All The Dirt Gardening, Sustainability and Food

Costa shares his passion for gardening the importance of clean healthy food and his love of nature

Steve and Deryn chat with James Talijancich about his love of West Australia's Swan Valley, the soil and producing award wining wines.

Steve and Deryn discuss growing succulents and we talk to special guest Sue McDougall

Building Healthy Soils with Sabrina Hahn Deryn Thorpe and Steve Wood

We revisit our very first episode of All The Dirt talking the power of Microgreens and more.

Paul Roy from Red Rock Nursery at Gidgegannup grows and sells carnivorous plants. He talks with Steve and Deryn about his fascination with sundews, venus fly traps and pitcher plants and shares his tips for caring for these fascinating carnivores.

Eighteen years ago three friends created a meeting place where people could learn how to live more sustainably. Environment House in Bayswater has grown to become a community hub that promotes climate protection, river and wetland care and a range of sustainability issues. On this week's podcast Deryn and Steve talk with one of the founders, Rachael Roberts, about how a small grass roots organisation can make a difference.

Deryn talks to gardening presenter Angus Stewart about composting waste; the benefits of worm farming and other practical composting methods.

Nick Gillett is a farmer in Bencubbin, in the North Eastern Wheatbelt of WA. He talks to Steve and Deryn about the challenges of farming on 300mm annual rainfall (about 175mm in the average April to October growing season) and how farmers are adapting to new technology and reduced use of herbicides.

As a boy Dr Terry Houston was fascinated by the natural world and has spent more than 50 years studying Australia's 2000 native bees. He talks with Deryn and Steve about their important in our bush and gardens and reveals some of their unusual, and to our human understanding, quirky behaviours.

Nick Bell was born in 1936 and is one of the pioneers of the turf industry but got his foothold in the industry travelling through SWWA restocking Yates' seed stands. We talk about lawn, artificial turf and his life with well known garden presenter Neville Passmore, who has written a book on Nick's life.

In this week's podcast Deryn and Steve talk about edible and ornamental water plants, aquaponics, edible fish and ponds with Calinda Anderson from the Woodvale Fish and Lily Farm.

If you love roses you're going to enjoy our chat with Rob Melville, a third generation rose grower who with partner Katie Coyle runs Melville's Rose and Garden, a propagation and retail nursery in the Perth hills. The couple have an enduring passion for everything rosy and discuss with Steve and Deryn their best loved rose varieties and favourite salvias to team with with roses.

Rupert Phillips from the House of Honey fell in love with beekeeping at age 8 and brings a lifetime of experience to share with All The Dirt. He joined Deryn and Steve to talk about backyard bee keeping and the medicinal properties of honey.

Lynne Chapman brings her lifetime of plant knowledge and love for roses to the show. Find out about her favourite varieties, how to strike successful cuttings, and how to bring out the best in your blooms. Also, find out where to find Deryn and Steve at the Kitchen Warehouse Homegrown Market Day September 9th.

Dr Paul Barber of ArborCarbon fell in love with trees and ecology as a young man and brings that passion and knowledge to his talk with Deryn and Steve. He covers tree technology, the environmental impacts of healthy trees, and the emotional connection people have to their trees. If you're trying to choose a good tree for that tricky spot in your yard, or just love the spectacle of a well placed Oak or Ash, he's got something for you.

Garden Writer, Horticultural expert and ABC broadcaster Sabrina Hahn brings her particular brand of humour and knowledge to All The Dirt for this week's episode. She talks with Steve and Deryn about her love for Begonias, her upbringing in New Guinea, her home garden and creating vegie gardens in Aboriginal communities.

Deryn and Steve are getting excited with the first hints of Spring and priming their gardens for the best growing season of the year. Soil and bed preparation, starting the spring vegies, stocking up on seedlings as well as good fertilising, this is the best place for all the tips and tricks to make the most of the season.

Darren Seinor from Garden Solutions chats to Deryn and Steven about creating gardens, his favourite plants and tips for great soil. Darren brings more than 20 years experience to bear to talk about how to get the best out of our tricky West Aussie soils as well as all the tips and tricks of making your garden look its best.

Steve and Deryn sat down with landscape architect Craig Woodroffe of family nursery Ellenby Tree Farm. The 6 acre site is Perth's biggest display nursery for advanced trees and one of the biggest tree nurseries in Australia. Craig talks about his favourite trees, and transplanting big trees. If you love your trees, and let's face it, we all do, this is the episode for you.

Dave Proudmore from Swan Valley Gourmet Fungi discuss the range of exotic and delicious mushrooms available to the home gardener.

Geoff Richards from Richgo talks about his family's Garden Industry history and their unique project f turning food waste into electricity. Paul Urquhart Author, Editor and Garden Tour Guide.

Fire consultant Rohan Carboon discusses the best ways and ideas to make our homes and gardens as fire safe as possible.

Environmental biologist and Frog Doctor Johnny Prefumo discusses the amazing and wonderful world of Frogs.

Winter in the garden, Deryn and Steve discuss the jobs that need attention in the garden during winter.

Richard Heathcote is currently Director of Benefaction at historic Home and Garden, Carrick Hill in Adelaide. He previously managed for a decade Rippon Lea Estate, the National Trust's flagship property in Melbourne. He presented for ABC TV's The New Eden - a six part series tracing the evolution of the the Australian Garden.

Chris joins Deryn and Steve on their 50th Episode and celebrates the launch of his new book A Place in The Country. A wonderful guide for small landholders and those that dream of a tree change.

