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In this encore presentation of Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing show you how to keep your garden and landscape cool and colourful in the summer heat with tips and tricks and do’s and don’ts for your July garden. Tune in to hear Joanne and Matt discuss what you should (and shouldn’t) …Read more About “July in the Garden”

This week on the Down the Garden Path podcast, landscape designers Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing close off the month of August by answering listener questions about the seasonal stressors we’re experiencing in our gardens. Tune in to hear Joanne and Matthew discuss seasonal stressors in your August garden. Here are some of the questions …Read more About “Seasonal Stressors”

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”

Shade gardening: just the thought of it makes some gardeners cringe, with images of hostas racing through their mind. In this episode of Down the Garden Path, Matthew and I shed some light on the issue of shade gardening, offering shade gardening tips and looking at a variety of interesting shade plants to brighten the …Read more About “Shade: Beyond the Hosta”

‘DOWN THE GARDEN PATH’ RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST In our regular monthly feature episode on Down the Garden Path, Matthew and I discuss October in the Garden. All the do’s and don’ts to help you with your low maintenance garden. The importance of late season watering. The plants that can be trimmed or divided this …Read more About “October in the Garden”