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Dwayne Black was on Gardeners’ World 2025 episode 27 showing us his stunning garden packed with lavender paths, grasses and immaculate dahlias. He joins us for A Good Ol’ Chit-Chat and we talk about how Dwayne prep’d for the big day, how the decision was made to add a fountain to the garden, the experience Dwayne has had with social media when it comes to the gardening community, what impact the seasons have on mental health, and a slightly violent technique for opening peonies!

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Another Not Just a Garden Bonus episode and this week we look at which jobs are threatened by AI and which are safest, pursuing careers in arts or sciences or both, which country in the world gets to celebrate the new year first, clever things to do with sunflower stems, a biotechnology company that uses fungi to improve tree growth and their survival rates, some interesting - and funny - gardening books, what slug, snail, cone-snail and squid tongues have in common, clever birds laughing in the face of man-made anti-bird devices, sweating trees in the Amazon, and fish...

Curator of Entomology Ashleigh Whiffin from National Museums Collection Centre in Edinburgh was on Gardeners' World 2025 episode 26 where she showed us the transformation of surrounding land from lawn to floral diversity. She joins us for a Good Ol' Chit-Chat and we find out about how Ash became curator, the intriguing world of forensic entomology (not necessarily for the faint-hearted☠️), the ingenuity of leafing mining insects, the lesser known migratory habits of marmalade hoverflies, and how bee-flies aren't quite as cute and cuddly as we first thought.

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The first of our bonus episodes to tide us over until Gardeners' World is back on our screens. This week we discuss the absolutely mind-blowing attributes of the Eastern Emerald Elysia sea-slug, the serious concern with golden oyster mushrooms all over the world, a lesser known but world-changing Chernobyl event, plants that can count, interesting careers in the natural world, and some fun-facts about the Gardeners' World presenters - who is it this week?👀

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Jamie Quince-Starkey from Down to Earth Derby was on Gardeners’ World 2025 episode 19 sharing a glimpse of Electric Daisy, and he joins us for a very inspiring Good Ol’ Chit-Chat. We find out about Jamie’s Ready-Fire-Aim philosophy, working with Tim Smit from The Eden Project, nature-based regeneration, how Nev helped shape Electric Daisy, and Jamie’s future plans including fungus inspired tattoos.

Some mentions from our guest, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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The final episode of Gardeners' World 2025 as we have a look at the last Winter Special Episode 4. This week we look at apple allergies, unnamed and undescribed plants, ingenious Swiss drive-over bridges, some Humber oyster news, fire amoebas, the incredible benefits of English ivy, the awesomeness of mangroves, and electric eels.

On Gardeners' World we have two national collections to look at; Frances Tophill shows us the holly at RHS Rosemoor in Devon and Helen Barlow at Shortgrove Manor Farm shows us her citrus. Arit Anderson is at Old Park Barn having a look around James...

Harriet Rycroft was on episode 6 of Gardeners' World 2023 sharing her extensive collection of beautiful pots. She joins us for A Good Ol' Chit-Chat and we learn not just about the wide array of containers one can use in the garden and how to maintain them, but also what would make it into Harriet's fantastical dream garden. We hear about childhood memories of treehouses and rope ladders, imaginary parrots, hedgerows that can be retracted at whim, rotating summerhouses, and the famous pink sheep of Somerset.

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On Gardeners' World 2025 Winter Special Episode 3 Recap we talk about the wonders and perils of garlic, how Finland is utilising datacentre heat, the sad demise of the world's loneliest tree, how AI is saving rhinos, the marvel of resurrection spikemoss, and the rare Crikey steveirwini.

On Gardeners' World Adam Frost introduces Andrew and Janet Rowe in Leicestershire and their incredible collection of snowdrops, and Carol Klein and David Glass show us around Bowood House Walled Garden. Jamie Butterworth and Alice Ward-Thomas have a look at her stunning garden in Bury St Edmonds, and Tom Cranham shares h...

Pippa Chapman from Pippa Chapman Permaculture was on Gardeners' World 2025 episode 21 where she showed us her productive permaculture garden packed with insect life. She joins us for A Good Ol' Chit-Chat and we hear all about what would make it into Pippa's beautifully appointed dream garden with Wales-inspired views. We also find out about how to quickly disguise a neighbour's ugly fence, breeding tomatoes, making moisturiser from lard, food forests and Pippa's growing collection of half-whittled spoons.

Some mentions from our guest, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

We have the second of the four Gardeners' World winter specials and we talk watching Gardeners' World on Britbox, endangered lemurs, turning old wind turbines into benches, clams saving the health of Warsaw citizens, moss replacing solar power, and an escape artist orangutan.

On Gardeners' World this week Adam Frost talks with Chris Howell and Nigel Hopes at John Massey's stunning garden at Ashwood Nurseries, and Paul and Pauline McBride show us around their beautiful Sussex Prairies Wild in Henfield, West Sussex. Ashley Edwards meets with Emma Restorick at Prideaux Walled Garden in Padstow and Ben...

Head Gardener Tim Marshall was on Gardeners' World 2025 Episode 25 showing Adam Frost his office - the exquisite and expansive gardens of Mount St John. He joins us for a Chit-Chat and we learn what ignited a little Tim's passion for cacti from a young age, becoming the youngest member of the British Cactus and Succulents Society and setting him off on a successful and varied career in horticulture. Despite a thunderstorm raging in the background of this episode, we hear about Tim's plant hunting expeditions around the world and how he organises them, the many celebrated garden designers he's...

First of the Gardeners' World Winter Specials and we talk revising for uni exams, useful study apps, getting a second opinion on skin anomalies, very scary tyre blowouts, uk based Wollemi pines, megafauna paleoburrows, giant armadillos the size of cars, some good news for ash dieback, and a legendary albatross called Wisdom.

On Gardeners' World Winter Special Episode 1, Advolly Richmond gives us a talk on the stunning gardens at Kelmarsh Hall in Northampton, and Harriet Thompson tells us about houseplants from her nursery in Cornwall. Nick Bailey shows us around Nigel Tooze and Chris Shaw's beautiful...

