Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology

If you found my last chat with MIFGS gold medalist Peter Donegan inspiring, you'll love this episode.

Irish landscape architect and MIFGS gold medallist Peter Donegan is back on the podcast to describe his upcoming design for MIFGS 2024. Listen to him speak about where he's drawing his inspiration from for this next design, why it's an important topic to shine a light on, and why there's going to be an aeroplaxne parked in his garden.

EPISODE LINKS
Follow Peter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterdonegan
Follow Peter on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterdonegan
Visit Peter's website: https://doneganlandscaping.com/

View MIFGS website: https://melbflowershow.com.au/

View AIH events: https://aih.org.au/events-the-australian-institute-of-horticulture/

Hort People: HortPeople.com

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Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

Do you want to share your love foe trees with others? Why not curate and lead your own tree walks?

Greg Packman is back on the show and this time he's going to teach us how to curate your own tree walk. In this episode, you'll learn how to organise, promote, and lead your own tree walks.

EPISODE LINKS
Greg's Twitter: https://twitter.com/GregPackman
Greg's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-packman-67359398

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Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

What can an Aussie horticulturist learn by working in Europe's famous gardens?

In this episode, Ash Walker is back to help us learn what he's learnt by working in Monet's garden, Kew, and several other world-class gardens in Europe.

How was he trained to approach aspects of gardening, such as deadheading, irrigating and pest management, and how does that differ compared to what we see in your average garden over here?

Listen to this episode to find out.

EPISODE LINKS
Ash's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashwalker99/
Daniel's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-fuller-180908208/

Hort People job board: https://hortpeople.com

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Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

What's it like to work in hort media? How do you get started? And why does Scott keep referring to himself as a "hero"?

In this episode, Scott Smith and I talk about horticulture media careers, including traditional media and modern social media careers.

EPISODE LINKS
Follow Scott on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-h-smith-mcihort-diphort-rhs-3ab122227
Follow Daniel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-fuller-180908208

View AIH events: https://aih.org.au/events-the-australian-institute-of-horticulture/

Hort People: HortPeople.com

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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LET'S WORK TOGETHER
Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

A garden is an opportunity to express something deeply personal which resonates for people who are able to receive your message in a bottle.

In this episode, I chat with Irish landscape architect Peter Donegan, who designed the Bam Stone Garden at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS), which tied for the Gold Show Garden Award.

We start by discussing garden trends and native plants, but we quickly take a turn to deeper topics like how a designer can use a garden to touch on the mystical elements of life that exist only in our daydreams.

EPISODE LINKS
Follow Peter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterdonegan
Follow Peter on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterdonegan
Visit Peter's website: https://doneganlandscaping.com/

View AIH events: https://aih.org.au/events-the-australian-institute-of-horticulture/

Hort People: HortPeople.com

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter: @PlantsGrowHere / Facebook: @PlantsGrowHerePodcast - Join our Facebook group!

VISIT OUR WEBSITE
www.PlantsGrowHere.com

LET'S WORK TOGETHER
Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

Have you ever been stuck in a toxic workplace? This episode is all about the culture of fear at horticulture workplaces around the country.

Simon Harrison is manager for parks at Wollondilly Shire Council in the outer west of Sydney, and he's experienced his fair share of workplace tensions. In this episode he helps us understand what it takes to turn workplace culture around in the right direction, and how to be a leader instead of just a manager.

EPISODE LINKS
Follow Simon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-harrison-35488a59

Hort People: HortPeople.com

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LET'S WORK TOGETHER
Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

Nursery businesses don't run themselves. There are a series of plateaus they reach that can be difficult to move beyond.

How can a young, hungry nursery eat up more market share? And how can an established nursery that's doing the same thing, day in, day out, behave like a young and hungry nursery that's eating up that market share?

Whether your business is at the stage where it needs to take big swings, or it's more about tweaking little things that can make a big difference, horticulture business consultant Rayne Gibson is here to mentor us in what it takes to jump up a few levels.

EPISODE LINKS
Taproots Horticulture Consulting: https://www.taprootshc.com/
Rayne's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayne-gibson-6056381aa

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LET'S WORK TOGETHER
Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

Dr Ian Smith is back! This time he's going to pretty much sum up half of the wisdom that's ever been dropped on this podcast in 170 episodes. Ecology isn't just for nature's benefit (although, of course, it is partly for nature's benefit). It's also for our own selfish benefits.

EPISODE LINKS
Follow Ian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EcologIan
Ian's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/driansmith
My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-fuller-180908208/

AIH Cairns Events: https://aih.org.au/2023-annual-aih-awards-dinner-and-workshops/

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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LET'S WORK TOGETHER
Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

Is sustainability about more than just atmospheric carbon?

This week's guest, Mark Laurence, makes a strong case for a wider perspective when it comes to climate change by using climate-adaptive planting and ecosystem development. We can't simply focus on sucking carbon out of the atmosphere, because that neglects the biggest greenhouse gas of all: water.

Listen to this episode to learn how changing complex, fragile relationships within the ecosystem can create massive changes to the overall climate.

EPISODE LINKS
Mark's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marklaurencedesign/
Blog post "Not just a climate crisis": https://www.marklaurence.com/wp/not-just-a-carbon-crisis/
Mark's website: https://www.marklaurence.com/

Search for horticulture jobs: HortPeople.com

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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?.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER
Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

Have you ever wondered what career pathways there are in the ornamental landscape?

From plant production to maintenance, and a whole lot of stuff inbetween, here are 10 amenity horticulture career pathways.

This episode is based on a two-part article I wrote for the Hort Journal industry magazine which transformed into a webinar I delivered to TAFE NSW students on behalf of the Australian Institute of Horticulture.

Of course, it isn't an exhaustive list by any means and I may do a few more career pathway episodes in the future.

EPISODE LINKS
Australian Institute of Horticulture: aih.org.au
TAFE NSW: https://www.tafensw.edu.au/

Search for horticulture jobs: HortPeople.com

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter: @PlantsGrowHere / Facebook: @PlantsGrowHerePodcast - Join our Facebook group!

VISIT OUR WEBSITE
www.PlantsGrowHere.com
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?.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER
Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].