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Fruit Tree Garden Design with Colleen Dieter

Orchard People

Aug 26, 2025

57 min

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Learn how to design a fruit tree garden that fits your local climate and landscape with Colleen Dieter.Colleen is an ISA Certified Arborist, a landscape consultant and owner of Red Wheelbarrow Landscape, the founder of Central Texas Seed Savers, an organization preventing extinction of valuable T...

Learn how to design a fruit tree garden that fits your local climate and landscape with Colleen Dieter.

Colleen is an ISA Certified Arborist, a landscape consultant and owner of Red Wheelbarrow Landscape, the founder of Central Texas Seed Savers, an organization preventing extinction of valuable Texas plants.

Colleen is also a proud graduate of Susan's online courses at orchardpeople.com!

The host of the Orchard People radio show and podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website www.orchardpeople.com.

Susan is the author of four books on fruit tree care. Learn more here: https://learn.orchardpeople.com/books

She is also the creator of five-star rated premium online fruit tree care education at: https://learn.orchardpeople.com

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GROWING FRUIT TREES THAT THRIVE:

✂️ How to Prune Fruit Trees:

https://orchardpeople.com/how-to-prune-and-train-fruit-trees/

🪲 Fruit Tree Pests and Diseases:

https://orchardpeople.com/protecting-fruit-trees-from-pests-and-diseases/

🌳 How to Feed Fruit Trees:

https://orchardpeople.com/how-to-feed-fruit-trees/

🍎 The Best Fruit Trees to Grow:

https://orchardpeople.com/best-fruit-trees-to-grow/

🌱 How to Graft Fruit Trees:

https://orchardpeople.com/how-to-graft-fruit-trees/

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Growing Fruit Trees in the Desert with Greg Peterson, and Native Edibles with Russ Cohen

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(00:00) - Introduction and Community Orchard Beginnings

(01:03) - Guest Introduction: Colleen Dieter

(01:27) - Designing Fruit Tree Gardens

(02:32) - Client Consultation and Common Issues

(07:42) - Fruit Varieties for Austin's Climate

(18:46) - Soil Considerations and Solutions

(28:13) - Community Orchards: Challenges and Solutions

(33:25) - Urban Orchards and Pruning Techniques

(34:30) - Common Mistakes in Fruit Tree Planting

(35:37) - Choosing the Right Trees for Urban Orchards

(37:19) - The Benefits of Planting Younger Trees

(43:16) - Designing and Planting an Orchard

(47:34) - Central Texas Seed Savers and Fruit Tree Preservation

(52:56) - The Importance of Gardening and Civilization

(56:00) - Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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