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Tales From The Potting Bench
- 208 - Questions From The Potting Bench - Episode 2
❓Have you got a burning garden question?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
❓ In this season I'm spicing things up a bit by alternating between guests and then answering the garden questions that are keeping you awake at night! And in this week's episode we're tackling clay soil, aphids, Ranunculus and much more!
In this episode we discuss the perils (and positives!) of clay soiland if listening has got you thinking about making the most of yours, then you’ll want to try Westland’s Soil Improver. Its the perfect blend of manures and bark to revitalise YOUR garden soil. This enriched mix enhances soil structure, fertility, and drainage, creating a solid foundation for healthy, vibrant plants.
Mix it into your existing soil to ensure your garden is enriched and ready for vibrant, robust development throughout the seasons.
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Sat, 04 Apr 2026 - 14min - 207 - Jason Ingram - How To Photograph Gardens
❓Do you wish you could photograph your garden better...?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
🌱 In this episode I’m joined by someone who looks at a garden perhaps a little differently to how the everyday gardener does, and they do so…through a lens.
Jason Ingram is a world-renowned photographer who specialises in gardens, food and people and has photographed some of the most beautiful gardens across the world, as well as gardeners for the likes of portraits and to accompany books too. We discuss how he uses light, the best time of day to shoot and so much more. Enjoy!
To see more of Jason, head over and follow him on Instagram now, where you'll find him as @jasoningram
Jason's book 'How To Photograph Gardens' is out now, and you can find full details, here.
If all this talk of beautiful plants has got you thinking about how to give your garden some oomph, then try Westland’s Boost All Purpose Liquid Plant Feed. This feed is one that I use personally, and it’ll not only help you achieve stunning floral displays, but it’ll also give you an abundance of healthy fruit and veg too! Boost All Purpose Liquid Plant Feed will produce four times more blooms compared to watering alone. In addition, more fruit and veg is guaranteed. Use Boost every time you water.
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Sun, 22 Mar 2026 - 47min - 206 - Questions From The Potting Bench - Episode 1
❓Have you got a burning garden question?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
❓ In this season I'm spicing things up a bit by alternating between guests and then answering the garden questions that are keeping you awake at night! And in this week's episode we're tackling an over excited dog, crab apples and citrus overwintering...
If you're thinking about how to look after your oranges, lemons and limes right now then Westland have a full range of solutions to help you!
Including specially formulated citrus feed, giving you the best foliage and fruits, to their Citrus Potting Mix, perfectly blended for potting or re-potting citrus plants.
There's even a fantastic guide on the Westland website with tonnes of handy hints on growing the perfect citrus trees. Just search for ‘How To Grow Citrus Trees’ on gardenhealth.com, now
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Sun, 15 Mar 2026 - 16min - 205 - Steph Hafferty - The Productive Garden
❓Do you wish your garden was....more productive?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
🌱 In this week's episode I'm in conversation with one of my foremost authorities on grow your own and someone who I turn to regularly for advice; writer, speaker and growing expert, Stephanie Hafferty!
Steph has so much knowledge to share with us in this episode, and we talk about her brand-new book too - which you won't want to miss!
To see more of Steph, head over and follow her on Instagram now, where you'll find her as @stephaniehafferty
Steph's new book The Productive Gardenis out at the end of March and you can pre-order it now from the link here.
If your goal this year is to grow more of your own food then you’ll want to give Westland’s Raised Bed & Vegetable Soil a try! This mix is the perfect foundation for growing vegetable - a rich, fertile planting soil with a perfect nutrient mix for both root and leafy crops and the optimum structure for root development.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2026 - 26min - 204 - Katy Watson - From Opera to Plants
❓Do you ever dream of changing careers towards gardening...?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
🌱 In this week's episode I'm in conversation with someone who decided that their old career was a thing of the past, before switching to a life with plants! Katy Watson, is a gardener and avid plantswoman who opted to switch opera gowns for muddy boots, to get closer to the thing she loves most - the garden! We discuss that shift, what it is that really drives Katy's passion for plants and so much more - enjoy!
To see more of Katy, head over and follow her on Instagram now, where you'll find her as @katy_in_the_garden
If you'd like to give your plants some oomph then try Westland’s Boost All Purpose Multi-Action Granules! They offer a 4x multi-action formula that supports your plants at every stage of growth. These nutrient-packed granules strengthen roots, promote greener foliage, and provide up to 6 months of slow-release feeding to enhance overall plant health. With its high potassium content, you’ll enjoy more blooms, fruits, and vegetables throughout the growing season.
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Sun, 07 Dec 2025 - 32min - 203 - Questions From The Potting Bench - Episode 5
❓Have you got a burning garden question?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
❓ In this season I'm spicing things up a bit by alternating between guests and then answering the garden questions that are keeping you awake at night! And in this week's episode we're tackling cat poo problems, fussy figs, hot borders and so much more!
And, if you're busy planting up your bulbs right now then you’ll want to try Westland’s Potting Grit, which is perfect for loosening up your compost when planting bulbs!
Westland Potting Grit is ideal for mixing with compost to provide extra drainage and open up the compost structure. It’s also great for creating a decorative finish on pots, containers, rockeries, ponds, aquariums and alpine plantings.
Westland Potting Grit has been specially sourced and washed to produce a carefully graded, lime-free grit 4-7mm in size, making it perfect for a number of uses around the garden and greenhouse.
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Sun, 23 Nov 2025 - 17min - 202 - James and Joe - The Best Garden Biscuits!
❓Do you have a favourite biscuit...??
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
🌱 In this week’s episode I'm talking to garden designers, presenters, writers and fellow podcast hosts; James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift! James and Joe are hosts of the wonderful podcast and the aptly named, James and Joe Garden Show - an often hilarious chat with two friends all centred around the gardening world, but it does often venture to other things too! In this episode we talk about all of that, as well as the ultimate gardening biscuits...enjoy!
James and Joe are both over on Instagram sharing the world through their eyes and you can find the links to their pages below, as well as the page to their podcast too!
🌿James and Joe Garden Show Instagram
Right now is the perfect time to think about working on the health of the soil in your garden and what better way than to use Westland’s very own Soil Improver.
Westland Soil Improver is the perfect blend of manures and bark to revitalise your garden soil. This enriched mix enhances soil structure, fertility, and drainage, creating a solid foundation for healthy, vibrant plants. See gardenhealth.com now for more information and available stockists near you.
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Sun, 16 Nov 2025 - 1h 02min - 201 - Questions From The Potting Bench - Episode 4
❓Have you got a burning garden question?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
❓ In this season I'm spicing things up a bit by alternating between guests and then answering the garden questions that are keeping you awake at night! And in this week's episode we're tackling thin borders, buttercups and ponds!
I’m sure your jobs list for right now in your garden is a mile long but one thing you need to make sure you’re doing is giving your soil some love!
Westland Soil Improver is the perfect blend of manures and bark to revitalise your garden beds and border. This enriched mix enhances soil structure, fertility, and drainage, creating a solid foundation for healthy, vibrant plants and its particularly beneficial for heavy clay or sandy soils too!
Simply mix it into your existing soil to ensure your garden is enriched and ready for vibrant, robust development throughout the seasons.
Make sure to check out gardenhealth.com now, for more.
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Sun, 02 Nov 2025 - 13min - 200 - Richard Bowman - Northern Horticulturalist
❓Do you think allotments are boring...?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
🌱 In this week’s episode I'm talking to someone who has my favourite allotment in the world. Richard Bowman, otherwise known online as Northern Horticulturalist, is a trained horticulturalist and an award winning garden designer with medal winning gardens across the country! In this episode we discuss his beautiful allotment and much more! Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Richard then you can find him on Instagram as @northern_horticulturalist
While it might be autumn, there is plenty to be doing in the garden right now and thankfully Westland have a range of composts to keep you gardening right through these colder months! Right now, I’m potting up new perennials with their excellent Boost All Purpose, peat free compost which is proven to give you up to four times more blooms from your flowers!
Westland have such a wide range of composts available for your every garden need! From indoor potting mixes to the perfect outdoor solution, there is something for every grower and for every gardening need. For more information and to find the perfect compost for you, see gardenhealth.com now
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Sat, 25 Oct 2025 - 30min - 199 - Questions From The Potting Bench - Episode 3
❓Have you got a burning garden question?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
❓ In this season I'm spicing things up a bit by alternating between guests and then answering the garden questions that are keeping you awake at night! And this week is the first of those Q&A episodes. We're tackling wildflowers, clay soil, a new garden and much more!
If you want to give your hydrangeas a pep next year, then try Westland’s Hydrangea High Performance Liquid Plant Food!
It provides all the essential nutrients that hydrangeas need to flourish for beautiful flowers. Whether your hydrangeas are in containers or in the ground, you should feed them weekly. This in turn will help prevent disease as well give an abundance of stronger, healthier, more vibrant flowers.
Apply every 7–14 days from early spring (March) to late summer (August) for the best hydrangeas you’ll ever have
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Sat, 18 Oct 2025 - 15min - 198 - Jamie Butterworth - What Grows Together!
❓Do you think you're obsessed with plants too?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
🌱 In this week’s episode I'm talking to plantsman, nursery owner and plant obsessive, Jamie Butterworth. Jamie is a plant fanatic and has been part of some of the most beautiful show gardens, over the last few years. Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Jamie then you can find him on Instagram as @plantsman_jamie. Jamie's book 'What Grows Together' is out now from DK and is available in all good book shops.
If all of our talk about beautiful planting has got you thinking about how to give your plants the best compost they can have then try Westland’s John Innes Peat Free No.3 Mature Plant Compost, specially designed to nurture and sustain mature plants for a longer life. Enhanced with Carbon Gold biochar, which improves aeration, optimizes water retention, and maximizes nutrient availability. Biochar works to release nutrients gradually, ensuring plants get what they need for optimal health.
No. 3 Mature Plant Compost has been developed especially to help mature plants and shrubs, with a long-lasting and nutrient rich formulation. With a four month feed, it will sustain plants for longer, and improve aeration as well as water management.
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Sat, 11 Oct 2025 - 53min - 197 - Questions From The Potting Bench - Episode 2
❓Have you got a burning garden question?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
❓ In this season I'm spicing things up a bit by alternating between guests and then answering the garden questions that are keeping you awake at night! And this week is the first of those Q&A episodes. We're tackling pruning roses, when to deal with hydrangeas and ants in your compost bin!
If you need help with your Roses, then Westland's Rose 2 in 1 Feed & Protectis specially formulated to support rose health from the inside out. Comprising two bottles, the first bottle contains a concentrated rose feed. This ensures greener foliage as well as more vibrant and fragrant flowers. Whereas the second bottle contains a specially formulated protection concentrate to help deter black spot.
Rose 2 in 1 Feed & Protect helps roses absorb more water for improved health and increases disease-resistance. The correct nutrition is the best way to ensure that plants are at their best every year, growing greener and glossier foliage with abundant, fragrant blooms.
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Sat, 04 Oct 2025 - 15min - 196 - Michael Perry - Mr Plant Geek
❓Do you follow the wonderful Michael Perry?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
🤓 In this week’s episode I'm talking to the original...the one and only... @mr_plantgeek ... Michael Perry! Michael has been at the forefront of the horticulture industry for years now - sharing brand-new plants, long before you'll see them anywhere else!
If you’d like to see more from Michael then you can follow him on Instagram where you’ll find him as @mr_plantgeek! And be sure to head over to his website too mrplantgeek.com for all things geeky!
Now is a fantastic time to give your houseplants some TLC before winter and Westland Horticulture have got your covered!
