Stuart and Alexander

Gather at the Garden Gate. Becca and Grace come in from the garden, put the kettle on, and talk about what they have been getting up to indoors, outdoors, and get incredibly excited about, every so often, going out out. We were going to do it anyway, so we thought you'd invite you too.

This isn’t just a podcast about gardening. It's about women celebrating life in the garden, flowers, each other, and taking refuge in the kitchen when it starts to pour with rain.

Join them, once a week, gathering at the garden gate.

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20 episodes
Updated Dec 14, 2025

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Dec 14, 2025 · 44 min
Stuart & Alexander Live Christmas Episode: Festive Preparations
In this episode of the Stuart & Alexander, Grace and Becca go live on Instagram, reflecting on their festive preparations, recent travels, and various holiday plans. You can also watch here. They discuss Grace's trip to London and their creative Christmas decor ideas, including the use of holly trees and paper chains. The conversation also touches on hosting Christmas dinners, the logistics of cooking, and holiday traditions. Grace shares her hectic schedule, including plans for a new kitchen garden vegetable growing calendar. There's holiday drinks, cats, and upcoming New Year resolutions. 01:35 Grace's London Trip and Celebrations 03:18 Christmas Preparations and Decorations 05:22 Bringing the Outside In: Festive Floristry 13:55 Christmas Tree Dilemmas and Solutions 22:41 Ribbon Talk: Variated Holly and Velvet Ribbons 24:36 Christmas Table Plans and NHS Shoutout 25:29 Family Christmas Plans and Tablecloth Dilemmas 27:14 Flower Arrangements and Gardening Friends 34:44 Wreath Workshops and Foraging Adventures38:41 Christmas Break and Future Plans42:35 Exciting Trips and Stylish Convertible Dreams43:46 Wrapping Up: Festive G&Ts and Podcast Plans
Nov 14, 2025 · 40 min
Season 4 Episode 5: The dream episode – what we want for Christmas!
S&A is now available on Instagram! Follow us forout-takes, behind the scenes, extra info, and what coming soon. https://www.instagram.com/stuartandalexander/ Stuart & Alexander is a podcast from friends and flowerobsessives, Becca Stuart and Grace Alexander. Becca is a Cornish grower, florist and stylist, floweringthe best weddings and events in Cornwall. https://thegardengateflowercompany.co.uk https://www.instagram.com/thegardengateflowerco/ Grace is a seed merchant, writer for the Garden Collective and in conversion organic gardener. www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk https://www.instagram.com/gracealexanderflowers/ IN: Gifts for your home The Wool Company https://www.thewoolcompany.co.uk Yorkshire Blankets https://yorkshireblankets.co.uk/ Socks - Number 30 Ashburton @number30ashburton Dartmoor Shepherd https://thedartmoorshepherd.co.uk Merchant and Mills House https://merchantandmills.com/uk/house OUT: Gifts for your gardenBag - https://www.francli.co.uk/ Warriner Leather https://www.warrinerleather.co.uk Wintertide Market https://www.thesouthwester.co.uk/wintertide Chicken Wire cloches https://www.waitrosegarden.com/products/_/crocus-collection/cc-protective-wire-cloches Katherine Miles https://www.katherine-miles.com OUT OUT Workshop – Ambrose Veevers https://www.ambrosevevers.com Fife Arms - https://thefifearms.com WILDCARD Wentworth Puzzles - https://www.wentworthpuzzles.com/ Willow & Stone https://www.willowandstone.co.uk/ Gaia https://gaiapuzzles.co.uk/products/flowers-in-a-vase-national-gallery-1000-piece-jigsaw-puzzle Although do also look out for jigsaws in charity shops!
