Louise Larabie
Louise developed Kids’ Valley Garden for the Pakenham Junior Horticultural Society. The family records that the Ontario Horticultural Association gave her its Best Junior Leader Award in 1997. She died in 2012, but her teaching continues through this garden.
Ray Larabie
Ray Larabie created the graphics, designed and hand-coded the original website, and has maintained it ever since. In 2026 he rebuilt it as the responsive site you are reading now.
Rina Larabie
Rina edited the original text, checked spelling and grammar, and helped make the garden tidy—an essential job in both gardening and publishing.
For more of the story, visit About Kids’ Valley Garden.