I am Gillian Larmond, affectionately known as Queen Gee. I’m a woman in my 50s, a Jamaican, a former media sales professional, a container gardener, an herbal tea drinker, and someone who has reinvented herself more than once and finally stopped apologizing for doing things slowly.
This space is where those things live together.
Most mornings, you will find me in my small backyard in Kingston, tending my container garden before the city wakes up. I grow mint, guinea hen weed, aloe vera, and more, not as a hobby, but as medicine. As a ritual. As proof that you don’t need a lot of land, a lot of money, or a lot of noise to build something that sustains you.
That belief – that growth doesn’t require excess, just intention – shapes everything I do here.
Where I’ve come from
I spent nearly two decades in media sales, learning how trust is built, how people make decisions, and how relationship always outlasts any clever tactic. Those years gave me something most business coaches don’t have: a real, earned, ground-level understanding of what it actually takes to convert a conversation into a committed client – without pressure, without performance, and without losing yourself in the process.
Over time, life asked me to slow down and look more carefully at what I was building in my body, in my home, in my spirit. That season became what I now call my Confident 50+ journey. A season of healing, rediscovery, and growing back toward myself.
What you’ll find here
This blog sits at the intersection of three things I care about deeply: herbal wellness, small-space growing, and building income with integrity.
- I write about the herbs I grow and the teas I brew.
- I write about container gardening in small spaces, such as balconies, patios, paved yards…because food and herbal security can genuinely begin at home. And…
- I write about the quiet, relationship-led way I’m building my consulting practice, for the women running wellness, garden, and sustainable lifestyle businesses who are tired of posting without profit.
This is also my small contribution to Grow Back Jamaica, a commitment, made more urgent by Hurricane Melissa, to showing that rebuilding food and herbal confidence can begin with one pot, one plant, one small space at a time.
If you have been looking for permission to start small, slow down, or grow at your own pace, you’re in the right place.
Stay connected by following me on Instagram at @gillianlarmond, where I share the garden in motion, weekly herbal rituals, and honest reflections on building a brand and an income the rooted way.