardens during the 12 Days of Christmas display.
Jade Fryza
Ryan Maione
Ryan Maione first joined the board as a Member at Large in 2024. He has since taken the role of Greenhouse Project Coordinator with the goal of creating a welcoming space for gardening events and education in the city. His fond memories of visiting the conservatory with his grandparents growing up has inspired him to create a year-round green space that can comfort people in that same way.
His passion for gardening is rooted in his country property near Brokenhead MB where he has spent the last 5 years expanding an annual garden, building greenhouses and hoop tunnels as well as planting a small orchard using permaculture and Korean natural farming techniques.
Richard Martin
Richard joined the Gardens Manitoba Board in 2019 as a way of giving back to the community while putting his decades of eMarketing and eCommunications to good use.
Richard’s love of plants began early in life through his father, who always had house plants rooting and a garden growing. Those early years obviously had an effect – he ended up finishing University with a Botany/Zoology degree, and was in the middle of his Master’s degree in Botany when he had the realization that the digital world was calling.
Richard continues to keep a garden going as well as a number of indoor plants including a four foot tall, 50+ year-old orange tree that produces 10-30 full sized oranges each year and a Venus Flytrap named Sarlacc in honour of one of the best scenes in any Star Wars movie.
Rebecca Pedneault
Rebecca joined the Gardens Manitoba Board in October of 2018 acting as a Member at Larger
and then moving into the role of Secretary. Her interest in being involved in Gardens Manitoba
stems from her education focused in Plant Science from the University of Winnipeg and her
100+ personal plant collection.
Rebecca has pursued a career surrounded by plants, working in an agricultural setting and in
the cannabis industry. She has a passion to continue to learn and grow in knowledge
surrounding plants and has completed the Manitoba Master Gardener Program run through
Assiniboine Community College, Arborist Certification from the University of Manitoba and is currently working towards a Horticulture Certification from the University of Guelph.
When Rebecca is not working with plants, you can find her at Zumba, cuddling her cats Tuna
and Salmon or walking her dog, Mutton!
Favourite Garden Plant: Green Hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’
Favourite Gardens Manitoba Event: Fall Bulb Sale.
A Garden in the World That You Would Like to Visit: Singapore Botanic Gardens.
