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On the Down the Garden Path Podcast, landscape designer Joanne Shaw discusses down-to-earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens, and landscapes. She believes it's important and possible to have great gardens that are low maintenance.

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Aug 26, 2024

In this episode of Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw discusses some of the issues you may be experiencing with your hydrangeas this month and what you can do about them.

Topics covered in this week's episode:

Hydrangeas not blooming

  • Know what variety is especially important with this issue.
  • In Joanne's experience, if...


Aug 20, 2024

In this encore presentation of Down the Garden Path, landscape designers Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing answer listener questions about the seasonal stressors we're experiencing in our gardens this month.

Here are some of the questions and topics covered in this episode:

  • Is it one or two inches of water every week...


Aug 13, 2024

In this encore presentation of Down the Garden Path, landscape designers Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing discuss applying nematodes, the primary method homeowners in Canada use to control pests such as grubs on our lawns.

It’s been a heavy Japanese beetle season in the Greater Toronto Area, with a lot of damage done...


Aug 6, 2024

In this encore presentation of Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing show you how to keep your garden and landscape thriving during the August heat with tips and tricks and do’s and don'ts for your August garden.

Tune in to hear Joanne and Matt discuss what you should (and shouldn't) be doing in...