Oct 19, 2025 · 47 min
S4 E4: A shift in the seasons
As autumn folds itself around the garden, Grace and Becca settle in for an evening recording filled with comfort, carb-laden dreams, and tales of soil, bulbs, and books. Grace unwraps her most-anticipated arrival of the season — Winter in the Highlands by Flora Shedden — a feast of photography, venison, and Scottish charm. The conversation meanders through bones and broth, squash and stews, and the gentle rituals that mark the transition from abundance to rest. Rebecca reflects on her final wedding of the year, the quiet that follows, and the strange restlessness that comes with slowing down. Grace introduces her new digital gardening calendar — a quietly clever companion that pings timely reminders for every seasonal task, from ordering bulbs to checking compost supplies. They discuss the satisfaction of bulb planting, the mischief of squirrels, and the wisdom of leaving soil undisturbed through winter. There’s talk of weeds (including the dreaded field sorrel), cosmos jungles, and a fruit harvest so abundant it feels almost mythic. Rebecca takes us to Ashburton, that irresistible Devon town of vintage jumpers, ceramic butter knives, and dangerously good shops. Expect mentions of Rafiki Café, Amelia’s, Craftmongers, and Ambrose Vevers’ scorched chopping boards. Grace, meanwhile, lunches at Pythouse Kitchen Garden and The Newt, reflecting on the beauty of limewashed walls, maturing plantings, and restraint in garden design. Next month’s episode will be their Christmas Gift List Special — an In, Out, Out-Out, and Wild Card edition of beautiful things to covet, make, and give. Winter in the Highlands by Flora Shedden — available via Bookshop.org @flora.shedden and @lauraedwardsphoto on Instagram Ambrose Vevers – scorched wood boards and craftsmanship Rafiki Café and Craftmongers, Ashburton Grace’s Digital Gardening Calendar — available at gracealexanderflowers.co.uk In the GardenOut in the WorldOut OutLooking AheadMentions and Links
Sep 21, 2025 · 58 min
S4 E3: Where Grace embraces a new perspective and Becca searches for boots
In this episode of Stuart and Alexander, Rebecca of The Garden Gate Flower Company and I tumble back into conversation. A rambling catch-up of triumphs, muddles, and mud under our nails. We talk about the curse of perfection paralysis (that wretched urge to get everything exactly right before you even begin), and the bone-deep weariness of decision fatigue. There are confessions about compost disasters, autumn sowing schemes, and our endless, glamorous-yet-muddy hunt for gardening clothes that don’t make us look like scarecrows. As ever, the chat wanders, from the dizzy joys and heartbreaks, to the way a garden can both soothe and completely overwhelm. An honest chat over tea about the things we can’t control, in our flowerside or in ourselves, and embracing letting go.
Aug 24, 2025 · 52 min
Season 4 Episode 2: Endings & beginnings
In this episode of Stuart and Alexander, Rebecca and Grace discuss the changing seasons, from an unusually autumnal August to garden management during peak wedding season. Rebecca shares the recent heartbreaking loss of her beloved dog, Mabel, and thanks the community for their support. We exchange tips on organising the garden with flags and labels, and Grace teases a new project involving engraved garden labels. Other topics include Rebecca's trip to the south of France, completing renovations, and upcoming garden events. 00:00 Welcome to the Podcast 00:46 Reflecting on Autumn 02:30 Remembering Mabel 09:03 Cottage Renovation Updates 19:23 Garden Challenges and Wedding Season 21:54 Labelling and New Business Ideas 28:39 Bleeping Out for Family-Friendly Content 28:50 Tulip Talk: Ordering and Growing Tips 30:41 Challenges with Tulips in Floral Work 31:46 Favourite Tulip Varieties and Planting Strategies 33:46 The Importance of Seasonal Planning 35:51 Garden Visits and Reflections 40:00 Travel Tales: South of France 49:45 Upcoming Events and Workshops
Jul 19, 2025 · 50 min
Season 4 Episode 1: Like we'd never been apart
We’re back!!! Earl Grey tea in hand, together at last, recording from the glorious Story of Emily. In this much-awaited episode, we talk Victoriana, out-outs, reinvention and renaissance, and why we’re finally ready to bloom again. Think teacups, textile obsessions, flowered parasols and figuring out who the hell we are, all in a rather dramatic fasion.
Dec 21, 2024 · 21 min
Stuart & Alexander Christmas Special!
Join Becca & Grace talking all things festive and Christmas. Our favourite traditions and treats indoors, how we make the most of the magical season outside, and those truly special trips away that make the Christmas spirit rise.
Dec 2, 2024 · 34 min
Season 3 Episode 9: What happens when Becca gets ambitious
Becca is a Cornish grower, florist and stylist, flowering the best weddings and events in Cornwall. ⁠https://thegardengateflowercompany.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thegardengateflowerco/⁠ Grace is a seed merchant, writer and in conversion organic gardener, and she runs the ultimate flower-lovers’ membership, Gather with Grace Alexander. ⁠www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gracealexanderflowers/⁠ S&A is now available on Instagram! Follow us for out-takes, behind the scenes, extra info, and what coming soon. ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stuartandalexander/⁠ The Story of Emily Christmas is open Thursdays to Sundays. If you aren’t anywhere near Cornwall, you can see Becca’s work on their Instagram here. She sourced teasels from me and candles from Alice in Scandiland. https://shop.aliceinscandiland.com/ Paperwhites. The good news is that they are on sale everywhere. Becca recommends just buying them: https://www.scentednarcissi.co.uk Bare root roses also available now. Becca went for Koko Loko, Honey Dijon & Juliet.
