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On the Down the Garden Path Radio Show and Podcast, landscape designers Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing discuss down-to-earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens, and landscapes.

Joanne and Matthew believe it's important and possible to have great gardens that are low maintenance.

Each week, they educate their listeners on how to seasonally manage their gardens and landscapes. Joanne and Matt learn right along with their listeners, from each other, from their research, and from the many guests who join them on their show. 

Listen live at www.realityradio101.com on Monday’s at 7 pm ET or subscribe to download this show and past episodes from your favourite podcast app. 

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Seed Starting 101

Feb 9, 2021

This week, we're continuing our "growing inside" themed episodes of Down the Garden Path. In Seed Starting 101, Matthew Dressing and Joanne Shaw discuss starting seeds for beginners.

In Seed Starting 101, Matt and Joanne review your steps for success:

  • Start with a plan
  • Choosing seeds
  • Seed packages
  • Equipment
  • Growing media
  • Planting
  • Troubleshooting
  • Hardening off

Check out these other podcasts where Matt and Joanne have discussed seeds, seed-starting and seed saving.

Join us in the coming weeks for more "growing inside" themed podcasts:

  • 15th: Electric Cars with Tim Burrows.
  • 28th: Micro Food Growing with Jennifer McGuinness

About Your Hosts

Each week on Down The Garden Path, professional landscape designers Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing discuss down-to-earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens and landscapes.

As the owner of Down2Earth Landscape Design, Joanne Shaw has been designing beautiful gardens for homeowners east of Toronto for over a decade.

And Matthew Dressing is a horticulturist and landscape designer. He owns Natural Affinity Garden Design, a landscape design and garden maintenance firm servicing Toronto and the Eastern GTA. Together, Joanne and Matthew do their best to bring you interesting, relevant and helpful topics. Their goal is to help you keep your garden as low maintenance as possible.