Melanie Walker's Grounded
Melanie Walker's podcast exploring all things Green.
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another Solid Gold podcast #BeHeard
Make Your Garden Your Life | Cary Goodwin (PRO Life Is A Garden)
Getting ready for winter doesn't have to be a mission. The kind folk at Life is a Garden, the PR arm of the biggest Green Industry group, make it easy for even the novice gardener to get all the information you could need for making gardening no pain in the…
Waste Not, Want Not | Yasmine Miemiec (MD 5Inc)
According to the SA State of Waste Report, in 2017 South Africans generated 42 million tons of general waste. Only 4.9 million tons of that were recycled. We have one of the worst recycling rates in the world. It's no longer up to the government or municipalities to deal with…
Warming up for Winter! | Peter Goodwin (Spokesperson : Bedding Plant Association)
No longer the preserve of the green and greyish brown, the winter garden will warm even the most stony cockles of the heart. If you're wondering how to bring colour and warmth back into your life during the drab colder months, look no further than the 4 Ps. Poppies, pansies,…
Are you a Beastie? | Marcus Wyatt (Chief Beast)
Bombshelter Beast are hot favourites bringing some madcap energy to SA music. The group, originally formed by South African jazz legend Marcus Wyatt in 2015, has grown to include a real mengelmoes of musicians playing everything from jazzy-classical with an operatic aria twist, to kwaito rock mix and Zulu rap…
SA flora goes International! | Mike Sham (Event Organiser)
We're used to hearing about how well our Kirstenbosch and Durban exhibits have done at events like the Chelsea Flower Show. Now it's time to bring them home - and make the Joburg Flower Show an event to make other countries green with envy. For five glorious days, Waterfall City…
Life is a Garden! | Cary Goodwin (Spokesperson Life is a Garden, horticulturalist deluxe at The Colourful Group and Peebles Plants)
Slightly cooler mornings and evenings may be heralding the beginning of autumn around the country, but the sun is still hot and sitting high in the sky, with no great hurry to set at the end of the day, so we should make the most of this beautiful weather by…
Action Stations - This is a Crisis! | Julian Ortlepp (Tree Works)
The Polyphagus Shothole Borer (PSHB) (Euwallacea fornicatus - and isn't that just a fitting name for the little fornicator) - or the Vietnamese borer as many know it - has been causing the death of many trees, not just in Johannesburg, but around the rest of the country. And it’s…
Ooh la la! | Michael Rickhoff (senior lecturer Lifestyle College of Garden Design)
Show gardens are probably the best way for people to get great ideas on how to bling up their outdoor spaces. And a touch of je ne sais quois is on offer in this year's 7 French inspired spaces. Celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Renaissance, students under the tutelage…
Become an Ambasseedor! | Sean Freeman (Living Seeds)
If you ever wondered if magic happens, all you need to do is look to seeds. That's what Sean Freeman of Living Seeds found out and is spreading the word on his internet based resource. The story behind Livingseeds goes back over 30 years. As a young boy Sean remembers…
Are We Just What We Eat? | Linda Galvad (Sought After Seedlings)
Known across South Africa as one of the most popular proponents of organic vegetable gardening, Linda Galvad of Sought After Seedlings gets to grips with why the Gut is often in the grips of crippling pain. Can eating healthy make you healthier? Are we just what we eat? Growing your…
Design on the Cutting Edge | Craig de Necker (The Friendly Plant)
Creating green and gorgeous places is what Grounded is all about - and why leave the largest space of your home as a green desert, when you could, for less than the amount involved in remodeling your kitchen or bathroom, enjoy an outdoor dining/cooking/relaxation area the whole family can enjoy…
Green for Good | Anthea Campbell
In this episode of Grounded, green doesn't just pertain to gardening. Anthea Campbell, publisher of a new eco-friendly publication about to hit the shelves - and Internet - tells us what let her to exhorting all humans to become more gentle with the way they treat the earth. To share…
Get up outta that lazy bed! | Peter Goodwin, Bedding Plant Association and Head Honcho at Colourful Group and Peebles Plants
Every month we find more and more beautiful bedding plants hitting the shelves in our garden centres. If you're a fan of annual colour in the garden, or just need to spice things up in your backyard for the festive season, or hankering for your own handkerchief potager filled with…
Don't get Bugged - Get even! | Jonathan Haw, big kahuna at EcoSolutions Urban Ecology
One of the most asked questions people in the Green Industry face (other than how to look after a lemon tree!) is how do you get rid of pests in the garden without getting rid of everything else too? Jonathan Haw of EcoSolutions Urban Ecology specialises in integrated pest management,…
Get Your Life out into the Garden | Cary Goodwin
Life is a Garden is the publicity arm of the South African Nurseryman's Association, and is responsible for giving the SA gardening public great ideas, and necessary information on how to get your backyard in shape in every season. Cary Goodwin gives us great ideas on how to keep your…
Saving SA's Eco Heritage | Andrew Hankey
The Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden is not only one of our country's top SANBI sites, but also a hotbed of one-hit wonders! Exactly 100 years after its first discovery, the Brachychorythis conica subspecies transvaalensis - which only has a handful of breeding sites left and has been placed on…
You Think Good Design is Expensive? | Michael Rickhoff
If you've ever thought that getting a Garden Designer in is expensive, consider the cost of bad design. Gardens work in four dimensions, and Garden Designers, Garden Architects and Landscapers are the people perfectly placed to understand this design concept. Mel and Mike discuss the pros (and cons) of finding…
All the Deliciousness that is Jane! | Jane Griffiths
The well-known veggie garden girl has branched out into a range of fantastic skincare products, specifically created with the avid gardener in mind. Sore back from bending over your floral beauties? There's a muscle rub for that. Fingers and hands grubby and chafed from planting? There's a balm to soothe…
Come on down and see (for) yourself | Heather Mac and Tim Parr
Come on down and see (for) yourself | Melanie Walker with Heather Mac and Tim ParrFor more podcasts, visit SolidGoldStudios.co.za/grounded
Annual Flower Growing made easy | Peter Goodwin
Melanie Walker and Michael Rickhoff | Following on the disastrous decimation of Impatiens walleriana crops worldwide a couple of years ago, there's good news for the 'busy lizzie' fans - they're back and in good shape. We also discuss the differences between those and New Guinea Impatiens, and the SunPatiens…