About this episode

Heather Auld discusses climate change and its impact on gardening practices.

In this episode, Heather Auld shares her extensive experience as a meteorologist and climatologist, discussing climate change, gardening, and how weather patterns like El Nino impact our environment. She offers insights into adapting gardening practices to a changing climate and the importance of proactive environmental strategies. Heather can be reached at heather.auld@bell.net And the product Heather recommended to repel ticks is diatomaceous earth She also recommended these websites: https://natural-resources.canada.ca/climate-change/canada-changing-climate#report https://greenbelt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gardening_In_a_Climate_Change_4_pager_-_FINAL.pdf https://cornellbotanicgardens.org/conserve/going-green/what-you-can-do-about-climate-change

People in this episode

Host: Marj Andre

Guest: Heather Auld

Topics covered

• climate change
• gardening
• weather patterns
• environmental strategies
• El Nino

Keywords

• climate change
• gardening
• El Nino
• environment
• ticks
• diatomaceous earth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Natural Resources Canada, Cornell Botanic Gardens

Products: diatomaceous earth

Places: Canada

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