Location:
United States
Description:
A gardening podcast for people who don't know much about gardening
Language:
English
Episodes
Moon gardens
5/2/2024
Moon gardens are designed to be enjoyed in the evenings - think big, white, glowing blooms, high scent and silvery foliage. This week we are talking you through some design choices best suited for moon gardens as well as a list of our top plant picks.
As always, we share what we've been up to in the garden, what we're going to get up to and what's on our "to buy" list.
Duration:00:38:20
Best trees to plant in small or urban gardens
4/18/2024
We love trees and are firm believers that the size of your section shouldn't stop you from enjoying all that leafy greenness. In this episode we are talking about what you need to think about when planning your tree selection, as well as a list of trees recommended for smaller gardens.
As always we share what we've been up to in the garden and what's on our to do lists.
https://citygreen.com/urban-tree-planting/
https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/community-consultation-archive/show/572
Duration:00:41:35
How to ensure a bumper winter harvest
3/21/2024
This episode is full of tips and tricks to ensure your winter garden is super productive and gives you a bounty of delicious veg!
As always, we share what we've been up to in the garden and what our plans are for the next couple of weeks.
Duration:00:43:26
Autumn jobs
3/13/2024
This episode is all about those autumn jobs that will be keeping us busy over the next couple of months - and the list is long!! It's one of the best times to be in the garden and with so much to do it's good to stay on track with a list.
As always we talk about what we've been up to in the garden, what we're going to get up to and what we are planning on buying.
Duration:00:52:56
2024 Garden Trends
2/29/2024
This week we are talking about the design trends that are slated to be big in 2024. We've got edimentals, goth gardens, bright colours, hortirfuturism, gravel gardens, wildlife friendly gardens and peach palettes.
As always we share what we've been up to in the garden and what our garden plans are for the next few weeks.
If there's anything you're desperate for us to dive into in future episodes then get in touch weliketogarden@gmail.com. We would LOVE to hear from you!
Duration:00:52:37
Ask us anything!
2/8/2024
We're back baby! This episode was due to be recorded at the end of 2023, but life happens! We were asked questions by listeners and here are the answers. We talk about everything from gardening with kids, Twilight (the franchise, not the time of day), pashing in greenhouses, poor performing lavender and a bunch more stuff.
Duration:00:47:00
Christmas gift guide
11/30/2023
This week we are sharing our top finds for gifting to the gardeners in your lives! Or for you to pass on to loved ones to get for you! All the gift ideas are in the links below.
As always we talk about what we've been up to in our gardens and what we're going to get up to.
https://www.littlegemseeds.co.nz/
https://www.floragrow.co.nz/shop/plant-grow-make-esther-coombs
https://www.floragrow.co.nz/shop/the-edible-flower-kit
https://secretgardens.co.nz/product/secret-gardens-of-aotearoa/
https://korukai.co.nz/face-body/16-kanuka-hand-cream.html
https://yourdecalshop.co.nz/products/vintage-florals-set?variant=42974703780089
https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/product/resilient-garden-sustainable-gardening-for-a-changing-climate-royal-horticultural-society/
https://www.junglebotanics.co.nz/diy-kits
https://squirreltree.co.nz/products/copper-plant-labels-s6
https://www.bunnings.co.nz/tumbleweed-compost-mate-tool_p0025605
https://www.davesgardenproducts.co.nz/
https://www.giveagarden.co.nz/about-us/
https://secretgardens.co.nz/garden/brightwater-farm/
https://secretgardens.co.nz/garden/passion-hill-garden-wild-waerea/
Duration:00:54:12
Central Otago gardens we visited
11/16/2023
This week we are talking about our trip down south to Central Otago and the beautiful gardens we saw while there! We visited three gardens, that were all so different from each other and all uniquely stunning.
As always we talk about what we've been up to in the garden and what we're going to get up to at this busy time of year for gardeners!
For more info on any of the gardens we visited:
https://geraldine.nz/business/mulvihill-country-garden/
https://secretgardens.co.nz/garden/crosshill-garden/
https://www.instagram.com/jo.wakelin/
Duration:00:51:52
Interview: Paula the Pegasus Bay Gardener
11/1/2023
This week we are talking to Paula who is a gardener at Pegasus Bay Winery and she's hear to share some of her wealth of knowledge with us and tell us all about the gardens at Pegasus Bay.
