Latest Melanie walker Podcast Episodes
Summer Must-Do's to ease you into the Festive Season with Life is a Garden | Cary Goodwin
Melanie Walker's Grounded - November 10, 2023 16:00 - 31 minutesGoing away for the holidays? Or staying home for the season? Whichever it is, make sure your garden is in tip-top shape, whether you’re expecting guests or needing it to look after itself for a while. Cary Goodwin and Melanie discuss the latest greatest ideas from lifeisagarden.co.za, including...
#097 'When life hands you dirt, plant seeds' | Linda Galvad
Melanie Walker's Grounded - June 01, 2023 12:00 - 35 minutesEvery seed has a story. What began as a seed of an idea turned into a passion for growing from seed for Organic Gardening Goddess Linda Galvad. In this edition of Grounded, Linda and Melanie Walker (co-conspirators on The Home Channel's Gardening 101) get to grips with what makes a seed heirloo...
#096 Finding out about foraging | Gregory Henderson
Melanie Walker's Grounded - May 18, 2023 08:15 - 34 minutesSometimes cookery books aren't just about cooking, they're about a whole lot more; the ingredients and where they come from, the ancestors who hold the lore surrounding them, preserving wild foods (in nature, not just in jam jars), and the heritage of indigenous ingredients. It's about the storie...
#095 Aloe, Aloe! Take a Break... | Cary Goodwin
Melanie Walker's Grounded - May 04, 2023 08:04 - 34 minutes.. and an (E)scape from the pressures of Life Once again proving that Succulents Don't Suck, Cary Goodwin of Life is a Garden chats to Melanie about the wondrous variety of aloes and echeveria that are available these days, along with how to deal with the descent into the winter months in the ga...
#094 Winter is coming! | Charles Barnhoorn
Melanie Walker's Grounded - March 02, 2023 11:01 - 32 minutesWhether you're new to the joys of gardening or not, there's always something new to be learned. It's time to find out more about the not-difficult art of growing bulbs on Grounded with the man who has made it his life, Charles Barnhoorn of Hadeco Bulbs. He demystifies what some see as the magic ...
#093 Won’t you come into Our Garden? | Cary Goodwin
Melanie Walker's Grounded - February 08, 2023 19:59 - 36 minutesWe'd Like Our Roses to See You! Cary Goodwin (Spokesperson - Life is a Garden; Headgirl Colourful Group & Peebles Plants) joins Melanie today take a look at what's hot on the gardening scene in South Africa at the moment, and making the pages of the Life is a Garden website. Want to know more a...
#092 Gardening is a Seasonal Thing | Cary Goodwin
Melanie Walker's Grounded - November 03, 2022 11:34 - 30 minutesFind out what You should be doing this Season! Gardening is about water - most of it in the form of perspiration! Whether you have too much, or too little, water is the main topic when it comes to getting gardens to grow properly. Cary Goodwin, and the wonderful helpers at Life is a Garden, are...
#091 Shhhhh. Sit Quietly and See What Comes | Listening out for the Birdies
Melanie Walker's Grounded - September 17, 2022 06:34 - 31 minutes“Sometimes I think that the point of birdwatching is not the actual seeing of the birds, but the cultivation of patience. Of course, each time we set out, there's a certain amount of expectation we'll see something, maybe even a species we've never seen before, and that it will fill us with light...
#090 What Should Be Happening in Your Backyard in June
Melanie Walker's Grounded - May 26, 2022 06:36 - 32 minutesJune tips from Life in a Garden Our Guest: Cary Goodwin (PR - Life is a Garden; Head Girl at Colourful Group) Winter has come - but that's no reason not to get out and get warm with some gardening chores. Keeping yourself and your plants well covered is key, and even if you're an indoor gardene...
#089 The Get Green Episode! | Cary Goodwin
Melanie Walker's Grounded - March 24, 2022 06:37 - 33 minutesOf Earth Hour and the Coming of Autumn The Earth is slightly turning off its axis as we begin the descent from the long heady golden days of summer into the changing of colour and season. So what should you be doing in your garden to prepare it for the winter months? Cary Goodwin gives us the ti...
