Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology

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

Come along with horticulturist Daniel Fuller as we enter a hidden world of horticultural, ecological and landscape gardening knowledge with featured experts, industry professionals and enthusiasts. We inform and inspire you with weekly episodes to help you become an unstoppable plant whisperer.

  1. SEP 15

    Ep.210 How to choose good quality trees - Jason Summers (Remarkable Trees)

    Have you ever done everything right when planting a tree, only to have it struggle or fail in the end? It might not have been your fault! You could have been installing sub-standard trees that were never going to do well because of the way they were grown in the pot.Jason Summers is an expert arboritst and horticulturist from Melbourne in Victoria. Formerly a city parks manager, he now runs Remarkable Trees, a nursery and arboriculture services business in Victoria, supplying trees to public,...

    44 min

  2. SEP 1

    Ep.209 Are native plants best for urban ecology? - Daniel Fuller

    Are native and endemic plants better than exotic plants for biodiversity in urban landscapes? The answer is, it depends.By now, you expect a nuanced exploration into complex ideas like this when you tune into the Plants Grow Here podcast. As a qualified horticulturist with well over a decade in landscape maintenance and horticulture, it bothers me when I see overly simplistic statements like, "native plants are good and exotics are bad."What does "native" even mean in a country as large as Au...

    11 min

  3. AUG 18

    Ep.208 Right plant, right place: Site parameters x plant functions - Daniel Fuller

    Yeah, yeah yeah - right plant, right place. But what does this old cliche mean in the real world? In this episode, I break down the old concept into site parameters (restrictions) and plant functions (desirable traits).Site Parameter ExamplesAvailable spaceTemperatureFrostWindAltitudeHumidityTopographySubstrateMulchAverage rainfallDroughtIrrigationSunlightSaltMicro climateAspectSlope gradientReflected lightReflected heatRockeriesPathwaysWind corridorsDepressed areasRaised areasFlat areasCommo...

    15 min

  4. JUL 21

    Ep.207 Horticulture trial pt.3: Analysing your data - Dr Ian Smith

    Welcome to part 3 of our horticulture trial series. In the last two episodes, Dr Ian Smith helped us understand how to plan a scientific horticulture trial, and how to collect our data. In this episode, we're going to learn how to make sense of that data and put it to use.If you haven't listened to the previous two episodes yet, perhaps go and start at episode 205 before beginning this episode.EPISODE LINKSFollow Ian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EcologIanIan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedi...

    30 min

  5. JUL 14

    Ep.206 Horticulture trial pt.2: Conducting a trial and collecting data - Dr Ian Smith

    In last week's episode, friend of the show Dr Ian Smith taught us how to set up a horticulture trial. In this episode, he's going to teach us how to run a trial as well as how to collect and record data.The scientific approach is a disciplined way of finding the truth of the matter. Instead of going by our beliefs, we strip ourselves of preconceptions and endeavour to find the fact of the matter - whether or not our results align with our pre-conceptions.Ian's the perfect guest to teach us ab...

    32 min

  6. JUL 7

    Ep.205 Horticulture trial pt 1: Planning a trial - Dr Ian Smith

    How are you trialling new approaches in the landscape? If you're like me, you're writing notes in an app (at best), or you're just keeping all of your ideas in your head (at worst). Did you know there's a better way?It's called the scientific approach, and it'd been pretty beneficial for society as a whole.Instead of approaching horticulture in a haphazard way, you can test inputs, treatments, or techniques with a greater degree of accuracy by controlling your testing conditions and measuring...

    40 min

  7. JUN 16

    Ep.204 Protecting trees during development - Gary Moran (Treeside Arboricultural Consultancy)

    How can we protect trees during development? In this episode, consulting arborist Gary Moran and I explore his usual recommendations for clients wishing to protect their trees during development, whether that's for a private, commercial, or public project.Trees might take a long time to show stress, so just because it looks great when construction finishes, that doesn't mean the tree hasn't been damaged beyond repair. It may take anywhere from a few weeks to a decade or longer for a tree to s...

    49 min

  8. JUN 2

    Ep.203 Common hardscape mistakes: Outdoor construction basics - Joel Barnett (In Style Gardens, The Landscaping Podcast)

    A sound understanding of hardscape elements is a good feather in the cap for any horticulturist, maintenance operator, or garden enthusiast. Sadly, most of us never get a chance to learn about this part of the garden because we only get to play in the dirt. In this episode, Joel Barnett (In Style Gardens, The Landscaping Podcast) guides us through some of the most common mistakes that people constructing hard elements make, including professionals and enthusiasts alike. We discuss topics such...

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Come along with horticulturist Daniel Fuller as we enter a hidden world of horticultural, ecological and landscape gardening knowledge with featured experts, industry professionals and enthusiasts. We inform and inspire you with weekly episodes to help you become an unstoppable plant whisperer.

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