The Friendly Fern

In our third episode, host, Kendra Mendrisky, discusses winter care and dormancy with friend and garden centre employee, Kalev Bailey. Subjects covered: 1:30 - What does hardiness mean and what are climate zones? 3:30 - How can you help a zone six plant survive in zone five? 4:30 - How would you go about wrapping a plant in burlap? 5:00 - What is mulching? 7:00 - How can you protect your plants fr...

What is The Friendly Fern? Take a listen to the trailer here for a sneak peek into what the show is all about! Find me on Instagram @kendramendrisky and visit https://thefriendlyfern.transistor.fm/

In our second episode, host, Kendra Mendrisky, discusses houseplants with friend and garden centre employee, Vittoria Pantano. Subjects covered: 1:30 - How did Vittoria first get into house plants? 2:00 - What would be some good starter, low maintenance plants? 3:00 - What are Vittoria's top three favourite house plants? 4:30 - What kinds of plants do well with not a lot of light? 5:30 - What hous...

Welcome to the fern family! Host, Kendra Mendrisky, dives into how to plant and start your outdoor garden, with special guest, John Matsoukas. This episode covers how big to dig a hole, how often to water, what bone meal and mycorrhizal fungi are and the fact that plants cannot survive the winter if they’re left outside in pots in our Canadian climate.