Sophia Gray from Sophia Grows was on Gardeners’ World 2025 episode 24 where we saw her stunning cut flower allotment. She joins us for A Good Ol’ Chit-Chat and we find out what her dream garden would look like, SPOILER - it’s gorgeous! Sophia dreams of sociable summer evenings in the garden, opulent greenhouses, acres of woodlands, natural swimming ponds, and this is all despite her previous dislike of being outside!

Some mentions from our guest, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

The final recap episode of Gardeners' World 2025 and we witness Sweetpea winning £100. We also find out about Adam Frost's pet garden hate, Chit-Chat guest Delia May West's gorgeous new member of the family, more tips on identifying AI on social media, how New Zealand flatworms are managed in New Zealand, the discovery of the first new plant genus found in a US national park since 1976, a robot that can identify different plant species by touch, glow in the dark fungi, fag-butt hunting crows, and a Cornwall flamingo escapee living the high life in France.

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Tanya Anderson from Lovely Greens was on Gardeners' World in 2019 and joins us for A Good Ol' Chit-Chat. We learn about the benefits of Polycrubs, the issues the Isle of Man has with New Zealand flatworms, using your garden to make skincare products, managing a successful website and YouTube channel, and could Tanya's imminent house move see her dream garden becoming a reality?

Some mentions from Tanya, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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The penultimate episode of Gardeners' World 2025 and we talk identifying AI videos, the return of Vine, radiation eating fungi, lichen and blue-green algae surviving Mars, wool pots, and potty-mouthed parrots. We also have an update on Alla Olkhovska and her family in Kharkiv and how we can help.

On Gardeners' World this week we join Ashley Edwards and Ian Ball at Hyde Hall, and Jānis Raubiška shows us around his colourful garden in Woking. Adam Frost shares his love for grasses at Judy and Malcolm Pearce’s Lady Farm Gardens in Chelwood, and Jo Naim...

Chris D'Agorne was on Gardeners' World 2025, episode 24 where he showed us his bog garden in his pocket wilderness. On this Chit-Chat, Chris tells us about planting over 600 trees, his 7 ponds, mapping hedgerow from RAF aerial survey images, growing sphagnum moss, childhood memories of Skomer Island, his dream garden full of native plants, surprising and shocking facts about teasel, and how he was able to buy his very own nature reserve.

Some mentions from Chris, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

This week we graduate from Riverdance to Death Valley as we enter phase 2 of Operation Ratatouille. In the meantime, we hear about another troublesome African Grey parrot, the UK honey fungus pandemic, plastic eating mushrooms, another planet-saving use for bamboo, what's special about Scotland's national flower, the cunning of lotus flowers, and the hero homing pigeon.

On Gardeners' World we're with Frances & Rua Tophill, and Alison & Twiggy Jenkins at Damson Farm again, whilst Arit Anderson shows us around the Oxfordshire garden of Ken and Jan. Tim Foster shows us his apples in Bristol, we see the...

It's our half century episode and to celebrate we have our very first Gardeners' World presenter!🎉🕺 Nick Macer from Pan Global Plants presented a series of episodes in 2016 and he joins us as we travel back in time to a little schoolboy Nick still finding his feet, through to a big adult Nick owning one of the most celebrated specialist plant nurseries in the UK. We also hear about plant hunting, why Mexico and south west China have such rich flora, poison dart frogs, forest bathing, Nick's until now unrealised love of fairy-lights, and some very good news for bamboo...

In this podcast episode we find out who's been stealing all the walnuts. We also learn about the use of dandelion root extract in medicine, plastic stuffed birds, bluebell glue, cheeky parrots, Advolly's yellow dress, and butt-breathing.

And on Gardeners' World, we see a very speedy Monty Don, Carol Klein shows us around RHS Rosemoor in Devon and we meet Andy Farrington and Liz Dalby-Webb at The Plant Co-operative in Manchester. Advolly Richmond tells us all about Gertrude Jekyll at Hartland Abbey in North Devon before John Grimshaw shows us around his autumn garden in North...

Liz Zorab was on Gardeners' World last year and joins us for a Chit-Chat about her autumn inspired dream garden. We find out how Liz's dad instilled her initial happy curiosity in nature from a young age, which has taken her from reading books on gardening before she even had a garden, to her incredibly beautiful and productive space at Byther Farm. We also find out about "Horsefly Alley", how to install hedgehog friendly fencing, the importance of perennial vegetables, the virtues of seed and plant swaps, and her packed deep-freezer full of fruit and veg from the garden...

This week we find out some good news about Martin Dohrn and some potentially even better news about the availability of his film, My Garden of a Thousand Bees. We also hear about what exists under the Antarctic, cancer-curing honeybees, fig trees turning carbon dioxide into stone, the lesser known yet intrepid plant hunter and botanist Dora B Stafford, and how seagulls are even more evil that we first thought.

On Gardeners' World, Frances Tophill gives an update on her pretty garden in Devon, Peter & Helleentje Walker show us some stunning carnivorous plants from their nursery...

Gokul Asokan was on Gardeners' World 2025 episode 21 - a landscape architect without his own garden but that hasn't stopped him gardening! He joins us for A Good Ol' Chit-Chat where we hear how a classmate first inspired him to venture into the world of plants, battling home sickness, the power of perseverance, how helpful pet bunnies are (on many levels), Gokul's VERY sociable dream greenhouse, and the magic of manifesting.

Some mentions from Gokul, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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This week on our recap we hear how as a result of her appearance on Gardeners' World, Violet Croll is now involved in an exhibition in Paris! We talk about Dan from Dan's Plants' online shop, trees growing gold, the deadly chemical found in our water pipes, what it means if you have an impressive rosemary bush, and the empathy of humpbacks. We also ponder, if we could put all the angry world leaders on a plug-plant growing trainee course in Bristol, would the world be a happier place.

