Attractive Food Gardens, Scrappy Plants, and Outreach
We chat with Adina Oosterwijk, the Community Greening Officer at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, Australia.We talk about:* Home food gardens that are productive and aesthetically pleasing* A tomato festival* The Royal Botanic Garden (https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au) in Sydney, which has three different sites that each have different growing conditions and plant collections* Garden outreach to vulnerable communities* Scrappy plants for tough growing conditions
Are you thinking of growing a potted olive tree? Or maybe you already have one…but you’re still waiting for olives. Olive trees are tough as nails. They can take more cold than many people realize. And they’re really beautiful, too. Put these all together, and you have a great potted plant for a cold-climate garden.
In my new book, Grow Olives Where You Think You Can't, I tell you everything you need to know to successfully grow an olive tree in a pot!
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In my new book, Grow Olives Where You Think You Can't, I tell you everything you need to know to successfully grow an olive tree in a pot!
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We chat with Adina Oosterwijk, the Community Greening Officer at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, Australia.
We talk about:
- Home food gardens that are productive and aesthetically pleasing
- A tomato festival
- The Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, which has three different sites that each have different growing conditions and plant collections
- Garden outreach to vulnerable communities
- Scrappy plants for tough growing conditions
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