Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology Daniel Fuller

I don't talk about myself much on this podcast - we tend to stick to the art and science of horticulture and interrelated disciplines. But I was recently interviewed by Joel Barnett about my recent move from Melbourne to Brisbane and the reasons behind it, my career journey, and the fact that my wife Kirstie and I are expecting a baby later this year.It was a great chat and I'm looking forward to releasing our second interview next week, where I interviewed Joel about the most common hardscap...

Everybody wants a silver bullet for plant pests and diseases, but they usually end up causing more issues than they solve in the long run.Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, is an approach to managing pests in accordance with nature's rhythms. Instead of reaching straight for a chemical control, we can influence a number of factors that put pests on the back foot without harming the local ecosystem.In this episode, I discuss 6 types of pest control that we can use in an Integrated Pest Manage...

Most people wouldn't consider a permaculture mindset for a public park or an ornamental garden. But that's a missed opportunity, because it could help individuals, organisations and councils reduce their maintenance budgets while increasing plant health and positive biodiversity outcomes.The 12 principles of permaculture can be applied whether or not you're growing food. They're simply a way to get us back in tune with nature's systems so that we can work with them instead of against them. Wh...

This week, we're celebrating 200 episodes! My mentor, Karen Smith, editor of Hort Journal Australia, interviews me about my picks for the "best" 10 episodes.To pick only 10 episodes was an impossible task, but I've narrowed it down to a few essential chats that I believe all my listeners should listen to at least once. From Integrated Weed Management (IWM) to magical musical plants, make sure you don't miss any of these episodes!Find your next job, or post a job ad: https://hortpeople.comFOLL...

Did you get a chance to see Peter Donegan's phenomenal garden design A Moment In Time at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS) this year?We spoke about it in Ep.181 A Daydream Supported By A Series of Equations, but I wanted to touch in after the event finished to get his perspective on how everything went, and if he actually managed to pull off installing a real fighter plane into the construction.In this episode, we speak about an old-fashioned plant palette, an exquisi...

The Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show has wrapped for another year!In this episode, I interview the designers behind three show garden highlights from this year's Show. We'll get to hear the inspiration behind the story and message behind each of their gardens, and we'll chat about their creative choices with materials and plant palettes. EPISODE LINKSDaniel Althaus “Mother Ocean”: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/daniel-althaus-402baa219_here-is-the-first-sneak-p...