Deryn chats with Amanda Shade Manager of Living Collections at Kings Park and Botanic Garden. Amanda is responsible for the nursery, seed bank, herbarium and collections management database. She also works with Kings Park Horticulturists to select plants for the WA Botanic Garden's in-ground collections.

A huge thank you to you our listeners as we celebrate our 250th episode and talk home grown apples and keeping chickens in the backyard.

Deryn chats with Julie and Gary about their commitment to combining community, gardening, bees and seeds and helping to make the world a better place.

Planting seeds flagship program, the B&B Highway, is an urban educational and regeneration initiative. Its Bed and Breakfast for Birds, Bees and Biodiversity and is now located in over 210 schools, communities and corporate sites. Judy is the author of The Bee Squad, Boosting Diversity in Your Neighbourhood. 

Joe Richardson a Horticulturalist at Kings Park and Botanic Gardens talks with Deryn about his favourite and most practical small Eucalyptus for the home garden.

The Forever Project is dedicated to Environmental education. Founder and managing director Chris Ferreira's innovative new program focuses on creating Fire wise homes, gardens, landscapes and communities.

Steve and Deryn chat about the most common and annoying plant diseases and offer practical solutions.  

Natalie Vallance owns and runs Muchea Tree Farm, a wholesale and retail outlet that specialises in native plants and speaks to Deryn about some of her favourites and the challenges of running a nursery. She shares a few of her most loved Australian plants.

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Deryn Chats with Dean on the work that Carnaby Crusaders are doing to protect the endangered Carnaby Cockatoo.

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John Szymanski is an inventor with a passion for nature. His latest innovation is a world first in the early detection of Varroa mite. John and his wife Michelle played a major role in the control of Rubber Vine in the Australian Pilbara and Kimberly and have now turned their attention to protecting Western Australia from Varroa.

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