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- Lorraine Doyle on Big Backyard, Saturday 2nd, Sunday 3rd, ... Hi Jane / Darren,On your show tis past weekend Sat 16th of April you mentioned a nursery in Mornington. As we are living ... more
- BEVERLEY CONLAN on The Big Backyard, Saturday 19th & ... Hi Jane I would like to know the name of the arthritis plant also. Listen to your show with Darren every week. Thoroughly ... more
- Grahame on The Big Backyard, Saturday 19th & ... Hi Jane. I am chasing the name of that arthritis plant I heard it mentioned and said the name out loud and still I forgot.I ... more
The Big Backyard, Saturday 14th, Sunday 15th, May
Interviews
Steve Day
President Tree and Shrub Growers Victoria
www.ngiv.com.au/Category?Action=View&Category_id=33
The value of trees in the Urban environment
The tree revolution – changing the mindsets
How to landscape your home garden to help with energy reduction
Mal Function Poet Larrikin
tel. 59971314
Sophie Adamson
Rose Pruning Demonstrations
Tuesday 7 June & Saturday 11 June 201
At 10am, The Perfumed Garden, At The Briars
Mt Martha. Tel. 0407456900 to book or
Email: roseraie@bigpond.com
Plant of the Week
Crowea, dwarf evergreen native shrub up to 1 metre high with pink
Waxy flower throughout the year. Suitable for a container or in the front of a garden bed. Prune lightly after flowering.
The Big Backyard, Saturday 7th, Sunday 8th, May
Interviews
Sandra Pullman
Wingate Ave Comm Centre Garden Course
Starting 24.5.11 – 20.9.11
Further details 9375244
Melissa King
Rose – Mother and Daughter, new release
Supporting Motor Neurone Disease
Jim Brown
C. J. Dennis Society
Singing Gardens -Tea rooms and gardens of poet C J Dennis in Toolangi
Ph: 03 5962 9282 1694 Main Road, Toolangi
jansinginggardens@bigpond.com.au
Opening Hours: 10am to 5pm Thursday to Sunday (closed Mon-Wed except for group bookings)
Come and stroll around the beautiful gardens ‘Arden’, home to C J Dennis, Australias’ famous bush poet. Wander among the beautiful mountain ash, and follow the mud map detailing the gardens history.
Plant of the Week
Oasis Mizuna Combo & Mustard Red
The Big Backyard, Saturday 30th April, Sunday 1st, May
Interviews
Eugene Gilligan
Landscaper
Wes Fleming
Flemings Nursery – Chelsea Exhibit
Plant of the Week
Living Gifts (Plants) for Mother’s Day
The Big Backyard, Saturday 23rd, Sunday 24th, April
Interviews
Clive Larkman
Herbs and vegies, e.g. Globe Artichokes
Andre Obradovic
Herbs2Home
Plant of the Week
Anemones from Smith and Gorden Wholesale Nursery
The Big Backyard, Saturday 16th, Sunday 17th, April
Interviews
Jim Fogarty
Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne - Chelsea Exhibit
http://theaustraliangarden.wordpress.com/
James Wall
vegies – what’s happening
hybrid brussell sprouts
garlic, shallots, onions,
brocolli romanesco
spreading pansies
fuchsias - the resurgence
Plant of the Week
Dianthus Whetman Pinks, in the range:
‘Coconut Ice’, ‘Passion, ‘Candy Floss’, ‘Rosebud’, Cherry Sundae’ and ‘Sugar plum’.
from PGA: www.pga.com.au
