Good Friend, Business woman & Tropical Terrarium expert Cass from Plant with Cass joins us in The Lodge to chat all about the wonders and ease of  closed lid Terrariums. 

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Tropical Terrariums - Plant With Cass

Jordan Alexander from the Shed Organics, has a passion for sharing horticultural Knowledge. Today he tells us all about his key steps to building healthy soil and growing healthy plants! 

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Hands in the Soil - Jordan from The Shed Organics

Clancy Lester is an Australian Native Bee expert.   Forget everything you thought you knew about bees. According to Clancy Lester, environmental educator and native bee researcher, the true heroes of Australia’s pollination story aren’t European honeybees, but thousands of native species that rarely get noticed—or understood.  

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Clancy's Website - https://nativebeehotels.com/  

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Australian Native Bees with Clancy Lester 

Lucy Mora coined the Term 'Garden Mapper' after being approached to illustrate water colour maps of Australian gardens. After moving back to the country some years ago she got her hands in the soil perfecting the skill of edible gardening.  - Lucy & host Mykal Hoare chat about combining her two passions illustration & Veggie Gardening to create her new book - 'The Kitchen Garden'




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Lucy Mora - The Kitchen Garden

Diego Bonetto, or otherwise known as theweedyone online is Australia's best known foraging expert having lead foraging workshops for more that 20 years. Diego and host Mykal chat about childhood farm life, fostering ecological empathy, the philosophy of foraging and his forthcoming book 'Eat Weeds: A field guide to foraging'


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Eat Weeds - Diego's Book
[https://www.diegobonetto.com/shop/eat-weeds-a-field-guide-to-foraging]Instagram @theweedyone [https://www.instagram.com/theweedyone/]

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Diego Bonetto -The Philosophy of Foraging

Steve Wood  is an award winning horticultural communicator and podcast host with over 40 years of  experience in the wholesale nursery business .  Steve and host Mykal chat about the the wide range of aspects of the horticultural industry that Steve has been involved in throughout his career from retail to wholesale right through to his media work.


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All The Dirt Podcast [https://www.allthedirt.com.au/]

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Steve Wood - Past, Present & Future of Horticulture

Growing your own Christmas tree can be a rewarding for you as a gardener as it grows and prospers with you and your family year on year.  Flying solo, host Mykal Hoare talks you though his guide for getting the most out of live potted Christmas trees. He shares his do's and don'ts for growing potted Christmas trees in Australia.


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Christmas Special - Live Potted Christmas Trees

Emmanuela Prigioni (Manu) is a soil ecologist and the coordintor of peri-urban farming social enterprise 'Farm It Forward' that is based in the cool - temperate region of the Blue Mountains NSW.  Join host Mykal Hoare as he chats with Emmanuela about all things cool climate vegetable growing. Manu is pasionate about the health of her soils, learn how she achieves healthy produce while improving her soils in a cool climate.



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Veg Growing In Cool Climates - Emmanuela Prigioni

Tom Bjorksten from Misty Creek Agroforestry in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales is pushing the boundaries of carbon sequestration and exploring uncharted territory in the Australian agriculture industry. Join Tom and Host Mykal Hoare in conversation about his young Syntropic Agroforestry, his tree range meat chickens and the future in Community Supported Agriculture.

 
 


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Syntropic Agroforestry - Tom Bjorksten

PermaQueer is a collaborative effort to share ecological sustainability methods through the lens of Permaculture and focussing accessibility to traditionally marginalised communities. Our goal is to spread knowledge of living within ecological boundaries. Join Host Mykal Hoare as he chats with PermaQueer founders Guy Ritani and Toad Dell about how to make tomorrow a better world by deconstructing our existing systems and recreating them through the lens of permaculture's defining principals.

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PermaQueer - Guy Ritani & Toad Dell

GARDENING, ECOLOGY & SUSTAINABILITY
Step into The Gardener’s Lodge with host Mykal Hoare as he explores the fascinating world of plants, nature, and sustainable living. Through conversations with experts, industry leaders, and passionate enthusiasts, discover fresh insights into horticulture, gardening, agriculture, and ecology—all from the cozy heart of the lodge.

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