Nov 23, 2024 · 35 min
Season 3 Episode 8: Becca's secret life hack & Grace invests in warmth
Grace is a seed merchant, writer and in conversion organic gardener, and she runs the ultimate flower-lovers’ membership, Gather with Grace Alexander. ⁠www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gracealexanderflowers/⁠ Becca is a Cornish grower, florist and stylist, flowering the best weddings and events in Cornwall. ⁠⁠https://thegardengateflowercompany.co.uk⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thegardengateflowerco/⁠⁠ S&A is now available on Instagram! Follow us for out-takes, behind the scenes, extra info, and what coming soon. ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stuartandalexander/⁠ Walnuts Farm Georgian Townhouse https://www.instagram.com/walnuts_farm/ Lilac Restaurant in Lyme https://www.lilacwine.co.uk Wild Wood - Kiln Dried Wood https://wildwoodfuel.co.uk South Bosent Gardens, Dobwalls Liskeard Garden for NGS and Cornwall Wildlife Trust https://ngs.org.uk/gardens/south-bosent-pl14/ Everhot https://everhot.co.uk Becca Soup Hero - Stellar Sauce Jug https://stellar.co.uk/stellar-1000-14cm-milk-sauce-pot-1-7l.html Rag of Colts Bruton https://www.ragofcolts.com Bonfield Block Printers https://www.bonfieldblockprinters.com https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/restored-georgian-house
Nov 17, 2024 · 42 min
Season 3 Episode 7: A public service announcement & celebrating women
Becca is a Cornish grower, florist and stylist, flowering the best weddings and events in Cornwall. ⁠https://thegardengateflowercompany.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thegardengateflowerco/⁠ Grace is a seed merchant, writer and in conversion organic gardener, and she runs the ultimate flower-lovers’ membership, Gather with Grace Alexander. ⁠www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gracealexanderflowers/⁠ S&A is now available on Instagram! Follow us for out-takes, behind the scenes, extra info, and what coming soon. ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stuartandalexander/⁠ In: Grace’s question for Nigel Slater is at 1.07 of the Homing In podcast (I also recommend the previous episode – Kevin McCloud has led quite a life) Out out: Coppafeel https://coppafeel.org Sabzi in Cornwall You can shop online here
Nov 9, 2024 · 32 min
Season 3 Episode 6: Grace & Becca get ahead of themselves
Becca is a Cornish grower, florist and stylist, flowering the best weddings and events in Cornwall. ⁠https://thegardengateflowercompany.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thegardengateflowerco/⁠ Grace is a seed merchant, writer and in conversion organic gardener, and she runs the ultimate flower-lovers’ membership, Gather with Grace Alexander. ⁠www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gracealexanderflowers/⁠ S&A is now available on Instagram! Follow us for out-takes, behind the scenes, extra info, and what's coming soon. ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stuartandalexander/⁠ The Wool Company https://www.thewoolcompany.co.uk Ramster Garden https://www.ramsterevents.com Bodmin Nursery http://www.bodminnursery.co.uk
Nov 4, 2024 · 31 min
Season 3 Episode 5: Grace & Becca trade places – weddings & wreathing
Becca is a Cornish grower, florist and stylist, flowering the best weddings and events in Cornwall. ⁠https://thegardengateflowercompany.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thegardengateflowerco/⁠ Grace is a seed merchant, writer and in conversion organic gardener, and she runs the ultimate flower-lovers’ membership, Gather with Grace Alexander. ⁠www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gracealexanderflowers/⁠ S&A is now available on Instagram! Follow us for out-takes, behind the scenes, extra info, and what coming soon. ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stuartandalexander/⁠ The Story of Emily Stourhead Hauser Wirth Bradley Hare Briar Restaurant Bruton The Garden Gate Flower Company - Christmas Wreath Workshop 01.12.24
Oct 27, 2024 · 36 min
Season 3 Episode 4: Surprising ourselves
