Monkey See, Monkey Do

New year, same us Ange and Mel catch up on all the things that kept them too busy to record an episode in 2025. Part 1 - Ange tells the story of finding the dream property by chance.

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 🌿 Urban Gardening (@gardenwithconnie) • Instagram photos and videos Garden with 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.''