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Clematis Queen Alla Olkhovska was on Gardeners' World 2025 episode 20 showing us her stunning collection of 140 different clematis which she grows in her garden, despite being at the centre of a war zone in Kharkiv, Ukraine. During this Chit-Chat we hear how Alla is handling relentless drone strikes and blackouts, her incredible family history through world wars, the October Revolution, exile to Siberia, the important role Linden Grove Gardens has played in their lives, especially when it comes to apples, and Alla's secret ingredient for successfully growing garden orchids.

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Rajat Jindal was on Gardeners' World 2025, episode 22 showing us his magnificent Great Dixter inspired garden in Suffolk. On this episode of Chit-Chats we find out about hornbeam topiary, accidental Claire Voies, death row meals, Oxbridge potato wars, and how you can have a greenhouse that authorities may deem "too polite".

Some mentions from Rajat, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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We risk being cancelled this week by giving the BBC a piece of our minds, but we also talk about micro-hydro units, the ecosystems of belly buttons, edible six-pack rings, the perils of planting parsley if you're a woman, and the huge part snails play in the beauty industry.

This week on Gardeners' World, Frances hosts from Damson Farm with Rua Tophill and Alison and Twiggy Jenkins. We meet Ashleigh Whiffin, Curator of Entomology at the National Museums Scotland, and Nick Bailey takes us to Cambridge University Botanic Garden to hear from Professor Beverley Glover about...

Greg Anderton was on Gardeners' World 2025 episode 17 during which he gave a behind-the-scenes look at his preparations for the first RHS Wentworth Woodhouse show - where he won a gold! In this episode of Chit-Chats we find out about the judging of such shows, how he starts preparing for them, and the accommodation challenges involved - especially if you suffer with ovinaphobia! We also hear about running a business since primary school, swimming with frogs, and Greg and Sweetpea's shared love of gardens with cake.

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Two weeks since the last episode of Gardeners' World and we've been experiencing withdrawal symptoms. We have a good ol' chit-chat about the awesome courses at The Sustainability Centre, South Downs National Park, including clay oven building for Sweetpea, building compost toilets for Bear and, previous Chit-Chats guest, Tom Nielsen's Creating Wilder Gardens. We also talk sleep hygiene, the women's rugby world cup, paddy fields in the UK, the positive impact of living amongst greenery on children's IQ, snail water🤢, frog stomachs, and how does Monty express anger?

Rachel de Thame meets Rachel Seigfried at her bea...

Is the lack of Gardeners' World causing Sweetpea to spiral into the depths of despair? This week we talk separation anxiety, love stories, imposter syndrome, the bleak reality of all those pandemic masks, how awesome Morgan Freeman is, Layla Robinson's incredible Bird Of Peace flower sculpture, and Ann Makosinksi's revolutionary body-heat powered torch.

This week Toby Buckland takes us to the stunning Corsley House gardens in Warminster, Wiltshire where we meet one of the owners Keith Johnson and head gardener Jo Downes, before Sophia Gray shows us her beautiful allotment in Swindon brimming with cutflowers. Frances...

A little more emotionally stable this week, we learn a bit about Jamie Butterworth's wedding, Adam Frost's tour, Sweden's exemplary recycling, one of Time Magazine’s 10 Girls of the Year and her fantastic invention, and (definitely not more importantly) her Lego figure, record-breaking sunflowers, the risk-taking Scottish botanist David Douglas, and 192 year old Jonathan.

This week Monty Don's at Longmeadow before Adam visits Rye to meet Emma Burrill in her beautiful prairie garden transformed from a horse-paddock. Steve Buckley & Liz Roberts show us around their wonderful tropical garden in Crouch End, and Joe Swift takes us to...

An emotional week as empty-nest syndrome sets in but we still have time to chit-chat about the benefits of pineapple leather, the lung capacity of the ancient Romans and Asian sea nomads, electric blue pigs in California, honeybee superfoods, and rock swallowing crocs.

This week on Gardeners' World, Adam Frost is looking 21 again as he shows us his garden with his co-presenters Buster, Ash and Isla, and Frances Tophill is in Mirfield visiting Dr Stephen Medley's Piet Oudelf inspired prairie garden. Rajat Jindal shows us his absolutely stunning garden in Suffolk, and Advolly Richmond gives us...

Dean Charlton was on Gardeners' World Episode 17 when he was preparing for his exhibit at the first ever RHS Wentworth Woodhouse. In this final episode of series 3 of Chit-Chats, we find out about the history of Hooton's Walled Nursery, Dean's as yet unpatented drystone skip walls, his very happy memories of 6 years at Great Dixter and some of the skills he learned there, power scything, wassails, Morris Dancing, and his Bavarian friend's Guess the Organ Soup.

Some mentions from Dean, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

This week we have a bit of a chit-chat about Germany's salt-and-air batteries, the mysterious return of the large copper butterfly to the British countryside, the importance of keystone species such as cassowaries and their E number fluorescent eggs, the bizarre history of when Australia went to war with the local emu population, the world's northern most botanic garden in Tromsø, Norway, and plans to air-lift Carol Klein's trough.

Joe Swift takes a trip to Nottingham to chat with Paul Saxton, as well as Ann, Roger and Val at the magnificent Bagthorpe Gardens, and we meet t...

It was a real pleasure Chit-Chatting with Nate Moss from Goldwell Flowers on episode 43. We saw Nate on Gardeners’ World ep18 a few weeks ago when he showed Arit Anderson around his beautiful flower farm before rustling up the most spectacular flower display. During our chat we hear about isolated cabins in the mountains, Kew Gardens waterlily house style greenhouses, moth trapping, some disappointing tulip news, and does Virgil the tortoise survive to see another day?

Some mentions from Nate, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

On our Gardeners' World recap this week we talk about coconut husk pallets, the palm house at Kew Gardens closing, awesome lego sets, what Troublesome Trump has done to the rose garden, Californian super-blooms, and the unique echidna appendage.

Back with Monty Don at Longmeadow, on GW this week, Jamie Butterworth has a look at the spectacular RHS Bridgewater and chats to Curator Marcus Chilton-Jones and Garden Manager Tracy Snell. We meet Pippa and Steve Temple in their incredible garden, equipped with its own functioning mill - Impington Mill. Rekha shows us some of her home...

