The Growing Season
Episodes
203 episodes
The Growing Season, May 16, 2026 - Landscape Design 2026 pt. 2
Its all by design...Literally.Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland continue their Landscape Design chat on this week's episode of The Growing Season."95% of all designs need a tree, even on the small designs." Matt discusses why ...
The Growing Season, May 9, 2026 - Landscape Design 2026 pt. 1
Let's design, shall we?The Growing Season discusses a major facet of their horticultural business on this week's episode of the show. Strap in. Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland talk about step 1 of your horticultural renovation...
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The Growing Season, May 2, 2026 - Celebrating Spring pt. 3: Weed Warfare
The drums of war can be heard on lawns throughout the country.That's right. They're coming... The silent insurgence will rob you of your verdant green carpet and replace it with a votive of yellow blooms. Jack, Lynne an...
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The Growing Season, April 25, 2026 - Celebrating Spring 2026 - Pruning pt. 2
Lets do it again, shall we? Picking up where last week's show left off, Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland put a final cut on their spring pruning series for 2026.The show starts with a marijuana chat. What? Bear cubs abou...
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Resources: Pruning Clematis
The McFarland's guide The Growing Season into the three groups of Clematis and how/when to prune them. Its a simple little chat that makes things easy to understand. Enjoy!Looking to book a consult for your property? We...
The Growing Season, April 18, 2026 - Celebrating Spring 2026 - Pruning Pt. 1
Lets get clippy, clippy, shall we?Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland prune off the crossers, rubbers, dead, broken, malformed and diseased part of your emerging plants on this week's episode of The Growing Season. Pruning is fron...
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The Growing Season, April 11, 2026 - LawnSense 2026 pt. 1
POP QUIZ TIME!!!Matt McFarland is about to teach a course on turf at Humber College and decided that his students' first assignment could be incorporated into this week's episode of The Growing Season. The McFarland's dive in...
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The Growing Season, April 4, 2026 - Easter 2026
DON'T EAT THOSE CHOCOLATE RAISINS. Its that time of year that chocolate raisins, aka Bunny Poop, comes into focus horticulturally. The largest bunny of them all appears this weekend - The EASTER BUNNY.Jack, Lynne and Matt McF...
The Growing Season, March 28, 2026 - They're Here...
No! It's not Halloween yet. But, "THEY'RE HERE!" That famous line uttered in Steven Spielberg's 1982 classic "Poltergeist" becomes the jumping off point for this week's episode of The Growing Season. Jack, L...
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The Growing Season, March 21, 2026 - Built To Survive
Jack McFarland is built to survive! Jack calls in for the final time from Sunnybrook's St. John's rehab facility for final time on this week's episode of The Growing Season. Jack, Lynne and Matt highlight the plants that...
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The Growing Season, March 14, 2026 - Spring Break: New Zealand
Lets get EPIC for this year's Spring Break.Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland board a plane and take off for New Zealand on this week's episode of The Growing Season. Matt confuses New Zealand and Australia. Jack and Lynne...
The Growing Season, March 7, 2026 - Eco Builds 2026
We get by with a little help from our friends.Toronto's own Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre comes in with the ultimate save this week.Jack McFarland, fresh off of a shoulder replacement surgery, joins Lynne and Matt, by phone, f...
The Growing Season, Feb 28, 2029 - Houseplants 2026
RETREAT! The winter has been so harsh maybe we should just accept our fate.Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland retreat to the joys of interior horticulture on this week's episode of The Growing Season.Houseplants take centre sta...
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The Growing Season, Feb 21, 2026 - Salt And Horticulture Pt. 2
Sodium, sodium, they showed from their podium!Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland add another grain to their pile of salt with this week's Salt And Horticulture Pt. 2 on The Growing Season. With the level of ice on walking and dri...
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The Growing Season, Feb 14, 2026 - Sexy Plants 2026
That's an awfully nice fire ant hill you have there!Wait. What!?Its the time of year that Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland overlay horticulture and Valentine's Day on The Growing Season. Annually, the trio discuss ...
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The Growing Season, Feb 7, 2026 - Put Your Plants On 2026
Put on your hydrangea and lets get out and shovel the driveway!WHAT!?Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland highlight the intersection of textiles and horticulture on this week's episode of The Growing Season. Matt opens the s...
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The Growing Season, Jan 31, 2026 - Snowmageddon 2026
The GTA set records for snowfall!In light of the recent butt-whooping the Greater Toronto Area took in the recent, record setting, snowfall, Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland decided to use their Snowmageddon bullet on this week's episode o...
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The Growing Season, Jan 24, 2026 - Strange But True: Winter
So we're in thick of it. Right in the fluffy middle.Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland get real STRANGE on this week's episode of The Growing Season. Winter, in all its glory, becomes the latest focus of Strange But True.
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The Growing Season, Jan 17, 2026 - Salt And Horticulture Pt. 1
Its the time of the year when a simple walk to the bus stop can be TREACHEROUS!Many of us are salting our exterior surfaces to reduce the chance of slipping. This week on The Growing Season, Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland dis...
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The Growing Season, Jan 10, 2026 - Sub-zero Horticulture: Northwest Territories
You think it's wintry in the GTA? Lets look and see what's happening in The Northwest Territories. Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland continue the new year with a deep dive into Horticulture in the Northwest Territories on this w...
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The Growing Season, Jan 3, 2026 - Gone: Grasslands
What if!?That's how we start off in 2026. Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland get hypothetical. The Growing Season kicks off the new year with your lawn in mind. Your lawn, as in the thing buried under the snow. ...
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The Growing Season, Dec 27, 2025 - Horticulture And The Movies
Take your fern to a film on New Years! The Growing Season celebrates New Years in style by celebrating the intersection of film and horticulture. Jack, Lynne and Matt discuss some of the ways blockbuster movies and TV s...
The Growing Season, Dec 20, 2025 - Christmas Visitors
Santa Claus is coming to town!In the penultimate episode of The Growing Season for 2025, Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland discuss the some of your horticultural holiday favourites.Could you start a holiday themed decking company?&nb...
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The Growing Season, Dec 13, 2025 - Evergreens and Christmas Trees
You knew it was coming! Evergreens and Christmas Trees draw the spotlight on this week's episode of The Growing Season. Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland highlight THE focal point of the Christmas Season for those of us tha...
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The Growing Season, Dec 6, 2025 - Planted for Christmas
Santa Claus is coming to town!That's right, here we go. Christmas 2025 on The Growing Season. Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland are pleased to add a new entry to their annual holiday fare. "Planted For Christmas" fe...
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