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Send us Fan Mail Round to with Brendon, AKA the ecosystem_gardener on Instagram. Brendon Carrick is a certified Aquascaping contractor. He runs a small business setting up ponds and miniature wetland systems around Adelaide. He has been doing such an epic job that he was recently featured on Gardening Australia with Sophie Thompson. Enjoy peeps! Support the show Enjoying the show? Follow us on Ins...

Send us Fan Mail Heya garn, garden nerds! Bituva experiment with this weeks' pod.  My fiancé Julia and I riff about our gardening adventures of late, talking about the experience of gardening in Perth from March-May; think bulbs, everlastings, growing asian vegetables and composting deciduous leaves! Enjoy! Support the show Enjoying the show? Follow us on Instagram @herbyourenthusismpod Suppo...

Send us Fan Mail Had the pleasure of getting to know yet another Gardening luminary and passionate Permie - Dr Lydia Pethick, AKA the gardening veterinarian. Check out this recent article in Vet Practice Mag About Dr. Lydia. Earth mover: Dr Lydia Pethick - Vet Practice Magazine Support the show Enjoying the show? Follow us on Instagram @herbyourenthusismpod Support the podcast at buymeacoffee.com/...

Send us Fan Mail Had the chance to chat to Eric of Water Ups.  Water ups products will halve the water requirements of your pots, containers and grow beds. Wicking systems are oh so appropriate for Perth! Check out all the amazing water-ups product range at waterups.com.au Support the show Enjoying the show? Follow us on Instagram @herbyourenthusismpod Support the podcast at buymeacoffee.com/sambe...

Send us Fan Mail Another festival in the bag. Thanks once again to Andrew and Mandy Osenton for putting on another awesome event. Guests on this one include Faye Arcaro, Lisa Passmore and Anthony Quinlan, just to name a few. If you enjoyed this podcast and you'd like to help it grow at zero cost , don't forget to share it with friends, rate it five stars on your podcast player and leave...

Send us Fan Mail Had the opportunity to chat with the awesome Tony and Linh of Beyond.ourgate on Instagram. Tony and Linh have been working towards their dream of obtaining and developing a semi-off-grid bush block/homestead property for several years. Find them on the gram, where Linh has done a great job, chronicling their journey from inner-city dwellers to passionate urban-homesteaders on Pert...

Send us Fan Mail Had Julian in for a fascinating convo about raised vegetable gardens and wicking beds. Wicking beds are an amazingly water-efficient way to grow food in small spaces here in Perth. Listen in to learn more! Support the show Enjoying the show? Follow us on Instagram @herbyourenthusismpod Support the podcast at buymeacoffee.com/sambeckforO

Send us Fan Mail Had a super casual chat with horticulturist; Michael Homan, the passionate SA gardener behind the Instagram page @gardeningwithmichael.   Hope you enjoy our nerdy garden bants and don't forget to check our Michael's speccy Instagram page. Support the show Enjoying the show? Follow us on Instagram @herbyourenthusismpod Support the podcast at buymeacoffee.com/sambeckforO

Send us Fan Mail Had the queen (blue-banded) bee of Instagram on again. Mel Logozzo is yet another like-minded nature-fanatic hailing from Coogee, 30mins south of Perth City.  Check Mel's amazing slow-mo footage of Australian native bee's out on her Instagram @Rewildingsuburbia. Everything you need to know about this awesome human is on her website here: About | Rewilding Suburbia Suppor...

Send us Fan Mail Episode #59 Herb your enthusiasm. Today's guest is ex-JRE guest; Will Harris of Bluffton, Georgia in the states..   Will is a 4th generation cattle farmer and current owner of white oak pastures, which has been owned by his family since 1866.   Across it's long history, white oak pastures has gone through many iterations.  Upon inheriting his farm as a young man, will op...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for all your interest in the pod! From 0 downloads in Nov 2021, to multi 10's of thousands on the last day of 2023, it's all thanks to you, Perth gardeners! Enjoy Sam's first ever SOLO podcast! Hope you can stay awake! See you in 2024. Herb your enthusiasm podcast and friends. Support the show Enjoying the show? Follow us on Instagram @herbyourenthusismpod Su...

Send us Fan Mail Spoke to our first guest from the United States recently- Andrew tyrrell is  responsible for creating AMAZING enclosed-cedar structures that are built around raised vegetable beds.  Check out and his amazing work on IG @blackrockgardenstructures Support the show Enjoying the show? Follow us on Instagram @herbyourenthusismpod Support the podcast at buymeacoffee.com/sambeckforO

Send us Fan Mail Enjoy our day's recordings from Stirk park at the Kalamunda garden festival on December 3rd, 2023. Feat: RewildingSuburbia, the.tnk.loft, Andrea Whitely, Dr. Kit and Jo Bussell just to name a few. Another successful day from Herb your enthusiasm's PODZEBO.  Hope I did all you garden legends justice! Sammy. Support the show Enjoying the show? Follow us on Instagram @herby...