George Lowther; presenter, director, head of production, researcher, series editor, dubbing mixer, cameraman, and runner of YouTube channel George’s Jungle Garden, was on Gardeners’ World way back in 2022, ep11 and we were delighted that he joined us for ep42 of Chit-Chats. We find out how his appearance on Gardeners’ World came about, how he planned his tropical garden, the trials and tribulations of running a successful YouTube channel, his beautiful wife’s plans for that kitchen extension, and that he’s a man who really can’t make up his mind about what his dream garden boundaries would look like. Duration: 01:20:14

This week we chat about our trip to Cerney House Gardens, and we also look at the Via Verde project “turning Mexico City’s grey to green”, the drone discovery of a 40,000 strong turtle nesting site in the Amazon, the removal of 80 tonnes of duckweed from Stourport Basin, ballooning spiders, and the surprising nutritional value of figs.

Gardeners' World is at Adam, Ash and Buster Frost's place this week, and Sue Kent visits Sharon Darlington’s stunning millpond garden in Anglesey. Neil Duncan, champion rose grower from Appleshaw in Andover, shows us some of his hybrid teas and...

To say we were chuffed to bits is an understatement when Tamsin Westhorpe offered to join us for episode 41 of A Good Ol’ Chit-Chat! Although her uncle Raymond Treasure was in front of the camera when Gardeners’ World visited Stockton Bury Gardens earlier this year, Tamsin was very much involved behind the scenes, and we get to hear a lot more about the history of the gardens, how it’s being run today, and some of Tamsin’s plans for its future. We also hear about the Bridget Jones of gardening, the giant monkey puzzle tree planted by Tamsin’s great grea...

We recap Gardeners' World 2025 episode 18 and this week we chit-chat about multi-million dollar wildlife crossings, the potential major health benefits of magic mushrooms, seed-embedded national newspapers, how woodlice can remove heavy metals from the ground, the most expensive flower in the world, and how we got on at Great Dixter, despite being completely wired after a dodgy breakfast order.

On Gardeners' World, Arit Anderson takes us to meet Nate Moss at the beautiful Goldwell Flowers in Kent, and Tracy Coogan in North Lincolnshire shows us her impressive collection of echeverias. Jamie Butterworth shows us Monty's show...

We first came across Sharnee Gates on Gardeners' World 2025 episode 11 and were delighted when she joined us for a Good Ol' Chit-Chat to tell us about her dream garden. We find out about the value of Wisley apprenticeships, the beautiful Kings Park Botanic Garden in Perth, the very important website to visit if you're looking for gardening jobs, and much more.

Some mentions from Sharnee, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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"Shish kebabs", do we have a packed episode this week! As well as recapping Gardeners' World 2025 episode 17, we also take a look at Switzerland's latest railway innovation, we learn how dandelions are once again saving the day, how plants cry when they're stressed, what Wellington, New Zealand got up to with 180 cabbages back in 1978, and the serious need for personal space between male and female anglerfish.

On the show we get to see the first ever RHS Flower Show Wentworth Woodhouse with Frances Tophill, Jamie Butterworth, Adam Frost, Arit Anderson and Joe Swift. Some of the show...

Martin Dohrn was on Gardeners' World 2025, episode 11 when he showed us around his fascinating garden of 60 species of bees. We were thrilled to have him join us for a Chit-Chat during which we learned a bit more about his award winning film My Garden of a Thousand Bees, some of the challenges of natural history film-making, and a bit of behind the scenes on how he captured his tiny subjects on camera. As well as hearing what would make it into Martin's dream garden, we also talk wildlife bridges, gentlemen's cycle clubs, dune slacks, de-insecticiding our gardens, loving wasps...

Owen Hayman - Horticulture Innovation Manager, Certified Surveyor of Japanese Knotweed, Open Water Swimmer, UK Nursery Aficionado, Ribena lover - joins us for this week’s episode of Chit-Chats. We learn about Wisley diplomas, the global rock stars of planting design - Nigel Dunnett and James Hitchmough, the invasive potential of plants, poo-powered ponies, how free-range chickens are threatening our wildflowers, how to swim in cold open water for longer, and which ornamental is the totally fabulous moody barbie of the plant world.

Some mentions from Owen, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/ga...

Once again we cover an array of topics on our Gardeners' World recap including fun facts about Hampton Court and Wimbledon, kissing orchas, Lazy Housewives, Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter, influential 19th century Spanish women, hummingbirds vs sunbirds, and Antonio Banderas. We also answer some of the bigger questions such as where Frances and Rachel found their dresses.

This week Gardeners' World Episode 16 is reporting on RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival with Frances Tophill, Rachel de Thame and Adam Frost. We see some of the show gardens including:

Elliott Neep was on Gardeners' World 2025 episode 10 where he gave us a tour of his magnificent garden in South Oxfordshire. He joins us on the podcast for a Chit-Chat with a difference; we cover all sorts of horticultural topics such as how Elliott got into gardening, transforming his garden from neglected soil to a thriving haven, how he successfully uses no-dig, and growing roses in alkaline soil. Then we take a side-step into the important and huge subject of mental health where we learn the critical importance of receiving the right diagnosis and subsequent support. Elliott gives us real...

We have a lot to chat about this week as we learn that there are more than 3 states of matter after all, how Giant Hogweed is running riot this year in the UK, how Japan handles trees that are in the way of construction, what scientists can learn from geckos, and how David Beckham can help us remember a particular fern name.

Gardeners' World is back at Longmeadow with Monty and we head to Stockton Bury Gardens with Toby Buckland to meet the treasure Raymond Treasure. We learn some interesting things about ferns from Neil Frame...

Mags & Mon brought the laughter to GW25 episode 8 and despite Mon’s broken ankle, they brought it in spades to this episode of Good Ol’ Chit-Chats too! Even though we meander down dark alleys of death, destruction, coffins, cemeteries, toxic towns, and funerals, we also find out about shops on allotments, camomile lawns, the incredible health benefits of a certain purple coloured vegetable, and we have a dream garden fit for a llama, a donkey and kermit the frog - without Jim Henson’s hand.

