The Grow Guide

The Grow Guide is Canada's #1 gardening podcast co-hosted by rookie grower, Maggie Wysocki and master grower, Dave Hanson. Listen in to honest conversations about seasonal gardening topics, including the trials, tribulations and successes of growing in climates where it can feel...kind of impossible. Join the community of fellow Grow Guiders in our Facebook group. Have an idea for a guest or upcoming episode topic? Send us an email — thegrowguidepod@gmail.com

"Local" Gardening Across Canada with Shauna Dobbie from Canada's Local Gardener Podcast
Apr 22, 2025 – 23:36
Breeding & Selecting Tomatoes For Northern Climates + 2 Seeds To Sow Before Your Last Frost
Mar 27, 2025 – 34:05
Square Foot Gardening, Seed Starting Trends & Answering Listener Questions!
Mar 6, 2025 – 50:53
Grow Edible Mushrooms At Home With Tom Nagy + 4 February Gardening Tasks
Jan 31, 2025 – 35:38
Our Gardening Plans, "Personalities," Trends & First Tasks For The 2025 Season
Jan 3, 2025 – 34:00
Intentionally Planning Next Season's "Kitchen Garden" with Bailey Van Tassel
Nov 28, 2024 – 33:16
Spooky Plants & Goth Gardening with Chloe Hurst from @theg0thgarden
Oct 25, 2024 – 39:28
Seed Saving 101 With Professional Tricks From A Garden Centre Owner
Sep 30, 2024 – 43:19
Helping Our Friends, Bees + The Weeds Are Out Of Control! + A Naturescaped Garden Legacy
Aug 30, 2024 – 01:01:40
10 Things To Do In Your Mid-Summer Garden Now + Malevolence Plant + Does The Flavour Of Veggies Change Depending On Growing Conditions?
Jul 31, 2024 – 43:09
Creating A Climate Resilient Garden + 5 Questions With Maggie & Dave + A Farm To Table Chocolatier!
Jun 29, 2024 – 45:21
May Minisode: Celebrating Pride Month Through A Horticultural Lens + Growing Pineapple In Zone 3 (?!)
May 31, 2024 – 34:02
We’re Moving To Patreon (!) + Maggie & Dave Life Updates + What’s Trending In Gardening
Apr 25, 2024 – 01:08:11
Honouring Earth Day, with Melanie Mercier
Apr 25, 2023 – 01:24:45
Gardening on a Budget
Apr 17, 2023 – 59:00
Growing Backyard Grains, with Dan and Fran DeRuyck
Apr 10, 2023 – 01:11:18
Planning Your Best Garden Yet with Sharon Murphy
Apr 4, 2023 – 01:11:59
Growing Exotic Fruits in Cold Climates with Annette Clarke
Mar 28, 2023 – 01:20:36
Spring Seed Starting Refresher, with Dave and Maggie!
Mar 22, 2023 – 01:24:46
Adding Carnivorous Plants To Your Houseplant Collection with Kenny Coogan
Nov 29, 2022 – 58:03
Planning Next Season's Garden with Pollinators in Mind with Mary Phillips from the National Wildlife Federation
Nov 22, 2022 – 52:29
First Snowfalls, Flowering Bulbs, Gardening "Accidents", Soil Tests, Indoor Growing Set-Ups & A GIVEAWAY!
Nov 15, 2022 – 35:46
Inspiration For Adding Figs, Lemons and Olives to Your Northern Garden with Steven Biggs
Nov 1, 2022 – 01:04:29
Winter Composting Tips with Lea Coté from the Green Action Centre
Oct 25, 2022 – 01:14:22
Easy Tips For Growing Hardneck Garlic in Raised Beds, In Ground Gardens AND In Containers with Niki Jabbour
Oct 18, 2022 – 59:48
Fall Garden Clean-Up & Cool Season Growing with Author, Podcaster & Gardening Educator, Joe Lamp'l
Oct 11, 2022 – 01:08:26
Fruiting Trees You Can Plant This Fall To Create Your Own "Food Forest" with Foodscaper, Jess Robison
Oct 4, 2022 – 54:38
Making The Most Of Your Garden Harvest with Processing & Preserving Advice with Kate Schat from Venison For Dinner
Sep 27, 2022 – 01:18:11
We're Back With Our Fall 2022 Season! Covering 20 Questions About The Gardening Season & Chatting Zucchini Boat Races
Sep 20, 2022 – 01:01:31
Summer "Minisode" in Dave's Organic Garden at Sage Garden Greenhouses
Aug 16, 2022 – 48:23
Summer "Minisode" in Maggie's Organic Garden
Jul 26, 2022 – 54:27
Spring FINALE with Epic Gardening Founder, Kevin Espiritu Sharing His Easy DIY Projects To Transform Your Garden
Jun 8, 2022 – 01:06:20
Levelling Up Your Cut Flower Farm with Kristen Raney from the Blog & YouTube Channel, Shifting Roots
May 31, 2022 – 54:44
Getting Creative By Using Your Garden Harvest For Natural Dyeing with Lourdes Still from Masagana Flower Farm
May 26, 2022 – 57:35
Growing Hardy Apples In Cold Climate Gardens with Author & Owner of Corn Hill Nursery, Bob Osborne
May 20, 2022 – 01:10:20
Breaking Down the Costs & Savings Behind Growing Your Own Food From the Garden with Professional Home Economist, Getty Stewart
May 10, 2022 – 01:06:42
Mastering The Art Of Succession Planting All Season Long with Garden Blogger & Author, Meg Cowden from Seed To Fork
May 3, 2022 – 01:18:36
Using Regenerative Farming Practices In An Urban Garden with Akosua Asare from re.Planted Urban Farm
Apr 26, 2022 – 01:09:21
Building Healthy, Living Soil with Soil Scientist, Ashley Labrecque from the Blog & YouTube Channel, Gardening In Canada
Apr 19, 2022 – 01:07:40
Growing Great Hot & Bell Peppers Even In A Short Growing Season with Tyrell Benton, Owner of Living Peppers Winnipeg
Apr 12, 2022 – 01:11:08
Creating An Indoor Houseplant Jungle For Beauty & Mental Health with Maria Failla, Host of Bloom & Grow Radio Podcast
Apr 5, 2022 – 01:11:09
Merging The Small Farm & Farm-To-Table Movement Into One With Jan Regehr from Pineridge Hollow
Mar 29, 2022 – 50:51
We're Back With Our Spring Season! Chatting Seed Starting, Soil Health, Our 2022 Gardens & A Sneak Peak At What's To Come This Season
Mar 22, 2022 – 01:00:47
21 Of Our Fav Gardening Tools, Plants, Garden Tips & More From 2021
Dec 24, 2021 – 55:47
The Journey From Seed To Plate With Luay Ghafari & Melissa Cameron From Gardenologie
Dec 17, 2021 – 41:03
Seed Diversity and Lessons for Humanity with Petra Page-Mann, Co-Founder of Fruition Seeds
Dec 9, 2021 – 56:57
Keeping Pets Safe Around Houseplants with Veterinarian, Dr.Ingrid Sproll
Nov 30, 2021 – 56:53
Back To Gardening Basics - Fundamental Tips For Indoor Winter Growing
Nov 24, 2021 – 47:14
Top Gardening Trends To Look Out For In 2022!
Nov 16, 2021 – 01:01:52
Listener Q&A! Growing Garlic, Ginger, Succession Planting, Sunflowers & More
Oct 26, 2021 – 48:35