#088 Life is a Garden's mid-summer hints and tips! | Cary Goodwin
Melanie Walker's Grounded - January 19, 2022 14:50 - 33 minutesCary Goodwin (Life is a Garden | Spokesperson and Colourful Group | Head Girl) If you want to know how to grow clivias from seed, what the best indoor plants are to have that you and your kids can't kill, how to make paint from flowers, what plants are looking great at this time of the year, and...
#087 Survival - Our Environment Needs Your Help | David Barritt
Melanie Walker's Grounded - December 22, 2021 10:41 - 35 minutesIn a departure from our usual conversations on Grounded, Melanie Walker finds out from David Barritt, Executive Director of two international charities for animals, about what is going on in Africa when it comes to our protected species - and those that are more commonplace. Whether it be pangol...
#086 Seeding is Believing! | Paul Vonk (SANA)
Melanie Walker's Grounded - December 16, 2021 07:15 - 32 minutesThe Green Industry has been one that has seen a fair amount of growth over the last couple of years - even during Covid and lockdowns. Probably because of them. Paul Vonk (Commercial Manager Mayfords Seeds/President -SANA) and Melanie explore the green horizons, talking bulbs, seeds, what the gr...
#085 Well - Bats may seem like that to rats, but we think so too! | Jonathan Haw
Melanie Walker's Grounded - December 02, 2021 12:22 - 31 minutesWell - Bats may seem like that to rats, but we think so too! Guest: Jonathan Haw (Director, EcoSolutions) “In their previous lives, poets were bats, and thinkers were owls.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover And that's what this episode of Grounded is all about - the kings and ...
#084 Blooming Marvellous | Cary Goodwin
Melanie Walker's Grounded - October 20, 2021 16:34 - 32 minutesIs the best season of the year Spring? Guest: Cary Goodwin (Spokesperson Life is a Garden, Head Garden Girl at Colourful Group) From how to create the garden of your dreams, select the best plants, attract birds to your backyard and to set up a tiny watergarden - all the info you need you can g...
#083 The Protection or the Environment is up to You! | Donna-Mari Noble
Melanie Walker's Grounded - September 23, 2021 13:25 - 30 minutesHow to be a useful member of the Human Race. Donna-Mari Noble (Communications Manager, MPact) National Recycling Day happened on the 17th September this year in South Africa - did you do your bit to help lessen your load on the planet? Donna-Mari Noble of MPact recycling gives us the latest on...
#082 Don't be wasteful - Learn how to Upcycle | Winnie McHenry
Melanie Walker's Grounded - September 02, 2021 12:03 - 32 minutesBring down your impact on our earth Winnie McHenry (Originator/Owner Upcycle) Like most of the rest of the World, South Africa is battling with pollution and lack of landfill space. But slowly, some people are managing to change this around, while Upskilling people who have been battling to fi...
#081 Crazy Daisies! | Cary Goodwin
Melanie Walker's Grounded - July 28, 2021 16:38 - 33 minutesMust be in this cold! Cary Goodwin (Spokesperson for Life is a Garden, head Supergirl at Peebles and Colourful Group) Winter. Sends shivers down the spine. In more ways than one. But spring ain’t that far away, so Cary Goodwin reckons it’s time to start getting your garden sorted with a blast ...
#080 Do the Right Thing! | Gavin Heron
Melanie Walker's Grounded - May 04, 2021 17:09 - 33 minutesDo Something ProActive - With Earth Probiotic If you're worried about the state of our planet, then find out about 52 Easy Things to Do to make your impact on the earth negligible. Gavin Heron of Earth Probiotic talks us through bokashi, recycling, packaging, compostables vs biodegradables, and...
#079 You are What you Eat | Linda Galvad
Melanie Walker's Grounded - April 28, 2021 18:17 - 38 minutesLinda Galvad - Sought After Seedlings Planting thoughts on how to help your brain and body Our body consists of two 'brains' - the one we think with, and the one we feel with. The Gut. To get the best out of what you eat, and how you feed your brain(s), Linda Galvad of Sought After Seedlings t...
