All The Dirt Gardening, Sustainability and Food

If you love roses you're going to enjoy our chat with Rob Melville, a third generation rose grower who with partner Katie Coyle runs Melville's Rose and Garden, a propagation and retail nursery in the Perth hills. The couple have an enduring passion for everything rosy and discuss with Steve and Deryn their best loved rose varieties and favourite salvias to team with with roses.

Rupert Phillips from the House of Honey fell in love with beekeeping at age 8 and brings a lifetime of experience to share with All The Dirt.

He joined Deryn and Steve to talk about backyard bee keeping and the medicinal properties of honey.

Lynne Chapman brings her lifetime of plant knowledge and love for roses to the show. Find out about her favourite varieties, how to strike successful cuttings, and how to bring out the best in your blooms.

Also, find out where to find Deryn and Steve at the Kitchen Warehouse Homegrown Market Day September 9th.

Lynne Chapman brings her lifetime of plant knowledge and love for roses to the show. Find out about her favourite varieties, how to strike successful cuttings, and how to bring out the best in your blooms. 

Also, find out where to find Deryn and Steve at the Kitchen Warehouse Homegrown Market Day September 9th. 

Dr Paul Barber of ArborCarbon fell in love with trees and ecology as a young man and brings that passion and knowledge to his talk with Deryn and Steve.

He covers tree technology, the environmental impacts of healthy trees, and the emotional connection people have to their trees. If you're trying to choose a good tree for that tricky spot in your yard, or just love the spectacle of a well placed Oak or Ash, he's got something for you.

Dr Paul Barber of ArborCarbon fell in love with trees and ecology as a young man and brings that passion and knowledge to his talk with Deryn and Steve. 

He covers tree technology, the environmental impacts of healthy trees, and the emotional connection people have to their trees. If you're trying to choose a good tree for that tricky spot in your yard, or just love the spectacle of a well placed Oak or Ash, he's got something for you. 

Garden Writer, Horticultural expert and ABC broadcaster Sabrina Hahn brings her particular brand of humour and knowledge to All The Dirt for this week's episode.

She talks with Steve and Deryn about her love for Begonias, her upbringing in New Guinea, her home garden and creating vegie gardens in Aboriginal communities.

Garden Writer, Horticultural expert and ABC broadcaster Sabrina Hahn brings her particular brand of humour and knowledge to All The Dirt for this week's episode. 

She talks with Steve and Deryn about her love for Begonias, her upbringing in New Guinea, her home garden and creating vegie gardens in Aboriginal communities. 

Deryn and Steve are getting excited with the first hints of Spring and priming their gardens for the best growing season of the year.

Soil and bed preparation, starting the spring vegies, stocking up on seedlings as well as good fertilising, this is the best place for all the tips and tricks to make the most of the season.

Deryn and Steve are getting excited with the first hints of Spring and priming their gardens for the best growing season of the year. 

Soil and bed preparation, starting the spring vegies, stocking up on seedlings as well as good fertilising, this is the best place for all the tips and tricks to make the most of the season.