Podcasts

with Natalie Green   This week on Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw welcomes Natalie Green from DynaScape Software to discuss their newest product, Creator. About Natalie Green Natalie is the Director of Product Development at DynaScape, working to understand the needs of landscape designers and build easy-to-use, modern solutions to efficiently create beautiful, functional, …Read more About “DynaScape Creator & More”

This solo episode of Down the Garden Path is a bit of a rant! Recently, I heard landscape design referred to as a luxury product, giving the illusion that only the wealthy need one. I disagree. Despite the initial investment, I believe landscape design will save you money in both the short and the long …Read more About “Landscape Design: Luxury or Necessity?”

with Alan Heeks This week on Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw welcomes author Alan Heeks to the podcast to discuss his self-help book, Natural Happiness: Use Organic Gardening Skills to Cultivate Yourself. About Alan Heeks Alan Heeks is an inspiring guide to helping people cultivate their well-being through parallels with Nature. After a Harvard …Read more About “Natural Happiness: Use Organic Gardening Skills to Cultivate Yourself”

with Mariam Pirbhai This week on Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw welcomes author Mariam Pirbhai to the podcast to discuss her creative nonfiction book, Garden Inventories: Reflections on Land, Place and Belonging. About Mariam Pirbhai Mariam was born in Pakistan and lived in England, the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines before her family …Read more About “Garden Inventories: Reflections on Land, Place and Belonging”

with Julia Dimakos In this episode of Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw welcomes Julia Dimakos back to the podcast to discuss growing tomatoes. From starting tomatoes from seed to transplanting the seedlings into the garden, Julia shares her tried-and-true tricks to growing them successfully from seed. About Julia Dimakos Julia Dimakos’ 7000 square foot …Read more About “All About Tomatoes”

with Katie Tamony In this episode of Down the Garden Path podcast, Joanne welcomes Katie Tamony of Monrovia Plants to dispel five myths about growing roses. About Katie Tamony Katie’s official title is Chief Marketing Officer, but really, she is Monrovia’s chief storyteller and trendspotter. She has more than 25 years of expertise in the …Read more About “5 Myths About Growing Roses”

with Dawn Golloher from Gardens Plus In this episode of Down the Garden Path, landscape designer Joanne Shaw discusses Hosta Virus X with returning guest Dawn Golloher from Gardens Plus. Dawn Golloher is the owner-operator of Gardens Plus, an independent garden centre in Peterborough, Ontario, specializing in easy-care perennials. Tune in to hear Joanne discuss …Read more About “Hosta Virus X”

with Katie Dubow This week on Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw welcomes Garden Media’s Katie Dubow back to the podcast to discuss new plants and products for 2024. About Katie Dubow Katie Dubow is the president of Garden Media Group, a women-owned and run public relations firm specializing in the home and garden industry …Read more About “New Plants and Products for 2024”

with Dawn Golloher from Gardens Plus In this episode of Down the Garden Path, landscape designer Joanne Shaw discusses hellebores with returning guest Dawn Golloher from Gardens Plus. Dawn Golloher is the owner-operator of Gardens Plus, an independent garden centre in Peterborough, Ontario, specializing in easy-care perennials. Tune in to hear Joanne discuss hellebores with …Read more About “Hellebores”

with Margot Anne Kelley In this episode of Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw welcomes author Margot Anne Kelley to discuss her new book, A Gardener at the End of the World. A gardener’s pandemic journal that combines memoir with an exploration of the natural world both inside and outside the garden, it explores questions …Read more About “A Gardener at the End of the World”