#078 Winter is Coming! | Cary Goodwin
Melanie Walker's Grounded - April 22, 2021 14:50 - 33 minutesLife is a Garden's winter top tips with Cary Goodwin (Spokesperson Life is a Garden, Head Garden Girl at Colourful Group) Winter is on its way, so what should you be looking out for? The Great Reset continues - are you part of it? Talking bulbs, indoor plants, how to get your garden ready for t...
#077 Afro-Chic is making its Mark | Michael Rickhoff
Melanie Walker's Grounded - March 18, 2021 06:27 - 29 minutesMichael Rickhoff (Master Landscape Designer) We set trends here in the south - not following the rest of the world! While the rest of the world follow trends in gardening, taking their cue from the northern hemisphere summer garden ideas, there are a number of Proudly South Africans who are tak...
#076 It’s still Summer! | Cary Goodwin
Melanie Walker's Grounded - March 13, 2021 12:11 - 33 minutesGet yourself ready for Your Life in a Garden Cary Goodwin (spokesperson Life is a Garden) This month is a time of planning. Planning for your autumn and winter garden. Cary Goodwin gives us all the gen we need for ensuring you have all your bulbs (not) in a row and things to keep the kids busy ...
#075 All things Bright and Beautiful | Kathy Varney
Melanie Walker's Grounded - February 14, 2021 08:05 - 31 minutesThe Trials and Tribulations of getting the Best Plants to you! Kathy Varney (Marketing & Product Manager at Ball Straathof) For years, Ball Straathof have been striving to bring colour, beauty and tasty morsels to all gardens and landscapes. The BS Trials give all those in the gardening indus...
Back to Basics! | Cary Goodwin (Spokesperson Life is a Garden, Head Garden Girl at Colourful Group)
Melanie Walker's Grounded - January 14, 2021 15:15 - 38 minutesBack to Basics! — Start your Gardening Year off Greenly Cary Goodwin (Spokesperson Life is a Garden, Head Garden Girl at Colourful Group) The beginning of a New Year generally heralds new resolutions. If you haven't made one yet, let it be this - I am going to get Grounded! From starting from...
#074 Back to Basics! | Cary Goodwin
Melanie Walker's Grounded - January 14, 2021 15:15 - 37 minutesStart your Gardening Year off Greenly Cary Goodwin (Spokesperson Life is a Garden, Head Garden Girl at Colourful Group) The beginning of a New Year generally heralds new resolutions. If you haven't made one yet, let it be this - I am going to get Grounded! From starting from scratch and gettin...
If Trees Could Talk... | Megan Emmett Parker (author and senior producer in the environmental world)
Melanie Walker's Grounded - December 12, 2020 12:56 - 30 minutesIf Trees Could Talk... — And 100 of them you should get to know! Megan Emmett Parker (author and senior producer in the environmental world) With a Masters in environmental management, a conservation degree and a decade working as a senior producer on 50/50 on tv, Megan Parker has a solid grou...
#073 If Trees Could Talk... | Megan Emmett Parker
Melanie Walker's Grounded - December 12, 2020 12:56 - 29 minutesAnd 100 of them you should get to know! Megan Emmett Parker (author and senior producer in the environmental world) With a Masters in environmental management, a conservation degree and a decade working as a senior producer on 50/50 on tv, Megan Parker has a solid grounding on all topics enviro...
A Blooming Good Christmas | Cary Goodwin (Life is a Garden | Spokesperson and Colourful Group | Head Girl)
Melanie Walker's Grounded - November 27, 2020 04:06 - 36 minutesA Blooming Good Christmas — Christmas in a Garden with Life is a Garden Cary Goodwin (Life is a Garden | Spokesperson and Colourful Group | Head Girl) The summer holidays are a time to kick back and relax - and after the dreadful year many have had - thank you 2020! - with many people (still) ...
#072 A Blooming Good Christmas | Cary Goodwin
Melanie Walker's Grounded - November 27, 2020 04:06 - 36 minutesChristmas in a Garden with Life is a Garden Cary Goodwin (Life is a Garden | Spokesperson and Colourful Group | Head Girl) The summer holidays are a time to kick back and relax - and after the dreadful year many have had - thank you 2020! - with many people (still) staying home, it’s the perfec...
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