Apr 21

Apr 21 E170: Chatting "Local Gardening" With Garden Writer & Publisher, Shauna Dobbie

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April is here and that means gardening season is fast approaching. Now is the time to really get moving on your gardens. Your co-hosts have LOTS going on both on Maggie

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Here’s a few photos from our Patreon pop culture segment — the big news at Sage Garden Greenhouse, the bloom of their disgusting smelling, Corpse Lily!

*Customer at* *Sage Garden Greenhouses* *smelling the Corpse Flower, which was described as rotting garbage and dead mice.*

More media coverage below from Sage Garden’s rare corpse lily bloom!

CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6718159

CTV:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/video/2025/04/10/pungent-plant-proving-popular/

CITY TV:
https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/2025/04/10/corpse-lily-rare-flower-greenhouse/

Today’s Guest: Shauna Dobbie from Canada’s Local Gardener

Shauna is the publisher and editor of Canada’s Local Gardener magazine, The Hub and the weekly newsletter 10 Neat Things. She was also the founding editor of Ontario Gardener. She serves on the board of directors for Communities in Bloom Canada and Plant a Row Grow a Row. She is the chair of Communities in Bloom Ontario, the founder of Schools in Bloom, and also as a judge for Communities in Bloom and WinterLights.

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