In Gardening Australia episode 30 2019: Millie harnesses the power of a hot compost, Sophie gets espalier tips from an expert, Jane Edmanson revisits a stunning native garden and we meet a landscape designer with an iconic style.
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 30 2019
Sydney City Farm
Costa visits Sydney’s newest inner- city farm to meet the folks who are volunteering their time to make the space thrive.
In Sydney Park on Gadigal country on the edge of the CBD, the country meets the city on the Sydney City Farm. The site has been a forest, a brickworks, a tip, a park and now includes a hectare of raised garden beds, pollinator beds, fruit trees, native and perennial planting and beds designed for all-abilities access.
FAQs – Out-of-date-seeds | Sport |Indoor plants outside
Gardening Australia presenters answer commonly asked gardening questions.
Flat Out
Sophie meets a fruit pruning expert to discover how to easily create her own espaliered fruit trees. Espalier is a traditional technique to train trees flat against a wall or fence. It’s quite an art and Sophie visits expert Harry Harrison to learn more about it.
Self-Watering Pots
Josh Byrne demonstrates how to use a self-watering pot. Self-watering pots have a false bottom that the water sits underneath. Some have an overflow device to prevent overwatering and others have a display gauge on the side so you can see how much water is in the bottom.
Bob and Dot’s
Jane revisits a stunning native garden to see how it has grown and changed with 5 years of tender loving care.
Curated Conservation
Tino visits a Begonia expert at the Royal Botanic Gardens to learn all about how to care for and propagate this colourful and diverse group of plants. Tino takes us behind the scenes at the Royal Tasmanian Botanic Gardens to show us the valuable work that is being done to preserve and conserve Australia’s horticultural heritage – one seed at a time.
Hot Prop
Millie harnesses the power of the compost to get an early start on some spring propagation.
Most gardeners would be familiar with the expression Hot Compost – A well-combined stack of organic materials, a good mix of carbon, nitrogen, air & water will produce lots of heat, given off by the microorganisms as they break it down. This is great for killing any weed seed or disease that might be contained, and for creating a useful compost quickly. But it can also warm your world.
My Garden Path – Sam Cox
We meet a landscape designer with an iconic Australian twist on naturalist garden design.
Top Tip – Too Much Mulch?
Jerry Coleby-Williams explains that when it comes to mulch, you can have too much of a good thing.
Paul West is visiting an inner-city share house, where young gardeners share the challenges and produce from their edible rental garden.
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