The Garden Shift

Dorte Windmuller has been gardening in Scarborough for over 15 years. Part of The Cliffcrest Butterflyway-a citizen-led group under the umbrella of the David Suzuki Foundation with the aim to bring back more bees and butterflies to our gardens, schools and public places. Listen and get inspiration on creating an oasis for wildlife by planting native. Pollinator Garden by Dorte Windmuller for bees...

Do you love growing plants from seed, ever thought of starting a local native plant nursery? Sundaura Alford Purvis of A Cultivated Art in Ottawa, will tell you all about the magic of growing. We talk unsustainable horticulture practices, plant associations, the importance of wild gathered seed and so much more. This episode is jammed pack with detail- but don't worry included below are great link...

Toronto Master Gardener Dianne Azzarello returns to The Garden Shift. Part accidental, part luck and mostly experimental the results are a four season garden that provides a healthy amount of habitat services and a beautiful boulevard appeal. Included in this episode and found on thegardenshift.com in the Resource Library is her native plant list. Lots of easy to grow plants that you will want to...

Lorraine Johnson , writer, author and Cultivation Activist. With 40 years of garden know-how Lorraine Johnson brings people together to enhance their communities. lorrainejohnson.ca

Ingrid Janssen is a Durham Master Gardener and lifelong Ecological Gardener. Her Shift has taken her to start a not for profit called Little Forests Durham. A volunteer-run community organization focused on giving tools and knowledge to people, communities, organizations and local authorities to plant Little Forests in their neighbourhoods and communities. https://littleforestsdurham.ca https://gr...

Pat Concessi joins to discuss yellow and purple blooms in our garden. We walk the Meadoway in Scarborough for seed collecting and inspiration. Listen to our favorite well behaved species that will work in any urban garden. Notes: Braiding Sweetgrass, Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer themeadoway.ca TRCA- Toronto Region and Conservation Authori...

Trixie Reichardt is a fellow Toronto Master Gardener. We discuss her North Toronto garden evolution. Less lawn, raised beds, plants grown from seed and tricks to safe guard veggies. Notes: The Pawpaw Growers Manual for Ontario , Dan Bissonnette sayehsunstudio.com- Hone of The Underhill Seedsitters nanps.org- North American Native Plant Society

Scientist and Toronto Master Gardener, Dianne Azzarello joins to discuss critical thinking and doing your research when looking at social media. We will also talk about the value of a botanic garden in helping you on your shift. Notes: Spotted Laternfly Invasive Species Centre Toronto Botanical Garden

It's early August-what are you observing in your garden? Toronto Master Gardener and Native Steward Pat Concessi is my guest today. We talk caterpillars and more.

Tena Van Andel has been a Toronto Master Gardener since 2003. An amazing writer, lecturer on all things horticultural. You can find her at The Toronto Public Library, the Toronto Botanical Gardens and many private speaking engagements. We discuss making the Shift, the myth of 'Autumn Clean Up' and starting native plants from seed. https://landscapeontario.com/invasive-asian-jumping-worm-spotted-in...

Botanist Ryan Godfrey of botanicallyspeaking.org shares insights and stories of plant relationships. He asks us to use 'botany eyes' to reframe our human relationship with plants. We cover growing in containers, where to get plants and a wild wild bee story.

Are you ready to make The Shift? Nature needs guardians and this podcast will get you inspired.