Through The Garden Gate

In today’s episode we had a good chat between us no guest but we talked about allotment waiting lists and costs, we talked about what is going on in our garden, this episode was recorded at the end of November 2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we spoke to the brilliant August about her gardening journey from Air Hostess to the Head of Raymond Blancs gardening school. After technical issues at the start we managed to crack on and have a wonderful chat the evening flew by! We also discuss Augusts magical garden at home where she has secret doors and a fully kitted out caravan and regularly cooks on an open fire in the garden. Ma...

Nice to have a fellow full time gardener to talk to this week! What an incredibly knowledgeable guy Daniel is and the enthusiasm he has for the history of the place that he works is awe inspiring. This episode was recorded in November 2023 Thank you for listening make sure you give us a follow and rate the episode it helps to get us in the ears of like minded people 👍🏻 Hosted on Acast. See acast...

This week we have the wonderful Jen from @life_on_the_lot Marc’s son George starts the episode, I think that Marc may have some competition as the host. We speak to Jen about her allotment journey, Strange things buried at her allotment site and JCBs abandoned next door to her plot, her partner being the allotment Chairman and her upcoming appearance at RHS Urban Show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

In this weeks episode we chat to the lovely Francesca who had recently appeared on a segment of Gardeners World showing people around her garden in Yorkshire. This episode was recorded at the beginning of November 2023 it was great hearing the behind the scenes details on what happens on a recording for a tv show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today’s episode recorded live on Instagram on Tuesday night we were joined by the amazing Tamsin Westhorpe gardener at Stockton Bury Garden. Tamsin has had quite the career in horticulture starting working in the parks department, being an interior landscaper, a shop owner, a magazine writer and editor, an RHS judge and now a gardener at her uncles garden. It was great to have a chat with Tamsi...

Tonight’s guest is the Senior Edlitor of Garden Folk Magazine What a great chat with Anjee about her journey in to horticulture, home educating her 4 kids, getting chickens during lockdown and so much more. If you don't already follow @gardenfolkmag give them a follow and check out the latest edition of the magazine, and check out the website for the exciting new membership options.https://gardenf...

This episode was recorded towards the end of October 2023 we were joined by Arthur to discuss the disgraceful practice of gangs going in to collect chickens from farms but the treatment of the animals during this process is horrendous. We really need to get away from our reliance on factory farming and get back to sustainable, cruelty free, ethical, local chicken farms. Toward the end of the episo...

Todays guest we have been wanting to get on for a long time, she is probably responsible for all of us doing what we do. Stef is so encouraging so down to earth no nonsense what you see is what you get, not afraid to show the ugly bit and the fails, doesn’t try to preach just loves to share her knowledge years of growing her own. If you are part of #gardengram you will have heard of #uglygrid #pow...

Today we talk to friend of the podcast Rachel We chat chickens and allotments, how gardening helps your mental health. We also talk which tomato varieties we are growing next year. This episode was recorded in September last year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sophie is a career changer formally a teacher of primary kids now a teacher of the magical practice of growing your own cut flowers. Lots of great tips of what seeds to sow now as well as an insight in to Sophie’s garden. Also in the episode one of Bens chicks hatches during the recording of this episode! If you don’t already follow Sophie give her a follow @floraldayintheshires We also mention Fl...

This weeks episode we asked previous guest and our listeners to send in questions for us to answer, a good way to learn a bit more about us and for the audience to get their gardening questions answered. Marc drops a bombshell by saying that he doesn’t like one of Britain’s favourite gardeners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we talk to part time scientist part time mini small holder and new beagle puppy owner as well as a campervan owner and allotmenteer. Marc tells the guys about the wonderful new herbal tea he has been drinking from @ivaplants Ben gets banter from all angles including our guest, and possibly ends up spending the night in his greenhouse. We also discuss who’s beaches are better Wales...

Todays episode was another episode of technical difficulties as well as getting time zones wrong as our guest was from the USA again. So we had bonus guests of JJ from the Bearded Growers radio show and Kerry @lottiethyme fill in until we got Laura on finally. Jamie was in a dark field for this episode and Bens lights flicker on and off as we get further in to the episode. Great chat with Laura ni...

We’re back after 2 weeks off from recording live! In todays episode we were joined by a chicken guru @eggsandfluff what Charley doesn’t know about chickens isn’t worth knowing. We also talked to Ben about his garden that he is doing For Gardeners World Live this year. There was also lots on innuendos! And lots of laughs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This weeks episode, we are joined by a guest from the other side of the pond in North Caroline USA. Amanda loves creating her own compost and the way us Brit’s say the word, she also creates the perfect habitat for the beautiful Monarch Butterfly’s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Todays episode is from a rainy Tuesday in September last year, where we toured around Gold Medal winning garden designer of a Beautiful boarder at Gardeners World Live. The audio and video at the start of the podcast is a bit glitchy but it does sort itself out after 10 minutes or so! See if you can spot some elements of Adams medal winning garden in his home garden. Great to chat with Adam about...

In todays episode we tour the awesome wildlife haven that is Gemma’s garden. Such an incredible space, with some fantastic wildlife sightings! If your not already following Gemma go give her a follow on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us as we explore the fabulous garden that we have all seen in the squares of joy on Instagram, in real time with an exclusive guided tour from the gardener who created it! Not only is it a beautiful garden it’s a functional one with areas for her you family and husband to play. If you don’t follow Sophie give her a follow on Instagram @lookinsidemygarden Also check out her website for seed co...

This week we explore the garden of @kathryn_grows_stuff part of the team organising the @gardengramball but this was before that was even dreamt up! We put aside out technical gremlins from last week and got our first mystery guest! Kathryn is all about the Veg growing and has an impressive veg garden. Kathryn is going to be doing a Snake Bean grow along this year, which should be very exciting! F...

Our latest episode recorded on the 6th February, we were joined by the wonderful Alex Grows Food who has a wonderful following on You Tube. Alex is an Garden Media Guild award winner in 2023 for his fabulous video about being able to grow your own food whilst doing a full time job. If you don’t already follow Alex check him out at all of the places below ⬇️ Website address is alexgrowsfood.com you...

When we recorded this episode we had massive technical issues, Instagram would only let 2 of us in on the live. We struggled on regardless and had some good laughs as usual. Ben started the episode in his hot tub then showed Marc around his garden before jumping in his car and drove to his allotment, where Jamie joins the live. The sunsets during this episode plunging Ben and Jamie in to darkness,...

In this episode we take a tour around Jamie’s garden and Award winning veg garden (instavillagefair) There is also a special appearance from @lottiethyme who designed Jamie’s veg garden. This episode was recorded live On Instagram on the 8th August 2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What an absolute privilege to have Nicola on the podcast, this year she is celebrating 30 years in gardening. For a career that started working for the future King at Highgrove and has included being a Head Gardener, studying to be a RHS Master of Horticulture. Becoming a mum and being a Horticultural Hustler. Nikki is also a trustee of @gardenorganic We also got a few exclusives from bonus guest...

3 episode in a week we are spoiling you, This episode is our most recently recorded episode from this Tuesday 23rd January 2023 Todays guest is a career changer, a rose collector, new build gardener, greenfinger ambassador, plant grow champion, charity walker, his voice has been compared to Alan Titchmarsh’s, former town planner, an Easton walled gardener, autism advocate, my real gardener, garden...