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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

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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43:29

Native Plants, Rosemary and Snowmobiles in the Garden!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/01/18

Rick Gray, co-author of The Gardener's Guide to Native Plants of the Southern Great Lakes Region, joins us on the show. We discuss milkweed tussock moths, the region this book is relevant to, promoting insects and birds in our gardens, and when volume 2 & 3 will be published to include native trees. NativePlantGardener.ca for more info.Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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44:16

Orchids, Amaryllis and More!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/01/11

We talk orchids with Terry Kennedy, orchid expert and co-owner of Orchids in Our Tropics. Callers are interested in best media, best fertilizer and how the heck do you know when to water an orchid?!? Shrub suggestions for a bay window, geranium propagation, and more about Amaryllis.Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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44:50

Fertilizer - When, What and How?

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/01/04

Orchids, Amaryllis, Dahlias and palms. All need attention now! Plus how to find OMAFRA factsheets on the web.Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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44:06

Walnut Woodchips and Smelts in Trenches for Raspberries

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2024/12/28

Marked down Amaryllis, winter mulch on roses and lavender, potted spruce on the 9th floor, and raspberries that don't provide fruit. We discuss OMAFRA factsheets, and frankly, just how hard they are to access! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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43:41

Winter Solstice means more light is on the way!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2024/12/21

Old roses, Poinsettia defoliation, propagating Christmas cactus, and saving eggshells for the garden. All this and more! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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44:33

Sprouts, Birds, Seeds and Tillandsia This Week!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2024/12/14

Callers are few; so Charlie & Dean chat about growing sprouts and microgreens, frozen jade plants and birds. Superhero caller Jean uses this opportunity to call twice in one show! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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43:56

To Tarp the Vegetable Garden or Not?

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2024/12/08

Propagating figs, moving old roses and droopy Poinsettias. It doesn't get more fun than this!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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42:48

It's Winter Bloom Season!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2024/11/30

More about leaving the leaves on the lawn, overwintering tropical Agapanthus and Dipladenia, fall mums, Poinsettia care and of course, Amaryllis.Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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