E154: Planning Your Best Garden Yet with Sharon Murphy
Episode 154: Listen here!
For gardeners in northern climates, April is the in-betweener month: not quite time to get into the outdoor dirt, but it feels so close!
Our guest today is Alberta-based garden coach and garden blogger, Sharon Murphy who is here to help us take advantage of this final opportunity to plan and prepare for our best gardens yet. Sharon has “chlorophyll” in her blood, having grown up in a family greenhouse business and then later operated a cut flower farm on a tropical island. Needless to say, she is a fearless garden problem solver and here to share a wide range of tips with Grow Guide listeners.
This episode covers:
Sharon’s experience growing up in her family greenhouse business (28:45)
The move to a tropical island and life as a cut flower grower (32:30)
Key strategies for northern gardeners, in April (39:50)
Germinating unusual seeds, in particular alpines (44:00)
Planning the spring garden centre “plant haul” (50:45)
Managing tricky planting spaces (52:45)
Creating a tropical vibe… outside the tropics (100:15)
Being fearless (102:15)
Rapid Fire questions (106:35)
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