That's How We Grow

Charlie Albone is incredibly passionate about garden design. His garden displays at the Chelsea Flower Show are some of his career highlights. To indulge in this passion, Charlie is joined by friend and fellow designer Michael Bates. As an experienced garden designer, Michael joins Charlie to discuss the planning process for designing a beautiful garden and how they work with their respective clie...

We all battle with garden maintenance at times, so Charlie catches up with David Laughlin from The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney to learn how the professionals approach this dilemma. If you love to get into the garden, or prefer to sit back and enjoy its aura, Charlie and David provide advice around just how best to plan and manage your garden. So, to help you spend more time enjoying and savouring...

Charlie catches up with his good friend, Andrew Winter, who he misses immensely after the 13-years they spent together filming Selling Houses Australia. The two catch up and discuss just how important a garden is when putting your home up for sale, with Andrew sharing his knowledge on how a beautiful garden can support the sale of your home. Many people focus on the interior of a home when selling...

Host Charlie Albone is joined by self confessed plant nerd, Jimmy Turner. Australia’s size and the variety in weather conditions brings unique challenges. From the dry heat down south, to the high humidity up north, the different types of heat bring different challenges to Australian gardeners. Charlie and Jimmy discuss how to manage your garden in these hot conditions and the best ways to look af...

Host Charlie Albone is joined by expert arborist Martin Peacock to discuss tree management, from big gum trees to citrus. Martin is an experienced arborist and now completes tree reports for clients. With a wealth of experience climbing trees and analysing their health, Martin shares his knowledge with Charlie. On today’s episode: When to prune your trees, including the different times of year for...

Host Charlie Albone is joined by the incredible Maggie Beer to discuss her passion for gardening. Maggie loves to create incredible dishes from her own produce. A renowned vegetable grower, Charlie and Maggie share their knowledge to help everyone have a brilliant vegetable patch. On today’s episode: Will Maggie Beer share her burnt fig ice cream recipe with Charlie? Maggie’s gardening passion Pre...

On today’s show, host Charlie Albone is joined by lawn expert Joe Rogers. Joe is the commercial and research development manager at Lawn Solutions Australia, home to Sir Walter Buffalo turf. Charlie and Joe cover everything you need to know to spring your lawn back into shape, the best ways to establish, maintain and rejuvenate what is often the heart of a garden. On today’s episode: Charlie &...

On today’s show, Charlie Albone is joined by his good friend, esteemed horticulturist Graham Ross. After all his years of gardening, Graham has plenty of stories to tell and has his finger firmly on the pulse of what people are up to in their garden’s today. They cover gardening trends, Graham’s time in the gardening industry and the changes they have seen over the years. On today’s episode: Charl...

THAT’S HOW WE GROW is a podcast, produced by host Charlie Albone and STIHL. Each week Charlie welcomes gardening experts to talk about the best techniques, power tools and overall garden tips. If your thumb is green, your garden vast and your to-do-list never ending this podcast is for you! STIHL Tools are only available from STIHL Dealers, there are over 600 STIHL Dealers across Australia. Find o...