Through The Garden Gate

Who else is inspired to go and set up a community garden after that wonderful chat with the lovely Victoria. So amazing how a community garden can bring so many people together and make so many connections and opportunities! I loved hearing everything Victoria has achieved and created. We of course got a gardening fact from George, this week about Dahlia. We also got a Hamilton the tortoise 🐢 upd...

Tonight we had the master of the Sunday Stroll Mike, who told us all about his journey in to gardening and how he transitioned from an office job to a full time gardening job. Mike also told us all about the @gdnmediaguild that he co chaired and chaired for 3 years. He was recommended for the position by another former guest of the podcast @tamsinwesthorpe He also shared his fab memories from his...

Tonight we talked to the wonderful Leigh about his journey in to gardening, what he has been up to, what he has planned. We also got a few Lee and Leigh exclusives! It was good of Leigh to also talk at length about his mental health struggles and how he has learnt to deal with those challenging times. I can’t wait to see what Leigh does next. We also got a fab gardening fact from George and he tol...

We made it to episode 100 of our little podcast and what an episode to have to celebrate the milestone 🍄 Marlow is a mushroom oracle absolutely fantastic knowledge of what we can find growing in our local environment. I can’t wait to check out his books which you kind find on his website linked in @wildfooduk profile George of course gave us a gardening fact and couldn’t contain his excitement ab...

Tonight we had a chat and a walk around our plots to show what’s doing well and surviving the tricky growing conditions this year. Jamie has lots of fabulous tomato plants and the ones outside were growing better than the inside ones. Marc’s squash arch is the best ever and the new veg garden is full of all sorts of vegGeorge gave us his gardening fact of course. Thanks for watching and join us ne...

Fab chat with Louise about her journey in to gardening after starting a career in baking and falling in to creating cooking content whilst following her heart growing her own produce. George gave us a fab gardening fact about Bees And we talked as always what we have been up to this week and what we are havesting from the veg garden at the moment. Thanks everyone for watching join us next week for...

We had some serious technical issues with this episode but thankfully we got there eventually but unfortunately it's not all in one place like usual. I have managed to piece it all together for the podcast release on Friday. But I think I have managed to post it in 15 minute sections so anyone who only watches it on here can see it all. Thank you so much to Andy for his time and patience, I ha...

So tonight we had a bit of a myth busting special trying to dispel some of the silly myths that people think will help them garden better. It’s always an educational episode when we have Becky on she is a font of a lot of knowledge. We got a topical Wimbledon related gardening fact from George who also showed us his swimming badges. Join us next we for another awesome guest from the world of horti...

Joining us on this episode was Dan who is a Landscaper and Designer with over 30 years of experience. I love that Dan has such great ethics and he has incredibly high standards that he expects everyone working for him to uphold so that the clients get the absolute best finished product. If you don’t follow Dan give him a follow he is always making everyone laugh 😆 George of course gave us an upda...

You won’t find a more wonderful human than Izzy he absolutely oozes passion for horticulture. I absolutely loved hearing about Izzy’s upbringing in South Africa and how his parent grew so much food for their family. If you don’t follow Izzy go give him a follow, you won’t be disappointed he shares want gets him excited about plants from such a unique prospective, the world would be a better place...

Fab to talk to someone with such a wealth of experience in the world of horticulture and has won some amazing award for his garden designs at Chelsea Flower Show. I loved hearing about how much exposure a charity gets for sponsoring a garden and usually end up making a lot more money than they have spent. I absolutely love how we get to talk to people we have never met on this podcast and we can h...

Great to chat the the OG of gardening instagram, and someone who we have both followed and listened to for years. If you don’t already listen go and check out Adam’s podcast Tales from the Potting Bench. We had a good chat about the recent @bbcgwlive which gardens we like and overall experience of the show, Adam also hinted he is thinking about doing a garden in the future maybe?! Look out for the...

