Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology

Have you ever wondered how to prune a plant that seems "too far gone"? Maybe you wanted to make a hedge smaller, but all the foliage was on the outside and only woody stems can be found in the middle of the shrub, where you want to prune to. Or maybe you've got a caney plant with multiple leaders coming from a common base, and you're wondering how to cut it down a few sizes without turning it into a dome shape with the petrol hedger.

In this episode, Texas garden expert Charles King Sadler comes on the show to teach us how to prune for restoration, revenuation or renewal, and what the difference is between those three terms.

EPISODE LINKS
Pruning guide by Charles: https://kinggardeninc.com/reno-pruning
King Garden's website: https://kinggardeninc.com/garden-restoration
King Garden's online courses: https://kinggardeninc.com/online-courses
In The Landscape podcast: https://kinggardeninc.com/in-the-landscape
Charles's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleskingsadler/
Plant Amnesty YouTube tree pruning playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtKmsyb70UY&list=PLIx1kUNmJkp5BGGSh6K4HDjOE0MmkrzIW

Further pruning resources the Charles would like to share:
https://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/pruning.shtml
https://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/restore.shtml
https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/pruning-large-overgrown-shrubs
https://kinggardeninc.com/hedges
https://www.thisoldhouse.com/platform/amp/landscaping/21018488/shrub-pruning-dos-and-don-ts

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You’ll find heaps of educational blog articles, including How To Prune For Natural Shape, What Relationships Do Plants Have With Other Organisms?, and What Is Healthy Soil, And How Can We Build It?.

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We've covered intro to soil, soil carbon, soil hazards, and other soil-related episodes. But in this chat between my mentor Karen Smith and soil scientist and author Alisa Bryce, you'll learn about some different aspects of soil that you may not have ever heard before.

EPISODE LINKS
Alisa Bryce's website: https://alisabryce.com.au/
Buy a signed copy of Grounded: How soil shapes the games we play, the lives we make and the graves we lie in: https://alisabryce.com.au/product/grounded-signed-copy/
Here's the book on Amazon (if that's your thing): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grounded-shapes-games-lives-graves-ebook/dp/B09Z24RCRV

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Recently, I was invited to speak about podcast with Monika Ruzicka and Lisa Davidson on their podcast Straight To Business. I advised them during their planning and creation of the show, and I'm really impressed with the quality of the show they've created together.

Seeing as a fair few of you liked the behind the scenes episode I did recently, I'm sharing this episode with you as well.

EPISODE LINKS
Lisa Davidson's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lidavidson/
Monika Ruzucka's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monikaruzicka/
Daniel Fuller's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-fuller-180908208/

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One way we can reduce our waste as a society is to turn food waste into a resource. But how do we do that?

Bruce Thompson is back on the show, and he walks us through a few different opportunities to take advantage of, including bokashi composting and black soldier fly larvae, which are capable of breaking down meat products to produce a safe end product. 

This episode is sponsored by Hort Journal Australia.

EPISODE LINKS
Visit Hort Journal Australia: https://hortjournal.com.au/
Contact Hort Journal Australia: https://hortjournal.com.au/contact/
Subscribe to Hort Journal Australia: https://hortjournal.com.au/plans/hort-journal-subscriptions/

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What can tree rings tell us about plant health and external factors such as climate? What tools do you use? What are the old-school and modern techniques of gathering data?

In this episode, Joe Buck, creator of The Dendro Hub, comes on the show to give us an introduction to the art and science of dendrochronology.

EPISODE LINKS
The Dendro Hub: https://www.dendrohub.com/
Joe's Twitter: https://twitter.com/joebuckinnature
Joe's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-buck585266186/

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Sales is a massive career opportunity within the horticulture industry, especially for people that need to get off the tools for whatever reason. It's not for everybody, but the right person can make a nice income when you factor in a base wage plus commissions.

And sales skills aren't just for professional salespeople either! They're an incredibly valuable addition to any professional landscaper, horticulturist or business owner in the space that wants to be more convincing so that you can have things go your way more often.

EPISODE LINKS
Contact Zak on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zakmiqbal

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Australian estuaries have a problem. Well, they have several, but one of the major threats to the ecosystem is undoubtedly the European carp which outcompete our native fauna, overgraze on flora and cause further destruction.

This episode's sponsor is Charlie Carp, a fish fertiliser company that's helping to keep populations down, even though my guest Ron Kaponica points out we'll never be able to get rid of them permanently (much like rabbits).

In this episode, you'll learn about the problem of pest carp in Australia, and how Charlie Carp decimate populations and turn them into a good, old-fashioned organic fertiliser, as well as a non-organic option for those of us that want to super-charge our veggies or ornamental plants.

EPISODE LINKS
Charlie Carp's website: https://www.charliecarp.com.au/
Where to buy: https://www.charliecarp.com.au/contact-us/where-to-buy/

Charlie Carp's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/charlie-carp/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100053685173196
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlie.carp/

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Imagine growing flowers as your job. In this episode, Alana Reeves gives us an insight into what it's like to own and operate a small flower farm outside of Bathurst, NSW.

We talk about the struggles (if there are any) when it comes to growing flowers, the different tasks for each season when you're growing annual flowers, and the importance of the human element in horticulture and floriculture.

EPISODE LINKS
Dunkeld Farm website: https://www.dunkeldfarm.com.au/
Dunkeld Farm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dunkeldfarm
Dunkeld Farm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dunkeldfarm/

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Have you ever wondered what goes into creating this podcast, and what I want to achieve with every episode?

Scott Smith interviews me in this special episode as we take a peek behind the podcast. Towards the end of the episode we talk a lot about our industry as a whole, and our wish to see wages go up across the board

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