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PODCAST

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin

Zoomer Podcast Network

Zoomer Radio’s Garden Show host is noted author, columnist, radio and HGTV personality Charlie Dobbin. She’ll update you with each week’s gardening tips and professional advice, while taking your calls and having some fun with gardening as well. Every Saturday from 9-10am on Zoomer Radio AM740 and FM96.7

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All Episodes

49:30

Lots About Birds (Paul Oliver guest), plus Garlic...

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/06/07

In studio with Paul Oliver (Urbannaturestore.ca) wildlife expert! Lots of great questions about Baltimore orioles, hummingbirds and their migration patterns, and best food for finches. Plus growing blueberries, harvesting garlic and best soil amendments. Very eclectic show!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:33

Boxwood Bugs, Peach Fungus, Unhappy Christmas Cactus...

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/05/31

Boxwood tree moth continues to frustrate, keeping tender plants alive during unseasonable weather, peach leaf curl (clearly all the rain is contributing to this problem), and replacing an old, unhealthy Crimson King maple.Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:36

Is It (finally) Time To Plant?

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/05/24

Cool, wet weather has slowed everyone down to a snail's pace (no pun intended) in the garden. Pruning overgrown evergreens, Japanese maples and re-potting mature Clivia and snake plants are top of mind this week. Even Christmas cactus is a topic!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:34

Oh The Calls I Get Sometimes!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/05/17

From an old friend wanting to know about planting between flagstones, to lily of the valley taking over (came from the neighbour's yard), and what best plants attract hummingbirds - it's an active show!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:32

Epsom Salts with Eucalyptus for Plants? Not!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/05/10

We're all over the garden this week. Including: when to mulch, growing Clematis in a pot, Epsom salts for tomatoes, fertilizing with sandy soil, harvesting newly planted rhubarb, and what to do with a waxed Amaryllis?Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:41

The Solo Show

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/05/03

Charlie fields questions from great callers that run the gamut: transplanting shrubs & bulbs, fertilizing apples, a scruffy lawn with a wedding on the horizon, plus pruning lilacs, plums, holly and lots more!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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48:07

"Mom" is the secret code word at urbannaturestore.ca

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/04/26

Paul Oliver from the Urban Nature Store joins Charlie in-studio to share tips for supporting birds and discouraging critters like squirrels. We also discuss when to plant Canna lilies, planting in shade and fungus gnats on a large indoor palm tree.Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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48:40

The Tree Show (Woody Plants for sure)!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/04/19

Replacing an old apple tree, growing beneath an old blue spruce tree, and trees that grow well in moisture. That's the beginning of the show. Voles, pruning butterfly bush + rose of Sharon, not to mention rabbit damage on serviceberry. It's a very big show!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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48:44

Plants & More Plants: Asparagus, Amaryllis,...

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/04/12

Things are hopping on the Garden Show today - to till or not an ancient asparagus patch? Soil preparation and composition - again, to till? Coffee grounds in the garden, boxwood replacements, Irish Spring soap to deter squirrels and more!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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48:47

Welcome Our New Sister Station 92.3 FM in Owen Sound!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/04/06

Today's show covers overwatered African violets, pruning Clematis, repelling cats from the garden and a search for Edelweiss. Plus lots more!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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43:58

Food, Homes and Plants - All For The Birds!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/03/29

Paul Oliver (urbannaturestore.ca) joins the show to share his expertise with wildlife. Attracting bluebirds, best plantings to support birds, how and when to clean birdhouses, and the annual arrival of the bully grackles are all discussed today. Plus what to do with excess fireplace ashes?Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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48:03

Go Slow with Spring Cleanup!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/03/22

Many native insects use the hollow stems of herbaceous perennials for overwintering. Plants like Sedum and ornamental grasses. Don't rush to remove this material until the insects have moved on - likely early to mid May.Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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43:29

Snow Is Gone But Now The Lawn Is White! How Come??

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/03/15

Callers are interested in taking geranium cuttings, caring for 'mother-in-laws tongue, starting seeds and filling raised gardens. Spring is on its way!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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43:31

Bring Blooms Indoors with Forced Forsythia Branches!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/03/08

Fully grown Bridal Wreath Spirea in an allotment garden, Rhubarb in a raised garden and dwarf Hydrangea along a foundation. All this and more on the Garden Show this week! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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43:32

Invasive Weeds & English Ivy + Fruit Tree Tips From...

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/03/01

Colin Campbell joins show from the 'hood' to share tips on apple tree care, Maple madness and more. Meanwhile callers have cut tulips falling over, weeds in vegetable gardens, squirrels stripping lilac bushes and English ivy taking over.Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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43:08

Happy Orchids, Ferns, Amaryllis, Hibiscus and Birds!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/02/22

Plants are thriving with the longer days and callers need advice. To re-pot or not very overgrown Amaryllis? What about orchids that have formed "pips" (baby plants) on flower stems? Dean and Charlie weigh in on the power of a heated bird bath. And Sue has been saving wood ashes and eggshells all winter. What to do with them?Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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43:37

It's Flag Day!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/02/15

60 years ago the red & white maple leaf flag was raised over Parliament Hill. Proud to be a Canadian during turbulent times! Meanwhile, it's time to prune Forsythia for indoor forcing. How to propagate African violets, Virginia creeper and let's talk succession planting in preparation for summer! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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42:55

Llama Poo, Bark-Eating Squirrels and More!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/02/08

Fireplace ash for the garden (how much?), thistle infestation in raised garden beds (how eradicate?), super-long English ivy stems (how propagate?) and Amaryllis still dormant!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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39:12

Orchids, Mums & Amaryllis

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/02/01

Keeping Amaryllis healthy and blooming for many years is easy - fertilizing, re-potting and more. We discuss soggy orchid care plus a caller is searching for specific Chrysanthemums. Another caller has a good suggestion!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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43:00

Uruguay Calling

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/01/25

We chat about Robbie Burns Day and Scottish thistles. Watering orchids, Christmas cactus failing, box tree moths, and a caller from Uruguay tells us about Lady of the Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooming recently. The fragrance is magnificent!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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