If yours are in need of repotting then be sure to use Westland’s Houseplant Potting Mix - a peat free specialist mix that promotes healthy root growth and reduces plant stress, perfect for keeping houseplants happy. And while you’re there, give them a great feed with Westland’s Houseplant Feed too! Whether you have a Peace Lily, Snake Plant or a Spider Plant, this feed will help them grow healthy and strong. This feed contains all the essential nutrients houseplants need for longer lasting flowers and healthy green foliage. It has an easy squeeze measure doser for quick and easy feeding too. Get Ready To Grow!
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Sun, 28 Sep 2025 - 35min - 195 - Questions From The Potting Bench - Episode 1
❓Have you got a burning garden question?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
❓ In this season I'm spicing things up a bit by alternating between guests and then answering the garden questions that are keeping you awake at night! And this week is the first of those Q&A episodes. We're tackling sad looking roses, autumn lawns, weeds, overwhelm and more - five things that I know you're desperate to hear about! So grab yourself a drink, turn up the volume and enjoy!
If you've been thinking about your lawn at the moment then you should try Westland’s All In One Autumn Lawn Feed.
You’ll have seen those luscious green lawns online and in your neighbours garden and let's be honest, you’re envious! Well, the best spring lawns start in autumn!
Aftercut All In One Autumn is a lawn feed that is ideal for use in autumn when moss thrives. It has been specially formulated to create stronger and greener lawns. The mixture of iron, potassium, and nitrogen will enable lawns to withstand winter stress conditions, redirect energy to the roots for winter storage, and maintain a green appearance while preventing excessive growth before winter.
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Sun, 21 Sep 2025 - 20min - 194 - Steve Newland - King Of The Tomatoes!
❓Have you grown tomatoes this year and how have they done?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
🍅 In this week’s episode I'm talking to the king of the toms, the originator of Sink Or Swim...the wonderful Steve Newland! Steve has become known for his tomato growing prowess, and we discuss them, and much more, enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Steve then you can follow him on Instagram where you’ll find him as @snewland97
If listening to us talk about those delicious tomatoes has got you think about guaranteeing a bumper crop this year then be sure to use Westland’s Big Tom Super Tomato Food!
Big Tom simply gives you 3 x more tomatoes vs unfed plants! As well as this you’ll get tastier tomatoes, all season long. Their Big Tom Tomato Food has the unique PlantSense™ Technology. This means there is just the right amount of nutrients, and a water management system perfected to work with peat free growbags and planters. Including iron and magnesium to give you greener plants, it is also rich in seaweed for healthy root growth giving you great tasting tomatoes.
Try it now, available in all good garden centres across the UK.
Make sure to check out gardenhealth.com now, for more.
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Sun, 14 Sep 2025 - 40min - 193 - Andy Wain - The Fully Charged Gardener
❓Have you ever thought about what its like to be a live in, head gardener?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
In this week’s episode I’ve got someone who you’re going to love! I’ve spoken to a few head gardeners in the past but theres always room for one more, and my guest this week isn’t actually a head gardener any more… Andy Wain is a former head gardener on a private estate and in this episode we open up that world and discuss exactly what its like, especially as a gardener that also lives on the estate too! Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Andy then you can follow him on Instagram where you’ll find him as @_andy__w
If you’d like to see Andy’s YouTube channel then you can find him on there as The Fully Charged Gardener
As the season goes on, you’ll be thinking more and more about feeding your plants. But make sure not to leave out
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Sat, 07 Jun 2025 - 37min - 192 - Lydia Mantella - Your Organic Lydia!
❓Would you like to understand the world of medical herbalism?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
This week’s episode features another first as we explore the world of medicinal herbalism! Lydia Mantella, otherwise known on Instagram as @yourorganiclydia, is a medicinal herbalist, smallholder and trained personal trainer – growing her own food, herbs and more. In this conversation we delve into how Lydia lived a city life and eventually knew that it wasn’t the life for her before settling down to a country lifestyle instead. Join us as we explore medicinal herbalism, what that actually means, and so much more! Enjoy!
If this has got you thinking about your plants then why not give them a good feed with Westland’s Organic Seaweed Plant Growth stimulant? This feed is designed and formulated to be the perfect mix to use around your whole garden, specifically giving your plants what they need to growth strong and healthy roots! Not only that but your plants will also benefit from increased strength against disease too! Using Organic Seaweed Plant Growth Stimulant ensures an abundance of stronger, healthier, veg, fruit and flowers!
Make sure to check out gardenhealth.com now, for more.
Until next week, do have a look at my blog and website, below!
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Mon, 02 Jun 2025 - 38min - 191 - Georgina and Tori - Gardening For Wellbeing!
❓Does your garden help you with your wellbeing?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
Now, this week’s episode is a real first for the podcast as I’m joined by not one, but two special guests! Gardening helps to bond us with other likeminded people and form friendships and connections too. Two people that I love talking to on Instagram are Georgina, otherwise known as @plot_bae and Tori who you’ll find as @torisallotment. Both are avid food growers and both add ideas for how growing can help your mental health too. In this feature length episode we discuss why we love growing and how it helps us navigate daily life. Enjoy!
If you’d like to give your plants the very best chance of blooming and growing to the best of their ability then give them some oomph with Boost All Purpose Multi-Action Granules, new for 2025! These granules support your plants at every single stage of their growth and provide up to 6 months of slow release feed, resulting in even stronger roots, greener foliage, healthier plants and you guessed it, more blooms! Simply mix them into yourBoost All Purpose Compostwhen planting up, and continue with regular feeding using Boost All Purpose Liquid Plant feed to give your plants the ultimate boost all round!
Make sure to check out gardenhealth.com now, for more.
Until next week, do have a look at my blog and website, below!
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Sat, 17 May 2025 - 44min - 190 - Jordan Weston - The Bearded Botanist
❓Does your garden have interest all year round?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
This week’s guest is a real plantsman and someone who I know you’re going to thoroughly enjoy listening to! Jordan Weston, otherwise known as The Bearded Botaniston Instagram is a florist, plant fanatic and now, nursery owner who is completely obsessed with plants. At the recent BBC Gardener’s World Spring Fair, we had the pleasure of sharing a stage and after the show, I knew we had to record a podcast episode for you all, so here it is! We discuss the nursery, plants to keep interest in your garden all year round, and so much more. Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Jordan then you can find him over on Instagram as @the_bearded_botanist.You can also find Jordan’s nursery on Instagram too @westonsnursery
If all this talk of evergreen plants has got you thinking about your own then why not give them a good feed with Westland’s Organic Seaweed Plant Growth stimulant? This feed is designed and formulated to be the perfect mix to use around your whole garden, specifically giving your plants what they need to growth strong and healthy roots! Not only that but your plants will also benefit from increased strength against disease too! Using Organic Seaweed Plant Growth Stimulant ensures an abundance of stronger, healthier, veg, fruit and flowers!
Make sure to check out gardenhealth.com now, for more.
Until next week, do have a look at my blog and website, below!
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Sat, 10 May 2025 - 46min - 189 - Rob Smith - Grow To Eat!
❓Do you grow what you love or what you *think* you should grow...?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
This week’s guest is one of the most passionate vegetable growers that I have the pleasure of knowing and luckily he’s happy to share that passion with us all. Rob Smith, otherwise known online as @robsallotment is a veg grower and garden writer, who takes real pleasure with sharing tips and advice on how to grow not only the best veg, but also unique varieties too! Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Rob then you can find him over on Instagram as @robsallotment.
Rob’s book ‘Grow To Eat’ is available in all good book shops now and via this link
If listening to Rob talking about growing your own fruit and veg and has got you think about growing your own, then be sure to use Westland’s Big Tom Super Tomato Food on your tomatoes.2
Big Tom simply gives you 3 x more tomatoes vs unfed plants! As well as this you’ll get tastier tomatoes, all season long. Their Big Tom Tomato Food has the unique PlantSense™ Technology. This means there is just the right amount of nutrients, and a water management system perfected to work with peat free growbags and planters. Including iron and magnesium to give you greener plants, it is also rich in seaweed for healthy root growth giving you great tasting tomatoes. Try it now, available in all good garden centres across the UK.
Make sure to check out gardenhealth.com now, for more.
Until next week, do have a look at my blog and website, below!
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Sat, 03 May 2025 - 36min - 188 - Anya Lautenbach - The Money Saving Gardener!
❓Do you follow Anya on social media?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
This week’s guest is someone I’ve wanted on for a very long time and thankfully we’ve been able to make it finally happen. Anya Lautenbach, otherwise known online as Anya the Garden Fairy has been inspiring people online to garden, for years and is now the author of two wildly successful accompanying books. In this episode we discuss Anya’s upbringing in Poland, how gardening has helped her through the darkest times and just why gardening is the thing that brings us all together. Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Anya then you can find her across all social media platforms by searching for Anya The Garden Fairy.
Anya’s latest book The Money Saving Garden Year, is out now from DK and is available from all good booksellers and via this link.
If you’d like to give your plants the very best chance of blooming and growing to the best of their ability then give them some oomph with Boost All Purpose Multi-Action Granules, new for 2025! These granules support your plants at every single stage of their growth and provide up to 6 months of slow-release feed, resulting in even stronger roots, greener foliage, healthier plants and you guessed it, more blooms! Simply mix them into your Boost All Purpose Compost when planting up, and continue with regular feeding using Boost All Purpose Liquid Plant feed to give your plants the ultimate boost all round!
Make sure to check out gardenhealth.com now, for more.
Until next week, do have a look at my blog and website, below!
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Sat, 26 Apr 2025 - 31min - 187 - Simon Akeroyd - Grow Your Groceries!
🛒 Did you know you can grow your own food from your groceries?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
This week’s guest is a gardener, author and social media sensation. Simon Akeroyd has been a gardener for many years and at some of the most beautiful garden across the UK, including RHS Wisley. He is also an author of over 30 gardening books including a brand new one, that we discuss in this episode. Not only that, but Simon has also become an incredibly successful social media star too with views and followers racking up their millions online. We talk about the gardens, the books, the social media and so much more, in this episode. Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Simon then you can follow him on all major social media networks. You'll find him on Instagram as @simonakeroydgardenwriterand on TikTok as @simonakeroydwriter
Simon’s brand new book ‘Grow Your Groceries’ is out now from DK books and is available in all good bookshops.
If listening to Simon talking about growing your own fruit and veg has got you think about growing your own, then be sure to use Westland’s Big Tom Super Tomato Food!
Big Tom simply gives you 3 x more tomatoes vs unfed plants! As well as this you’ll get tastier tomatoes, all season long. Their Big Tom Tomato Food has the unique PlantSense™ Technology. This means there is just the right amount of nutrients, and a water management system perfected to work with peat free growbags and planters. Including iron and magnesium to give you greener plants, it is also rich in seaweed for healthy root growth giving you great tasting tomatoes.
Try it now, available in all good garden centres across the UK.
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Sat, 12 Apr 2025 - 38min - 186 - Joseph Clark - From Tomatoes to TikTok
🍅 Do you enjoy growing your own tomatoes?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
This week we’re talking veg, flowers and beyond as I talk with content creator and gardener Joseph Clark, otherwise known online as Joe’s Garden! Joe has been an avid gardener for years and years, but it recent times has been sharing his journey online and has seen him go on to amass millions of followers and even write his own book! Listen now to hear what Joe’s gardening superpower would be, what his favourite cut and come again flower is and much more. Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Joe then you can follow him on Instagram as @joesgarden.official and TikTok as @joesgarden. Joe’s book ‘Garden To Save The World’ is out now and is available in all good bookshops!
If listening to Joe talk about those delicious tomatoes has got you think about guaranteeing a bumper crop this year then be sure to use Westland’s Big Tom Super Tomato Food!