Season 3 Episode 4: This podcast contains some info about a new project for Grace, Scribehound Gardening. You can take advantage of a special offer for £1 for the first month and then 50% off for the first year here. (Valid until 1 November 2024. £6.99 a month after that.) In Moleskine diary Disney plus - Rivals Only Murders in the Building BBC - Ludwig Out out: The Story of Emily The Newt James Rebanks Becca is a Cornish grower, florist and stylist, flowering the best weddings and events in Cornwall. ⁠https://thegardengateflowercompany.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thegardengateflowerco/⁠ Grace is a seed merchant, writer and in conversion organic gardener, and she runs the ultimate flower-lovers’ membership, Gather with Grace Alexander. ⁠www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gracealexanderflowers/⁠ S&A is now available on Instagram! Follow us for out-takes, behind the scenes, extra info, and what coming soon. ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stuartandalexander/⁠
Oct 19, 2024 · 31 min
Season 3 Episode 3: Becca’s specialist subject & the party of the year
This podcast contains some info about a new project for Grace, Scribehound Gardening. You can take advantage of a special offer for £1 for the first month and then 50% off for the first year here. (Valid until 1 November 2024.) In: Arbon socks Corrymore socks Sweet peas: Eagle Sweet peas Somerset sweet peas Out: Akebia quinata Out out: Calcot Spa Ozleworth Park James Rebanks on tour Becca is a Cornish grower, florist and stylist, flowering the best weddings and events in Cornwall. ⁠https://thegardengateflowercompany.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thegardengateflowerco/⁠ Grace is a seed merchant, writer and in conversion organic gardener, and she runs the ultimate flower-lovers’ membership, Gather with Grace Alexander. ⁠www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gracealexanderflowers/⁠ S&A is now available on Instagram! Follow us for out-takes, behind the scenes, extra info, and what coming soon. ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stuartandalexander/⁠
Oct 11, 2024 · 40 min
Season 3 Episode 2: The secret is out & Becca’s top three sweet peas
This podcast contains some info about a new project for Grace, Scribehound Gardening. You can take advantage of a special offer for £1 for the first month and then 50% off for the first year here. In: Tips about scented pelargoniums Out: Sweet pea Sunday, where Grace is sowing and Becca’s top three must have sweet peas Out out: Becca has been to Hauser & Wirth in Bruton https://www.hauserwirth.com/locations/10068-hauser-wirth-somerset/ We also talk a bit about Tom Stuart-Smith’s garden at Chelsea https://www.tomstuartsmith.co.uk/projects/chelsea-2024 Grace had a trip to London & visited: VV Rouleaux https://www.vvrouleaux.com Ottolenghi https://ottolenghi.co.uk/pages/locations/marylebone Labour & Wait https://labourandwait.co.uk ---- Becca is a Cornish grower, florist and stylist, flowering the best weddings and events in Cornwall. ⁠https://thegardengateflowercompany.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thegardengateflowerco/⁠ Grace is a seed merchant, writer and in conversion organic gardener, and she runs the ultimate flower-lovers’ membership, Gather with Grace Alexander. ⁠www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gracealexanderflowers/⁠ S&A is now available on Instagram! Follow us for out-takes, behind the scenes, extra info, and what coming soon. ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stuartandalexander/⁠
Oct 5, 2024 · 37 min
Season 3 Episode 1: Figgy scents & visiting the King
The first in a new season from Stuart & Alexander; a podcast from friends and flower obsessives, Becca Stuart and Grace Alexander. Becca is a Cornish grower, florist and stylist, flowering the best weddings and events in Cornwall. ⁠https://thegardengateflowercompany.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thegardengateflowerco/⁠ Grace is a seed merchant, writer and in conversion organic gardener, and she runs the ultimate flower-lovers’ membership, Gather with Grace Alexander. ⁠www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gracealexanderflowers/⁠ S&A is now available on Instagram! Follow us for out-takes, behind the scenes, extra info, and what coming soon. ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stuartandalexander/⁠ In this podcast, we talk about accessibility and dyslexia. To listen to Grace’s weekly newsletters, you can now subscribe to them in audio form here. If you would like to hear the exclusive content read by Grace, you can join Gather here. In Isle of Scilly paperwhites Candles & home scents: Rebecca Proctor - Cornish ceramicist Marks and Spencer refills Pott candles TK Maxx Reed diffusers: Aery botanical Out Niwaki loppers (25% off if you are a member of Gather here) or full price here. Out out Britt Willoughby’s exhibition at Thyme The pub in the village - The Swan The Standard Inn on the Roseland
