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Growing Trends
by Ann Miller & Chris Coope
Growing Trends is all about people, people who are passionate about their environment, gardens & landscapes, along with the experts that helped them.Our interviews are with homeowners, professional horticulturists, architects, engineers, scientists, authors , from around the globe, all have a fascinating story to tell. Ann is a native of Iowa, USA & Chris a native of Henley-on Thames, England, are the shows Co-Hosts have many years of award winning professional horticultural and landscaping experience, accomplished designers and speakers they bring a distinctive style to each show.
Episodes
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Gardentopia - Jan Johnsen's go to Landscape Book
Gardentopia – Jan Johnsen’s go to landscape book for Homeowners. A few years ago Ann and I were fortunate to interview Jan Johnsen about a fascinating book she had written about gardens. Jan’s book “Gardentopia” for the home owner with 135 lushly illustrated garden and planting ideas that aim to...
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Junior Explorers – an interview with the founder Anurag Agarwal
Ann and I were delighted to be able to interview Anurag Agarwal the founder and CEO of www.juniorexplorers.com Junior Explorers motto is “Inspiring a new generation of environmental stewards” come take a listen and hear just how they are achieving this. ABOUT JUNIOR EXPLORERS Our mission is…
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An interview with Jenny Peterson
Ann and I were fortunate to interview Jenny Peterson, just after her new book was published. Jenny is an amazing, extremely positive lady who is an inspiration for us all. A Garden that Heals Pittsburgh, Pa. (October 5, 2015): When Jenny Peterson was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012, it…
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Grandy’s Long walk – The Bibbulmun Track, Western Australia
Ann and I had the pleasure of interviewing Linda Stanley after she had completed this 1000km walk. Linda undertook this walk on her own, it took the best part of 8 weeks to complete and more than three months to prepare for. Linda isn’t your average walker by any means, she suffered some serious...
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The right-sized Flower Garden
Kerry Mendez has a passion for gardening, in her latest book “The right-sized Flower Garden” she discusses how to develop a garden that you can manage, often this will reduce the amount of work involved. As she explains it’s all about making the right choices, whilst at the same time making…
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A recent visit to China ( part two) to explore the many environmental issues. - Growing Trends
Ann & Chris continue their interview with Bill Sosinsky , CEO of Energime University. Bill has recently returned from a trip to China. He talks to us about how the Chinese are adapting, planning and coping with the enormous … Continue reading →
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Growing trends new look and our first interview from a visit to China - Growing Trends
Hello everyone, we hope you like our new logo ? We have some great interviews planned for the next few months. Our first is with Bill Sosinsky , CEO of Energime University. Bill has recently returned from a trip to China. He talks to us about how the Chinese are adapting, planning and coping with...
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Garden Centers are changing.. - Growing Trends
Ann is in Paris, France talking to Valerie Langendorff, President of a Women’s Garden Executive Club. Valerie looks at Garden Centers from the ladies perspective in France, her ladies group have identified a number of interesting trends.. Women make 70% of … Continue reading →
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If I were to open a garden center today ……
Garden Centers have evolved over the years, there are Independent Garden Centers often in a local neighborhood, there are larger groups with multiple locations. Many of the big box ‘Do it Yourself stores’ have larger and larger ‘Garden Center’ sections. The question recently has been where are…
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The Chelsea Physic Garden – Linking people to plants & nature
It’s not often you find a garden that was founded in 1673. Which is when the Apothecaries’ Garden was formed. Ann was on a trip to Europe recently and dropped in on the beautiful Chelsea Physic Garden. Situated on the side of the River Thames in London. The gardens original purpose was to train...
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How we look at Food Tourism today - Growing Trends
Ann and I interviewed John Stanley of John Stanley Associates recently about his new book, he jointly wrote with his wife Linda, Food Tourism – A Practical Marketing Guide. The fastest growth in tourism today is the culinary sector. Listen … Continue reading →
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Heaven is a Garden - Growing Trends
A few years ago I read a paper about how grasses 'moved' to music, then I read about the effects of harmonious sounds on plant growth. Why do I mention this ? Well a few weeks ago we were talking … Continue reading →
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Are you growing herbs & veggies at home? - Growing Trends
There has been quite a revival or is it renaissance in growing herbs and vegetables at home recently ? The beauty of growing at home is that the gardener knows where this food has come from, what he has used to grow it. (https://picagardi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/mel1.jpg) The produce tends to...
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Are we rediscovering a sense of community ? - Growing Trends
Today’s interview is really fascinating, our friends Bill Sosinsky and Rich Sapienza of Energime University discuss, coming trends, in particular the growing sense of community involvement. Community gardens - the modern name for an ‘Allotment’ is a case in point....
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The Growing Potential for Algae -Part two - Growing Trends
When we started this latest series of interviews with Bill Sosinsky and Joe Ravet we soon realised how important Algae is to life on our planet. (https://picagardi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/algae-3.jpg?w=300&h=225) We never realised how interesting or how much interest these interviews would...
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The Growing Potential for Algae – Part one - Growing Trends
Our interview this week is with Bill Sosinsky and Joe Ravet, it's all about the amazing properties of algae and the work being done today that could transform many areas of our lives. This fascinating interview is in two parts, with the second part coming next week....
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GT114 Eat your Roses - Growing Trends
It's that time of year again, as we move from Spring into Summer all sorts of tasty treats abound in our gardens, our interview today is with a lady who has taken this to a new dimension. (http://growingtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Eat-your-roses002-300x243.jpg) Ann & I caught up with...
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Suffering from Allergies?
It’s allergy awareness week in England . (https://picagardi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/aaw15poster.jpg?w=211&h=300) A subject that has become more and more important to my family over the past few years. My grandson Callum was born with severe allergies , which appear at the slightest…
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GT112 School Garden Projects have many positives, you can hear many of them here. - Growing Trends
(http://growingtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Children-eating-salad-300x300.jpg) Is this really salad ? it tastes so good like this ! Ann & I were fortunate to talk to three amazing ladies from Tennessee a little while ago. They wanted to start a school garden at their school, here is…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Growing Trends is all about people, people who are passionate about their environment, gardens & landscapes, along with the experts that helped them.Our interviews are with homeowners, professional horticulturists, architects, engineers, scientists, authors , from around the globe, all have a fascinating story to tell. Ann is a native of Iowa, USA & Chris a native of Henley-on Thames, England, are the shows Co-Hosts have many years of award winning professional horticultural and landscaping experience, accomplished designers and speakers they bring a distinctive style to each show.
HOSTED BY
Ann Miller & Chris Coope
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