Big Tom simply gives you 3 x more tomatoes vs unfed plants! As well as this you’ll get tastier tomatoes, all season long. Their Big Tom Tomato Food has the unique PlantSense™ Technology. This means there is just the right amount of nutrients, and a water management system perfected to work with peat free growbags and planters. Including iron and magnesium to give you greener plants, it is also rich in seaweed for healthy root growth giving you great tasting tomatoes.
Try it now, available in all good garden centres across the UK.
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Sat, 05 Apr 2025 - 41min - 185 - Louise's Kitchen Garden - Bake, Cook, Grow!
🍌 Do you like to make food from what you grow?
Welcome toTales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
This week we’re talking about a plethora of topics – because my guest is…well, they’re someone who does so many different things! If you’re on TikTok and Instagram then you’ll have no doubt have come across Louise’s Kitchen Garden! Louise is a baker, a cook, a gardener and so so much more. In this episode we talk about it all and also how Louise makes so much food from scratch, with the majority coming from her own garden. This is one episode that you’re not going to want to miss! Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Louise then you can find her on Instagram as @louiseskitchengarden1 and also over on TikTok as @If you’d like to see more from Louise then you can find her on Instagram as @louiseskitchengarden1 and also over on TikTok as @gardeningwithlou. Both channels are full to the brim with fantastic food and growing ideas, tips and advice!. Both channels are full to the brim with fantastic food and growing ideas, tips and advice!
If our conversation about fruit, veg and flowers has whet your appetite for growing your own then why not build yourself a raised bed and get growing? When it comes to filling your bed then your best option is Raised Bed & Vegetable Soilfrom Westland Horticulture! This is the perfect foundation for your veg growing journey! This soil is both rich and fertile, with the optimum blend of nutrient for strong roots and leafy, bountiful crops. It is rich in organic matter with a free draining structure that nurtures roots while retaining moisture. Either mix the Raised Bed & Vegetable Soil into your existing soil or create a new vegetable bed to grow bumper crops all year round.
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Sun, 30 Mar 2025 - 36min - 184 - Thomas Radford - Foraging for Food!
🍄 Have you ever wanted to go foraging but don't know where to start?
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
This week I’m in conversation with someone about a topic that I’ve wanted to cover on the podcast for years, foraging! Thomas Radford, otherwise known online as @eatthecountry, is a forager and fanatic about wild food. Across his platforms he shares his experiences with foraging, through not only informative but also genuinely funny content. Listen along now as we discuss how to get started with foraging, what to avoid and not forgetting those all important deadly plants! Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Thomas then you can follow him on all major social media networks where you’ll find his as @eatthecountry! If you’re interested in going on one of his foraging walks then you can find out more on eatthecountry.com
If all this talk of foraging and foliage has got you thinking about your plants then why not give them a good feed with Westland’s Organic Seaweed Plant Growth stimulant? This feed is designed and formulated to be the perfect mix to use around your whole garden, specifically giving your plants what they need to growth strong and healthy roots! Not only that but your plants will also benefit from increased strength against disease too! Using Organic Seaweed Plant Growth Stimulant ensures an abundance of stronger, healthier, veg, fruit and flowers.
Make sure to check out gardenhealth.com now, for more.
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Sun, 23 Mar 2025 - 35min - 183 - Kevin Smith - Editor of Gardener's World Magazine!
📖 Ever wondered what it would be like to be the editor of Gardener's World Magazine?
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
This week’s guest has a huge role in the world of horticulture, and in fact – their job is one that sees them sitting at the helm of one of the nation’s most loved magazines. Kevin Smith, is the editor of Gardener’s World Magazine – which is no mean feat! In this episode we talk all about the magazine, what it’s like to have the responsibility for something that we all hold so dear and a big project in his own garden! Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Kevin then you can follow him over on Instagram, where you’ll find him as @kevinsmithgarden
If you’d like to give your plants the very best chance of blooming and growing to the best of their ability then give them some oomph with Boost All Purpose Multi-Action Granules, new for 2025! These granules support your plants at every single stage of their growth and provide up to 6 months of slow release feed, resulting in even stronger roots, greener foliage, healthier plants, and you guessed it, more blooms! Simply mix them into your Boost All Purpose Compost when planting up, and continue with regular feeding using Boost All Purpose Liquid Plant feed to give your plants the ultimate boost all round!
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Sun, 16 Mar 2025 - 34min - 182 - Ben Newell - Terrific Terrariums!
🪴This week, it's all about terrariums!
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
This week’s guest does something truly unique in the plant world, in fact I don’t know anyone else at all that does it quite like them. Houseplants come in all shapes and sizes but my guest this week has chosen to adopt terrariums as their particular area of interest. Ben Newell, otherwise known online as Worcester Terrariums, is a content creator and terrariums fanatic that has created terrariums that have gone seriously viral online, amassing millions of views, and for good reason! We discuss how Ben got into terrariums, what makes a good terrarium and so much more. Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Ben then you can find him right across all major social media platforms, such as Instagram, as @worcesterterrariums
And don’t forget to seek our Ben’s book, Hello Tiny World, available now from all good bookshops and you can find out more, here.
Outdoor gardeners or indoor growers, we’re all the same really – doing this for the love of plants. And right now, there is lots to be getting on with indoors, with looking after your houseplants. Thankfully Westlandhave an extensive range of composts and potting mixes to keep all your plants thriving. Their houseplant potting mixes even include some specially developed for nourishing for Bonsai, Cacti and Citrus plants too!
Not only that, but they also have houseplant feeds that are enriched with the essential nutrients that keeps your plants growing strong and healthy. Whether you’re a seasoned houseplant pro or a newbie, check out Westland’s houseplant hub at gardenhealth.com/houseplant-hub for some great advice on caring for your indoor jungle!
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Sun, 09 Mar 2025 - 44min - 181 - David Domoney - Plants with Superpowers
The podcast is back and with a bang!! 💥
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, your go-to podcast for all things green and growing! This is where, you'll hear fascinating stories from plant lovers, experts, and passionate growers who are just as obsessed with plants as you and I.
Let's kick off Season 8 as we mean to go on and in the first episode of a brand-new season, I'm joined by someone with passion, enthusiasm and knowledge by the barrow load - broadcaster and horticulturalist, David Domoney. David is well recognised right across the UK for his appearances on many TV shows over the years, as much as he is for his numerous show gardens and displays at RHS Chelsea Flower Show and beyond. David is also the author of a brand-new book, which you’re going to love! We discuss all of that, and more, in this episode - enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from David then you can find him on Instagram as @daviddomoney! David’s YouTube Channel, which can also be found on there as @DavidDomoney– where you’ll find hints, tips, advice and more on a wide range of topics.
David’s upcoming book Plants with Superpowers: 75 Remarkable Plants for your Garden and Home is out at the end of this month, and you can pre-order it now, here.
While it might be winter, there is plenty to be doing in the garden right now and thankfully Westlandhave a range of composts to keep you gardening right through these colder months! Right now, I’m potting up new perennials with their excellent Boost All Purpose, peat free compost which is proven to give you up to four times more blooms from your flowers!
You’ll be pleased to know that Westland have also got a huge selection of other composts and growing mediums, ensuring you’ll have something for your every growing need. From Ericaceous compost for your acid loving plants, and rose compost – formulated especially with a 6-month slow release feed, they even have a peat-free aquatic planting and potting mix for all your water based plant needs!
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Sun, 02 Mar 2025 - 46min - 180 - Ashley Edwards - Plants For Wellbeing
🧠 This week we’re talking about how gardens heal!
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.
Well, we’re here are final episode of season 7! 7 seasons of conversations with guests, spanning right across the horticultural world – from far away to nearby, every corner of the landscape has been surveyed, and we’ve learned a lot along the way. I’d like to thank you for listening, as always, and being the reason that I’m able to continue making this. You listening is the reason I make this, and you enjoying it, makes it completely worthwhile. The endless hours of producing, editing and writing, have come together in a season that I’m hugely proud of, and I hope you continue to enjoy it even more.
I’d also like to give a huge thank you to the wonderful Westland Horticulture for coming on board as sponsors of this season (and beyond). They truly are the powerhouse of the plant world and their dedication to empowering everyone to grow, to learn skills and to gain knowledge about growing is the perfect match for this podcast. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life to filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.
Now, I’ve got something of a tradition on this podcast now – after 7 seasons, it's become a little thing that I challenge myself with. And that challenge is simple, every season should have a guest on that also happens to be a panellist on BBC Radio 4’s Gardener’s Question Time, and this season is no different. In this episode, I’m joined by head gardener at Horatio’s Garden in London, and GQT panellist, Ashley Edwards. Ashley has a wide-ranging background in horticulture – starting from a very young age, and in this episode we go right back to the beginning and end with the current day. So, grab yourself a drink or maybe pop your headphones in and head out into the garden and listen along with us now. Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Ashley then you can follow him on Instagram where you’ll find him as @plantsforwellbeing. You can also follow along with Horatio’s too, and you’ll be able to find them as @horatiosgarden
If we've whetted your appetite for growing, and you know that the appetite of your plants could do with some attention then do try Westland’s Growmore general purpose plant food! Growmore provides the three major plant nutrients in equal proportions. This makes it a superb general-purpose feed for use all around the garden. Its balance of nutrients ensures even stimulation of growth in all plant parts, meaning lots of fruit and flowers, abundant foliage as well as a strong root system. Find out more by visiting gardenhealth.com now.
Fear not, I WILL be back in the new year with season 8 and the list of guests is already signed and sealed, so look out for that from February onwards!
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Sun, 15 Dec 2024 - 41min - 179 - Kim O'Brien - Dahlias For Days!
💐 This week we're delving into dahlias!
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.
We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.
Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.
Now, this year has been an interesting one for us gardeners and growers, in the UK the weather has been less than favourable. In my own garden because of the wet weather, the dahlias have struggled more than ever so in this week’s episode I’ve turned to my good friend and dahlia expert, Kim O’Brien, for some sage advice. Kim is not only a dahlia expert but she’s also a renowned florist and a whizz with all sorts of cut flowers too. In this episode we discuss the highs and lows of dahlia growing, top tips for better blooms and much more! Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Kim, then you can follow her over on Instagram where you’ll find her as @dahliafarmerama. Also, make sure to check out Kim’s floristry workshops at the BBC Gardener’s World shows across the year in 2025. Tickets are available for the Spring Fair at Beaulieu now and you can find them here.
If all this talk of dahlias has got you thinking about more blooms in your garden next year then give your plants the ultimate head start with Westland! Plant your dahlias in Boost All Purpose peat free compost, which is proven to give you up to four times more flowers on your plants. And while you’re at it, give them even more of a powerup by feeding them with Boost, All Purpose Liquid Plant Feed. You’ll have the most stunning floral display and an abundance of healthy fruit and veg too. Using its unique Plantsense™ technology, Boost will feed all ornamental and ericaceous plants, plus all fruit and vegetables and give you incredible results.
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Sun, 08 Dec 2024 - 54min - 178 - Roz Chandler - Farming For Flowers!
💐 This week we're talking cut flowers!
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.
We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.
Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.
Picture the scene, we’ve all been there…you’ve grown a whopper of a dahlia, or your Ranunculus have had a storming year and suddenly, you’ve decided you want to be a cut flower farmer! The truth to cut flower farming is far from the romanticised world you might think it is but by gosh is it fun (but with lots of hard work added in for good measure). Roz Chandler is a cut flower expert, a flower farmer and a business guru with years of experience across all of those fields. In this episode we discuss the reality of cut flower farming, both the good and the bad, running your own business and much much more. Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Roz, then you can follow her on Instagram where you’ll find her as @fieldgateflowers. Roz’s account not only share the highs and lows of cut flower farming, but its also jam packed with tonnes of business advice too!