Sep 8, 2024 · 30 min
Season 2 Episode 10: Celebrating the seasons in silk (& cashmere)
The season finale from Stuart & Alexander; a podcast from friends and flower obsessives, Becca Stuart and Grace Alexander. Becca is a Cornish grower, florist and stylist, flowering the best weddings and events in Cornwall. https://thegardengateflowercompany.co.uk https://www.instagram.com/thegardengateflowerco/ Grace is a seed merchant, writer and in conversion organic gardener, and she runs the ultimate flower-lovers’ membership, Gather with Grace Alexander. www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk https://www.instagram.com/gracealexanderflowers/ S&A is now available on Instagram! Follow us for out-takes, behind the scenes, extra info, and what coming soon. https://www.instagram.com/stuartandalexander/ Grace’s out out: https://www.whitepostcafe.com/
Sep 1, 2024 · 32 min
Season 2 Episode 9: The downside of village life, and surprising seed trays
Stuart & Alexander is a podcast from friends and flower obsessives, Becca Stuart and Grace Alexander. Becca is a Cornish grower, florist and stylist, flowering the best weddings and events in Cornwall. https://thegardengateflowercompany.co.uk https://www.instagram.com/thegardengateflowerco/ Grace is a seed merchant, writer and in conversion organic gardener, and she runs the ultimate flower-lovers’ membership, Gather with Grace Alexander. www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk https://www.instagram.com/gracealexanderflowers/ The seed trays we are raving about: https://www.garlandproducts.com/brochure/super-7-electric-windowsill-propagator.html S&A is now available on Instagram! Follow us for out-takes, behind the scenes, extra info, and what coming soon. https://www.instagram.com/stuartandalexander/
Aug 25, 2024 · 29 min
Season 2 Episode 8: Becca and Grace are at odds on gardening jobs
Grace’s in: Seasonal jobs – having the chimney swept Becca’s in: Tricia Guild’s new season of pottery & fabrics https://www.designersguild.com/uk/fabric/designers-guild/pottery-studio-fabrics-braids-wallpaper/c850 Grace’s out: Not clearing beds and leaving habitats for the wildlife Becca’s out: Clearing beds! Grace’s out out: preparing for a party and finding any excuse to wear her Cabbages and Roses tweed cape https://www.cabbagesandroses.com/collections/coats-and-jackets/products/frances-jacket-in-brown-houndstooth Becca’s Out out: Shopping for autumnal wine at Ellis Wharton Wines http://ewwines.co.uk Becca chose https://ewwines.co.uk/long-barn-zinfandel/ & https://ewwines.co.uk/masseria-li-veli-orion-primitivo/ Stuart & Alexander is a podcast from friends and flower obsessives, Becca Stuart and Grace Alexander. Becca is a Cornish grower, florist and stylist, flowering the best weddings and events in Cornwall. ⁠https://thegardengateflowercompany.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thegardengateflowerco/⁠ Grace is a seed merchant, writer and in conversion organic gardener, and she runs the ultimate flower-lovers’ membership, Gather with Grace Alexander. ⁠www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gracealexanderflowers/⁠ S&A is now available on Instagram! Follow us for out-takes, behind the scenes, extra info, and what coming soon. https://www.instagram.com/stuartandalexander/
Aug 17, 2024 · 35 min
Season 2 Episode 7: Grace has big plans & Becca seizes the moment
Stuart & Alexander is a podcast from friends and flower obsessives, Becca Stuart and Grace Alexander. Becca is a Cornish grower, florist and stylist, flowering the best weddings and events in Cornwall. https://thegardengateflowercompany.co.uk https://www.instagram.com/thegardengateflowerco/ Grace is a seed merchant, writer and in conversion organic gardener, and she runs the ultimate flower-lovers’ membership, Gather with Grace Alexander. www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk https://www.instagram.com/gracealexanderflowers/ Rebecca Proctor Ceramics https://rebeccaproctor.co.uk Trelissick National Trust https://cornwallcrafts.co.uk/trelissick-gallery/ Gear Farm Campsite https://gearfarmcamping.co.uk Flora cafe at New Yard https://www.floranewyard.co.uk The Cornish Italian https://cornishitalian.com Four Boys Cafe https://www.fourboyscafe.co.uk Pasta Cacio e pepe https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cacio-e-pepe S&A is now available on Instagram! Follow us for out-takes, behind the scenes, extra info, and what coming soon. https://www.instagram.com/stuartandalexander/