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Lee catches up with Tom and Ben for a quiz on STIHL product features

Charlie is back for season 2 of That’s How We Grow! With an amazing line-up of guests, Charlie will be chatting with some incredible gardening experts throughout the season so you can grow and cultivate your best garden yet! 

Opening the new season, Charlie is joined by the former queen of breakfast television, Samantha Armytage. Listen to Sam talk about her own lifestyle treeseachange - from the beaches of Bondi to her tranquil country garden and animals. From kangaroos to hares, she’s experienced everything in between. 

For Charlie, a country garden can be a thing of wild beauty – the space and opportunities available are a designer's dream and the possibilities endless. Charlie shows you how you can embrace the best of both worlds; the joy of native plants, and the structure of English traditional gardens. 

On this episode, we discuss:

• Sam’s passion for her native garden
• How to combine a formal garden with native and drought resistant plants
• The lifestyle change of living in a rural area
• Advice for making a tree change
• The joys and challenges of native animals in your garden

About Samantha Armytage

Considered the ‘Queen of Morning Television’, Samantha Armytage is an Australian journalist, television presenter and podcast host. Best known for her previous role as the co-host of Network Seven’s Sunrise, Samantha is now a columnist in lifestyle magazine Stellar. In 2021, she launched her podcast Something to Talk About with Samantha Armytage in collaboration with Stellar, discussing a range of topics with experts, influential friends and everyday Australians. In 2014, she authored her autobiography ‘Shine’, taking readers through lessons about life, career and relationships. She is an ambassador for Soldier On and the Sony Foundation. 

We’d love to hear from you, please email any questions you have about your garden to: charlie@stihl.com.au

Find you local STIHL dealer, there are over 600 across Australia: https://www.stihl.com.au/dealer-locator.aspx

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This podcast was hosted by Charlie Albone and created by STIHL Australia.

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In this follow up from the STIHL APP's overview Podcast, we welcome back Emilio. Who navigates us through the STIHL APP and all of it's handy features and benefits

During this podcast on the STIHL Hexa System you'll learn about the features and benefits of Rapid Hexa chain and the Hexa System, the advantages over Rapid Super and what makes it so unique.

Charlie Albone is incredibly passionate about garden design. His garden displays at the Chelsea Flower Show are some of his career highlights. To indulge in this passion, Charlie is joined by friend and fellow designer Michael Bates. As an experienced garden designer, Michael joins Charlie to discuss the planning process for designing a beautiful garden and how they work with their respective clients to achieve this.
On today’s episode:

• Michael’s approach to designing a garden
• What aims to have in mind when designing a garden
• The importance of having a garden fitting its surrounds
• At what stage do you get a professional involved in your garden design
• Michael’s involvement with Mayfield, the largest privately owned garden in the southern hemisphere

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We all battle with garden maintenance at times, so Charlie catches up with David Laughlin from The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney to learn how the professionals approach this dilemma. If you love to get into the garden, or prefer to sit back and enjoy its aura, Charlie and David provide advice around just how best to plan and manage your garden. So, to help you spend more time enjoying and savouring your garden, rather than being intimidated and slaving away, Charlie and David provide their knowledge and expertise for you.
On today’s episode:- How to prioritise your garden maintenance- How do professional gardeners plan their maintenance program- The focus on organic garden practices to manage pests and weeds- The tools every good gardener needs- The importance of analysing your soil and area before planting- Low maintenance plants for high impact- What you can learn from killing a plant
About David LaughlinDavid Laughlin has been with the Botanic Gardens for over ten years working in the horticulture team. He is the Curator Manager at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney and has a keen interest in perennial borders, annual colour displays and Australian Asteraceae.
We’d love to hear from you, please email any questions you have about your garden to: charlie@stihl.com.au
Website: stihl.com.au/Instagram - @stihl_au or @charlie_albone
This podcast was hosted by Charlie Albone and created by STIHL Australia.

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Charlie catches up with his good friend, Andrew Winter, who he misses immensely after the 13-years they spent together filming Selling Houses Australia. The two catch up and discuss just how important a garden is when putting your home up for sale, with Andrew sharing his knowledge on how a beautiful garden can support the sale of your home. Many people focus on the interior of a home when selling while often the garden is overlooked. Completing some small jobs in the garden prior to sale can make a big difference to the sale price.
On today’s episode:

• The value a beautiful garden can add to a home
• How to recognise a well-maintained garden compared to a quick clean-up prior to sale
• Andrew’s poor gardening abilities
• Andrew’s secret history of gardening
• Tips for cleaning up prior to sale
• Trends in gardens supporting strong home sales
• How home automation can boost your sale price
• Find out if Andrew misses Charlie on Selling Houses Australia

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Host Charlie Albone is joined by self confessed plant nerd, Jimmy Turner. Australia’s size and the variety in weather conditions brings unique challenges. From the dry heat down south, to the high humidity up north, the different types of heat bring different challenges to Australian gardeners. Charlie and Jimmy discuss how to manage your garden in these hot conditions and the best ways to look after plants in extreme heat.
On today’s episode:

• How to manage your plants in hot weather
• When and how much to fertilise your gardens in warmer weather
• How to prepare your garden beds for hot weather
• How much and when to water your gardens
• What plants thrive in hot weather
• The importance of compost and mulch for your garden

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Host Charlie Albone is joined by expert arborist Martin Peacock to discuss tree management, from big gum trees to citrus. Martin is an experienced arborist and now completes tree reports for clients. With a wealth of experience climbing trees and analysing their health, Martin shares his knowledge with Charlie.

