Spirited Gardening

This week Sally-Anne shares her thoughts about deepening your relationship with plants and recognising our existence as being a part of nature.

Plant of the week - Daylilly (Hemerocallis). And the keys to caring for a worm farm and a bit of worm folklore.

Book: The Complete Language of Flowers- S. Theresa Dietz ISBN - 978-1-57715-190-6

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Recorded Christmas day, Sally-Anne shares what she has been up to in her home garden. Talks the importance of biodiversity and how to create a biodiverse garden.

Fascinating facts and folkore- Bees

Book of the week- The Plant Clinic by Erin Lovell Verinder ISBN: 978-1-760-76141-7

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It's beginning to feel a lot like Summer Solstice (Litha) and Christmas, and today Sally-Anne talks about out of the box ideas for christmas trees and how to look after them.

Also, how to control fungal outbreaks in your garden in friendly way.

Plant of the week: Callistemons

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Sally-Anne shares some really simple tips to help you design your own slice of heaven, without employing a garden designer.

Some fun folkore on Magpies. Plants of the week - Salvias. Plus lots more.

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This week Sally-Anne shares her experiences of what are the toughest and easiest indoor plants to keep. Also, tips on maintaining them and keeping them happy and healthy.

Plant of the week : Iris

Book of the week: Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree - A celebration of our connection with trees- David George Haskill - ISBN; 978-1-85675-495-8

This week we explore the how-to's of creating an amazing space for beautiful and beneficial creatures . Plant of the week : Foxgloves

Books of the week: Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree ISBN: 978-1-85675-495-8

Aromatree: ISBN: 978-0-648260-63-9

In this episode we delve into creating your very own composting system, even if you have minimal space and minimal time.

Strawberries are the plant of the week.

Book club : The Future is Fungi - Michael Lim and Yun Shu

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ISBN: 978-1-760-76160-8

Sally-Anne shares what she is up to in her own home, spring garden. Plus, growing your own veges, herbs and fruit in small spaces and the rich history and folklore surrounding tomatoes.

Book club: An introduction to Spiritual Ecology- Marian Green - ISBN - 978 0 719831 54 6.

Yates Garden Guide: ISBN - 978 0 0005 1308 3

Want a weed free lawn ? Todays episode gives you great, simple and effective ways to eradicate weeds in your lawn.

Plant of the week and fascinating facts and folklore features one of the worlds most beautiful and loved flowering indoor plants.

Book of the week: The Little Book of The Language of Flowers - Nathalie Chahine. ISBN: 978-2-81231-892-4

Today we talk about how to create a habitat garden to attract butterflies to your garden and to keep them coming back year after year.

Also, Sally-Anne shares some important Spring gardening tips to help keep your garden thriving into Summer.

Book club- The Language of Butterflies by Wendy Williams

ISBN: 9781760642532

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