AT H OM E Cultivating Goodness - The Talent of Lucie Galvin By Robin H. Phillips If sunshine were a person, it would be Lucie Galvin. The longtime Corona Del Mar resident is an inspiring gardening teacher to all ages, a lover of all things blooming and growing, and a budding digital artist. If you have lived here awhile, you may have seen her in action teaching gardening workshops or perhaps even hired her. The pandemic has put a damper on in-person instruction, but ever resourceful, Galvin turned to social media and the internet to showcase what she does best. “It became handy to show clients my style of gardening and teaching through Instagram—so they’d know that I’m not about installing marble pillars and swimming pools—but about blackberries and ladybugs,” she says with a big smile. “I show people how to organically grow fruit, flowers, and veggies in their backyards—porch,
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Photos courtesy of Lucie Galvin
