Unbeeleafable - Growing food, rewilding, creating habitat and exploring nature

We chat to Perth entomologist Danica McCorquodale of Marvellous Minibeasts about breeding ladybirds for educational and integrated pest management purposes, zombie ladybirds and how to encourage beneficial insects at home. You can get in contact with Danica on Facebook or Instagram Marvellous Minibeasts | Facebook Ladybirds for IPM can be purchased from Natural & Eco Friendly Products in Australia | Urban Revolution

Spring has sprung! In this episode we talk about Mel's Gardening Australia segment, jobs we're (procrastinating) doing in the garden and some of our spring wildlife visitors.

To celebrate our biggest fans birthday this week, we pulled this unprompted recording from the archives… enjoy! (she also likes to press the buttons)

We chat to horticulturalist and Grevillea obsessive, David Binch. Find out how a chance meeting shaped his career, his love of native flora, grafting, bush missions and how to network for plant cuttings without the use of social media. Visit David's garden Binchy's Garden 2024 - Open Gardens Victoria Connect on Instagram David Binch (@binchys_garden) • Instagram photos and videos

We chat to Melbourne permie gardener, author, content creator and aspiring chicken mum Connie Cao. Connie

In the episode we talk to Adelaide based garden designer, consultant & environmental practitioner, Steve Dedrick of Endemic Environments about ecological gardening, rewilding our suburbs and dad spec New Balance sneakers. You can get in touch with Steve at: Endemic environments | Ecological garden design (@endemicenviro) • Instagram photos and videos

We chat to Perth local, Joe Ford of Yak's Mowing and The Garden Yak/Straya Gardening about his comedic and relatable approach to gardening and sustainability. Be sure to check out Joe's socials Facebook Yak(Joe) (@the_gardenyak) • Instagram photos and videos Joseph Ford (@yaks_mowing) • Instagram photos and videos

We're back! After a couple months off, we had a lot to catch up on. Jet setting, winter garden update and a few push ups sprinkled in.

We talk to Kids Nature Club owner Kirstie Pupazzoni about falling in love with nature in your 30's, how to find your nature nerd tribe, conserving local bushlands, encouraging young and old to connect with nature, women's mental health and directing traffic for echidnas. Learn more about Kids Nature Club here: Kids Nature Club ''Nature is something we are all share, it connects us all. We are all part of nature and we hope through their experiences with us, children will find connection and develop a sense of responsibility for the natural world. We hope to inspire families to celebrate the natural world, be grateful for it, be joyful in it, be curious about it, take care of it and share your love for it with others. But most of all we hope to inspire families to get out there and experience it! Kids Nature Club is dedicated to promoting Western Australia's amazing biodiversity and encouraging conservation of our local environments.''

If you've ever wondered how to encourage more ground nesting bees and create nesting areas for them, this is the episode for you. We talk to Freya Jackson, Ecologist and PhD candidate who specialises in ground nesting bee ecology. You can find Freya on Instagram at Freya Jackson (@freya_beelady) • Instagram photos and videos

In this episode, we chat to Hannah from ReWild Perth. ReWild Perth empowers the people of Perth to create beautiful gardens with wildlife in mind. Together we can bring nature home to coexist in our city.   ReWild Perth is powered by Perth NRM, thanks to support from founding partner Birdlife Australia, major supporter Lotterywest, and the Water Corporation. The 'Turning Gardeners into Conservationists' project was completed in partnership with UWA, thanks to funding from the Australian Government's Inspiring Australia Science Engagement Programme. Find out more and download the community report here: https://www.perthnrm.com/project/gardening-for-wildlife/

Forget lawn porn, in this episode we chat about our Australian native verge gardens.

Unpopular opinion: We prefer to grow winter edibles over summer ones! In this episode we go through our to do lists for the change of season, the edibles we plan on growing and local garlic guru Julie Richards from @Down2Earthlife spills all her tips and tricks for growing an epic garlic crop this winter. Down2Earth (@down2earthlife) • Instagram photos and videos Down2Earth Gardening | Heirloom Seeds & Gardening Supplies

We chat to gardening, preserving and home cook extraordinaire Amy Sloan about the reality of living on acreage, growing your own food and how to extend the life of excess produce. Preserving is Amy's jam (ba dum tss) Head to Amy's socials and website for more info on upcoming workshops, events and services. Amy Sloan | Gardening, Cooking & Preserving (@mynonnalife) • Instagram photos and videos Facebook My Nonna Life

Contain your excitement, this episode is all about growing in containers/pots.

Let's celebrate our urban gums with Cathy from Remember the Wild. In this episode we uncover the beauty and complexity of the Eucalypt, dispelling common myths about growing them at home. Plus, we reveal this year's contenders for Eucalypt Australia's Eucalypt of the Year - celebrating our urban champions. Voting for the Eucalypt of the Year has officially opened, vote here https://www.eucalyptaustralia.org.au. The winner will be announced on National Eucalypt Day, March 23rd.

Advice on bringing birds into your backyards going cheep! In this episode we go through some of the birds that visit our yards, their food sources and other ways to invite them in.

How would you like your garden to be cooked? Slightly roasted or cripsy? Summer edible and native garden update

Join us on our search for wild numbats and echidnas as we reminisce about a camping trip in Dryandra amongst the Wandoo woodlands.

In this pondcast episode we share how we repurposed old bath tubs into thriving ponds and dive into the wildlife that lives within those ecosystems

Interview with hopeful giant pumpkin grower, Mark Udovitch @plantbasedmale on IG. Mark talks us through the process of converting his 1920's inner-city backyard in Sydney into a productive permaculture food forest.

In this episode Mel talks about why she started gardening, what edibles we are growing at the moment and beginner growing aspirations vs reality.

Let's kick off the first episode with a giggle (literally), a brief introduction about ourselves, our gardens and how we met.