Looking to book a weekend (or any time) at Bushy House? Or maybe you just have a question … 
You can contact us using the form at the bottom of the page. If you prefer a more direct method, our phone number/address and email are just below:
Jodie Godwin & David Parker
1601 Lakeshore Rd., RR3
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, L0S 1J0
Phone: 905.468.0528
Email: bushyhousenotl@gmail.com
Who are we?
Jodie grew up in Canada & New Zealand. She attended the Alberta College of Art and university in Alberta, in ceramics and sculpture. These days, her time in the studio happens during the winter months. You can see some of her work on her website, and you can shop the Bushy House shop for pottery and other items. The rest of the year, Jodie enjoys serving the guests who come to our B&B. Bushy House B&B has been in operation since 1999, so there are many guests who have returned again & again over those years. In 2015, we purchased the property adjacent to Bushy House, renovated the house, and started Bracken House Cottage rental there. There are big gardens on both properties for Jodie and David to work on… that never ends. We have chickens at Bushy House: the ‘Girls’. Jodie also loves tending her bees (the ‘Ladies’) at the hives next to the meadow at Bracken, which gives us delicious honey for sale, and you’ll find in the breakfasts to be had…
Jodie also volunteers at a local facility, known as The Hub, which reaches out to the many temporary offshore workers who work the farms in the area. Some of that involves visiting the workers at their farms – those friendships cross borders, with travels to Jamaica every couple of years to connect with workers’ families.
So, when does she sit down? Reading, watching movies (while ironing, of course) and knitting. Time with friends, hanging with her beloved book & knit groups. Or late at night, on her computer. Down time!
http://wwjodiegodwinstudios.com
David Parker is an architect, specializing in (but not limited to) church design. His work takes him to different parts of the province, and even different parts of Canada at times. Even as a boy, he always wanted to design buildings, and he has not lost that love for for it. Bushy House is one such project. He loves his children intensely, and enjoys down time with them. He and Jodie prepare the B&B breakfasts together, and he has been to make a bed or two along the way! Relax mode for David means reading, going for walks, and listening to podcasts. One of his hobbies is painting, using oils. His favourite spot (other than Bushy) is renting a cottage in Ocean Park, Maine – a place his family has vacationed for generations. Currently, he is reading a lot of Wendell Berry – also a favourite of Jodie’s. Our family happily attend St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in NOTL, where they have found a home amongst its members.
Many guests have watched our children grow over the years, and that has been pretty special. Leah is now working in the film making industry in Toronto, and Sam is currently at university in the States. Whenever they come back, they are invited to lend a hand with whatever is going on. It’s a good place to grow up!
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Dear Bushy House Family,
Thank you for sharing the interests, backgrounds, and future planned endeavours of your family
What a pleasure to read.
Although we have only had an opportunity to have some brief chats with Jody over the years..we feel a certain familiarity and fondness of you…delightfully listening to whomever was practicing the piano upstairs, watching Leah, once a little girl, helping her mom bring a very delicious, creative breakfast to us in The Merton Suite, chatting with you Jody, while you worked in your lovely gardens, our walks along the nearby Lake Ontario shoreline..to name a few of the brief enjoyable memories we have of our times spent at Bushy House. Ohh..and those eggs! At our last visit we were told that Sam is partaking in the breakfast creations now. Wonderful!
I have kept every single ‘breakfast menu’, dated it, and have written the name of the Shawfest play we saw while staying at Bushy House 😉
Bushy House is our absolute favourite NOTL B+B and we both look forward to many more stays there hopefully for years to come.
Claire Lewis and Tom Nanasi,
Toronto, ON
Hi,
I am looking for a Niagara B & B for the night of June 8th, 2019. My son and daughter-in-law (Kervins) highly recommend your place. We would need 2 rooms for 2 people each.
Please let me know if you have availability.
Thank you, Kathy
Hello,
I would like to spend a part of summer vacation in your area with my husband and 17 year old son. Is there anouth space in one of your accommodations for 3 tall people (especially interesting how big are the sleeping places)? And is one of it still available from July 4th (or July 5th) to July 11th in 2020? How much would it cost? Is there a cooking opportunity?
With kind regards from Berlin in Germany
Ute Aurich
Hi,
Do you have any room for 2 people on the nights of the 29th and 30th of April?
If so, what’s the total after tax for that room?
Thanks,
Paulo