Watch Garden Coaching Videos from 2021

We had a lot of technical challenges while taking the videos outdoors in the garden. We hope that you find the useful.

Garden Coaching August 2021

In this edition of Garden Coach, host Michelle Edworthy is joined by Kath Smyth. They discuss garlic, seed collection, perennial division, apple harvesting, juniper rust, vegetable harvesting, and late season seed sowing. Many technical challenges were experience while live broadcasting the August session of Garden Coaching. As as a result, the first half of the video is more slideshow-like than video, but the video returns during the second half.

Intro image for the August 2021 session of Garden Coaching

Garden Coaching June 2021

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The first Garden Coach for 2021 was presented on June 17. The session was broadcast from Michelle Edworthy’s garden. Michelle hosted the program with Verne Williams. They provided garden coaching on:

  • Containers: How to make your container have pizzazz and keep it looking good
  • Rainwater collection: Why collect rainwater and collection using a large food-grade shipping tote
  • Raised bed gardening: succession planting and using mulch
  • Food forests with perennial fruit bearing trees, shrubs, and plants
  • Weed control: quack grass and creeping bell flower
  • Perennial flowers in the garden
  • Journalling

Thank you to the members who joined us on Zoom for the evening. It was a learning and growing opportunity as we the host moving about the gardening added a in challenge to our outdoor broadcasting efforts.

We hope you enjoy the video that created from the Zoom recording of the program.

Garden Coaching Videos from 2020

Please enjoy the videos from the 2020 Garden Coaching sessions.

Garden Coaching—September

Kath Smyth, our garden coach, will share videos of tasks that were performed by staff and volunteers in the garden, then talk about the tasks, what care needs to be taken when they are performed, and why they should be done now. She’ll also add gardening tricks and tips to help you get things done efficiently.

September Garden Coaching Intro Image of Kath Smyth in the Society Garden
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Topics for the September session of Garden Coaching:

  • Leaves are garden gold! Where and when to use them as mulch.
  • Seeding hardy annuals for next season.
  • Cleaning up around your perennial bed.
  • Is it a good time to plant conifer (evergreen) trees and shrubs?
  • To wrap, or not to wrap?
  • Bringing tuberous begonias inside.
  • Overwintering slugs!

Garden Coaching—August

Watch this video to catch Kath Smyth’s August Garden Coaching session.

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Topics for August include:

  • Sowing Kale and Chinese cabbage for fall harvest
  • Deadheading
  • Seed collection
  • Dividing daylily and Iris clumps
  • Adding new perennials to your beds
  • Needle drop from Spruce and Pine

Garden Coaching—July

If you missed the July 16 session of Garden Coaching, you can watch the video of the meeting.

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Topics for July include:

  • Cutting the grass: leave your clippings and don’t cut shorter than 5.5 cm
  • Watering annuals
  • Tricks to retain moisture in the soil
  • Hilling your potatoes and carrots
  • Deadheading
  • Sowing a second seeding

Garden Coaching—June

If you missed the June 18 session of Garden Coaching, you can watch the video of the meeting.

Collage of Kath Smyth, gardening tools and plants
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The topics for June include: 

  • bug of the month 
  • on-going garden chores: composting, thinning, etc. 
  • pruning evergreens 
  • what to do with spring bulb foliage 
  • deadheading 
  • watering 

Just like she did during our in-person Garden Coaching sessions, Kath will answer your gardening questions throughout the program.

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