Some mentions from Mags & Mon, links can be found here: https://notjus...

This week we learn a bit about a massive underground water reservoir located 400 miles beneath Earth’s surface, the clever way Hong Kong saves 320 million cubic meters of freshwater each year, that gardening is taking video gaming by storm, how beavers are saving the day and millions of euros in the Czech Republic, what the process for getting a perfect endive entails, and the illuminati.

Frances Tophill is presenting Gardeners' World 2025 episode 14 from Alison Jenkins' beautiful Damson Farm this week. Carol Klein shows us some pretty plant combos in her enviable garden whilst Suzette Fuller in Bu...

Dan Stearne from Dan's Plants was introduced to us by Adam Frost at Malvern (on Gardeners’ World 2025 episode 9) as the entrepreneurial new kid on the block. He joins us for a Good Ol’ Chit-Chat and we find out about setting up a plant business alongside studies, the huge value and benefits of apprenticeships, the challenges of selling online, tips for displaying plants at any of the big shows, barking, and how to prepare your garden for the zombie-apocalypse🧟

Some mentions from Dan, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

It’s GW Live 2025 but we once again deviate. We talk smeared broad-beans, Australian firehawks, how AI is keeping the Swiss integrated transport system on point, the marvel of Paris’ underground urban farm, what efforts we could make to encourage younger gardeners, and how Nick Bailey’s dance skills have progressed from "Quick Quick Slow" to something a little more contemporary.

This week RdT, Arit, Adam, Ashley & The Don present from Gardeners’ World Live at Birmingham NEC. 

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Michael Kennard, self-confessed compost nerd, was on Gardeners' World 2025 episode 7 and taught us a thing or two about healthy soil, healthy plants and healthy humans. On this episode of Chit-Chats, we find out about Mycobacterium vaccae, composting humans, living in a Luton van with a home cinema, 65 degree compost, and we have our first fedge!

Some mentions from Michael, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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This week we discuss bird soundtracks on Gardeners’ World, which magnesium supplement aids sleep (and which one categorically doesn’t), the lesser known G5 Aston Martin, anting, which plants might counteract the negative impacts of microplastics, how AI could be redeeming itself, and Sweetpea finally gets to the end of her pineapple trilogy.

Adam Frost takes us to the stunning Bedfords Park Walled Garden to meet the inspirational Lois Amos and her team of volunteers including Maxine, Pam Ditzel and Fay Chapman.  Andrew Jackson shows us his impressive new build garden in Beverley before we head over...

Fiona Cumberpatch was on Gardeners' World 2025 episode 1 with her small but perfectly formed urban cottage style flower garden. She joins us for a Chit-Chat and, as well as hearing about her dream garden, we talk gardening magazines versus fashions mags, Hügelkultur, how to get a kg of Tumbling Tom tomatoes, and Fiona's superb ethos of “just give it a go” when it comes to gardening. We also immediately tried out her recipe recommendation for using up tomatoes and it was DELICIOUS!

Some mentions from Fiona, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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On the podcast this week we find out about some of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show’s medal winners, water divining in Cornwall, bacteria killing paint, golden ratios, and growing vegetables for victory.

Monty and Ned are presenting from Longmeadow again before we head to the Peak District to hear from Rekha in her incredible hillside veg garden. Professional wildlife cameraman Martin Dohrn takes us into his fascinating world of bees in his back garden and Arit takes us to Anna Vallois-Davies’ place at Spring Cottage Flower Co in Stoke by Nayland to look at how she g...

Wayne Williams was on Gardeners' World 2025 episode 1 showing us the incredible Ventnor Botanic Gardens. He joins us for a Good Ol' Chit-Chat and we hear about all things tropical paradise! We learn about Helen's hybrid bananas, how to be awarded a national collection, what defines you as an Overner, Grockle or Culkhead, and what scent is used in Chanel no.5 Eau de Parfum. Sound was not on our side, but Wayne's incredible dream garden of plants we've never heard of is loud and clear!

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Adam Jones was on episode 2 of Gardeners' World 2025, giving us a tour of his incredible vegetable garden. He joins us for A Good Ol' Chit-Chat to regale us with stories of marsh fritillary butterflies, hazel dormice, hen harriers, composting loos, tackling invasive weeds with hens, drawbridges, crossbows, de-complicating gardening, tips for creating bog gardens, keeping bees, and the best use for Tad-cu's rhubarb yet.

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This week we learn a bit about concrete impregnated with moss, the dangers of being a sloth, the healing benefits of microbacterium vacii, and we get stuck down a fairly large rabbit hole on the relationship between mental health and screen/tech time.

We’re back at Longmeadow with Monty this week and Carol Klein takes us through her late spring plants before we visit Elliott Neep in his absolutely stunning garden near Wantage in South Oxfordshire. Ashley Edwards takes us to spectacular Holker Hall in the Lake District where we meet head gardener Matthew Murgatroyd, as...

Patrick Gale joins us for a Chit-Chat after his beautiful garden near Land's End was featured on Gardeners' World 2024 episode 5. We find out about growing trees on granite, barn owl manors, bee-keeping, how to speed up your leaf mulching process, and a handy and completely delicious Nigella recipe to keep in your back pocket in the event of a chard glut.

Some mentions from Patrick, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

This episode we discuss the virtues of chaos gardening, how Sweetpea makes her stinky fertiliser, supramolecular plastics, blue sausage fruit, and the dangers of Artemisia absinthium - mostly a concern if you’re in the vicinity of any French impressionists.

Sue Kent and Adam Frost present Gardeners' World 2025, episode 9 this week from RHS Malvern Spring Festival. The show gardens featured are:

Layla Robinson was on Gardeners' World 2024 episode 25 and joins us for a Chit-Chat about her dream garden. We learn about modern apprenticeships, her transition from fresh to everlasting flowers, the inspiration behind her book Everlasting Blooms, rainbow vegetables, mushroom trees, and have we finally broken Sweetpea?🤯 We also get an insight into the floral design and story behind her exhibit “Love Our Rivers” for this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.