I feel like this episode should be sponsored by @farmergracy as we were showing off our sale shopping splurges. George gave us an update as to what he has been up to in the garden and a gardening fact of course, this week about pumpkins not being a veg. We talked to Georgina all about how she got in to gardening and her favourite plants, she even gave us a great garden hack involving 🐍 We also st...

Fabulous to talk to Kate who managed to multitask being looking after an unsettled baby whilst talking to us about her gardening journey and her amazing garden at Hampton Court Flower Show in a few weeks time. Kate told us all about her origin story and how she got in to gardening and her love of growing pumpkins and houseplants. Marc and Jamie also talked about all the veg that’s growing in their...

This week we chatted to someone you will know from their appearances on @gardenersworldtv and @bbcmorninglive as well as numerous other telly shows as well as regularly appearing at gardening shows. It is Mark Lane of course Mark came on to talk to us about his excellent new book The Future of Gardens which is out now available at all good bookshops, I highly recommend it if you want a glimpse in...

If you thought you knew everything there is to know about Daffodils I guarantee you Mena knows more. What a fantastic insight in to the world of growing Daffodils for competition! We also talked about Chelsea of course Marc talked about his experience from press day. George came on to chat about what he had been up to in the garden and to give us a gardening fact, this week all about water! Very t...

If you ever thought about getting in to bee keeping listen to this episode! All the knowledge that Mark has about bees is fantastic! It’s so fascinating how intelligent bees are and how vital they are to everything in the world as we know it! Join us next week for another fantastic guest and a Chelsea debrief from Marc after a day at the press event 💚 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

Jamie and Marc show everyone around their gardens and we have our last guest back to show us her lovely garden as it was raining when we had her on. Sophia from @kellyhousedevon showed us some of here poisonous plants and her amazing Cryptomeria that’s over a 100 years old! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tonight’s chat was all about ☠️ poisonous plants, Sophia has created a poison garden at her family home in Devon. It is open to the public so if you are on the area go and check it out. It was wonderful to hear the history of Kelly House and the fact it has been in the family for 900 years! Sophia also runs a luxury B and B inside the historic house so if you want somewhere different to stay check...

Lovely chat with Donna who was our most prepared guest ever she definitely deserves a gold ⭐ for having answers to the ⚡️round prepare and great answers too. We talked origin stories and how she ended up designing a garden for @bbcgwlive this year! We also talked about the WRAG training scheme which is helping Donna change careers. Join us next week for another fantastic guest from the world of...

Today we chatted to the fantastic Garden Designer Pip Probert and found out her origin story, some behind the scenes tales from some of the long list of show gardens she has been part of. If you are going to a gardening show this year you will probably see one of Pips designs there, I can’t wait to see them in real life. We also got a garden fact from George Join us next week at the same time same...

What another lovely Tuesday evening with the colourful (not colossal) Rosie! We all need some of her positive thinking and outlook on life. We loved hearing some of the behind the scenes happening on the garden make over show Garden Rescue. Join us next week when we will have another fabulous guest from the world of horticulture 💚 Thanks for watching everyone as always #gardeningpodcast Hosted on...

What a pleasure to spend the evening with Becky, what she doesn’t know about growing isn’t worth knowing! Go check out her Seed saving kit it’s fab and pre order her great new book Grow A New Garden from your local bookshop 👍🏻 We learnt so much this evening and answered lots of your questions I hope you everyone enjoyed it as much as us! Join us next week at the same time and place for another f...

So we had a last minute change of schedule so we decided to have a chat between ourselves and talking about what we have been up to. What seeds we have been sowing, what we still have to sow. Marc was live from his new potting shed. Join us next week for hopefully another wonderful guest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wicked chat with the awesome Susy! Fabulous to delve back in to Susys origins back in Australia and how she ended up in Lincolnshire growing her own food. It’s always a pleasure finding out someone adventure in to the world of gardening and this definitely didn’t disappoint. See you next week for another excellent guest! #gardeningpodcast #moongardening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...