The Garden Log

Ben Dark

The Garden Log is an award winning /gardening/history/botany podcast from Ben Dark

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105 episodes
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Aug 23, 2019 · 25 min
#65 Planting a pagan yew grove, playing the delphinium blues and preaching the wallflower gospel: a gardening podcast
In this episode of the Garden Log Ben summons the Elder Gods, meets a canary fancying diamond magnate and trims the wisteria. Solomon Joel's garden party - https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-foxhill-estate-1926-online Hampton Court: Our growing year - https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/whats-on/hampton-court-gardens/our-growing-year/#gs.xkd84m Gherado Cibo's plantain - https://www.moleiro.com/en/books-of-medicine/dioscorides-by-mattioli-and-cibo/miniatura/broadleaf-plantain-dioscorides If you enjoyed this episode please consider leaving a review and sharing on social media!
Jul 30, 2019 · 29 min
#64 High summer meadows, the hottest day on record and falling in love with a saxifraga: A gardening podcast.
In liquidating heat Ben plants, digs, sweats and chops when he should be drinking in the shade - all in the name of Beauty! Also, how to look at a familiar garden in a totally new light. This and much more in episode 64 of the award winning Garden Log podcast.
Jul 18, 2019 · 24 min
#63 Poppies, roses, wood sorrels and willow herbs: A gardening podcast
Weeds take centre stage in high summer as Ben turns farmers wife and chops off their roots with a carving knife. Thegardenlogpodcast@gmail.com
Jul 9, 2019 · 30 min
#62 Acanthus out, clematis up, lawns in a horrible yellow mess: A gardening podcast
In this week's heat-drenched episode of the Garden Log Ben makes a terrible mistake, battles powdery mildew and coats himself in a layer of thorns, twigs and earwigs. No other half-hour contains more gardening - fact! Thegardenlogpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @bensgarden Instagram: ben_dark_ Facebook: The Garden Log Podcast
Jul 2, 2019 · 23 min
#61 Spent delphiniums, silver ragwort and prehistoric planting: A gardening podcast
In this episode of the Garden Log Ben cuts back the mint in preparation for mojito season, erects a rhomboid arch and talks extensively about stinging nettles. Enjoy!
Jun 25, 2019 · 22 min
#60 Adventures in the cosmos hole: red thread, ranunculus, obelisks and chalk
In this weeks episode Ben ruins a York stone path, heaves some iron and reflects on horticultural lessons learned.
Jun 18, 2019 · 28 min
#59 Houttuynia (tastes like fish) bracken (gets stamped on) and Uvdale Price (is full of regrets): A gardening podcast!
A full smorgasbord of horticulture - served rain-soaked and half-composted. In this episode we discuss when and why to cut back long-flowering perennials, look at some ferns and make preparations for the summer we wish we had. Enjoy!
May 30, 2019 · 26 min
#58 Pitching for TV, the cool green cave and fighting the orange fire: a gardening podcast
This week Ben completes the woodland garden, rediscovers a gardening archive and sends the herbaceous borders off in a blaze of glory
May 24, 2019 · 24 min
#57 A week in the garden
Ben works on woods, weeds and walks. Also on his tan. The Garden Log is an award winning podcast all about a head gardener and the plants he works with.
Apr 11, 2019 · 29 min
#56 Potting lemons, splitting day lilies, paranoia, drunkenness and burning down the Hyde Park Pagoda
In this Episode of the Garden Log Ben talks tulips, talks with two lips, walks with two hips, speaks of new tips and cuts the grass. Also, optical illusions for lawnmowers, the family Ranunculacea and seasonal weeding. thegardenlogpodcast@gmail.com
Mar 20, 2019 · 24 min
#55 How to take risks, unwrap ferns and apply for gardening's most prestigious job
Welcome to Episode 55 of the garden log in which we shunt bulbs, buy trees and gossip about UK horticulture. Feel free to email me about plants you have known: thegardenlogpodcast@gmail.com The National Trust's Sissinghurst video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbm14Q-teLo&feature=youtu.be
Mar 7, 2019 · 25 min
#54 Molasses lawn-soup, foaming scilla and how to hire a pliant gardener
Sap rises in this long anticipated episode of the Garden Log. We take a trip to see the gurus of grass, move a statue without the help of helicopters and get excited about spring bulbs. A podcast for people who like people who like plants!
Feb 18, 2019 · 27 min
#53 Frosted five fingers, Taxus soufflé and the sweet smell of sunrise
Sarcococca scented signs of spring to come. This week verges are repaired, hedges replanted and strange sights spotted in the trees. Very much a gardening podcast from the makers of the Garden Log episodes 1-52
Feb 12, 2019 · 26 min
#52 Magnolia grandiflora, mud soup and flowers from beyond
This week snow melts and rain pelts, trees rise and deer subside and we find thorny new ways to ornament walls Thegardenlogpodcast@gmail.com @Bensgarden Featured blog: https://www.oxoniangardener.co.uk
Jan 28, 2019 · 25 min
#51 Training a climbing rose, mistimed bulb planting and planning your perfect grave
This week on the Log we bring order to thorny chaos, yearn for the perfect snowdrop and careen down hills in the snow. Your money back if you find a more horticultural half hour!
Jan 21, 2019 · 29 min
#50 How to prune an apple tree, date a horticulturalist and see compost in all you survey
For the Garden Log's half century we take a trip up a tree, visit Kew Gardens and look at the hosta bed. We also learn how prune fruit trees and how to live for ever. Happy listening!
Jan 14, 2019 · 28 min
#49 Heretical hellebores, scarecrow grass and building a satellite compost heap
In this brave new podcast we discuss grass, gravel and the gardens of Queen Anne. Also horticultural drunks, what and when to cut back and a bumblebee.
Dec 10, 2018 · 24 min
Gertrude Jekyll, Dianella and the Garden Media Guild
In this rain-drenched episode we discuss Arts and Crafts gardening, plant a happy-morning garden and plant a field of white camassia.
Nov 26, 2018 · 27 min
#47 Tea, textiles and the wetting winds of winter
In this episode mulch is spread and coats are donned. Also, the philosophy of winter lawn care. Podcast best paired with some spiced herbal infusion.
Nov 9, 2018 · 27 min
#46 Tasteful jackets for tender plants - distasteful cocktails for dissolute gardeners
In blazing autumn Ben plants an eccentric new foliage garden and worries if he has made a huge mistake. Also, massed ranks of hellebores, planting a hula-hedge and how to wrap your tree fern.