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The Garden Shift

Tina Cesaroni
The Garden Shift
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23 episodes

  • The Garden Shift

    The Native Plant Novice- Gardener on the Shift

    2026-03-26 | 32 mins.
    Joanna Dyer is teaching her young family to love bees and bugs, removing invasive plants, experimenting with garden techniques like dead hedges and seed snails and growing new species at every opportunity. Her Shift is happening at a racing pace in her garden in Hamilton, Ontario.
    Follow Joanna on Instagram:
    the_native_gardening_novice
    Order Wild Ginger -Ontario Native Plant:
    https://onplants.ca/shop/asarum-canadense/
    Remove Periwinkle:
    https://www.ontarioinvasiveplants.ca/invasive-plants/species/periwinkle/
  • The Garden Shift

    Toronto Wildlife Centre - How to Co-Exist With Wildlife In Our Gardens

    2026-03-19 | 29 mins.
    Victoria Badham joins today from the Toronto Wildlife Centre. Thousands of calls are handled on the hotline in the busy part of the year. Rescues, medical care , rehabilitation and education are all components of this charity's mission. Victoria answers questions and dispels myths around the wildlife that show up in our urban gardens. What to do and what not to do. Building a healthy community for people and animals in Toronto.
    https://www.torontowildlifecentre.com/
  • The Garden Shift

    Whispers From The North with Dr Elaine Wiersma

    2026-03-12 | 35 mins.
    Dr Elaine Wiersma research at Lakehead University highlights the special opportunity that gardeners have to make positive change as stewards, conservationists, guerilla gardeners, advocates, learners and teachers. We discuss her new project - Whispers From the North, a nursery she opened in 2021 in Pass Lake Ontario. Special species like Early Figwort, Northern Sweetgrass and Poverty Oat Grass are discussed.
    https://www.whispersfromthenorth.ca/
    Matrix Gardening:
    https://wildones.org/matrix-landscape-design-with-benjamin-vogt/
  • The Garden Shift

    Gardening Grant- Educating through Social Media

    2026-03-05 | 36 mins.
    Social Media sensation Grant Minkhorst is hooked on gardening. He wants you to jump in and make mistakes. A clever and often hilarious communicator , we talk the joy of flowers, starting from seed , and pest management .
    gardeninggrant.com
    News- How To Start Your Garden for the Season
    https://globalnews.ca/video/11200929/how-to-start-your-garden-for-the-season
    Grant recommends:
    https://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_mcmackin_let_your_garden_grow_wild
  • The Garden Shift

    Gardens That Do Good with Sean James

    2026-02-26 | 38 mins.
    Sean James is an ecological landscape expert. With his extensive horticultural knowledge he creates gardens that are public pleasing. Bold features, drifts of plants and seasonal vignettes make up his designs. This episode is jam packed with plant choices that can bring both birds and bees to your garden. Some plants of note are Bladdernut , Black Cherry, Silky Dogwood and Arrowleaf Aster.
    Notes
    https://www.seanjames-consulting.ca/
    Sean James YouTube
    https://youtu.be/1K8x-vUkoMI?si=Z53QzXPjhZ25yhVO
    https://landscapeontario.com/about/

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About The Garden Shift

A podcast about becoming a guardian of your garden with host Tina Cesaroni and friends. Informal conversations about ecological gardening, including -nature observations -less lawn and more plants - critters to co-exist with -caterpillars, moths, butterflies, birds & bees to name a few -messy garden beds -meadows -native plants to know and grow -invasive plants to remove -Ontario native plant nurseries for you to visit -ecological news I hope you laugh a bit and learn a lot. More good stuff here: thegardenshift.com @the_garden_shift
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