Roz’s podcast, The Cut Flower Podcast is also well worth a listen for even more advice from the world of flowers. And you can listen to that across all major podcast platforms now.
If your blooms are in need of a boost then try Westland’s Boost All Purpose Liquid Plant Feed. You can achieve four times more blooms, giving you an even more stunning floral display and an abundance of healthy fruit and veg too. Using its unique Plantsense™ technology, Boost will feed all ornamental and ericaceous plants, plus all fruit and vegetables and give you incredible results.
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Sat, 30 Nov 2024 - 33min - 177 - Frances Tophill - How To Grow A Garden!
🌱 This week, I've joined by a legend...
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.
We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.
Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.
Now, often on this podcast I’ll feature a conversation with someone that you may not have heard of before, but this week I’ve got a real treat for you all as I welcome back a returning guest, that you absolutely will recognise! I only need to begin saying this person’s name and I know many of you will be delighted to hear that on the podcast this week I’m speaking with Gardener’s World favourite, the wonderful Frances Tophill.
I first spoke to Frances just a little over two years ago and its fair to say a lot has happened to her since then and thankfully we sat down to discuss it all, in this feature length episode! This is one I know you’re going to thoroughly enjoy, so sit down, grab yourself a brew and listen along!
If you’d like to see more from Frances then you can follow her on Instagram where you’ll her as @francestophill.
Frances’s upcoming gardening book for children, called How To Grow A Garden is due out at the end of February next year and is available to pre-order at Waterstones and all good booksellers.
Westland have such a wide range of composts available for your every garden need! From indoor potting mixes to the perfect outdoor solution, there is something for every grower and for every gardening need. For more information and to find the perfect compost for you, see gardenhealth.com now.
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Sun, 17 Nov 2024 - 58min - 176 - Matt Spracklen - Rock and Roll....and Birds!
🐦This week we're we're bird watching!
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.
We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.
Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.
Enticing, encouraging and bringing wildlife in our gardens is a key part of gardening, and birds are a huge part of that. However, if you’re anything like I am, you’ll also really have no idea what you’re doing at all when it comes to looking after them properly and giving them what they need. Thankfully my guest this week does and he’s sharing it all with us in detail. Matt Spracklen, otherwise known on Instagram, as @rocknrollbirderhas a huge interest in birds and through his popular Instagram page, shares the comings and goings of the birds in not only his garden, but also from nature reserves and all around the country. This is an informative episode, packed with advice and thoughts on how you can attract even more birds into your own garden, enjoy!
I’d also highly recommend Matt’s podcast also called Rock n Roll Birder where you can join him by listening to a weekly birdwatching walk, complete with special guests.
If you’d like to encourage an even wider variety of birds in your garden then do try Peckish Complete Seed Mix. Crafted to be 100% edible, with all husks removed. This ensures that no feed goes to waste, offering maximum nourishment to wild birds in your garden. By including a variety of seeds, this mix caters to the preferences of different birds, making your garden a hotspot for a wide variety from Robins, to tits and from chaffinches to thrushes.
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Sun, 10 Nov 2024 - 52min - 175 - Kate Bradbury - One Garden Against The World
🐛 This week we're working with wildlife!
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.
We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.
Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.
We spend our time, as gardeners, beautifying our green spaces, adding flowers and plants to create a haven for us and our families. But what about the wildlife around us too? How can we encourage more of it to make our gardens their homes also? My guest this week knows all about that very topic and thankfully we’ve got lots of tips to share with you. Kate Bradbury is a wildlife expert and in fact, she’s also the wildlife editor of Gardener’s World magazine too so you’ll be glad to know we’re in safe hands!
Kate has written numerous books on gardening for wildlife including her latest, One Garden Against The World, which we delve into deeper, here. Enjoy!
If you’d like to find out more about Kate then you can follow her Instagram @kategbradbury. Kate’s latest book, One Garden Against The World is out now from Bloomsbury and can be found in all good bookshops, online and in your local library too.
You can vote for One Garden Against The World in the People’s Book Prize by visiting People’sBookPrize.com now!
If you’d like to help encourage more wildlife into your own garden then why not create even the smallest patch of wildflowers with Unwins Nature’s Haven Easy Wildflowers Mix! This ideal blend of wildflower seeds and sowing granules brings vibrant colours and valuable wildlife into your garden. Just scatter it around and enjoy a beautiful wildflower display—effortlessly!
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Sun, 03 Nov 2024 - 43min - 174 - Huw Richards - The Permaculture Garden!
🌱 This week we're talking about working with nature!
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.
We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.
Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.
Our gardens connect us with nature, more than we might even realise. Some of us grow edibles either through necessity or for enjoyment, and others fill their growing spaces with ornamentals instead, but we all share the common joy of growing through one form or another. But someone who I know who is connected to nature perhaps more than anyone else I know is permaculturalist, Huw Richards.
Huw has spent his time sharing how he grows and exactly how he does that in tandem with nature. In this episode we discuss the key principles of permaculture, what it means and so much more. Enjoy!
If you’d like to find out more about Huw then do make sure to follow him on Instagram where you’ll find him as @huwsgarden. Huw’s latest book ‘The Self Sufficiency Garden’ is out now from DK and his upcoming book ‘The Permaculture Garden’ is scheduled to be released in March 2025.
If listening to Huw has given you the bug to get serious with veg then I’d highly recommend you try out Westland’s Organic Vegetable Plant Food. A feed that provides every essential nutrient to boost your vegetable garden growth! No matter what your growing space is like, whether you have just a few pots, a single raised bed, a grow-bag or even a whole allotment, feeding your plants will give you an abundance of stronger, healthier and tastier vegetables while at the same time prevent disease too!
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Sat, 26 Oct 2024 - 56min - 173 - Mitch McCulloch - The Seed Hunter
🌱 This week we're talking about seeds!
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.
We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.
Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.
There are few things more exciting in the gardening world than the sheer plethora of seeds that we have at our disposal. We walk in a garden centre and the ranges on offer are overwhelming but what if I told you that there are thousands upon thousands more than all of these too?
One man who has made it his personal mission to hunt out and find the rare and unusual, the strange and the unique, is Mitch McCulloch, otherwise known as @mitch_grows. Mitch has now also charted his travels and discoveries in an extraordinary new book, which we go into detail on here. Listen along for that, and much more. Enjoy!
If you’d like to find out more about Mitch then do make sure to follow him on Instagram where you’ll find him as @mitch_grows. Mitch’s book ‘The Seed Hunter’ is out now from DK and is available from all good bookshops.
To get you set for seed sowing success, then make sure to use Westland’s John Innes Seed Sowing Compost. Naturally peat free, its perfect for bringing seeds to life for fast as well as healthy germination. Enriched with vermiculite to retain moisture and nutrients, it also feeds for the first three weeks. John Innes Seed Compost also contains sand for excellent drainage as well as coir and loam for perfect nutrient and moisture retention
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Sat, 19 Oct 2024 - 37min - 172 - Rosy Hardy - Plantswoman extraordinaire!
🌼 This week its all about the plants!
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.
We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.
Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.
Often we hear the terms ‘plantsman’ or ‘plantswoman’ or even ‘plantsperson’ but what makes someone a plantsperson? I’m not here to define that, but I know someone who is the perfect embodiment of that term and that is the wonderful Rosy Hardy. Rosy is fountain of knowledge, passion and expertise when it comes to plants, but in particular herbaceous perennials to be precise.
Rosy, one half of the duo behind Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants, shares so much with us in this episode, including her insights into the year we’ve just experienced and just what we can do to think more about what our plants might need next year! Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Rosy then you can follow her on Instagram at @rosyhardygardening and you’ll find her on Instagram under the same name also. Do make sure to also seek out Hardy’s plants online at hardysplants.co.uk where you’ll be able to buy the very best perennials and find out more about those events include guest speaker David Hurrion and those last few tickets for the wreath making workshops too.
If you’re thinking about taking things further in your garden and giving your established plants and shrubs some care then try Westland’s John Innes Peat Free No. 3 compost. Especially formulated to nurture and also sustain mature plants for a longer life. This has been developed specially to also support shrubs too, with a long lasting nutrient rich mix. Complete with a four month feed it will also improve aeration as well as water management too! Westland, help you and your garden to grow!
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Sat, 12 Oct 2024 - 48min - 171 - Carmen Rosten .... from Stihl!
🪚 Let's talk garden power tools!
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.
We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.
Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.
When we garden, we use our hands, our minds and our bodies to work on the land and with the nature around us. Using tools and equipment to help us to do that quicker and easier is a vital part of enjoying more time to be in the garden. When it comes to power tools, there is one company that always comes to mind and that is German born, STIHL.
STIHL have been pioneers in power tools for over 90 years year now, working with both professionals and the amateur or home gardener, creating innovative battery and corded tools that just get the job done. In this episode I talk to STIHL GB’s E-commerce and Content Manager, Carmen Rosten. Carmen tells us all about the history of STIHL, just why they do what they do and she even lets slip what her favourite tool ever is….enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from STIHL then you can find them on Instagram at @stihlgband do make sure to have a look at their YouTube Channel for all sorts of tool videos and also those Timbersports videos too! You’ll find them on YouTube also as STIHL GB
If you’re out in the garden this week and you’re looking for the perfect autumnal job then why not pot up some bulbs to give you colour all spring long? Fill your pots with Westland’s Bulb Planting & Potting Mix, which is a specially blended peat free compost. It has added zinc complex that naturally supports plant health for an abundance of stronger, healthier bulbs and vibrant flowers. It also contains grit to ensure there is free drainage with the perfect balance of nutrients, so you’ll have stunning vibrant displays come spring next year..
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Sat, 05 Oct 2024 - 37min - 170 - Jonny Balchandani - The Bearded Plantaholic!
🪴Think week we've taken things indoors...
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.
We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.
Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.
Now, when we use the word gardening, we all instantly think of the great outdoors and flowers and lawns but for this week’s conversation, we’re taking things indoors and into an indoor jungle to be precise! In my opinion, gardening is something you can do indoors or outdoors and houseplants are just indoor gardening!
Once a houseplant killer, I am now confidently keeping all of mine alive and that is largely due to wonderful advice and help from an excellent houseplant expert. Jonny Balchandani, otherwise known as The Bearded Plantaholic, is one of the most entertaining, but also knowledgeable people that I know and if you’ve not seen him before then you’re in for a huge treat! In this episode, we talk about how his jungle began, where it began and a huge thing that hes got coming up that you’re not going to want to miss!
And, I will warn you – this episode does contain a considerable amount of spicy language and swearing…
If you’d like to see more from Jonny, then you should head over to Instagram and follow him now, where you can find him as @thebeardedplantaholic! Jonny is going is charting his new houseplant exploits with the huge lorry container, over on his YouTube channel too, where you can find him once again as The Bearded Plantaholic.
If listening to Jonny has given you the push you needed to get stuck in with houseplants too or if you just want to give your existing collection a boost then do try some of Westland’s Houseplant Care range. With a wide range of indoor potting mixes and feeds that guarantee superb results, regardless of experience or ability. Including nutrient rich feeds and specially blended potting mixes, you’ll have everything you need for growing the very best orchids, cacti, succulents, bonsai, citrus plants and more - Westland have you covered.
Westland also understands that nurturing houseplants can sometimes be challenging, so they’ve created an online houseplant hub, packed full of expert guidance and product advice to help you cultivate a thriving indoor jungle. From videos on propagation and repotting, to articles on pet-friendly houseplants, check it out at gardenhealth.com/houseplant-hub
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Sat, 28 Sep 2024 - 53min - 169 - Lucy Chamberlain - The Life Of A Former Head Gardener
👩🌾 This week we're stepping into the shoes of a head gardener!
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.
We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.
Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.
