Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology

Ep.210 How to choose good quality trees - Jason Summers (Remarkable Trees)

Have you ever done everything right when planting a tree, only to have it struggle or fail in the end? It might not have been your fault! You could have been installing s

Ep.209 Are native plants best for urban ecology? - Daniel Fuller

Are native and endemic plants better than exotic plants for biodiversity in urban landscapes? The answer is, it depends. By now, you expect a nuanced exploration into co

Ep.208 Right plant, right place: Site parameters x plant functions - Daniel Fuller

Yeah, yeah yeah - right plant, right place. But what does this old cliche mean in the real world? In this episode, I break down the old concept into site parameters (rest

Ep.207 Horticulture trial pt.3: Analysing your data - Dr Ian Smith

Welcome to part 3 of our horticulture trial series. In the last two episodes, Dr Ian Smith helped us understand how to plan a scientific horticulture trial, and how to co

Ep.206 Horticulture trial pt.2: Conducting a trial and collecting data - Dr Ian Smith

In last week's episode, friend of the show Dr Ian Smith taught us how to set up a horticulture trial. In this episode, he's going to teach us how to run a trial

Ep.205 Horticulture trial pt 1: Planning a trial - Dr Ian Smith

How are you trialling new approaches in the landscape? If you're like me, you're writing notes in an app (at best), or you're just keeping all of your idea

Ep.204 Protecting trees during development - Gary Moran (Treeside Arboricultural Consultancy)

How can we protect trees during development? In this episode, consulting arborist Gary Moran and I explore his usual recommendations for clients wishing to protect their

Ep.203 Common hardscape mistakes: Outdoor construction basics - Joel Barnett (In Style Gardens, The Landscaping Podcast)

A sound understanding of hardscape elements is a good feather in the cap for any horticulturist, maintenance operator, or garden enthusiast. Sadly, most of us never get a

Swapcast: The Landscaping Podcast Ep.191 - Joel Barnett (In Style Gardens)

I don't talk about myself much on this podcast - we tend to stick to the art and science of horticulture and interrelated disciplines. But I was recently interviewed

Ep.202 Integrated Pest Management: 6 methods - Daniel Fuller

Everybody wants a silver bullet for plant pests and diseases, but they usually end up causing more issues than they solve in the long run. Integrated Pest Management, or

Ep.201 Ornamental permaculture: Revisiting the 12 principles - Daniel Fuller

Most people wouldn't consider a permaculture mindset for a public park or an ornamental garden. But that's a missed opportunity, because it could help individua

Ep.200 Podcasters pick: 10 "best" episodes - Daniel Fuller (Plants Grow Here)

This week, we're celebrating 200 episodes! My mentor, Karen Smith, editor of Hort Journal Australia, interviews me about my picks for the "best" 10 episodes. To pic

Ep.199 MIFGS 2024 Pt.3: A Moment In Time - Peter Donegan (Irish landscape architect)

Did you get a chance to see Peter Donegan's phenomenal garden design A Moment In Time at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS) this year? We sp

Ep.198 MIFGS 2024 pt.2: Mother Ocean, Through The Looking Glass, & New Nordic Notes

The Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show has wrapped for another year! In this episode, I interview  the designers behind three show garden highlights from this

Ep.197 MIFGS 2024 pt.1: Boutique, achievable, and more gardens - Dr Ian Smith

The Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show has wrapped for another year! Each year, we like to interview some of the garden designers to get an insight into what id

Ep.196 Permaculture syntropics - Erik van Zuilekom (United Natures)

A garden is never finished. It's going to change throughout the year, and the seasons. It should be getting better over time instead of worse. And it should also p

Ep.195 Insect taxonomy: Classifying good, bad & neutral insects into groups - Dr Ian Smith (Bug Bites)

Sydney. Or, click the AIH events link below. Diptera (flys) The Good Hoverfly Robber flies The bad Leaf miners Fruit flies (not vinegar flies) The inbetween Blowflie

Ep194 Plant communication according to science - Katia Hougaard (Katia Plant Scientist)

Have you ever wondered whether plants can communicate? And if they can, how do they do so? Katia Hougaard is back, and this time we explore the science behind plant com

Ep.193 Hort Journal highlights: Editor's pick 2023 - Karen Smith (sponsored by Hort Journal Australia)

In this episode, we go over more than a dozen topics quickly, based around the Hort Journal's editor's best article picks for 2023. Karen Smith is my mentor an

Ep.192 Nursery wholesale insights for the whole industry - Paul Plant (Nursery Manager, 4BC Garden Talkback Presenter)

In this episode, I interview Paul Plant about what we're getting wrong as a whole industry when working with wholesale nurseries in particular, and how we can tighte