Some mentions from Layla, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

For our recap this week, we have a natter about the pro’s and con’s of AI in horticulture, why & when plants change their scents, canine insect pest control, Yoofs, ICDs, and the bad boy of gardening.

Joe Swift and Rachel de Thame present Gardeners’ World 2025 episode 8 from Malverleys in Newbury with Head Gardener Mat Reese and his wife Jess. We meet Will Tomson from Sheffield at his beautiful garden at Berrywell before joining Arit Anderson with Tom Massey and Je Ahn at the incredible Mayfield Park in Manchester created by Duncan Paybody from Studio Egret...

This week on our Gardeners’ World 2025 episode 7 recap, we discuss slug fun-facts including the first organism who’s scientific name is based on the welsh language, composting humans, 250 ton wisterias, Nigel Palfrey’s Dukes of Hazzard moment (available on the Patreon) and why do bugs like mating on Sweetpea?

We join Sue Kent in her place in Wales for some more plant experiments including sowing 40 year old seeds, before meeting the wonderful “Compost Michael” or Michael Kennard in Sussex to hear all about his genius Compost Club social enterprise. Molly in South East London is this week’s Your...

On this week's Gardeners' World recap, we discuss fasciation, Portland, Oregon’s smallest urban park in the world, and why Australia has roos and emus on its coat of arms. before visiting Carol Klein at the stunning Glebe Cottage. Jess Goddard gives us a tour of her beautiful and packed balcony and then Monty talks to Jamie Butterworth, Clare Matterson and Jo Whiley about his dog-friendly garden design for Chelsea Flower Show. Finally we get a tour of the spectacular daffodils displays in North Carmarthenshire at Gelli Uchaf, Landeilo, home to Julian and Fiona Wormald, with a special mention to t...

This week on our recap of Gardeners’ World 2025 episode 5, we get a bird’s eye view of Adam Frost’s pretty garden complete with Ash and Buster, the new addition to the Frost household. Rachel de Thame takes us to Junker’s Nursery in Milverton to see the magnificent magnolias with Torsten. Joe and Linda in Northampton show us around their incredible water garden inspired by the many rainforests explored on their travels, and then Helen Brown from Clun in Shropshire takes a look at some of her beautiful camellias. Advolly take us for a walk around magical Painshill Park in Sur...

This week Adam Frost is in the Lake District at the stunning Holehird Gardens, home of 6 national collections. We meet Pat Murphy who shows the impressive collection of meconopsis and Alison Sandford describes how she manages the 120 volunteers who make the magic happen. Matthew Simmons in Bedminster tells us about the wonderful Secret Gardens Trail and we meet Sarah and Mo in their wildlife garden, and Mark Majak shares his jurassic inspired garden packed to the rafters! We then head to the Peak District with Rekha to meet Melanie Moore, owner of the beautiful Horsleygate Hall and its efficient kit...

Monty and Ned are presenting from Longmeadow again. Nick Bailey is given an interesting tour by Stefano Marinaz of the pretty matrix planting at Church Barn in Shalford, near Braintree and Anna May shows us around her beautiful dahlia farm - Dorset Dahlias - in Bridport West Dorset. Frances Tophill takes us to Bradford city centre to the wonderful Wibsey community garden where we meet Dan Thistlewood, and volunteers Shaheen, Derek and Carol, and Manager Jen White before we head over to Cambridgeshire to meet Nick Phillips from the Woodland Trust to look at the plethora of trees in hi...

Monty and Ned are at home at Longmeadow whilst Joe Swift heads to the beautiful front gardens of Railway Cottages on Dorset Road in North London to meet Cathy Brogan, Jane Stevens, Mike Ainger and Eddy Wessman. Mike Werkmeister gives us a tour of the incredible grade 1 listed cottage garden of Margery Fish at East Lambrook Manor in Somerset, before Sue Kent takes us to Llanelli in Carmarthenshire to meet the wonderful and inspiring Adam Jones (Adam yn yr ardd). In Your Gardens this week, Saxon Kolltveit shows us around the buzzing HGS Kids Gardening Club at St Jude...

Gardeners' World is back - hooorah!🕺🏼 The team kick off the 2025 series with Monty up a VERY high ladder before Frances Tophill takes us to Melksham in Wiltshire to Lorraine and Sandy Macfarlane's beautiful garden equipped with recycled, upcycled and salvaged farmyard paraphernalia. We visit Puppetry Director & Designer Oliver Hymans & his Arts Communication Consultant partner Marcus Crofton’s place in Dalston, North East London to see how they've transformed an empty balcony into their own miniature Great Dixter, before heading over to the Isle of Wight with Adam Frost to meet Head Gardener Wayne Williams at the stunning Ventnor Botanic...

The garden designer, Tom Hoblyn was on Gardeners' World 2024, episode 29 and joins us for the final episode of this series of Chit-Chats to tell us about his dream garden. We find out about leeches in natural swimming ponds, how he’s preparing for his last ever Chelsea Flower Show (no seriously), horticultural qualifications, retracing Sir Joseph Bank’s footsteps and why Joe Swift wouldn’t chip-bud on camera.

Some mentions from Tom, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

Liz Colebrook and Fi Pidduck were on episode 22 of Gardeners' World last year where they gave us a wonderful masterclass on all things daylily. In this Good Ol' Chit-Chat we find out what their dream gardens would look like and they're a riot of 8-sided hexagons and Lazy-Liz's (patent-pending), bubble-wrap hacks and Tottering-by-Gently's.

Some mentions from Liz & Fi, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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Jaap Schuuring was on Gardeners' World 2024/25 Winter Specials Episode 3 showing us his incredibly practical Christmas tree dead-hedges. In this episode of Chit-Chats we find out how the Netherlands handle droughts, invasive plants, and their varied wildlife. We also hear how on the back of his Your Gardens appearance, Jaap has been approached by both local TV and radio stations, as well as a city that wants to adopt his idea to make a city driven initiative, involving children, to build more wildlife-friendly hedges in the public space.