The life of a home gardener is one that we all know too well, and no matter how large our gardens we all follow a similar story each year. But do you ever think about what it might be like to be the head gardener of an estate or home? I often have and that’s what lead me to my guest on the podcast this week. Lucy Chamberlain is a garden writer, public speaker and plant expert, but she also just happens to be a former head gardener too! In this episode we talk about the day-to-day life of a head gardener, what it entails and just how attached you can get to a garden under your care! Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Lucy, then you can follow her on Instagram where you’ll find her as @lucychamberlaingardens. You’ll also likely see Lucy at garden shows up and down the country, giving the very best plant advice and also tours of the garden too. Lucy’s first book Step-by-Step Veg Patch is available to buy from all good booksellers and Lucy’s upcoming book, also with the RHS, called Grow Food Anywhere is out on 2nd January 2025 and you can pre-order that now from Waterstones
If listening to Lucy has inspired you to grow your own veg over the coming seasons then give yours the best chance by using Westland’s Organic Vegetable Plant Food! A specially tailored feed that provides all the essential nutrients to boost vegetable growth. Whether in a raised bed or planter, a grow bag or even in the ground; feed your crops weekly to help prevent disease and give you an abundance of stronger, healthier, tastier vegetables.
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Sat, 21 Sep 2024 - 47min - 168 - Becky Searle - Lets Talk About Soil!
🪱🍄🟫 This week we’re discussing soil, soil health and the importance of proper mulching!
Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.
We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.
Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.
When we learn to garden, we start with the real basics – how to sow a seed, which plants work well in our gardens and so much more (theres a pun there if you keep listening…). But one thing that we know to be true, is that we need to look after your soil and in return our soil will look after our plants. And theres no one I’d trust more when it comes to advice on soil health than ecologist and soil expert, Becky Searle, otherwise known as Sow Much More on Instagram. In this episode, Becky shares all about why our soil is important, what we can do to improve and exactly how we can go about doing it. This is a really informative episode and one that is going to get your improving your soil with ease! Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more from Becky then you can find her on Instagram as @Sow_Much_More. Becky is also available for talks at garden shows and clubs too and you’ll find out more about that and how to contact her, via her website sowmuchmore.co.uk
Another way to improve your garden, other than with the soil is to attract beneficial insects and wildlife into your green space and what better way to do that than with Unwins Nature’s Haven Easy Wildflowers Mix! A perfect blend of wildflower seeds and seed sowing granules to bring both colour and wildlife to your garden. Simply scatter around your garden and achieve a stunning wildflower display, simple!
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Sat, 14 Sep 2024 - 53min - 167 - Leigh Johnstone - The Beardy Gardener!
Hello, and welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.
We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.
Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.
Our gardens are all wildly different, from small spaces full to the brim with flowers and edibles, to sprawling acres with lakes and meadows and balconies, courtyards or even just a few pots. But, no matter the size, shape or contents, our gardens all give us such physical and mental benefits in equal measure, and my guest this week is all too aware of the magical properties a garden can hold. Leigh Johnstone, perhaps better known as The Beardy Gardener, is indeed a gardener, but hes also a mental health advocate and now an award winning garden designer too. For the last few years, Leigh has shared the highs and the lows on his popular social media channels and his posts present a refreshing account of all sides of our daily lives, the good, the bad, the rough and the smooth. In this episode, we discuss how The Beardy Gardener came to be and exactly why his garden is his safe space. Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more of Leigh’s and the adventures of beardy himself, then you can follow him on Instagram where you’ll find him as @beardygardener. Leigh is also a regular speaker at garden shows up and down the country so do seek out his website beardygardener.com, for where you may be able to see him next.
Also, why not boost your garden, as well as your mood with Westland’s Boost, All Purpose Liquid Plant Feed. You can achieve four times more blooms, giving you an even more stunning floral display and an abundance of healthy fruit and veg too. Using its unique Plantsense™ technology, Boostwill feed all ornamental and ericaceous plants, plus all fruit and vegetables and give you incredible results.
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Sat, 07 Sep 2024 - 38min - 166 - Niall Radford - King Of The Tomatoes!
Hello, and welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.
We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.
Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.
In the first episode of this new season, I wanted to invite someone that I’ve known for a while now, through social media and someone who is going to absolutely help you grow the best tomatoes you’ve ever grown in your life. I’ve dabbled, sometimes good, and sometimes bad, but one thing is for sure, home-grown tomatoes are far superior to any you’ll eat from a shop and Niall Radford has become a master at the art of the perfect tom! From a simple beginning with one particular unique variety, more on that later, to now growing over 150 tomato plants of his own this year – it’s fair to say that Niall knows what he’s talking about and in this episode he shares his exact method for growing, including when to sow, how to sow, and what to do next! This is one you’re going to want to listen to, and maybe even make a few notes on too. Enjoy!
If you’d like to see more of Niall’s interesting toms, including his growing setup and much more, then do follow him on Instagram where you’ll find him as @niallradford. As mentioned in the conversation, Niall also sells seeds of the best tomatoes available, directly from his own fruits, and you’ll find all the details of that at nrtomatoseed.com
💚Also, to get the best yield you’ll ever have from your tomatoes, get them growing in Westland’s Big Tom Peat Free Tomato Planters and better still, make sure to feed them with Big Tom Super Tomato Food too! Rich in Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium to promote strong growth, deep roots and flowers that will give you even better tomato fruits! Big Tom will give you 3 x more, 3 x bigger and 3 x tastier tomatoes, vs unfed tomato plants! 💚 💻 My Website: Visit Here ☕ Join my Patreon: Click Here 📩 Email Me: Here!
Sun, 01 Sep 2024 - 43min - 165 - Daisy Payne - Start Growing!
Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'!
Throughout this season we’ve featured all sorts of women from all sorts of plant backgrounds and in this final episode of the season we’re going into the world of TV! As long as I can remember, there has been gardening on the TV and as a little nipper I remember seeing segments on daytime shows with plants and garden tips. One person who shares their expertise and passion for gardening on one such show is Daisy Payne, gardening expert from ITV’s This Morning, my guest for this episode.
Daisy is a presenter, gardener and now author, with her first book being JUST published. In this episode we discuss the book, This Morning and much more, enjoy!
You can find out more about Daisy, by following her on Instagram where you’ll her as @gardentogarnish. Daisy’s new book ‘Start Growing’ is out now from ebury press and is available in all good bookshops!
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Sat, 08 Jun 2024 - 42min - 164 - Hannah Shaw - Co-founder of 'Hota'
Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'!
Gardening to lots of us – is a dream, something we spend hours doing, and in the process we’ve all taught ourselves so much. But, cast your mind back to when you first started gardening, did you know what to do and how to do it? I certainly didn’t and at first, I had no idea at all. In this episode I’m talking to landscape architect and co-founder of the new gardening app, Hota – Hannah Shaw. Hota aims to help gardeners, new and old alike, with creating new beds and borders in their gardens, with plant suggestions, design tips and maintenance advice right across the year. This app is about to change the way lots of us might garden, and I was interested to hear more about it, and I hope you are too.
You can find out more about Hota, by following them on Instagram where you’ll find them as @hota_app. You can download Hota now on the Apple App Store for iPhone and other versions are in the planning stages too!
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Sat, 01 Jun 2024 - 33min - 163 - Kelly-Jane Leach - Dirty Garden Hoe!
Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! Through social media, I’ve found a number of people that have since gone on to be incredible friends of mine, and my guest this week is one of those people. Kelly-Jane Leach, is a gardener, trained horticulturalist, writer, designer and influencer, and is perhaps better known by her online moniker, Dirty Garden Hoe. Kelly’s day to day focusses on the work she does with the trial garden at Which Magazine, which you can see her sharing through her social channels. In this episode we talk about all of that, and the kinship we’ve found through gardening, and so much more, enjoy!
You can find out more from Kelly through Instagram and Twitter where you'll find her sharing her work and her gardening adventures!
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Sat, 25 May 2024 - 47min - 162 - Anne Swithinbank - Gardening Royalty!
Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! Often, within gardening – we’re surrounded by so much knowledge that it's tough to know where to start! For me, when I found my love of gardening there was one place that informed me perhaps more than anywhere else and that was BBC Radio 4’s Gardener’s Question Time. In this week’s episode I’m joined by the longest serving member of the panel, writer and houseplant expert Anne Swithinbank. Anne has been on GQT for over 30 years now, and she’s enjoyed every second of her time so we’ve got plenty to talk about here. Anne shares her tales of GQT, how our attitudes to gardening have changed over time and much more.
You can find out more from Anne by following her on Instagram and Twitter or X where you’ll find her on both as @anneswithinbank.
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Fri, 17 May 2024 - 34min - 161 - Katie Rushworth - Love Your Garden!
Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! Have you ever watched Love Your Garden and wondered whether they actually do it in the time they say they do? Or, have you ever thought whether the neighbours want to get involved? Well in this week’s episode we answer those exact questions as I talk with presenter, designer and garden consultant, Katie Rushworth. In this episode we also talk about what garden trends Katie thinks we could still see happen this year and so much more, enjoy!
You can find out more from Katie by following her on Instagram where you’ll find her as @katie_gardens. Katie’s website, katierushworth.com is where you can find out about the rest of Katie’s garden work and how you can book your own consultation.
The Cottage Herbery that Katie mentioned in this episode has sadly now closed its doors, but they are still active on Instagram where you’ll be able to find them as @thecottageherbery
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Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! Sustainability and resilience are two words we often hear, but what do they really mean, and why should we be thinking about how to be more of both? Kim Stoddart is an author and resiliency warrior, not to mention that she’s also the editor of Amateur Gardening Magazine and in this episode we discuss all of that and just why she had to follow up her first book with another, focussing on how to grow the perfect vegetables n a changing climate and world, enjoy!
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Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! So many of us grow so many wonderful flowers in our gardens and on our allotments, and if you’re anything like me then you’ll cut a great deal to bring indoors. But, there is a difference between simply cutting and plonking (like I do!) and artistically arranging them into eye catching and beautiful displays with the skill that only a florist can have. Alice Hare is a luxury event florist extraordinaire and not only that, she can also boast being a florist for none other than ITV’s This Morning too. Join me and Alice as we talk about our favourite blooms, why it was floristry that called her and much more, enjoy!
You can find out more from Alice by following her on Instagram where you’ll find her as @alicehareflorist. You may also see her popping up on ITV’s This Morning from time to time too, so keep your eyes peeled!
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Sat, 27 Apr 2024 - 35min - 158 - Sophie Van Gerwen - Floral Days In The Shires!
Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! Have you ever dreamt of growing your own cut flowers to fill your house with colour and scent? Well, my guest this week will teach you exactly how to do that for yourself and it couldn’t be easier. Sophie Van Gerwen, otherwise known online as @floraldaysintheshires. Is a cut flower fanatic, who is desperate to share her love of cut flowers with you and help you have a garden to die for. Enjoy!
You can find out more from Sophie by following her on Instagram where you’ll find on both as @floraldaysintheshires. Make sure to also check out her website www.sowsandgrows.co.uk to shop the seed collection and book your place on the next course
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 - 30min - 157 - Lucy Hutchings - She Grows Veg!
Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! Throughout this season I’ve spoken to and will speak to many people who started their working life, without even a thought given to plants from the start. However, they have found gardening and the joy of plants slightly later in life and as a secondary career and my guest this week did exactly that. Lucy Hutchings, otherwise known as She Grows Veg on social media is known both for her beautiful Instagram page and also now, her heritage seed company. In this episode, we discuss how Lucy and Monty aren’t all that dissimilar, why she loves veg so much and much more. We also do a bit of a deep dive into social media too which lots of you will find quite interesting too. Enjoy!