On today’s episode:

• When to prune your trees, including the different times of year for large trees compared to fruiting trees
• The best advice for removing dead branches
• How to manage crossing branches
• Managing young trees compared to mature trees
• Basic tool management for trimming trees and the safety gear you need
• When to get the professionals in
• When and how to remove a tree

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Host Charlie Albone is joined by the incredible Maggie Beer to discuss her passion for gardening. Maggie loves to create incredible dishes from her own produce. A renowned vegetable grower, Charlie and Maggie share their knowledge to help everyone have a brilliant vegetable patch.
On today’s episode:

• Will Maggie Beer share her burnt fig ice cream recipe with Charlie?
• Maggie’s gardening passion
• Preparing vegetable garden beds
• Planning for crop rotation across vegetable beds
• The great work Maggie is doing with her foundation
• The importance of maintaining, feeding and watering systems for your garden
• Planning the location of your vegetable garden

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On today’s show, host Charlie Albone is joined by lawn expert Joe Rogers. Joe is the commercial and research development manager at Lawn Solutions Australia, home to Sir Walter Buffalo turf. Charlie and Joe cover everything you need to know to spring your lawn back into shape, the best ways to establish, maintain and rejuvenate what is often the heart of a garden.

On today’s episode:

• Charlie & Joe discuss their approach to lawn maintenance - what to do and when
• What are the common issues with lawns and how to overcome them
• What’s the best way to prepare an area for new lawn
• How to choose the best variety of turf for your garden
• The keys to rejuvenating a tired looking lawn
• Tips for how to best mow and maintain your lawn

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On today’s show, Charlie Albone is joined by his good friend, esteemed horticulturist Graham Ross. After all his years of gardening, Graham has plenty of stories to tell and has his finger firmly on the pulse of what people are up to in their garden’s today. They cover gardening trends, Graham’s time in the gardening industry and the changes they have seen over the years.
On today’s episode:

• Charlie chats to Graham Ross about trends they are seeing in gardens
• The importance of spending time in the garden
• How Graham’s passion for gardening grew
• Graham’s experience and time working in the horticulture industry
• What’s “Big G’s” favourite gardening tool? His STIHL Battery Powered blower of course!
• How to plan your gardening calendar
• Where to start your Spring Gardening Cleanup

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THAT’S HOW WE GROW is a podcast, produced by host Charlie Albone and STIHL. Each week Charlie welcomes gardening experts to talk about the best techniques, power tools and overall garden tips. If your thumb is green, your garden vast and your to-do-list never ending this podcast is for you!
STIHL Tools are only available from STIHL Dealers, there are over 600 STIHL Dealers across Australia.Find out more about Battery Power by STIHL here: www.stihl.com.au/battery
Find your local STIHL Dealer here: www.stihldealers.com.au We’d love to hear from you, please email any questions you have about your garden to: charlie@stihl.com.au
Website: stihl.com.au/
Instagram - @stihl_au or @charlie_albone
This podcast was hosted by Charlie Albone and created by STIHL Australia.

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David Elderton is a creative experimenter and builder. He lives on an island near Vancouver in Canada working in the e-bike business delivering high quality custom e-bikes all across Canada. He is also in the progress of building his second electric boat. As he is experimenting and playing with ideas a lot, there is also many results. He shares them on open platforms and thus also helps others to get ahead with their projects.

This episode is a long one. David and I talk about how he started his e-bike business, based on his enthusiasm for experimenting, building and for the swift way of e-bikes. We then cover the (nearly) all-solar powered household and get to talk about electric boats as well as his next projects. In the end we talk about sharing ideas, experiments, results and failures.

Check out the The 2pt5 website for all the links and extras mentioned in the episode on https://the2pt5.net/david-elderton-creative-experimenter-and-builder-about-e-bikes-e-boats-e-cars-all-solar-houses-and-sharing-of-ideas-and-experiment-results/

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Innovators from around the globe share the highs and lows of an innovator's life, their motivation and creative passions as well as their favorite methods, tools, conferences and ideas.

The 2pt5 - https://the2pt5.net - conversations connecting innovators podcast is hosted in Baden-Württemberg in the Southwest of Germany by Klaus Reichert - https://www.klausreichert.de