You can follow Paula at https://www.instagram.com/thepegasusbaygardener/
Duration:00:46:25
Microforests
10/5/2023
This week we are diving into the wonderful world of microforests! More achievable than you might think and they have amazing benefits for the environment! As always, we are talking about what we've been up to, what we're going to get up to and what plants we are going to buy.
Miyawaki paper from 1999
https://www.facebook.com/MicroforestNelson
Canterbury native guide and price list - Trees for Canterbury
Dunedin native guide - Dunedin City Council
West Coast native guide
Nelson native guide - Nelson City Council
Wellington native guide - Wellington Regional Council
Manawatu native guide
Central North Island podocarp forests - DOC
Auckland region native guide - Forest and Bird
Duration:00:46:09
Resilient gardening part two - how to plan for/mitigate flooding
9/28/2023
This week we are diving into planting that can help flood prone areas on both suburban and rural sections. Top tips include planting a rain garden, riparian planting and grading lawns and hard surfaces away from your structures.
Resources used today are:
Rain Gardens – Naturally Resilient Communities (nrcsolutions.org)
Trees for erosion control - Northland Regional Council (nrc.govt.nz)
Greater Wellington Regional Council Annual Report 2018/2019 (gwrc.govt.nz)
Duration:00:46:10
Resilient Gardening
9/7/2023
This week we are giving a general overview of what resilient gardening is, as well as some practices to take into your own gardening in a changing climate.
Duration:00:43:54
Interview: Cassie from Flourish Events
8/25/2023
This episode we are talking to Cassie from Flourish Events.
Cassie has a flower farm in North Canterbury and she is a big advocate for using humates in her beds. Humate is an organic material rich in carbon, humic acid and fulvic acid and will absolutely super charge your soil!
We also talk to Cassie about her farm, how she preps her beds, what she's growing and how she's growing it.
Duration:00:42:15
Your timeline for spring jobs
8/10/2023
It's about to ramp up into the busy period for al us gardeners and sometimes it can be hard to keep straight what to do and when so this episode is all about it!
We would love to hear from you about your garden plans for the coming season so get in touch @weliketogarden on Instagram!
Duration:00:43:24
Interview with Ruth Vercoe from Grow.Nuture.Nourish
7/27/2023
This week we sit down with Ruth, a fellow Christchurch gardener, to talk about how to successfully succession plant, how to compost and prep your garden for the coming season, as well as tips and tricks like getting your leeks to grow better and how to have a harmonious "organic-ish" garden.
Ruth is on Instagram @grow.nuture.nourish and is on Secret Gardens (www.secretgardens.co.nz), although is taking a short break from having people come and visit the garden for the rest of 2023. But watch this space and book through Secret Gardens from 2024!
Duration:00:47:18
Winter pruning
7/14/2023
It's that time! This week we take you through what to prune, when and how. Pruning is one of those super satisfying garden jobs and we hope you enjoy!
We both have a long list of jobs for the garden for this weekend and share what we're going to get up to.
Duration:00:45:34
Matariki
7/2/2023
This week's episode is all about our very unique holiday, Matariki! We have learned that it can be a special time in the garden, marking the transition to the new gardening year down here in New Zealand and we hope you enjoy celebrating Matariki on your plot of land.
For a good video on how to spot the Matariki star cluster, there is a good video here: https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/matariki-maori-new-year/what-and-who-matariki/watch-how-find
Duration:00:37:53
Design differences in big and small gardens
6/15/2023
This week we are talking about the differences you might need to account for when gardening in different sized gardens. It can be tricksy to adapt if you've gone from small to large or vice versa!
As always we talk about what we've been up to in the garden and what our gardening plans are.
Duration:00:41:53
Wildlife in the garden
6/1/2023
This week we are talking about wildlife in the garden and how best to make your space accommodating to all the helpful little garden creatures! Some of them are cute and some of them are not so cute... but all of them are worthy of our attention because they all support a healthy garden!
Duration:01:00:38
Winter planning and workshops
5/19/2023
This week we talk about all the fun plans you can make over winter, as well as big jobs you can tackle over the colder months, plus a list of workshops that will be worth your while!
Duration:00:44:58