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As 2024 winds down, let’s celebrate a year packed with gardening inspiration and advice! From mums and asters to water features and landscape lighting, Joanne brought you tips, tricks, and timely topics to help your lawn and garden thrive all year long. While you’re dreaming of next season’s blooms, why not revisit some episodes you …Read more About “2024 Podcasts at a Glance”
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 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 Nick and Hilary VanderHeide In this episode of Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw welcomes Nick and Hilary VanderHeide of Creekside Growers to discuss their dahlia farm in Delhi, Ontario. Tune in to learn more about Creekside Growers Dahlia Farm. Nick and Hilary VanderHeide started Creekside Growers in 2009 on a farm in a …Read more About “Creekside Growers Dahlia Farm”
If you’re a subscriber to my monthly newsletter, you have undoubtedly read my yearly pleas to stay off your lawns and out of your gardens at this time of year. I know the warmer weather has some people itching to start raking lawns and cleaning out gardens, but I urge you to refrain from doing …Read more About “Give Your Garden Time to Wake Before Tidying Up”
As we enter the final few weeks of winter, with longer days and warmer temperatures just around the corner, your thoughts may have begun turning to the garden. Since March is generally still cold, there are a few activities we can do inside to get a jump on the warmer days to come. Whether you’re …Read more About “Spring Garden Prep: Tips for Starting Seeds Indoors”
I love hydrangeas! I put them all in my garden but when they don’t work it can be frustrating. Here are some common problems and what you can do about them. 1) Hydrangeas not blooming: This seems to be the number one problem people have with their hydrangeas, including me! The most common hydrangeas that …Read more About “Hydrangeas: When They Don’t Work And What You Can Do About It”
The start date of Spring Gardening is always a moving target because of the weather. Please consider Spring Temperatures, especially our evening temperatures and weather conditions. Weather and ground conditions are the determining factor for our lawn and soils and considering those things change from year to year many of these tasks depend on certain …Read more About “Spring in the Garden”
May in the garden brings us many inspiring ideas, but there are many not so inspiring May to do’s we also need to get done to give our gardens their best chance in the season ahead. We are excited to be back with our regular monthly ” In the Garden ” episodes. In the last …Read more About “May in the Garden To Do’s”