Program Transcripts: 2010
Look through the transcripts of Gardening Australia programs from the last year.
February
Transcript - Episode 02
13 February 2010
A Townsville Garden: Colin Campbell explores a garden where the owners have overcome Townsville's challenging dry tropical climate to create a paradise.
Citrus Maintenance: Jerry Coleby-Williams demonstrates some essential autumn maintenance for citrus in the sub-tropics.
Understanding Plant Uses: Guest presenter Clarence Slockee shows the diversity of Australian plants and the many ways aboriginal people used them.
Weed Alert - Curry Plant: Jerry Coleby-Williams explains how to manage the weed potential of the popular tropical spice, curry leaf.
Growing Proteas and Waratahs: Angus Stewart profiles some plants from the ancient plant family Proteaceae and explains how to grow them.
Transcript - Episode 01
6 February 2010
A Cluttered Garden: Stephen visits a gardener in Melbourne who has used every available space for plants to create an inner-city haven.
Preventing Soil Erosion: Tino Carnevale explains the damage done by soil erosion on a sloping block, and demonstrates some simple ways prevent it.
The Vegie Guide: Stephen Ryan updates The Vegie Guide to explain what to plant in the productive garden, right around the country.
Understanding Bush Foods: Guest presenter Clarence Slockee introduces the first in a series of stories on the plants used by aboriginal people. He explains how the intimate understanding of plants built over thousands of years sustained the local people and their environment.
Weed Alert: Coffee: Jerry Coleby-Williams highlights the weed potential of one of the world's most popular plants, coffee, and shows how to control it in the garden.
Government House, NT: Leonie Norrington visits the historic garden at Government House in Darwin, to see the diverse plants collected since the garden was established in the 1890's.
January
Transcript - Episode 53
30 January 2010
Growing Shiitake Mushrooms: Jane Edmanson visits an innovative community project in Melbourne to learn how to grow exotic shiitake mushrooms.
A Passion For Palms: Leonie Norrington visits a rainforest-style garden near Darwin, notable for its collection of over 120 different species of rare and unusual palms.
Using Compost: Angus shows how to use compost to minimise the competition for nutrients between mulch and your plants.
Citrus Care: Jerry Coleby-Williams shows how to grow and care for citrus trees and profiles some of the best varieties for the home garden.
'Winterwood': Sophie Thomson explores a rambling old fashioned garden in the Adelaide Hills with a century-old orchard, magnificent exotic trees and a fabulous combination of specialist and common plants.
Transcript - Episode 52
23 January 2010
Volunteer Plants: Jerry Coleby-Williams explains the value of volunteer plants in his productive garden, and demonstrates how to recognise and use them.
Rose Pruning: Sophie Thomson explains what types of roses should be pruned in winter and why, and demonstrates the simple steps to create healthy, flowering plants.
Worm Castings: Josh Byrne demonstrates the different ways worm castings can be used in the garden.
Liquid Fertilisers: Angus Stewart explains how liquid fertilisers work, compares the different types available and demonstrates the best applications for each.
'Inverawe': Jane Edmanson visits Tasmania's largest landscaped native garden, where the owners have used local and endangered plant species to restore the natural landscape in a semi-formal garden design.
Transcript - Episode 51
16 January 2010
Plant Breeding: Colin Campbell meets a plant breeder, to discuss how the new plants we find at the nursery are bred.
Long-stem Planting: Angus Stewart discovers a groundbreaking technique for propagating and growing native and exotic plants, and finds a gardener who has put theory into practice with astounding results.
A Garden For Community: Josh Byrne visits a community project in Broome where disadvantaged students of all ages acquire skills by learning to grow plants, which ultimately benefit the whole community.
Managing Tree Populations: John Patrick explains the importance of successfully managing populations of trees in public spaces to ensure they remain part of the urban landscape.
Transcript - Episode 50
9 January 2010
Managing Compost: Jane Edmanson explains the principles behind successful composting and how to identify and correct some common problems.
Native Plant Walk: Angus Stewart explores a nature reserve an hour north of Sydney, and discovers an incredible array of native plants bursting with colour.
Orchid Collector: Leonie meets a champion grower of tropical orchids in Darwin. Her collection, which was started after the devastation of Cyclone Tracy, grew quickly into an obsession and now fills every available space in her back yard.
Ormiston House: Jerry Coleby-Williams visits the Brisbane landmark Ormiston House to explore a garden rich in history and horticulture.
Transcript - Episode 49
2 January 2010
Foreshore Revegetation: Jane Edmanson visits a community nursery which is propagating local plants including some that were thought to be extinct, to re-establish them in the local landscape.
Jekka McVicar: John Patrick talks to renowned English horticulturist and author, Jekka McVicar, about her passion for growing a huge variety of herbs organically.
Growing Starch Staples: Jerry Coleby- Williams demonstrates how to grow his favourite starch staple crops for the tropics and sub-tropics, including yams, sweet potatoes, pawpaw and arrow root, to ensure a reliable and continuous supply.
The Vegie Guide: Stephen Ryan updates The Vegie Guide, a comprehensive outline of what to plant in the vegie garden, all around the country.
A Bushland Botanic Garden: Colin Campbell discovers some rare and endangered native plants at the Maroochy Bushland Botanic Garden in regional Queensland.