You can find out more from Lucy by following her on Instagram where you’ll find her as @shegrowsveg. You can find out more about Lucy’s seed company, and perhaps get yourself a couple of packets from shegrowsveg.com 💜 This podcast is sponsored by Plant Grow, producers of award-winning organic fertilisers made with zero chemicals. Great For your garden and even greater for the planet 💜 and don't forget to use code POTTINGBENCH on plantgrow.co.uk for 10% everything on their site. 💐 Latest Diary Entry: Listen/Read Here 📚 Latest Book Review: Read Here 💻 My Website: Visit Here ☕ Join my Patreon: Click Here 📩 Email Me: Here!
Sun, 14 Apr 2024 - 50min - 156 - Nicola Hope - Gardening Organically!
Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! What happens when you just knowthat gardening is your future? Well, you find yourself a job working for our future king of course! And that’s essentially what happened to my guest this week! Nicola Hope started her life in gardening by working at Highgrove, the then home of Princes Charles. From the age of 15 she worked there, on and off during school holidays and since then has gone on to work in other high profile gardens and has developed a huge passion for organic gardening in particular. In our conversation we discuss Highgrove, working for the singer Sting and much more, enjoy!
You can find out more from Nicola by following her on Instagram where you’ll find as @nicolahopegardener. Nicola also delivers talks up and down the country on a wide range of subjects and find out more about that and more on her website nicolahope.com 💜 This podcast is sponsored by Plant Grow, producers of award-winning organic fertilisers made with zero chemicals. Great For your garden and even greater for the planet 💜 and don't forget to use code POTTINGBENCH on plantgrow.co.uk for 10% everything on their site. 💐 Latest Diary Entry: Listen/Read Here 📚 Latest Book Review: Read Here 💻 My Website: Visit Here ☕ Join my Patreon: Click Here 📩 Email Me: Here!
Sun, 07 Apr 2024 - 45min - 155 - Advolly Richmond - History and Flowers!
Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! Gardener’s World continually inspires and entertains us in equal measure, but I find myself hooked, in particular, to the segments that delve into the history of gardens and gardening over the years.
Advolly Richmond is a historian who specialises in this exact area, and she can frequently be seen on Gardener’s World, bringing us the past, present and future of gardening. Now, Advolly brings us a book that shares the history of plant names, their origins and so much more. In this episode we discuss the book and a great deal else too, enjoy!
You can find out more from Advolly by following her on Instagramand Twitter. A Short History of Flowersis out now from Frances Lincoln and is available in all good bookshops. 💜 This podcast is sponsored by Plant Grow, producers of award-winning organic fertilisers made with zero chemicals. Great For your garden and even greater for the planet 💜 and don't forget to use code POTTINGBENCH on plantgrow.co.uk for 10% everything on their site. 💐 Latest Diary Entry: Listen/Read Here 📚 Latest Book Review: Read Here 💻 My Website: Visit Here ☕ Join my Patreon: Click Here 📩 Email Me: Here!Sun, 31 Mar 2024 - 38min - 154 - Rosie Irving - Garden Rescue and Beyond!
Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! Sometimes we gain inspiration from the gardens around us, from the books we read, and also from the television we watch. We’re lucky to have so many wonderful gardening television programmes now, and one such show is the sensational Garden Rescue. Rosie Irving is one of the producers on that programme and in this episode today, we discuss all the behind the scenes goings-on with what it takes to make the show. Rosie is also a complete font of knowledge when it comes to plants in general, so this is an episode you won't want to miss, enjoy!
You can find out more from Rosie by following her on Instagram @rosieposieirvingand if you’d like to check out one of the TOD tours (which I’d highly recommend from personal experience) then be sure to look at michaelmarriottrosarian.org for all the details of this year’s upcoming dates. 💜 This podcast is sponsored by Plant Grow, producers of award-winning organic fertilisers made with zero chemicals. Great For your garden and even greater for the planet 💜 and don't forget to use code POTTINGBENCH on plantgrow.co.uk for 10% everything on their site. 💐 Latest Diary Entry: Listen/Read Here 📚 Latest Book Review: Read Here 💻 My Website: Visit Here ☕ Join my Patreon: Click Here 📩 Email Me: Here!
Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 46min - 152 - Pippa Greenwood - Grow Your Own!
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! We're onto episode two and this episode's guest is another person I've wanted to talk to since the very beginning and thankfully we've made it happen for this season. Pests and diseases are te plight of many a gardener and often cause us to give up on certain plants all together. My guest this week has made it her mission to know everything there is to know on the topic and help others know it too. Pippa Greenwood is known to many from her many years on BBC's Gardener's World and also for her 30+ years on BBC Radio 4's 'Gardener's Question Time' too. We discuss her career and just what it is about pests that had her hooked from the start - along with many tips for helping with slugs, fungus gnats and much more! You can find out more about Pippa, as well as her Grow Your Own range by visiting pippagreenwood.com 💜 This podcast is sponsored by Plant Grow, producers of award winning organic fertilisers made with zero chemicals. Great For your garden and even greater for the planet 💜 and don't forget to use code POTTINGBENCH on plantgrow.co.uk for 10% everything on their site. 💐 Latest Diary Entry: Listen/Read Here 📚 Latest Book Review: Read Here 💻 My Website: Visit Here ☕ Join my Patreon: Click Here 📩 Email Me: Here!
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 - 32min - 151 - Jekka McVicar - Queen Of Herbs
Jekka McVicar - Queen of Herbs!
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'!
Now we’re kicking this season off with a huge guest and someone I’ve wanted to talk to since the podcast first began. This week I’m joined by herb fanatic and who I'd like to dub, the Queen Of Herbs - Jekka McVicar. Jekka is an absolute treasure trove of information when it comes to sowing, growing, propagating and cultivating herbs of an almost endless number of varieties. In this episode we discuss it all, and we talk about Jekka's excellent new book. Jekka's new book '100 Herbs To Grow is out on 7th March and you can order it by clicking here. Don't forget, you can find Jekka on Instagram @jekkamcvicarfor all of that Herby goodness!
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Keith Weed - President of the RHS
Hello and welcome!Well, here we are at the last episode of season 5 of the podcast and I thought we’d go out with a bit of a bang! In this week’s episode I’m joined by someone with the most apt name possible for the role that they undertake. You’ll no doubt be familiar with the Royal Horticultural Society, the work they do and the gardens that they keep and this week I’m talking to their President, Keith Weed. Keith talks to me about his passion for horticulture, his own personal garden and all of his other many exciting interests. And, he might just reveal his favourite RHS garden, although that is a little like choosing your favourite child! If you’d like to find out more about the RHS then you can visit rhs.org.uk. And don't forget, you can follow along with Keith on social media where you'll find him on Instagram @keithweedand also on Twitter/X where he's also as @keithweed.
Gosh, so we’ve arrived at the end of another monumental season of the podcast, with wonderful guests, conversations and insights into the minds and thoughts of some of gardening’s most well known and lesser well known characters and faces. Over 5 seasons we’ve delved deep into their inspirations for what they do, no matter their role. Designers, gardeners, writers, presenters, social media sensations, houseplant aficionados and more – all with a common passion for one thing, plants. I’m thrilled to say that plans are already afoot for season 6 and I’ll be back in the new year with that and much more. As always, thank youfor listening, subscribing, reviewing and supporting this podcast and helping it become a chart topping success. Without you, the listeners, this is nothing – and thankfully, because of you – this is very much something.
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Faye Whitley - To BEE or not to BEE?!
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know
In this week’s episode, I’m in conversation with someone who is passionate about bees, so much so that she helped to create a kit for us all to use to save bees every day. Faye Whitley is the co-founder of a company called Beevive, who you’ve likely seen on social media, online and in shops all around the U.K. The Beevive kit, in its essence, is simple – but the story leading up to its creation is one that comes from genuine intrigue in bees and how they all fit into the bigger picture. Listen now to hear more from Faye and all about Beevive. Enjoy!
If you’d like to find out more from Faye and Beevive then you can follow them on Instagram where you’ll find them as @beevive_uk. You can also visit their website beevive.com to buy your very own kit and so much more.
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Tom Coleman - Sip, Sow...Grow!
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know
In this week’s episode, I’m in conversation with a wonderful friend and without a doubt the person that I know the best out of all of my previous guests. Someone I’ve spent a tremendous amount of time with this year, as we’ve drove up and down the country to and from every single garden show on offer. With all of that in mind, you’ll be unsurprised that my guest this week with the social media guru and Instagram wizard, Tom Coleman. Tom knows EVERYTHING there is to know about Instagram but he’s also a mean gardener too and a dahlia expert to boot! This year has arguably been one of the best ever for Tom, as he’s started a new business, hosted his own podcast and so much more, so let’s dive in!
If you’d like to find out more from Tom then you can follow him on Instagram where you’ll find him as @imtomcoleman. You can also listen to Tom’s podcast on all major podcast apps and websites by searching for ‘Sip and Sow’.
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Alan Gardner - The Autistic Gardener!
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know
In this week’s episode, I’m talking to someone that you possibly might not know, but you’ll be oh so glad that you do by the end of the episode. My guest is a gardener by name and a gardener by nature, at this point some of you will have guessed that this week my guest is the truly unique Alan Gardner. Known by most over on Twitter and also on Instagram as @autisticgardner. Alan is a garden designer, a TV presenter and is perhaps most well known for his TV show ‘The Autistic Gardener’ which aired for two seasons on Channel 4 between 2015 and 2017. In this conversation we discuss Alan’s 40 designs at Hampton Court, Chelsea and Tatton Park, among others and how Alan embraces his Asperger’s Syndrome to create the most diverse designs around. Enjoy!
If you’d like to find out more from Alan then you can follow him on Instagram and Twitter, but be warned, he is quite formidable on Twitter and he won’t mind me saying that!!
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Dave Goulson - Where to Begin with Bees!
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know
In this week’s episode, we’re talking about (amongst other things), bees! We all know that we should be making our gardens into pollinator friendly habitats but why exactly and how easy is it? Thankfully this week I’m joined by a true authority on all things bees, Dave Goulson. Dave is famous for his love of bees and his multiple books on the subject, including ‘A Sting In The Tale’, ‘Bee Quest’ and ‘Gardening for Bumblebees’. Join me and Dave as we discuss our buzzy friends and so much more.
If you’d like to find out more from Dave then you can follow him on Instagram @dave.goulson or on twitter @DaveGoulson. All of Dave’s incredible books are available in all good bookshops.
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JP Clark - Life, Loves and Gardening!
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know
In this week’s episode, I’m joined by probably one of my favourite people from Instagram. Someone who brings joy, entertainment, laughs, and just good fun to everything he does. My guest this week fuses wonderful interior inspiration with gardening prowess and ideas to keep your mind flowing, all the while doing so with a smile. I am of course talking about the sensational JP Clark, otherwise known on Instagram as @jpslifeandloves.
JP is a hairdresser by trade but he’s also created a space on his Instagram page where he shares the joys of his house and his beautiful garden in equal measure. He’s amassed a dedicated following and if you’re following him already then you’ll know why, if you’re not – then you really should be. So sit down, get yourself a glass of something and listen along, enjoy!
Do make sure you follow along with JP over on his Instagram page, and don’t forget to click the link in his bio to read his Substack newsletter too!
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Helen Cross - Grow, Cook, Inspire!
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know
In this week’s episode, we’re bringing it back to basics and understanding the fundamentals of why we should be getting children gardening! This week I’m joined by gardener, writer and RHS School Gardening Champion, Helen Cross. Helen is a passionate about bringing gardening to the forefront of the curriculum but she’s also impassioned about something else too growing your own food and creating delicious meals with those ingredients! In this conversation we talk in depth about Helen’s book ‘Grow, Cook, Inspire’ – a book dedicated to the highs and lows of seasonal growing!
