The Helpful Gardeners

Mar 09 2025 98 ep. 39 mins 6
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Welcome to the Helpful Gardeners, a weekly podcast diving into the home and garden topics you want to learn more about. Colin is a certified horticulturist with decades of experience working in landscaping, gardening and houseplants in various climactic zones. Brandi is a beginner with a passion to ask questions. Subscribe to catch new episodes every Sunday!

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The Seed Swap Scoop

Mar 09 2025 29 mins  
Seed swaps have been around for a looooong time. Even indigenous groups and farmers would share seeds to grow their crops or medicinal plants. Today, seed swaps are commonly organized into large events with one of the most popular being "Seedy Saturday" across Canada. The first Seedy Saturday dates back to the early 90's in Vancouver courtesy of Roy Forster of the Van

Live on Location at the Calgary Home & Garden Show

Mar 01 2025 32 mins  
We're on the road this week exploring the Calgary Home and Garden Show! Learn about the benefits of local expertise, innovative gardening tools, and more!Join us at the show on March 2nd at 12PM for our stage presentation on native plants!Learn more: https://www.calgaryhgs.com/

Colin's Birthday Suit: Donuts, Memories, and 20 Q's

Feb 16 2025 37 mins  
It's Colin's Birthday!The gardeners are sharing donuts, stories, and facts about the birthday man himself. Colin shares his favorite plants to grow, what he wouldn't grow, memorable clients, and even the challenges he's faced in his gardening career. Chapters00:00 Celebrating Birthdays 03:01 Donut Party!06:05 Nostalgic Memories15:14 Getting to Know Colin!34:20 Garde

5 Considerations when Buying Houseplants

Feb 09 2025 50 mins  
It's houseplant season! Plants can bring joy and beauty to any space and there's a lot to explore! In this episode, the gardeners explore:Beginner plants, plants that require very specific care, the diversity of philodendrons, plants that can survive without soil, low maintenance plants, the stunning world of Dracaena, plants that move in response to touch, pet safety, allergies, a

Houseplant Trends: Pasta Water, Milk, Ice Cubes, and Snow

Feb 09 2025 41 mins  
We're delving into popular internet trends surrounding plant care. Should you use pasta water on your Monstera? Leftover Coffee on your Cactus? Ice Cubes on your Spider Plant? What about milk on your Fiddle Leaf Fig? What about using snow?We'll also dive into some practical plant care that you can provide during these colder, darker, winter months. Sound Byte of the Episode

Gardening Intentions for 2025: A Fresh Start

Jan 26 2025 34 mins  
The Gardeners are BACK! Welcome to a brand new year of growing and we're so excited for all the fun things ahead. In this episode, we tease some of the new questions we're tackling in the gardening world, and our 3 gardening intentions that may inspire yours! ************************* CONNECT WITH US Thank you so much for supporting our podcast and for making the world a more pla

Our Favourite Moments from 2024

Jan 05 2025 47 mins  
As we wrap up the holidays and plan for all the good stuff coming to your earholes in 2025, we’re taking a moment to look back on some of our favorite episodes from 2024! We had a lot of fun exploring garden tools, organic gardening, and even tackled the tough question of when it’s time to give up on your houseplants. We were also so lucky to be joined by some great guests too

Christmas Special 2024

Dec 25 2024 52 mins  
In this very special Christmas Day episode, the gardeners discuss their favourite seasonal movies, music, gifts, and more! Wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday season. ************************* CONNECT WITH US Thank you so much for supporting our podcast and for making the world a more planty place. Please subscribe, leave a rating or review and listen in for new gardening

Why do we Kiss under the Mistletoe?

Dec 15 2024 29 mins  
One of the most iconic plants of the holiday season - Mistletoe! How does this parasitic plant grow? What do their flowers look like? Can you eat it? Why do we kiss under it? Learn all this and more on todays episode! ************************* CONNECT WITH US Thank you so much for supporting our podcast and for making the world a more planty place. Please subscribe, leave a rati

Gardener Gift Guide 2024

Dec 08 2024 32 mins  
How do you spoil a gardener during the holiday season? We've come up with a great list for this years Gardener Gift Guide! TIMECODES01:15 | Light the Way03:30 | Read on, Gardener05:55 | Ditch the salad bowls, harvest in these! 09:05 | Bring the Birds to the Yard12:50 | Bloom Plant Trellis15:45 | Treat them to new tools20:00 | Memory Garden22:14 | Custom cheeky art25:00 | Keep rep