Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology
Leisure:Home & Garden
A garden is never finished. It's going to change throughout the year, and the seasons. It should be getting better over time instead of worse.
And it should also provide you with multiple yields, whether that's a food crop, supporting biodiversity, reducing soil salinity, providing shade, making the space appear larger, or simply bringing you joy.
It's easy to roll your eyes when you hear terms like "sustainability" or "nature-based solutions". They've become cliches used by companies to greenwash, and individuals to virtue signal. But these ideas have real value when you look beyond the greenwashing.
Erik van Zuilekom is a plant scientist, permaculturist, landscape designer, and plant selection specialist who has come on the show to help us think deeply about landscape design, construction, and maintenance from a permaculture syntropics perspective.
We go beyond the typical surface-level discussion and go deep into topics like growing soil, tissue culture vs seed-propagated plants, green walls, terraforming, irrigation, and much, much more.
EPISODE LINKS
Erik's LindedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikvanzuilekom/
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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 plantsgrowhere@gmail.com.
Ep.183 Plant taxonomy: How to classify & name plants - John Mason (ACS Distance Education)
Ep.182 "Best" houseplants - Jane Perrone (On the Ledge podcast)
Ep.181 A daydream supported by a series of equations: Show garden inspo pt. 2 - Peter Donegan (MIFGS gold medal designer)
Ep.180 Organising tree walks - Greg Packman - Senior Arborist
Ep.179 Lessons from Europe's famous gardens - Ash Walker (Future Voice for the AIH)
Ep.178 Hort media career advice - Scott Smith (Beechgrove Garden, BBC)
Ep.177 Show garden inspiration: A mystical experience - Peter Donegan (Bam Stone Garden designer @ MIFGS)
Ep.176 Culture of fear: Broken workplaces - Simon Harrison (Wollondilly Shire Council)
Ep.175 Nursery business secrets - Rayne Gibson (Taproots Horticulture Consulting)
Ep.174 Ecology's not just for hippy greenies - Dr Ian Smith (Bug Bites)
Ep.173 Climate change: Seeing beyond atmospheric carbon - Mark Laurence (Ecosystem developer)
Ep.172 Ten amenity horticulture career pathways - Daniel Fuller (Hort People)
Ep.171 Landscape construction careers: Enhancing the places people live - Rob Wardlaw (TAFE NSW)
Ep.170 Ridiculous TikTok trends: Bad gardening advice online - Vikram Baliga (Planthropology Podcast)
Ep.169 Sportsturf careers: Great grass is no accident - David Little (TAFE NSW)
Ep.168 Blue collar mental health: This is a conversation starter - Jason Banks (TIACS)
Ep.167 Integrated Weed Management (IWM): Controlling invasive weeds - Kate Blood (Vic Gov's DEECA)
Ep.166 Natural resource management: Creating ecosystems that last - Sam Dalton (sponsored by Arboreen)
Ep.165 The Landscape Show virtual tour 2023 pt.2 (sponsored by Landscaping Victoria)
Ep.164 The Landscape Show virtual tour 2023 pt.1 (sponsored by Landscaping Victoria)
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