All The Dirt Gardening, Sustainability And Food

Steve, Deryn and Mitch from Little Leaf Co talk Indoor plants. 

Join Deryn Steve Sabrina Hahn and Neville Passmore as they talk with guests and exhibitors at the Kalamunda Garden Festival

Craig Musson from WAFEX leads the world in West Australian Wax flower breeding

Angus talks with Deryn about West Australia's rich biodiversity and his passion for Wildflowers

Deryn talks with leading research scientist Monica Gagliano about her latest discoveries on plant communication and cognition.

Costa shares his passion for gardening the  importance of clean healthy food and his love of nature

Steve and Deryn chat with James Talijancich about his love of West Australia's Swan Valley, the soil and producing award wining wines.

Steve and Deryn discuss growing succulents and we talk to special guest Sue McDougall

Building Healthy Soils with Sabrina Hahn Deryn Thorpe and Steve Wood

We revisit our very first episode of All The Dirt talking the power of Microgreens and more.

Paul Roy from Red Rock Nursery at Gidgegannup grows and sells carnivorous plants.  He talks with Steve and Deryn about his fascination with sundews, venus fly traps and pitcher plants and shares his tips for caring for these fascinating carnivores. 

Eighteen years ago three friends created a meeting place where people could learn how to live more sustainably. Environment House in Bayswater has grown to become a community hub that promotes climate protection, river and wetland care and a range of sustainability issues.   On this week’s podcast Deryn and Steve talk with one of the founders, Rachael Roberts, about how a small grass roots organisation can make a difference. 

Deryn talks to gardening presenter Angus Stewart about composting waste; the benefits of worm farming and other practical composting methods.

Nick Gillett is a farmer in Bencubbin, in the North Eastern Wheatbelt of WA. He talks to Steve and Deryn about the challenges of farming on 300mm annual rainfall (about 175mm in the average April to October growing season) and how farmers are adapting to new technology and reduced use of herbicides.

As a boy Dr Terry Houston was fascinated by the natural world and has spent more than 50 years studying Australia's 2000 native bees. He talks with Deryn and Steve about their important in our bush and gardens and reveals some of their unusual, and to our human understanding, quirky behaviours.

Nick Bell was born in 1936 and is one of the pioneers of the turf  industry but got his foothold in the industry travelling through SWWA   restocking Yates' seed stands. We talk about lawn, artificial turf and  his life with well known garden presenter Neville Passmore, who has  written a book on Nick's life.

In this week's podcast Deryn and Steve talk about edible and ornamental water plants, aquaponics, edible fish and ponds with Calinda Anderson from the Woodvale Fish and Lily Farm.

If you love roses you're going to enjoy our chat with Rob Melville,  a  third generation rose grower who with partner Katie Coyle runs  Melville's Rose and Garden, a propagation and retail nursery in the  Perth hills. The couple have an enduring passion for everything rosy and discuss  with Steve and Deryn their best loved rose varieties and favourite  salvias to team with with roses.

Rupert Phillips from the House of Honey fell in love with beekeeping at age 8 and brings a lifetime of experience to share with All The Dirt.  He joined Deryn and Steve to talk about backyard bee keeping and the medicinal properties of honey.

Lynne Chapman brings her lifetime of plant knowledge and love for roses to the show. Find out about her favourite varieties, how to strike successful cuttings, and how to bring out the best in your blooms.  Also, find out where to find Deryn and Steve at the Kitchen Warehouse Homegrown Market Day September 9th.