Dorothy Dobbie Manitoba Gardener
She is a writer and businesswoman and owner of Pegasus Publications Inc., publisher of magazines and tabloids, including Canada’s Local Gardener magazine and Lifestyles 55, a small but influential monthly publication that deals with issues of the day. After hosting a garden radio show for 20 years, she and some partners recently started Lifestyles 55 Digital Radio at whatsupwinnipeg.ca. She writes a weekly e-letter about nature and continues to write for her various magazines, her blog and various other social media outlets.
Mrs. Dobbie was the first woman president of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, was chair of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the National Arts Summit, is a past member of the Nature Conservancy Canada, Manitoba Region, is a board member and former chair of Tree Canada and is now President of the International Peace Garden and President of the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians.
She is a recipient of the Queen’s Jubilee Medal, the Commemorative Medal for the 125th anniversary of the Confederation of Canada, the Distinguished Service Award from the Former Members of the Manitoba Legislature, Outstanding Business Citizen of the Year from the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce and the Community Service Award of Winnipeg.