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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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BIOS + Ryzome New Plant Fertilizer with Aaron Deacon

Sep 22, 2025

This week, Joanne welcomes Aaron Deacon from BIOS Nutrients back to the podcast to discuss the newest addition to his product line, a game-changing plant fertilizer in collaboration with Ryzome and the ZooShare Cooperative.

You can learn more about Aaron and BIOS Nutrients here.

Natural Fertilizer Innovation and...

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Rain Gardens

Sep 17, 2025

This week, Joanne Shaw discusses rain garden design with Michael Albanese, owner of AVESI Stormwater and Landscape Solutions and author of The Modern Rain Garden: Scrape, Shape and Plant.

About the Book: The Modern Rain Garden: Scrape, Shape, and Plant 

The updated and expanded second edition for 2025 builds off the...

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Fall Mums and Asters

Sep 8, 2025

In this encore episode of Down the Garden Path, Joanne shares tips for choosing fall mums and asters.

Topics covered in this week's episode:

  • Chrysanthemums, many horticultural varieties and cultivars exist including tender florist mums (a favourite of mine because of how long they stay blooming in a vase).
  • Or Garden...

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September in the Garden

Sep 1, 2025

Although September marks the end of summer and the gradual change to fall, it doesn’t have to signify the end of the gardening season. In this episode, Joanne offers some practical tips and advice for making the most of your September garden.

Topics covered in this week's episode:

September Reset

  • Reality check: Hot,...

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