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Fridays at 1 pm during The Mix (repeats Sundays at 9.06 am)
Hester Macdonald brings life to your garden and the garden to your life!
Dig It! The garden doctor is in for your questions
Friday, 3 February, 2012Hester Macdonald answers your gardening questions about how cold weather affects plants and how to cut hedges without doing damage. Plus, first aid for a fallen plum tree and will the daffodils really appear, despite this Siberian cold snap:
Friday, 3 February, 2012Hester Macdonald answers your gardening questions about how cold weather affects plants and how to cut hedges without doing damage. Plus, first aid for a fallen plum tree and will the daffodils really appear, despite this Siberian cold snap:
Dig It! Strolling through the Meier Garden Center near Zurich
Friday, 27 January, 2012Hester Macdonald takes a stroll through the award-winning Meier Garden Center in Dürnten, near Zurich. She talks to director Erwin Meier, who tells her the center has only been open a year and guides her through the collections. He also explains why this center bucks a Swiss trend by actually having a café on site:
Friday, 27 January, 2012Hester Macdonald takes a stroll through the award-winning Meier Garden Center in Dürnten, near Zurich. She talks to director Erwin Meier, who tells her the center has only been open a year and guides her through the collections. He also explains why this center bucks a Swiss trend by actually having a café on site:
Dig It! 2012 gardening trends, part 2
Friday, 20 January, 2012Hester Macdonald is back with more gardening trends to watch for in 2012, this time focusing on plants. She talks to Maurice Secrève of Flora Holland, trend watcher Romeo Sommers, and Brand Wagenaar of Medioflor:
Friday, 20 January, 2012Hester Macdonald is back with more gardening trends to watch for in 2012, this time focusing on plants. She talks to Maurice Secrève of Flora Holland, trend watcher Romeo Sommers, and Brand Wagenaar of Medioflor:
Dig It! Gardening for kids and other 2012 trends
Friday, 13 January, 2012Hester Macdonald talks about what gardening trends to watch for in 2012. She talks to John Stanley, retail guru, as well as Erwin Meier, director of the Meier Garden center in Dürnten in the canton of Zurich. She also gets trend insights on the year ahead from Rachel Doyle, director of the Arboretum Garden centre in County Carlow in Ireland. Trends include gardening for children, edible landscapes and colour in the garden. Next week in part two, Hester talks about trends in plants, including the introduction of a blue orchid:
Friday, 13 January, 2012Hester Macdonald talks about what gardening trends to watch for in 2012. She talks to John Stanley, retail guru, as well as Erwin Meier, director of the Meier Garden center in Dürnten in the canton of Zurich. She also gets trend insights on the year ahead from Rachel Doyle, director of the Arboretum Garden centre in County Carlow in Ireland. Trends include gardening for children, edible landscapes and colour in the garden. Next week in part two, Hester talks about trends in plants, including the introduction of a blue orchid:
Dig It! How botanical names help us understand plants
Friday, 23 December, 2011Hester Macdonald and WRS’s Pete Forster discuss how seasonal plant names can help us better understand our plants in terms of where they come from, when they flower and how to take care of them:
Friday, 23 December, 2011Hester Macdonald and WRS’s Pete Forster discuss how seasonal plant names can help us better understand our plants in terms of where they come from, when they flower and how to take care of them:
Dig It! Gadget gift ideas for the garden
Friday, 16 December, 2011Digging for gift ideas just days before Christmas? Hester Macdonald and WRS’s own Gadget Guru may have just hit upon the perfect item to put under the tree for (even it it doesn’t quite fit). We’re talking garden gadgets of course, from loppers to weed pullers to power mowers. We even have a “chainsaw for idiots”:
Friday, 16 December, 2011Digging for gift ideas just days before Christmas? Hester Macdonald and WRS’s own Gadget Guru may have just hit upon the perfect item to put under the tree for (even it it doesn’t quite fit). We’re talking garden gadgets of course, from loppers to weed pullers to power mowers. We even have a “chainsaw for idiots”:
Dig It! Great coffee table books for splendid gifts
Friday, 9 December, 2011In the second of a two-part series, Hester Macdonald talks to WRS’s Pete Forster about her top gardening book picks from 2011 that would look great on any coffee table. These richly illustrated books include everything from gorgeous Italian gardens to rural Australian gardens:
Friday, 9 December, 2011In the second of a two-part series, Hester Macdonald talks to WRS’s Pete Forster about her top gardening book picks from 2011 that would look great on any coffee table. These richly illustrated books include everything from gorgeous Italian gardens to rural Australian gardens:
Dig It! Practical gardening books for holiday gifts
Friday, 2 December, 2011In the first of a two-part series, Hester Macdonald talks to WRS’s Pete Forster about some of her favorite gardening books published in 2011. This week, she’s focusing on practical how-to texts for gardening know-how:
Friday, 2 December, 2011In the first of a two-part series, Hester Macdonald talks to WRS’s Pete Forster about some of her favorite gardening books published in 2011. This week, she’s focusing on practical how-to texts for gardening know-how:
Dig It! Visiting a daylily breeder at L'Imprévu garden
Friday, 25 November, 2011Hester Macdonald visits Liselotte Hirsbrunner and her fabulous garden L’Imprévu in Chesières in the canton of Vaud. She is a hemerocallis or daylily breeder, and breeds and collects peonies, iris, tradescantia, to name a few. Hirsbrunner talks about all her previous gardens in New York and northern Illinois, as well as the development of the garden in Chesières. Hester plans to visit Hirsbrunner again when the breeding season starts—in order to learn about propagation and see the garden in its full glory:
Friday, 25 November, 2011Hester Macdonald visits Liselotte Hirsbrunner and her fabulous garden L’Imprévu in Chesières in the canton of Vaud. She is a hemerocallis or daylily breeder, and breeds and collects peonies, iris, tradescantia, to name a few. Hirsbrunner talks about all her previous gardens in New York and northern Illinois, as well as the development of the garden in Chesières. Hester plans to visit Hirsbrunner again when the breeding season starts—in order to learn about propagation and see the garden in its full glory:
Dig It! The appeal of grasses in the autumn
Friday, 18 November, 2011Hester Macdonald talks with WRS’s Pete Forster about her visit to the grass garden of Roussillon Fleurs with Alexandre Monnet, grass specialist. The garden features a large collection of more than 60 varieties of grasses:
Friday, 18 November, 2011Hester Macdonald talks with WRS’s Pete Forster about her visit to the grass garden of Roussillon Fleurs with Alexandre Monnet, grass specialist. The garden features a large collection of more than 60 varieties of grasses:
