Podcasts

Before Down the Garden Path became a podcast, it was a weekly radio show on RealityRadio101.com! In part one of this “vintage” episode from October 2016, Joanne Shaw discusses landscape design with Jan Johnsen. A highly regarded landscape designer, author and teacher, Jan has a passion for plants and beautiful gardens. In her book, Heaven …Read more About “Looking Back: Heaven is a Garden, Part 1”

Before Down the Garden Path became a podcast, it was a weekly radio show on RealityRadio101.com! In this “vintage” episode from September 2016, Joanne Shaw discusses hellstrip gardening with author Evelyn Hadden, a national speaker and author of four garden books, including Hellstrip Gardening. What’s a Hellstrip? We all contend with that troublesome stretch between …Read more About “Looking Back: Hellstrip Gardening”

Before Down the Garden Path became a podcast, it was a weekly radio show on RealityRadio101.com! In this “vintage” episode from February 2016, Joanne Shaw discusses orchid-growing tips and tricks with Bruce Rogers, owner of Bruce Rogers Orchids and author of The Orchid Whisperer. They also discuss tips for beginners, as well as a few …Read more About “Looking Back: The Orchid Whisperer”

With just a few days left in 2023, we thought we’d wrap up the year by looking back at the many gardening topics we covered over the past 12 months! From terrariums and groundcover to carnivorous plants and growing holly, Joanne and Matthew did their best to cover relevant, timely topics for your garden. While …Read more About “2023 Podcasts at a Glance”

In this episode of Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing discuss bushes with berries for the birds that you can add to your landscape. These bushes are different than other fruit bushes like blueberry and raspberry, etc.  They came up with five different ones for you to consider and a few honourable …Read more About “Berries for the Birds”

In this episode of Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing discuss the three types of holly and their popularity as a replacement for boxwoods. Here are some of the topics covered in this episode: Two notable holly species to add for winter interest in your garden. Ilex aquifolium, Common or Christmas Holly: …Read more About “Growing Holly”

with Sean James Just when we think we have seen it all regarding our garden and pest issues, we learn about another pest we need to educate ourselves about.  This week on Down the Garden Path, Joanne welcomes Sean James to discuss jumping worms, what they are and why we need to be on the …Read more About “Jumping Worms”

In this episode of Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing discuss the rarely talked about spring ephemerals, what they are, their importance, and how you can use them in your garden. Here are some of the topics covered in this episode: What are spring ephemerals? Why are they important? How can you …Read more About “Spring Ephemerals”

In this episode of Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing provide some tips and tricks and do’s and don’ts for your November garden. Here are some of the topics covered in this episode: Planting bulbs Cleaning up your vegetable garden in time for winter Why you should not cut back your perennials …Read more About “November in the Garden”

In this episode of Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing discuss Joanne’s experience at the Garden Bloggers Fling in Philadelphia this September. The Garden Bloggers Fling began in Spring 2008 as a meet-up for garden bloggers across the U.S. It soon became a must-attend, blogger-run annual event (paused only by the pandemic) …Read more About “The Garden Bloggers Fling”