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This month on Down the Garden Path podcast, landscape designers Matthew Dressing and Joanne Shaw take a deep dive into some of the colourful and resilient staples of the perennial garden. Last week’s topic was Salvias and Speedwells and in this episode, they discuss Echinacea & Rudbeckia, also known as Purple Coneflower and Black-eyed Susan. …Read more About “Echinacea & Rudbeckia”

This week on Down the Garden Path, landscape designers Matthew Dressing and Joanne Shaw take a look at new and unusual annuals in the garden and the best way to care for them. Joanne and Matt discuss new and unusual annuals and how to care for them. Some of the topics include: What’s the difference …Read more About “Caring For Annuals”

We’re just a few days away from putting 2020 behind us! As bizarre and challenging as this past year has been, Matt and I are happy to have been able to bring you weekly advice and guidance for your garden in the Down the Garden Path podcast. Starting in February 2020, we introduced monthly themes. …Read more About “Down the Garden Path: 2020 Podcasts at a Glance”

This week on the Down the Garden Path podcast, we’ve reached the end of our month-long discussion about perennials! Each week in June, we discussed a variety of perennial-related topics. We covered caring for your perennials, new perennials for 2020, peonies and ornamental grasses. And in this episode, we finish off with a discussion about …Read more About “Perennials: Attracting Beneficials”

This month on the Down the Garden Path podcast, we are talking all about perennials! From caring for your perennials and new perennials for 2020, to peonies and ornamental grasses. This month, we’ll have you growing back for more! In this week’s episode of the Down the Garden Path podcast, we continue our month-long perennial theme …Read more About “Perennials: Ornamental Grasses”

This month on Down the Garden Path, we are talking all about perennials! From caring for your perennials and new perennials for 2020, to peonies and ornamental grasses…this month we’ll have you growing back for more. On this week’s episode of Down the Garden Path, we continue our month-long perennial discussion with a trip into …Read more About “Perennials: Groundcovers”

This month on Down the Garden Path, we’re talking all about perennials! From caring for your perennials and new perennials for 2020, to peonies and ornamental grasses, this month we’ll have you growing back for more. On this week’s show, we continue our month-long perennial discussion with a trip into the world of peonies. Tune …Read more About “Perennials: Peonies”

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”

All about vines in this episode of Down the Garden Path. We know you will find this episode very informative. We discuss perennial and annual vines. The difference between clinging and twining vines and some words of caution, especially about Virginia Creeper. We described flowering vines like Trumpet vine and Honeysuckle the many ways they can be …Read more About “Vivacious Vines: All About Vines”

We had a lot to talk about in this regular monthly feature show. After chatting about what was happening in our gardens this week as well as what is happening at Matthew’s garden centre we did a little rant about “PLANT TAGS” Yes, plant tags! How misleading they can be, how many people misread them or …Read more About “June in the Garden”