Send us Fan Mail Since the early 1980's, Charles has been instrumental in popularising the "no-dig" style of gardening, beliveving that the secret to ultimate yield when it comes to growing your own food is to leave the soil minimally disturbed or unmolested. Charles is cambridge-educated, holding a degree in geography, yet he has never pursued a career in academia, instead, he has...

Send us Fan Mail Nutha cheeky yarn with an Australian gardening icon! Phil Dudman was kind enough to come on for a yarn about the joys of growing your own food and home compost production! Grow Your Food – with Phil Dudman is where you can learn more about Phil and maybe even attend one of his workshops at his property in Lismore, NSW. Thanks for listening, garden nerds! Get tickets for the SUMMER...

Send us Fan Mail David Mcmahon is the senior head tour guide at VentureNorth Australia, an award-winning tourism company, offering punters the opportunity to experience the wild foods and terrain of Arnhem land, the northwest and Kimberly region of Australia.  David spends most of his time out bush in the NT, spreading his love of the Aussie plants and animals to anyone that cares to listen. As an...

Send us Fan Mail Tony from Think green Landscapes and Waterscapes was kind enough to drop in for a chat about natural swimming pool construction. Tony is one of the few certified Aquascaping contractors operating in Perth. Check out his stunning creations on Facebook and Instagram to get a sense of what is achievable in a Perth backyard when it comes to Pond gardens, waterfalls and natural streams...

Send us Fan Mail New pod alert! It was amazing to chat to Permaculture legend and Gardening Australia presenter - Hannah Moloney . We nerded out on growing food in cold climates, community-spirited action to foster climate hope and her recent month of busily promoting her brand-new book: Good life growing, available now at all good bookstores around Australia and online. This is still unreal to me...

Send us Fan Mail Nutha pod for you gardeners! Have a dig! In this one, I had the pleasure of getting to know the power couple behind the very green Perth business known as TREE RINGS. Placed around the stems of young plants; TREE RINGS are a brilliant way to provide newly planted shrubs and trees with a drip-feed of valuable nutrients over the course of up to a year. They come in three different s...

Send us Fan Mail UPLOAD #50!!!! (Including pilot episode)  In this pod, Sammy had the pleasure of chatting to Brendon, AKA ecosystem_gardener on Instagram.  Brendan is a NZ-born tradie with a life-long passion for nature. Brendan has been installing beautiful habitat gardens and Aqua-scaping systems for clients around Adelaide for a few years now and has been chronicling his meme-heavy business ac...

Send us Fan Mail Had environmental biologist; Johnny Prefumo on the pod for yarns about all things frogs! Johnny is passionate about conserving Australian flora and fauna and is doing an awesome job educating the Perth public about frog-scaping and habitat-gardens. Find his Instagram handle at frogdoctor2022.  Support the show Enjoying the show? Follow us on Instagram @herbyourenthusismpod Support...

Send us Fan Mail Had Wade Willcocks from Wandering distillery into the studio for a fascinating chat about all things gin. Wade is responsible for creating an award-winning selection of WA-produced gins with ultra-unique flavours sourced from the Australian bush, such as the citrussy taste of Lemon myrtle and the savoury tones of native river mint and native thyme. The foodies will get a kick out...

Send us Fan Mail GARDEN NERDS! EXTREMELY special podcast dropped, for your listening pleasure. A whole day of chats with Sam and the absolute who's who of gardening and horticulture in Australia. I feel insanely lucky. This day was about 4 weeks in the making and was somehow simultaneously the best and most stressful experience of the year. I will have to go into detail about the lead-up to t...

Send us Fan Mail Had the pleasure of chatting to Vic Park local, Jo Bussell. Jo is committed to a sustainable lifestyle and runs a retail store called Urban revolution Australia, selling items such as natural/eco cosmetics products, worm farming kits, composting accessories, just to name a few. As always, we covered a lot of ground and got immersed in our favourite subjects. Enjoy the pod and stay...

Send us Fan Mail NEW PODCAST!  Have a listen to this one! Had Daniel O’Callaghan, owner of Naturebuild Australia. Dan and his talented team specialise in the design and construction of ponds, wetlands and waterscapes.  We cover a lot in our chat and go into decent depth about things such as the fundamentals of waterscape design and using waterscapes to bring native fauna into your property.   To s...