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We have a good ol' chit-chat with the lovely Delia May West this week, after her late summer appearance on Gardeners' World 24. Delia invites us into her colourful world of cottage garden style planting, pink blossom vinegar, happy chickens, singing crickets, countryside views and more as she describes her idyllic dream garden.

Some mentions from Delia, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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Mark Turner from Elite Orchids in Gloucestershire was on Gardeners' World 2024 episode 21 and he joins us this week to tell us about his dream garden. We hear about raising orchids from seed to adulthood, nibbles, wells, tortured toads and explosions💥

Some mentions from Mark, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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A lot of fan-girling as gardening titan Derry Watkins joins us this week. Derry’s dream garden of streams, waterfalls and plunge-pools is the wonderfully watery backdrop to our meandering conversation about how she got on a Chelsea Flower Show, setting up plant nurseries, secret gardens in Ireland, floating under pea plants, and have you heard of a waterblommetjie?

Some mentions from Derry, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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Eddie Bailey was on Gardeners’ World 2024 ep30 and he joins us this week to impart more of his vast knowledge on the importance and function of soil food web microorganisms. We also hear about the close relationship between soil and gut health, the beautiful gardens of Exeter University, and which trees he planted for each of his sons.

Some mentions from Eddie, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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Benn Storey from Gardeners' World 2024 episode 20 joins us this week as we find out more about how he designed and created his incredibly beautiful terraced garden in Clapham. We hear about his memories of growing up in Durham, how to successfully use gabions, opening a garden through the NGS, his award-winning botanical photography, how hot walls work, and much, much more! Benn's garden is open through the National Garden Scheme on 8th June 2025.

Some mentions from Kris & Deane, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

Kris & Deane Saunders-Stowe from Gardeners' World 2024 episode 22 take us on a wild ride of meandering boardwalks, ever-growing greenhouses, cutting tool filing systems, scaling cliffs with a wheelchair on the back, Virgin ads, hypnotherapy, and will Deane secure Kathy Bates & Melissa McCarthy for his sci-fi film?

Some mentions from Kris & Deane, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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Tom Nielsen from Biocentric in Somerset joins us this week for a Good Ol' Chit-Chat. We hear about how his dry garden didn't perform quite as expected on the day of filming with Gardeners' World, his experience with the heebeegeebees, how he makes his kombucha home brew and much, much more.

Some mentions from Tom, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

Violet Croll from Gardeners' World 2024, Compilations Episode 1 joins us for a Good Ol' Chit-Chat this week! She tells us all about the story behind her Jamaican flag, her competitive sweetcorn and how Avalon came about (spoiler, it wasn't Excalibur).

Some mentions from Violet, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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✨It’s a Christmas Special🎅🏽 Mellie Lewis from Aeonium Mellie pops in for another Good Ol’ Chit-Chat, this time to transport us to a winter wonderland of kidnapped botanists, well-boiled Brussel sprouts and her deconstructed Christmas crackers🎄

Some mentions from Annmarie & Andrew, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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The last Gardeners' World of 2024☹️ and it's with Ned and Monty. We have a quick catchup on Good Ol Chit-Chat friends - Nigel Palfrey, who's been building a woodman's bothy, and Geoff Stonebanks, who's currently in the press as Britain's most festive man! Toby Buckland takes us around his gorgeous garden in South Devon before we join Frances Tophill at Bridewell Gardens near Witney, Oxford, where we meet Ruth Maddock, Rachel, Leonora and Maddie to make "mossauges" for the Christmas wreaths!

We visit Alfie Nickerson at his stunning flower farm at Burnt Fen in Norfolk and lear...

Annmarie & Andrew from Fifty Shades of Green join us for a Good Ol’ Chit-Chat! We find out about their love of tropical planting, how they’ve found each other’s lobster and that size most definitely does matter📏

Some mentions from Annmarie & Andrew, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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The penultimate Gardeners' World Winter Special of 2024 sees Frances Tophill presenting from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh after we find out about Martin and Trixie from Big Cactus Rescue identifying cacti with their tongues on You Bet! We meet Sadie Barber - Research Collections Manager, Marc Gilbert – Glasshouse Horticulturist, Dr Olwen Grace - Deputy Director of Science, Milo Philips - Assistant Entomology Curator for National Museums Scotland, and Caitlyn Johnstone - Ecologist.

We join Carol Klein in Shropshire at Goldstone Hall Garden to enjoy a garden for all the senses before meeting Kevin Stewart in his garden in...

The man, the myth, the legend..it’s… Nigel Palfrey. We had a Good Ol’ Chit-Chat this summer, finding out more about the crinkle crinkle folly, Nigel’s use of morse code and his special apple-tree. Towards the end there was a little confusion over a plant name which we noted as an Edulis but it was in fact an Ercilla volubilis!

Some mentions from Nigel, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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Will Teare from Will Teare Garden Design joins us this week for a Good Ol' Chit-Chat. He tells us about the secret woods at the end of his garden, his ambitious shed plans and the best way to eat dandelions.

Some mentions from Will, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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Ash and Adam Frost are presenting this week's Gardeners' World Winter Special. Rachel de Thame takes us to Cheltenham to visit ex-commercial airline pilot Linda Marsh and her beautiful garden at The Stables, with influences from Piet Oudolf. We visit Jack First in Porthmadog near Gwyneth who shows us the incredible success he has with hotbeds. Toby Buckland gives us a tour of Caisson Gardens near Bath where we meet owners Amanda and Phil Honey who give us a bit of the history. We visit the Wonky Gardens in Widness in Halton Cheshire, where co-founder Angela Hayler describes the fa...

We're joined by Kay and Patrick McHugh from Church Gardens in Harefield this week! We hear about their monumental restoration project rebuilding the 16th Century arcaded wall, an interesting place to store the butternuts and big plans for an unconventional seating area.

