The Garden Podcast

Royal Horticultural Society

A peek behind the scenes at The Garden magazine with exclusive interviews, gardening advice and more. Come behind the scenes with editor Chris Young as we meet the people behind the stories and articles featured in the UK's biggest gardening magazine, The Garden. Each month we'll be delving a little deeper into a range of horticultural topics, meeting garden designers, wildlife experts, nurserymen and women and other luminaries of the gardening world. For more information see www.rhs.org.uk/thegardenpodcast

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28 episodes
Updated Dec 22, 2020

Episodes28

Newest first

Dec 22, 2020 · 27 min
A frond farewell
January 2020
Nov 25, 2020 · 22 min
Homegrown Christmas decorations, city garden design and gardens for wellbeing
December 2020
Nov 11, 2020 · 28 min
Grasses, John Evelyn and mad for mangaves
November 2020
Sep 22, 2020 · 23 min
Pears, asters and tulip trees
October 2020
Aug 18, 2020 · 22 min
Welcoming a new president, gardening careers, pineapple lilies
September 2020
Jul 21, 2020 · 21 min
Cucumbers, cacti and crickets
August 2020
Jun 23, 2020 · 24 min
Sour pleasures, authors' gardens, urban design
July 2020
May 26, 2020 · 25 min
Herb secrets with Jekka, mad about moths, through a plantsman's window
June 2020
Apr 21, 2020 · 22 min
A new look at nasturtiums and what does it really mean to be green?
May 2020
Mar 19, 2020 · 26 min
Gardening for wellbeing, gin botanicals and The Plant Review
April 2020
Feb 20, 2020 · 26 min
The unexpected beauty of spring leaves, high-security gardening at Yarl's Wood, and does anyone love bergen
March 2020
Jan 23, 2020 · 27 min
Rachel de Thame on garden making, snowdrop secrets & tackling a new plant disease
February 2020
Dec 12, 2019 · 29 min
January 2020 - Gardening for mental health, houseplants on the rampage and Roy Lancaster's garden
As increasing evidence links exposure to gardens and gardening to improved mental health and wellbeing, Chris talks to The Garden columnist Lia Leendertz about her own experiences in this field. Meanwhile in the Wisley Glasshouse, strange things are afoot as a green army prepares to invade an abandoned Victorian house. Callum Munro-Faure shares advice on some of the stars of the show, the weird and wonderful aroids or Araceae family. And finally, plant-hunter extraordinaire Roy Lancaster takes us on a tour of his Hampshire garden, chock-full of exotic plants from around the globe.
Nov 19, 2019 · 29 min
December 2019 – Grow your own Christmas dinner, going plastic-free and Christmas tree secrets
Have you ever fantasised about growing all the veg for Christmas dinner? This month Chris talks to expert grower Sue Stickland who's been doing just that for years. She shares her hard-won tips on which varieties to choose, how to harvest to beat the weather and more. Sally Nex shares the wisdom she's gained over a year spent reducing her use of plastic in the garden – a journey which has been charted in a 10-part column in The Garden. Plus Christmas tree grower Simon Maughan shares the secrets of selecting and growing the perfect festive foliage.
Oct 17, 2019 · 29 min
Gardening for health and wellbeing, a bounty of British pears and bamboo: beauty or beast? (November 2019)
November 2019
Sep 18, 2019 · 28 min
Dan Pearson's designs for Lowther Castle, secrets of great compost, celebrating the tastes of cooking apples
October 2019
Sep 5, 2019 · 25 min
Podcast takeover: The Plant Review
September 2019
Aug 28, 2019 · 26 min
The Garden Podcast – August 2019
Crocosmias, commas and capturing the perfect garden photo
Jun 21, 2019 · 25 min
The Garden Podcast - July 2019
Plant rant: do hypericums cut the mustard? Plus bringing in the bees and exploring exotic edibles in Essex
Jun 21, 2019 · 29 min
The Garden Podcast - June 2019
June 2019 – Make your own roof garden, the joys of the gooseberry and going peat free