In Gardening Australia episode 13 2019 : as a part of our 30th Birthday celebrations, we are diving into the archives to revisit our presenters favourite stories from over the years.
Gardening Australia has always provided practical, trustworthy and credible gardening advice to inspire and entertain. Join Costa Georgiadis and the team as they traverse the country unearthing the best gardens.
Gardening Australia episode 13 2019
Healing with Horticulture
Sophie visits a hospital’s rehabilitation garden, to explore how the nurturing space is helping people heal. There are a number of beautiful courtyard gardens at the Royal Adelaide Hospital Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre and they’re looked after by Dean Gaston. “A garden in a place like this is so important for people on their rehab journey. It gives them a place of activity and contact”
Phylli’s Paradise
Costa visits a dynamic gardener whose passion for verge planting is getting her neighbourhood growing. For years I’ve been passing by and always admired this verge garden, bursting with colour and fun, foliage and flowers and today, we’re going to meet the gardener and I’m super excited. It’s noisy – but this garden is really worth it.
Pruning Grapevines
Tino learns the perfect way to prune grapes from a pruning expert, his Dad! Tino says “Winter’s the time to prune many deciduous plants, including grapes and today we’re going to be shown how to prune grapes by a master – my dad – Roberto Carnevale.
Wet ‘n’ Wild
Millie meets up with a landscape architect who is a passionate designer of wetlands for wildlife.
A Remarkable Journey
Josh meets a gardener who shares his journey from Vietnam to Perth’s Kings Park. Kings Park in Perth has got to be one of the most important and beautiful parklands – not just in Australia, but the world. It spans over 17 hectares and has over 3000 species of plants, just minutes from the CBD. Not surprisingly, it’s a huge task for the 20 fulltime horticulturalists who maintain the park to such an amazingly high standard.
Master Grafter
Jane meets up with a master grafter at his home garden to snag a few tips.
A Garden for Play
We replay one of Colin’s last stories to remember his infectious passion for gardening and gardeners.
An Unusual Edible
Jerry shares how to grow one of his favourite unusual edibles, elephant foot yams!
Pete’s Patch
Sit back and enjoy one of Peter Cundall’s last stories in ‘The Patch’ for some timely seasonal inspiration.
