Fridays at 1 pm during The Mix (repeats Sundays at 9.06 am) Hester Macdonald brings life to your garden and the garden to your life! Dig It! podcast feed Fridays at 1 pm during The Mix (repeats Sundays at 9.06 am) Hester Macdonald brings life to your garden and the garden to your life! Dig It! podcast feed WRS WRS web@wrs.ch en Fri, 18 May 2012 17:00:18 UT Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:59:07 GMT Big Medium 2.0.8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/digit/index.shtml (C) WRS 2009 News & Politics no Hester Macdonald tells us all about geraniums, that most classic of Swiss balcony plants. She explores why people like them as well as what to buy, aside from the classic red. Plus, how to get the most out of them: Fri, 18 May 2012 11:30:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/digit/dig-it-all-about-geraniums.shtml?30702 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-20702 Programmes/Dig It! Daily Shows/The Mix http://www.jardin-des-senteurs.ch/ http://www.jardin5sens.net/en/ Hester Macdonald visits the “Chelsea sur Leman,” the Jardins en Fête, at the beautiful Château de Coppet near the Lake of Geneva. She talks to organiser Viviane Cagneux, Wolfgang Eberts, who is showing a beautiful new Cornus— called Cornus “Venus,” David Harber, Franck Bodenmann from Gilbert Henchoz design and Pascal Olivier. He designed a show garden for Laurent Perrier champagne: Fri, 11 May 2012 12:54:41 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/digit/dig-it-visiting-the-jardins-en-fte.shtml?30600 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-20600 Programmes/Dig It! Daily Shows/The Mix http://www.jardinsenfete.ch/ Hester Macdonald and Chris Mills, a British-trained arborist and horticulturalist answer your garden-related questions. Questions range from what to do about non-flowering wisterias to holes in lawns. Next week, Hester will be visiting the beautiful garden show, Jardins En Fête : Fri, 04 May 2012 12:14:38 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/digit/dig-it-the-garden-doctor-is-in-for-your-questions-3.shtml?30463 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-20463 Programmes/Dig It! Daily Shows/The Mix Hester Macdonald Hester Macdonald and guest Pontus Wallsten are exploring how to get greener in the garden. They talk about a new campaign in Switzerland aimed at helping gardeners become more eco-responsible in their gardens.: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:13:35 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/digit/dig-it-how-to-become-eco-responsible-in-the-garden.shtml?30333 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-20333 Programmes/Dig It! Daily Shows/The Mix http://www.giftzwerg.ch/index.php?id=16&L=2 http://www.energie-environnement.ch/maison/jardin/charte-des-jardins Hester Macdonald takes a peek behind the scenes at one of Switzerland’s largest producers of annual plants, Desarzens, in Pomy in the canton of Vaud. She finds out what you can expect to see on a tour at the weekend as part of the Gardeners Open Days, hosted by Jardin Suisse.  For details of this event and others near you, go to the Jardin suisse website. Next week, Hester continues the celebration of the arrival of spring, at the famous Geranium Market in Bern: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:31:32 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/digit/dig-it-visiting-desarzens-in-pomy.shtml?30219 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-20219 Programmes/Dig It! Daily Shows/The Mix http://www.desarzensplant.ch/page1.php http://www.greenselection.ch/ Hester Macdonald visited the World Horticultural Expo, held every 10 years in the Netherlands recently. She was there when organizers were finishing off the last pieces of construction and was bowled over by what she saw. It’s a kind of Disney with plants: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:45:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/digit/dig-it-visiting-floriade-2012.shtml?30100 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-20100 Programmes/Dig It! Daily Shows/The Mix Hester Macdonald is joined this week by gardening expert Pontus Wallstén to answer your questions. They talk about whether frost-bitten crocus flowers will recover for next year. They also talk about which trees to plant for screening purposes. Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:30:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/digit/dig-it-the-garden-doctor-is-in.shtml?29929 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-19929 Programmes/Dig It! Daily Shows/The Mix Director of Papiliorama Caspar Bijleveld shows Hester Macdonald around the tropical butterfly and plant kingdom in Kerzers in the canton of Fribourg. He talks about his mission—to bring people into contact with nature, even as species of plants and animals continually disappear in our world: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:40:43 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/digit/dig-it-butterflies-and-plants-at-the-papiliorama.shtml?29926 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-19926 Programmes/Dig It! Daily Shows/The Mix http://www.papiliorama.ch/default.asp?OrgID=5&Language=EN Hester Macdonald takes us behind the scenes of a unique Swiss experiment for football pitches at the Stade de Bern with special guests Pierre-Yves Bovigny, a member of the football pitch commission of the Swiss Football Association, Edomond Isoz, senior manager of the Swiss Football League and Michiel van der Tuin, manager responsible for the pitch at the Stade de Bern. We also have a look ahead to the incredible horticultural show, the Floriade, in Venlo in the Netherlands, as well as some other European garden events in April: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:21:28 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/digit/dig-it-bern-keeping-it-pitch-perfect.shtml?29812 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-19812 Programmes/Dig It! Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.floriade.com/ http://www.domsaintjeanbeauregard.com/v2/ http://www.prospecierara.ch/Generator.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=579&ItemID=1268&palias=fr Hester Macdonald visits one of the biggest and brightest of the spring garden shows, Giardina, in Zurich. She talks to garden designers as well as furniture and accessories producers. Giardina runs until 6 p.m. on Sunday: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:39:51 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/digit/dig-it-visiting-gorgeous-giardina-garden-show-in-z.shtml?29674 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-19674 Programmes/Dig It! Daily Shows/The Mix http://www.giardina.ch/en-US.aspx The sun is shining and temps are rising, so get out into the garden and start prepping for spring. Hester Macdonald invites special guest Chris Mills, a Royal Horticultural Society-qualified arborist and gardener with loads of tips to help you get started: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:49:22 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/digit/dig-it-jobs-for-early-spring.shtml?29533 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-19533 Programmes/Dig It! Daily Shows/The Mix The garden doctor is in! Hester Macdonald answers your questions about everything from what to do about processionary moths—to frost and snow-damaged plants like laurel hedges: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:10:36 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/digit/dig-it-the-garden-doctor-is-in-for-your-questions-2.shtml?29413 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-19413 Programmes/Dig It! Daily Shows/The Mix Hester Macdonald talks to one of the best known garden writers, Noel Kingsbury. He’s written more than 20 books on the subject. Recently he was speaking at the Horticultural School in Grangeneuve, Fribourg,  where he talked about new ways with perennials. Before the conference started, Hester took a walk with him and discussed his passion—explaining plant science. She also gets his take on Swiss public gardens: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:50:21 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/digit/dig-it-talking-gardening-with-noel-kingsbury.shtml?29293 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-19293 Programmes/Dig It! Daily Shows/The Mix http://www.noelkingsbury.com/57/Home.aspx http://www.hmgardendesign.com/ http://www.amazon.com/Hybrid-History-Science-Breeding-ebook/dp/B0033E14QO http://www.amazon.co.uk/Planting-Design-Gardens-Time-Space/dp/0881927406 http://noels-garden.blogspot.com/ http://www.oudolf.com/piet-oudolf http://www.amazon.com/Gerritsen-Essay-Gardening-Henk/dp/9076863547 http://nigeldunnett.info/ http://www.landscape.dept.shef.ac.uk/james/ http://www.sichtungsgarten-hermannshof.de/ http://www.lejardinplume.com/ http://www.berchigranges.com/fr/accueil.html http://www.london2012.com/press/media-releases/2010/08/first-olympic-park-golden-wild-flower-meadows-in-bloom.php http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Perennial-Garden-Noel-Kingsbury/dp/0711216088 Hester Macdonald stays warm this week by visiting the Tropenhaus in Frutigen in the canton of Bern, which features indoor gardens filled with tropical plants, plus a sturgeon fish farm. They also recently launched their first harvest of Swiss mountain water caviar, under the brand name of OONA caviar. Hester explores the connection between caviar and a tropical greenhouse with Dr. Samuel Moser, the head of research and development at the Tropenhaus: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:44:39 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/digit/dig-it-20120217.shtml?29165 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-19165 Programmes/Dig It! Daily Shows/The Mix http://www.tropenhaus-frutigen.ch/en.html www.lautrejardin.ch It’s coming up to half-term for many schools across Switzerland, and if you’re not going skiing, the next few shows on Dig It! have lots of great suggestions for visits to gardens that are mostly indoors. This week Hester Macdonald visits the historic vegetable garden at the Château de Prangins in the canton of Vaud, full of heritage varieties, as well as the brand new Interpretation centre in the garden: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:30:03 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/digit/dig-it-visiting-the-chateau-de-prangins-vegetable-.shtml?29023 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-19023 Programmes/Dig It! Daily Shows/The Mix http://www.musee-suisse.ch/e/prangins/expositions/2011/garten.php