If you’d like to find out more from Helen then you can follow her on Instagram @grow_cook_inspire and you’ll also find more information on her website growcookinspire.com. Helen’s book also called ‘Grow, Cook, Inspire’ is available online and in all good bookshops.
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Joe Bagley - The Houseplant Doctor calls!
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know
In this week’s episode, we’re bringing things indoors and exploring an urban jungle and its owner, somewhere near Leicester. There is no denying that houseplants have BOOMED over the last few years (thanks, in part to the covid lockdowns) but someone who was way ahead of the curve there is ‘The Houseplant Doctor ™’ Joe Bagley, otherwise known on Instagram as @ukhouseplants
Joe is a houseplant expert, avid collector and public speaker on all things houseplants and he joined me this week to discuss how this all started for him and how one website used to call him Jungle Boy! Listen along now and dive into a world of indoor growing!
If you’d like to find out more from Joe then you can follow him on Instagram @ukhouseplantsand you’ll also find endless information on his website www.ukhouseplants.com
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Sue Kent - Gardener's World and Beyond...
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know
In this week’s episode I’m ticking off another person from my ever-growing list of ‘presenters from Gardener’s World that have appeared on the podcast’. This week I had the huge pleasure of talking with the supremely wonderful, Sue Kent. Sue discusses how everything began with Gardener’s World and how that turned into something huge for her.
I’ve known Sue for a while now, but this was the first chance we had to sit down and record something for the podcast. This is one of my favourite conversations so far, so I hope you enjoy it too!
Sue’s new book ‘Garden Notes’ is out now and is available from Sue’s website (www.suekent.com) and from all good book retailers too. Do make sure to follow along with Sue on Instagram too where you can find her as @suekentathome.
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Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 18th October 2023
I'm back with my weekly audio updates. For anyone new here, each week I bring you a snapshot of what's going on here - complete with gardening advice, tips, trick and hints - all useful for all levels of gardener! 🌷 This week's edition of the garden diaries features an onion update (I know you're all excited about that!), a new bulb order (with just about my favourite daffodils...) and much more!
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Chris Jesson - Make Gardening Groovy Again!
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know
In this week’s episode I’m joined by someone who you are all bound to know, and love – whether its for is garden rambles and ‘live streams’ or for his generally positive presence on Instagram. This week I am of course, in conversation with Chris Jesson, otherwise known as @groovinggardeninguk. Chris is a well known and lovable figure online and is a constant source of inspiration and influence to many of us. In this conversation we discuss what gave birth to Chris starting up Groovy Gardening, his enthusiasm for all things gardening and also his admirable advocacy for autism, a passion close to his heart
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Lizzie Schofield - A Garden On A Cliffside In Scotland
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know
In this week’s episode I’m joined by someone with a truly unique garden, that borders the edge of a steep cliffside, that is also has a popular public footpath running alongside it. Lizzie Schofield, who you might know online as @cuthbertsbrae_garden – is the owner and she joined me this week to talk about the creation of the garden, the distinctive setting and how the garden went on to win Gardener’s World’s ‘Garden Of The Year’.
If you’d like to see Lizzie and Malcolm’s garden for yourself online then do check them out on Instagram at @cuthbertsbrae_garden, I’d highly recommend following their journey.
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Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 4th October 2023
After a short hiatus (mainly to launch the main podcast!) I'm back with my weekly audio updates. For anyone new here, each week I bring you a snapshot of what's going on here - complete with gardening advice, tips, trick and hints - all useful for all levels of gardener! 🌷 This week's edition of the garden diaries features all things from the letter B, in true Sesame Street style! Bulbs, Books and...ok, the last thing isn't from the letter B, BUT it is exciting! Listen along now to find out what it is...
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Ramona Jones - Living In A World Inspired by Beatrix Potter...
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know
In this week’s episode I’m joined by someone with one of the most beautiful Instagram pages I’ve ever seen. Firmly routed in the ‘cottage core’ niche online (more on what that means later) this account and the person behind it, is bound to inspire you and your garden in the future. I am, of course, talking about Ramona Jones, otherwise known on Instagram as @monalogue. Ramona talks to me here about her world of flowers, plants and cottages and also how her Autism lead her to an appearance on Gardener’s World….enjoy!
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Jenny Williams - Creating 'The Laundry Garden'
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know
In this episode I’m joined by someone that I’m sure you’ll all know from their insanely gorgeous garden, that you’ll have seen on Instagram AND Gardener’s World. This walled garden is one of the most Instagramable green spaces that I’ve ever had the luck of being in and staying at. I am of course talking about The Laundry Garden and this week I’m joined by one half of the couple behind it, Jenny Williams. We of course discuss the origins of the garden, the hard work put into bringing it to where it is now and much more – enjoy!
If you’d like to see the garden for yourself online then do check them out on Instagram at @thelaundrygarden and also if you’d like to stay there then take a look at www.thelaundryretreatnorthwales.co.uk
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Kim Stoddart - How Climate Change is Effecting Our WHOLE Garden
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know
In this episode I’m joined by the wonderful Kim Stoddart. Kim is an award winning environmental journalist, editor, speaker, write and climate change savvy garden designer, not to mention that shes an author too. When it comes to how the environment impacts on our garden, then Kim is one of the leading voices and experts in that field. In this conversation we open up the debate about what we can expect from climate change and how that truly will affect our changing garden landscape – this is a thought provoking episode for sure! If you’d like to find out more about Kim then you can follow her on Instagram at @kim_stoddart and be sure to see which courses she has on offer, by looking at greenrocketcourses.com. And do make sure to check out Kim's book too, The Climate Change Garden, by clicking here.
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Gil Melham - Plants....aplenty!
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know
This episode features something....a little different as I'm in conversation with someone that you may well not have heard of, yet! Gil Melham is the managing director of a company called Aplanty House Ltd. Aplanty specialise in demystifying houseplants and reclaiming the title of 'rare' when it comes to varieties and species. This is a really eye opening conversation about the houseplant and one that I hope you'll enjoy. Also, we've got some HUGE news too...but you'll have to listen to find out what that is!
Do give Aplanty a follow over on Instagram @aplantyhouse and also Gil, where you can find here at @gil_melham.
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Arthur Parkinson- Gardening, Hens, Bees and Flamingos?
Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know
Now we’re kicking this season off with a huge guest and someone I’ve wanted to talk to since the podcast first began. This week I’m joined by writer and gardener and someone who describes their Instagram page as being full of gardening, hens, bees and flamingos, the wonderful Arthur Parkinson. In this extra special, longer episode, we discuss Arthur’s introduction to gardening, his unique approach and how his style is completely changing as everything around us also changes. And, we discuss Arthur’s upcoming new book! If you'd like to pre-order Arthur's upcoming book 'Planting A Paradise' then you can do that byclicking here. The book is due to be released on 12th October 2023 and is bound to be full of all of the wonderful things that Arthur discussed with me in this episode.
Don't forget, you can find Arthur on Instagram @arthurparkinson_ for all of that Gardening, Hens, Bees and Flamingos goodness.
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Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 30th August 2023
🌷 This week's edition of the garden diaries features two new dahlias, a handy tip for growing salvias and another brand new plant in the garden. Plus a little dahlias quandary that I wonder if you've had too? 🍀 Each week I bring you a snapshot of what's going on here - complete with gardening advice, tips, trick and hints - all useful for all levels of gardener!
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Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 23rd August 2023 🌷 This week's edition of the garden diaries features some of the most amazing tomatoes, a pepper update (both chili and sweet), a favourite little purchase from the garden centre and a smart hack for keeping your borders full... 🍀 Each week I bring you a snapshot of what's going on here - complete with gardening advice, tips, trick and hints - all useful for all levels of gardener! If you'd prefer, then you can also read this diary entry on my website viewfromthepottingbench.com Please rate, review, subscribe and share if you've enjoyed this 💚 Links ☕ Join my Patreon: Click Here 💻 My Website: Visit Here 📩 Email Me: Here!
Tue, 22 Aug 2023 - 04min - 129 - The Potting Bench Diaries - 16th August 2023
Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 9th August 2023 🌷 This week's edition of the garden diaries features some beautiful flowers, tough decisions and ripping plants out...for the greater good, I might add. So make yourself a cuppa (or something stronger) and sit down for a listen. 🍀 Each week I bring you a snapshot of what's going on here - complete with gardening advice, tips, trick and hints - all useful for all levels of gardener! If you'd prefer, then you can also read this diary entry on my website viewfromthepottingbench.com Please rate, review, subscribe and share if you've enjoyed this 💚 Links ☕ Join my Patreon: Click Here 💻 My Website: Visit Here 📩 Email Me: Here!
Wed, 16 Aug 2023 - 03min - 128 - The Potting Bench Diaries - 9th August 2023
Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 9th August 2023 🌷 This week's edition of the garden diaries features some of the most stunning dahlias I've ever grown and something black....not a dahlia though! You'll have to listen along to see what that is AND make sure you head to my website to see all the pictures too (link is at the bottom of these notes). So, whether you're in the car, on the commute, in the garden or just at home then this is the perfect snapshot for you about life in a family garden, all year round! Complete with gardening advice, tips, trick and hints - all useful for all levels of garden! If you'd prefer, then you can also read this diary entry on my website viewfromthepottingbench.com Please rate, review, subscribe and share if you've enjoyed this 💚 Links ☕ Join my Patreon: Click Here 💻 My Website: Visit Here 📩 Email Me: Here!
Tue, 08 Aug 2023 - 03min - 127 - The Potting Bench Diaries - 2nd August 2023
Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 2nd August 2023 🌷 This week's edition of the garden diaries is all about dahlias, entirely dedicated to those stunning flowers we all know and love. You'll want to check out the written version of this too, to see all the pictures (see that here on my website). So, whether you're in the car, on the commute, in the garden or just at home then this is the perfect snapshot for you about life in a family garden, all year round! Complete with gardening advice, tips, trick and hints - all useful for all levels of garden! If you'd prefer, then you can also read this diary entry on my website viewfromthepottingbench.com Please rate, review, subscribe and share if you've enjoyed this 💚 Links ☕ Join my Patreon: Click Here 💻 My Website: Visit Here 📚 Latest Book Review: Read Here 📩 Email Me: Here!
Tue, 01 Aug 2023 - 03min - 126 - The Potting Bench Diaries - 19th July 2023
Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 19thJuly 2023 🌷 This week's edition of the garden diaries features the first dahlias of the year, yet more gap filler ideas for you to try at home and much more! So, whether you're in the car, on the commute, in the garden or just at home then this is the perfect snapshot for you about life in a family garden, all year round! Complete with gardening advice, tips, trick and hints - all useful for all levels of garden!
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Tue, 18 Jul 2023 - 03min - 125 - The Potting Bench Diaries - 5th July 2023
Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 5th July 2023 🌷 This week's edition of the garden diaries features strawberries, garlic and my favourite colour in the garden (possibly!). So, whether you're in the car, on the commute, in the garden or just at home then this is the perfect snapshot for you about life in a family garden, all year round! If you'd prefer, then you can also read this diary entry on my website viewfromthepottingbench.com Please rate, review, subscribe and share if you've enjoyed this 💚 Links
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Tue, 04 Jul 2023 - 03min - 124 - The Potting Bench Diaries - 28th June 2023
Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 28th June 2023 🌷 This week's edition of the garden diaries features the emerging foxgloves, the first of (hopefully) many of a particular new bloom AND finally the garlic comes up?? So, whether you're in the car, on the commute, in the garden or just at home then this is the perfect snapshot for you about life in a family garden, all year round! If you'd prefer, then you can also read this diary entry on my website viewfromthepottingbench.com Please rate, review, subscribe and share if you've enjoyed this 💚 Links
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Tue, 27 Jun 2023 - 03min - 123 - The Potting Bench Diaries - 20th June 2023
Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 20th June 2023 🌷 This week's edition of the garden diaries features a new geranium, a dilemma (help!) and a garlic update!! So, whether you're in the car, on the commute, in the garden or just at home then this is the perfect snapshot for you about life in a family garden, all year round! If you'd prefer, then you can also read this diary entry on my website viewfromthepottingbench.com Please rate, review, subscribe and share if you've enjoyed this 💚 Links 🎧 Listen to Alan Titchmash: Click Here ☕ Join my Patreon: Click Here 📚 Latest Book Review: Read Here 💻 My Website: Visit Here 📩 Email Me: Here!
