Down The Garden Path Podcast
On Down the Garden Path Podcast, landscape designer Joanne Shaw discusses down-to-earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens and landscapes. She believes it is important and possible to have great gardens that are low maintenance. On Down the Garden Path, she speaks with industry experts and garden authors to educate listeners on how to seasonally manage their gardens and landscapes.
Episodes
This month on Down the Garden Path, Joanne welcomes four talented landscape designers, each with their own style, story, and specialty. What connects them all is a shared passion for creating beautiful, thoughtful outdoor spaces for their clients. Tune in each week in March as they share their experiences, perspectives, and the many ways landscape design can shape how we live outdoors.
This month on Down the Garden Path, Joanne welcomes four talented landscape designers, each with their own style, story, and specialty. What connects them all is a shared passion for creating beautiful, thoughtful outdoor spaces for their clients. Tune in each week in March as they share their experiences, perspectives, and the many ways landscape design can shape how we live outdoors.
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This week, Joanne welcomes master gardener Ingrid Janssen to the podcast to discuss the inspiring work being done by Little Forests Durham, a nonprofit organization focused on planting Miyawaki mini forests throughout Durham Region.
About Little Forests Durham
Little Forests Durham is a volunteer-run community non-pro...
This week, Joanne welcomes Madison House of Bloomin' Easy Plants to the podcast to talk about what makes gardening feel "easy" for newer gardeners and what's new in their plant lineup this year.
About Bloomin' Easy Plants
Bloomin' Easy finds stronger, more compact, longer-blooming genetics (often from European breeder...
In the fourth episode of Down the Garden Path's "Houseplant Chat" series, Joanne discusses the basics of fertilizing houseplants.
Topics Covered
- When to start fertilizing
- Wait until days are noticeably longer (som...
In the third episode of Down the Garden Path's "Houseplant Chat" series, Joanne discusses propagation, a simple and rewarding way to expand your plant collection.
Topics discussed:
- Quick recap of Houseplant Chat #1 and #2: winter light, soil refresh/repotting, and watering
This week, Joanne kicks off the 12th season of the Down the Garden Path podcast with the first episode in her "Houseplant Chat" series: Getting the Light Right.
Tune in to learn how to keep your houseplants happy when winter light disappears.
Topics discussed:
This week, Joanne welcomes horticulturist Stephen Biggs back to the podcast to talk about his latest project, the newly expanded Canada Gardener's Journal.
About Steven
Steven was recognized by Garden Making magazine as one of the "green gang" making a difference in Canadian horticulture. His home-garden experiments span dri...
This week on the podcast, Joanne discusses soil testing with The Hobby Homestead's Amy Ellard-Gray, who grows 75% of her family's fruits and vegetables in her Guelph backyard.
About Amy
Amy runs The Hobby Homestead in suburban Guelph, where she cultivates over 100 varieties of native plants to support the local ecosystem. Thr...
This week on Down the Garden Path, Joanne shares her passion for indoor gardening with practical winter houseplant care tips and a reminder that there's always something new to learn and grow.
Topics discussed:
1. From Annuals to Houseplants
- It's time to t...
This week, Joanne welcomes Ellen Zachos, author of 11 books on plants, including her latest, Mythic Plants: Potions and Poisons from the Gardens of the Gods.
About Ellen
A Harvard graduate, Ellen's first career was on Broadway (Les Miz), but the gif...
This week on the podcast, Joanne welcomes Brandie, the Suburban Gardenista, an avid gardener passionate about supporting pollinators with native plants.
Brandie is Pollinator Stewardship Certified by Pollinator Partnership Canada and loves sharing her learnings through podcasts, workshops, and social media.
If your summer containers still look surprisingly lush, don't toss them out just yet. This week on the podcast, Joanne discusses how, with a little care, you can enjoy them again next year.
Tune in to learn how to overwinter your annuals.
Topics discussed:
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This week on the podcast, Joanne discusses the importance of watering your trees and evergreens throughout October and November.
Topics discussed:
- This summer was the driest summer on record, with only 96 millimetres of rain
- A...
In this encore presentation of October in the Garden, Joanne Shaw reviews some of the tasks you can do this month, but don't worry, it's not as labour-intensive as you think!
Tasks you can do this month:
Vegetable Gardens
- Clean up and remove the old stems ...
In this encore episode of Down the Garden Path, Joanne discusses how to extend the blooming season in your garden by adding asters.
Topics covered in this week's episode:
- Gardens don't have to stop blooming in September. We can extend the season to October and November.
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This week, Joanne welcomes Aaron Deacon from BIOS Nutrients back to the podcast to discuss the newest addition to his product line, a game-changing plant fertilizer in collaboration with Ryzome and the ZooShare Cooperative.
You can learn more about Aaron and BIOS Nutrients here.
Natural Fertilizer Innovation and Philosophy
This week, Joanne Shaw discusses rain garden design with Michael Albanese, owner of AVESI Stormwater and Landscape Solutions and author of The Modern Rain Garden: Scrape, Shape and Plant.
About the Book: The Modern Rain Garden: Scrape, Shape, and Plant
The updated and expanded second edition for 2025 builds off the amazing su...
In this encore episode of Down the Garden Path, Joanne shares tips for choosing fall mums and asters.
Topics covered in this week's episode:
- Chrysanthemums, many horticultural varieties and cultivars exist including tender florist mums (a favourite of mine because of how long they stay bloomi...
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