Canada's Local Gardener Podcast

Terrie Shaw talks about her book Garden Journey

Artist and gardener Terrie Shaw has spent more than a decade journaling in words and watercolours. In her new book, Garden Journey, she captures not just the look of her

Ryan Statham talks about trees and climate change

In this episode, Shauna sits down with Ryan Statham, arborist with the Davey Tree Expert Company, for a deep and practical look at the state of our trees in a time of rap

Glenn Andersen at Nordic Nurseries

How annuals make it to your garden What makes one petunia thrive all summer long while another fizzles out? Why are certain plants chosen to become the season’s top sell

Flora & Fauna 19: New gardens with Ian Leatt

Faced with the very arduous task of building a new gardening bed, Shauna Dobbie, editor of Canada’s Local Gardener magazine, turns to veteran gardener Ian Leatt to hear a

Flora & Fauna 18: Seeds with Kevin Twomey

It is seed starting time across Canada. From March through June, depending on where your garden is, you may be starting seeds indoors and out. Kevin Twomey, former owner

Flora & Fauna Episode 17: Garden power tools with Kris Kiser

For many gardeners, power tools sound like something their partner or friend would be more interested in. But at some point, even the luddite might be interested in getti

Flora & Fauna Episode 16:Nutrients in the garden with Robert Pavlis

Did you know that you can give too much compost to your garden? Also, there isn’t a “best” fertilizer for tomatoes or roses or trees. Robert Pavlis is a garden writer, sp

Podcast: Plant introductions for 2023 with Dorothy Dobbie

Every year, growers, distributors and hybridizers of plants work on new species, and every year some of those new species make it to the market. New shrubs, flowers and v

Flora & Fauna Episode 14: Emerald ash borer with Ryan Statham

Since 2002, Canada has been watching the emerald ash borer kill our native ash trees, starting in Ontario and moving east and west from there. Ryan Statham, the District

Flora & Fauna Episode 13: Growing berries with Sheryl Normandeau and Janet Melrose

Strawberries and raspberries have been growing in gardens across Canada since we became a country. Haskaps, sea buckthorn and ground cherries are more recent introduction

Flora & Fauna Episode 12: Edible Flowers with Erin Facer

The Edible Flower is a thick book with gorgeous photos. Erin and Jo write about how to grow edible flowers (that’s Jo’s department) and how to use them for cooking (Erin’

Flora & Fauna Episode 11: Climate change and trees with Dan Herms and Joe Steinfeld

Given that Earth is getting warmer rapidly, what is the consequence for trees? This is a concern for Davey Tree experts Dan Herms, Vice President of Research, and Joe Ste

Flora & Fauna Episode 10: Poison Ivy with Susan Pell

orget about oceans of calamine lotion, this is the real dirt on poison ivy and all of its kin. Susan Pell, executive director of the United States Botanic Garden. She did

Flora & Fauna Episode 9: Monarch Butterflies with Joan Harvey and Julianne Labreche

People of all ages become fascinated with the monarch butterfly when they learn about its long flight from Canada to Mexico in a single generation. Joan Harvey is a membe

Flora & Fauna Episode 8: Mario Doiron on Food Security

Mario Doiron is a modern homesteader in New Brunswick who raises fowl and grows vegetables on a small farm. Shauna Dobbie, editor of Canada’s Local Gardener magazine, tal

Flora & Fauna Episode 7: Growing Bamboo with Garry Heberg

Bamboo is a kind of plant in the grass family (Poaceae) with over 100 genera. Most of them are tropical, but a few will survive and even thrive in Canada. Garry Hedberg a

Flora & Fauna Episode 6: Peace and Gardens

Dorothy Dobbie is the originator of Canada’s Local Gardener magazine, a former Member of Parliament, President of the International Peace Gardens on the border of Manitob

Flora & Fauna Episode 5: Houseplants

Darryl Cheng is an industrial engineer who became interested in houseplants a few years ago. He would do time-lapse videos of his plants on social media, and that led to

Flora & Fauna Episode 4: Indigenous Gardening

Mehdi Sharifi is a research scientist at the Summerland Research Station in British Columbia and Dana Johnson was a research assistant there who was partially responsible

Flora & Fauna Episode 3: Garlic

Greg Auton is a garden writer and podcaster from Nova Scotia who grows hundreds of garlic plants every year. Although he is a very prolific writer, has a family of four a