Tue, 20 Jun 2023 - 02min - 122 - Alan Titchmarsh at Gardener's World Live!
Alan Titchmarsh at Gardener's World Live!
Welcome to a very special bonus edition of the podcast! This episode features a conversation with former Gardener's World presenter and legendary plantsman, Alan Titchmarsh. We discuss this year's BBC Gardener's World Live show at the NEC in Birmingham along with lots more! You can follow me on Instagram for more gardening goodness at @viewfromthepottingbench. And don't forget to sign up for my newsletter to find out what else I'm up to! 💐 Latest Diary Entry: Listen Here 📚 Latest Book Review: Read Here 💻 My Website: Visit Here ☕ Support The Podcast: Click Here 📩 Email Me: Here!
Fri, 16 Jun 2023 - 08min - 121 - The Potting Bench Diaries - 14th June 2023
Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 14th June 2023
🌷 This week's edition of the garden diaries is all about what I'm growing with my dahlias and a mini fruit & veg update, enjoy! So, whether you're in the car, on the commute, in the garden or just at home then this is the perfect snapshot for you about life in a family garden, all year round! If you'd prefer, then you can also read this diary entry on my website viewfromthepottingbench.com Please rate, review, subscribe and share if you've enjoyed this 💚Links
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Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 31st May 2023
🌷 This week's edition of the garden diaries is all about the big plant out! Finally its time to empty the greenhouse! So, whether you're in the car, on the commute, in the garden or just at home then this is the perfect snapshot for you about life in a family garden, all year round! If you'd prefer, then you can also read this diary entry on my website viewfromthepottingbench.com Please rate, review, subscribe and share if you've enjoyed this 💚Links
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James from Plant Surge - Harnessing the Power of Lightning
Now usually you’d hear me talking to a gardener, a houseplant expert or someone else directly linked to the plant world. However, this time is a little different. Because, in this conversation I’m joined by someone from a company that I use and love and I think you’ll also enjoy too. This is our chance to discuss their products and tell you exactly why they’re worth talking about.
In this episode I’m joined by James from a company called Plant Surge. Plant Surge have created something that I think, is taking the gardening world by storm. But, we think it needs some explanation! Now, you may have seen PlantSurge on Instagram or at various flower shows over the last few years but not fully understand their product. Their device is set to revolutionise the gardening industry and this is mine and James’ chance to explain just how that’s going to happen. This is one that you need to hear to believe….! Now you’ve listened you’ll be wanting to get your own. Luckily I’ve got an exclusive discount code for you to buy your very own to give your plants a boost! You can use the code ADAM10 on plantsurge.co.uk to get 10% off AND Free Postage!Links
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Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 31st May 2023
🌷 This week's edition of the garden diaries is all things finally kicking into life, the VERY last of the tulips and the launch of something rather special...
So, whether you're in the car, on the commute, in the garden or just at home then this is the perfect snapshot for you about life in a family garden, all year round! If you'd prefer, then you can also read this diary entry on my website viewfromthepottingbench.com Please rate, review, subscribe and share if you've enjoyed this 💚Links
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Charlie from Leon Boots - Why These are Boots are Different!
Now usually you’d hear me talking to a gardener, a houseplant expert or someone else directly linked to the plant world. However, this time is a little different. Because, in this conversation I’m joined by someone from a company that I use and love and I think you’ll also enjoy too. This is our chance to discuss their products and tell you exactly why they’re worth talking about.
In this episode I’m joined by Charlie from a company called Leon Boots. Leon make a wide range of boots of all sorts of styles and colours and we talk about just why Leon Boots are different from all the others! Now I already know that lots of you have bought a pair since you saw them on my Instagram page but if you haven’t then you can use my exclusive code POT20 to get 20% off your own pair from lbcboots.com I cant tell you just how light, comfortable and durable these are and I hope you love yours as much as I love mine!Links
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Alice Vincent- 'How Gardening Creeps in When We're Least Expecting It'
This episode features a conversation gardener, writer and author, the sensational Alice Vincent. Alice began her career with music journalism, before making a gear shift towards gardening and in this conversation we discuss exactly why that happened…enjoy! Alice’s latest book ‘Why Women Grow’ is out now from Canongate Books and is available in all good bookshops or online. You can find Alice on Instagram @noughticulture or on twitter at @alice_emily This is technically the last episode of the current season, but join me again soon for a couple of bonus episode with people from some companies that I think you’ll enjoy as much as I do…more on that soon! Until then, you can follow me on Instagram at @viewfromthepottingbench to see what I’m upto in my garden or visit viewfromthepottingbench.com to read my blog and much more 💜 This episode is sponsored by Plant Grow, producers of award winning organic fertilisers made with zero chemicals. Great For your garden and even greater for the planet 💜 and don't forget to use code POTTINGBENCH on plantgrow.co.uk for 10% everything on their site.
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Adam Frost and Arit Anderson
Welcome to a very special bonus edition of the podcast! This episode features conversations with Gardener's World presenters Adam Frost and Arit Anderson at this years' RHS Malvern Spring Festival. We talk all about the festival itself and what else they both might be upto this year! 💜 This episode is sponsored by Plant Grow, producers of award winning organic fertilisers made with zero chemicals. Great For your garden and even greater for the planet 💜 and don't forget to use code POTTINGBENCH on plantgrow.co.uk for 10% everything on their site. You can follow me on Instagram for more gardening goodness at @viewfromthepottingbench. And don't forget to sign up for my newsletter to find out what else I'm up to! 🎧 Danny Clarke 'The Black Gardener: Listen Here 💐 Latest Diary Entry: Listen Here 📚 Latest Book Review: Read Here 💻 My Website: Visit Here ☕ Support The Podcast: Click Here 📩 Email Me: Here!
Thu, 18 May 2023 - 10min - 114 - The Potting Bench Diaries - 17th May 2023
Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 17th May 2023
🌷 This week's edition of the garden diaries is all about BIG things happening, both with me and with the garden. Big changes and its all very exciting! Listen now to see what I'm doing with my dahlias and much more.
So, whether you're in the car, on the commute, in the garden or just at home then this is the perfect snapshot for you about life in a family garden, all year round! If you'd prefer, then you can also read this diary entry on my website viewfromthepottingbench.com
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Tue, 16 May 2023 - 03min - 113 - Danny Clarke - 'The Black Gardener'
Danny Clarke - 'The Black Gardener' This episode features a conversation with garden designer and presenter, Danny Clarke otherwise known as The Black Gardener. Danny is perhaps best known as part of the team on Alan Titchmarsh’s Love Your Garden as well as appearances on This Morning and Channel 5’s Filthy Garden SOS. We talk here about how all of this began, including how Danny’s mentor helped to inspire his love of being connected with ature...enjoy! If you’d like to see more from Danny then you can follow him on Instagram @theblackgardener or on Twitter @theblkgardener. Or you can find out more on his website theblackgardener.co.uk 💜 This episode is sponsored by Plant Grow, producers of award winning organic fertilisers made with zero chemicals. Great For your garden and even greater for the planet 💜 and don't forget to use code POTTINGBENCH on plantgrow.co.uk for 10% everything on their site. You can follow me on Instagram for more gardening goodness at @viewfromthepottingbench. And don't forget to sign up for my newsletter to find out what else I'm up to! 🎧 RHS Malvern Preview: Listen Here 💐 Latest Diary Entry: Listen Here 📚 Latest Book Review: Read Here 💻 My Website: Visit Here ☕ Support The Podcast: Click Here 📩 Email Me: Here!
Mon, 15 May 2023 - 37min - 112 - The Potting Bench Diaries - 10th May 2023
Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 10th May 2023
🌷 This week's edition of the garden diaries is shifting the attention to fruit and veggies! While we don't have acres of space, we cram a lot in including some edibles - listen now to hear what we're growing and how well (or not!) its doing.
So, whether you're in the car, on the commute, in the garden or just at home then this is the perfect snapshot for you about life in a family garden, all year round! If you'd prefer, then you can also read this diary entry on my website viewfromthepottingbench.com
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Tue, 09 May 2023 - 02min - 111 - Patrick Vernuccio - The Frenchie Gardener!
Patrick Vernuccio - The Frenchie Gardener!
This episode features a conversation gardener and content creator Patrick Vernuccio, perhaps known better to us as The Frenchie Gardener. Patrick talks in depth here about how he grows so much in such a small terrace space on his balcony in perhaps surprisingly, Berlin (not France). It took Patrick until he was 36 to plant his first seed….enjoy!
You can find Patrick on Instagram and TikTok @thefrenchiegardener and also on YouTube under the same name.
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Sun, 07 May 2023 - 24min - 110 - The Potting Bench Diaries - 3rd May 2023
Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 3rd May 2023
🌷 This week's edition of the podcast is all about maintaining a full garden, year round (or that's the plan anyway!). I tell you exactly how I do this and how I manage keeping on top of planting out and keeping things moving along. I also talk about slow growing dahlias and what to do if yours are taking their time to get going...
So, whether you're in the car, on the commute, in the garden or just at home then this is the perfect snapshot for you about life in a family garden, all year round! If you'd prefer, then you can also read this diary entry on my website viewfromthepottingbench.com
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Tue, 02 May 2023 - 03min - 109 - Andrew Timothy O'Brien - Hands In The Dirt!
Andrew Timothy O'Brien - Hands In The Dirt!
This episode features a conversation with gardener, garden coach, writer and fellow podcaster – Andrew Timothy O’Brien. Andrew aims to help others to enjoy their gardens for more than just their physical appearance. Listen now to hear all about Andrew’s new book and so much more.
Andrew’s book ‘To Stand and Stare' is out now from DK Books and is available online and in all good bookshops. And, you can find Andrew on Instagram @andrewtimothyob or on twitter under the same handle
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Sun, 30 Apr 2023 - 35min - 108 - The Potting Bench Diaries - 26th April 2023 (with Farmer Gracy)
Welcome to The Potting Bench Diaries - 26th April 2023
🌷 This week's edition of the podcast is brought to you in association with Farmer Gracy! This episode gave me a chance to compile some of my favourite varieties from Farmer Gracy this year as well as some top tulip tips to grow the best blooms you can .
👉🏻 Do make sure to check out farmergracy.co.uk for fantastic plants right across the year.
So, whether you're in the car, on the commute, in the garden or just at home then this is the perfect snapshot for you about life in a family garden, all year round! If you'd prefer, then you can also read this diary entry on my website viewfromthepottingbench.com
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Tue, 25 Apr 2023 - 04min - 107 - Emma Jo Real-Davies - Gardener, Presenter and Instagram Legend!
Emma Jo Real-Davies - Gardening, Instagram and beyond!
This episode features a conversation with Instagram STAR, radio presenter and QVC gardening expert – Emma Jo Real Davies! You’ll know Emma from her hilarious Instagram page and all sorts of other things and you’ll be glad to know this conversation is just as mad as you’d expect it to be – enjoy!
You can find Emma on Instagram @emjorealdaviesand you can see her on QVC presenting her own show ‘Emma’s Cottage Garden’, on Thursdays at 5pm.
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