Recent Reviews

94 Yards of Offense total

Gardening Greats

These people are awesome and informative regarding all things gardens! Great pod for any green thumbs!
theveganpoodle

Awesome podcast!

The Grow Guide is full of practical and useful info presented in an organized and well paced format. The guests are interesting and enthusiastic. The hosts Maggie and Dave are responsive to their listeners and clearly put a lot of care into creating a positive vibe in each and every episode. I love this podcast!
aston11

Not Family Friendly

3 curse words in the first couple minutes and had to turn it off and find something different. Not appropriate to listen to with my littles.
btabke

Wonderful, informative guarding podcast with awesome music.

Really love all of the great information the two hosts give us each and every episode. The outra music is perfection and even sounds better in 2X. Thank you for all of your work!
ASobering

Such a wealth of knowledge! 🧠

This is one of the most insightful and educational podcasts that I have ever come across! Maggie
Gardenate

Unsubscribe

Loved your podcast right up to today’s podcast. Unfortunately I am color blind and I only see people not colors. In today’s social and political realms there is far to much emphasis on race and ethnicity as a tool to divide nations. In modern societies all people are created equal and the only thing that differentiates them from each other are the choices they make! I will be unsubscribing as I do not need to listen to yet another outlet engage in social and political pandering.
Xooties

Great segments and awesome people

This show has two wonderful hosts who really know their stuff and let their personalities shine through. Its such a down to earth and lovely show with regular segments that you’ll sing along to the themes for. From composting to houseplants to chicken care they got you covered and are such a treat to listen to. -Xander
bumblewatch

Great Topics

This podcast has great topics, wonderful information, and fabulous guests. Thanks for sharing the knowledge!
Honerlagen

Sound Issues

One podcast in...the content seems great. But the sound balancing is nonexistent. It goes from so quiet to blasting my ears. Please fix! I’d love to listen if the sound quality improves.
BravoGol

Audio upgrades!

S2E3 Maggie just mentioned the audio was upgraded. So happy in my headphones! Thanks for the continuous improvement. Great content.
theSkinney

Great information!

I started enjoying this podcast only to be disappointed to find out that they are not posting new episodes.
AlaskaJP

Love it!

Listening from Alaska, thanks for the cold climate advice!!
59years

Love this show

I listen from North Carolina USA but still get alot of information and best of all encouragement from this podcast