Some mentions from Kay & Patrick, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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The first of the Gardeners' World 2024 Winter Specials! This week we join the wonderful Carol Klein at Forest Lodge Gardens in Somerset before heading over to Oswestry in Shropshire to enjoy an apple tree masterclass with Tom Adams, The Apple Man. Nick Bailey takes us to Bates Green Garden in Sussex and their Arlington Bluebell Walk, where we meet Emma Reece, head gardener. Ex-military man, Martin Jordan shows us his impressive Birdhouse Gourds on his allotment in Chepstow before we meet Emma Rabbitt, Annie Healy and Lorna Babb on their Dads Lane Allotments in Birmingham. Finally Adam Frost takes...

Episode 12 of Good Ol’ Chit-Chats is out now! This week we chat with Alex from Mitchell Flower Farm and travel from Kent to Chile and back again via Californian poppies that aren’t really Californian poppies, zombie eye infections and 1970s swing-seats.

Some mentions from Alex, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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The last of Gardeners' World 2024, boo. But we will be back to recap the winter specials starting next week, yay! First up, Arit Anderson takes us to Marchants Hardy Plants in East Sussex to chat with Henry Macaulay, their head gardener. We then meet Hafsah Hafeji at Aisgill Community Hub in Earls Court and see the fantastic work she does with her team of volunteers, including Shirley, Elaine, Leroy Douglas and Floyd. We join Sue Kent to meet Caroline Crocker at her place in Plymouth where she's transformed the topography of her garden and the planting in just one...

It’s series 2 of Good Ol’ Chit-Chats!🕺🏼 We kick off with the wonderful Tashi Dhondup from Stroud who tells us all about his dream garden. We hear about lotus plants, Himalayan meadows and how easy it is to grow cannas from seed. Tashi also tells us about the work he does with Tom Dawson and what an important role gardens and nature play in his life.

Some mentions from Tashi, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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A very soggy but fetching Adam takes us to Bury St Edmunds to Fullers Mill Gardens where we meet Garden Manager Gary Bean. Steve and Dawn Morgan in Barnstable, Devon show us around their beautiful sub-tropical garden and their impressive collection of passionflowers. Chris Burkett in Moreton in the Wirral shows us his garden of no less than 200 pots before Advolly gives us a talk on houseplants at Brodsworth Hall in Doncaster. Finally GP Susan Taheri in North Devon shows us the Growing Well gardens where we hear all about the benefits of patients being subscribed time in the...

Frances Tophill is at Powderham Castle again this week, with Rua and Jeanette, where she's planting tulip bulbs, digging up weeds, drying hydrangeas (by wetting them!) and cutting back rose root stock. Rachel de Thame is at Pettifers Garden in Banbury and talks to us more about the relationship between pollinators and flowers. Eddie Bailey (RhizoPhyllia) in Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire gives us a fascinating masterclass on compost, and finally Carol Klein is in her garden at Glebe Cottage, talking to us about collecting seeds.

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Joe Swift takes us to Tom Hoblyn's beautiful 2.5 acre garden in Bury-St-Edmunds, Suffolk where we learn about chip-budding. Delia May West Ryder shows us around her incredible garden in Tiverton, Devon packed with dahlias galore, before Gavin in East Sussex shows us his impressive collection of miniature trees. Garden writer and journalist Jane Perrone shows us her beautiful houseplants, including the delicate String-of-Pearls and variegated Jade Tree, and Sue Kent is at her place in Swansea where she gives us a tour of her hot borders.

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Rachel de Thame takes us to the beautiful Yeo Valley Organic Garden in Somerset to meet Professor Jane Memmott and Professor Daniel Robert from Bristol University to learn more about how plants interact with insects. We visit Tom Adkin and Giulia Consolandi at their Piccolo Plants Nursery in Branscombe, North Devon and they show us their fantastic collection of succulents. Maisie Bartlett takes us on a tour of her pretty and packed allotment and then Arit meets with Debbie Roberts and Ian Smith from Acres Wild Landscape and Garden Design who show her their 3-in-1 garden in Horsham, incorporating M...

We're with Frances Tophill at Powderham Castle with Jeanette and Ru this week before Carol Klein takes us to Highfield Farm Garden in Monmouthshire for a tour of Jenny and Roger Lloyd's beautiful gardens. Head Gardener Joe Scoble shows us around the incredible award-winning garden project run by Guy’s and St Thomas’, supporting patients recovering from amputation to be physically and mentally active, and we meet the inspirational Tatiana Timon, Luke Tarrant and Christine who show us what they get out of the garden. Joe Swift takes us to Walthamstow in London to see Paula Siqueira and Andrew Durha...

We visit Dr Margaret Stone's national collection of asters in Worcester with Rachel de Thame, and have a good wonder around her beautiful garden at Brockamin. Tashi Dhondup in Stroud gives us a tour of his stunning garden and shows us his collection of meconopsis before Eric in Normandy France shows us his garden where he uses the no-dig method. Jilly McNaughton gives us a masterclass on building successful wildlife ponds and shows us her two at Sheepcote Green House in Saffron Waldon, Essex where she has numerous aquatic plants and a family or two of great crested newts...

On this week’s episode of Good Ol’ Chit-Chats, Mandy Barber from Incredible Vegetables takes us to her dream garden made up of weird and wonderful “edimentals”, most of which we hadn’t heard of (apparently duck potatoes are a thing). Perennial kale has an unusual use and the walking onions blew our tiny minds🤯 Our Incredible Vegetables shopping list has been written. 

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This week we travel to Herefordshire with Sue Kent to meet Layla Robinson at her incredible dried flower studio and Scott Thompson shows us around his immersive garden, Fern Bank in Wirksworth, Matlock. Astrid and Frankie Drummond give us a guided tour of their beautiful garden and triangular compost bin in Sheffield before Joe Swift takes us to the incredible Church Gardens in Harefield where Patrick and Kay McHugh show us the extensive work they've done to restore the walled gardens. Finally Leyla Kazim shows us around her 5m by 7m South West London garden equipped with numerous edibles...