Microbiologist Dr Uwe Stroeher talks to Steve and Deryn about the incredible science behind the life in our soils and its importance to food security.

Jim Fogarty is an award-winning landscape designer and garden writer who has twice presented at the Chelsea Flower Show in London and exhibited display gardens in the USA, Singapore and Japan where he has won many gold and 'best in show' awards. He speaks to Steve and Deryn on this week's 'All The Dirt' podcast about garden design and garden travel.

Dr Jana Söderlund is a sustainability consultant and environmental educator who believes that nature needs to play a bigger part in our built environment. She speaks to Steve and Deryn on this week's All The Dirt podcast about the social, environmental and economic benefits of 'biophilic architecture'.

For the last ten years landscape architect Keith Edwards has worked for The Digger's Club in 'Heronswood' in Dromana and 'St. Erth' at Blackwood, Victoria. He is Diggers' garden designer and he speaks to Deryn and Steve on this week's All The Dirt podcast about his passion for soil health, heirloom vegetables and creating productive and beautiful gardens.

Tim Davies is an award winning landscaper whose design, construction and maintenance company has been transforming gardens since 1983. He talks with Deryn Thorpe and Steve Wood on this week's 'All The Dirt' podcast about his life, garden trends and passions.

Celebrity butcher Vince Garreffa, is a larger-than-life personality with 50 years of experience in the meat industry and a passion for raising money for charity. He shares his life story on this week's 'All The Dirt' podcast with Steve Wood and Deryn Thorpe.

Guy Jefferys, award winning head chef at Millbrook Winery, grows all the fruit and vegetables served in the restaurant. He speaks with Deryn and Steve on this week's All The Dirt podcast about growing your own heirloom crops.

John Patrick, is well known to Australians as a former presenter on ABC's television series Gardening Australia but he is also a well known landscaper, garden author and traveller. He speaks to Deryn and Steve on this week's All The Dirt podcast about his life, love of plants and favourite gardens.

Professor Tim Entwisle, the Director and Chief Executive of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, enjoys communicating and promoting science, plants and gardens. In this week's 'All The Dirt' podcast, recorded in the Melbourne Botanic Garden, he shares with Steve and Deryn some of his favourite trees, his fascination with algae and love of garden travel.

Joe Tassone from Tass 1 Nursery grows a wide range of common and unusual fruits at his Middle Swan nursery. On this week's All The Dirt podcast he chats with Steve and Deryn about growing fruits in sub tropical and Mediterranean climates and they taste and discuss the fruits he picked that morning from his garden. The fruits are: panache and hasbergen figs, acerola cherry, orange berry, Chinese date (Ju-jube), beach cherry, white sapote, tropical wampee, native wampi, wax jambu and passion fruit.

Ross Mars is a wastewater specialist, permaculture teacher and author who speaks to Steve and Deryn on this week's All The Dirt podcast about designing systems that reuse water in the house and garden.

In this week's podcast Terry Sellick, the Lawn Doctor, talks with Deryn and Steve about the best lawn varieties, dispels a few turf myths and shares tips on maintenance to keep lawns looking good year round.

Since 1987 the Varischetti family have been growing tropical plants in their 10-acre Beechboro nursery, Coast Road Palms. In this week's podcast Steve and Deryn are joined by Connie and son Daniel to talk about the plants that thrive in warm areas outside of the tropics.

Neville Passmore is a passionate horticulturalist who was born into a gardening family and has spent more than 47 years in the gardening industry. On this week's podcast he speaks to Steve and Deryn about his career which includes plant production, gardening retailing, media and education and his passion for bringing greenery into suburbs and cities.

Haydn Gunningham has perfected making compost at home. On this week's podcast he tells Steve and Deryn his secrets for making a perfect batch every time and talks about his thriving vegetable patch. For in-depth written notes and a list of the carbon and nitrogen content of organic products visit the DIY section of our website.

Keeping the garden looking good in summer can be a challenge in a hot and dry climate but Steve Wood and Deryn Thorpe from All The Dirt Podcast share tips to keep your garden thriving as the temperatures soar.

Jeremy Thomas the Curator of Aboriculture at Kings Park and Bold Park talks trees with Steve and Deryn in this week's podcast. They discuss moving the giant boab from the Kimberley to Kings Park and techniques for looking after stressed trees.

Aboriginal elder Dale Tilbrook talks about traditional bush tucker, using our tasty Australian ingredients to flavour our food at home and Aboriginal spirituality.

Dr Philip Groom, author of Plant Life of Southwestern Australia, talks about the adaptations that plant have to cope with the world's most nutrient- impoverish soils, a hot dry summer, frequent fires and the animals and birds that want to eat them!

There are over 25,000 orchid species known and many more hybrids. With just a little knowledge, orchids can be surprisingly easy to grow. Join Kaye and Jay Baylis from The Orchids Society of Western Australia as they chat everything orchids with Deryn and Steve.

Digby Growns is Kings Park's Senior Plant Breeder. Digby, leads a small team of staff and volunteers involved in the plant breeding program. This week Deryn and Steve discuss the science behind plant breeding.

Louise Clark is a horticulturist at Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia in the US, and provides advice on growing green roofs, expands on her favourite trees and gives us an insiders look at the many outstanding gardens in the Philadelphia region.

Dr Josh Byrne, television gardening presenter with ABC's Gardening Australia, talks about how his love of nature and childhood spent in the garden developed into a career developing sustainable environments.