BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Discover why pollinator-favourite, Verbena bonariensis, is a must-have for your borders, in this sowalong podcast with BBC Gardeners' World Magazine digital editor Catherine Mansley. Plus, you'll find it's easier to grow from seed than you might think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Do you garden with your partner? Is your outside space somewhere you nurture together, having an equal say on what you grow and how everything looks? Or is gardening something that causes argument and conflict in your relationship? Are you constantly at odds with your partner about what happens just outside your back door? Adam Frost chats to relationship therapist and writer, Karin Blak to explor...

Beat the winter blues by sowing chilli seeds now for a spicy, bumper harvest this year in this sowalong podcast with BBC Gardeners' World Magazine features coordinator Adam Duxbury Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Having clean air to breath is vital to our very existence, but pollution is a problem and many parts of the world, cities in particular, are choking. Is there a solution? Could gardening, plants and trees be the answer to solving this serious crisis? Adam Frost chats to Professor Jennifer Gabrys the Chair in Media, Culture and Environment at the University of Cambridge, about the role plants can p...

Hospitals can be frightening and emotional places, so anything we can do to make visiting one easier has to be a good thing. I’ve seen first-hand how a hospital garden can really help alleviate stress for patients, visitors and staff, so should all hospitals have one? Adam Frost chats to Dr Maria Leong and Alice Cornwell, Community Development Officer for the RHS. They’re both involved in a garden...

Can a session in the garden do as much good as an hour in the gym or a run round the park? Is gardening the key to keeping us fit, healthy and physically active? Or is it overdoing it outside dangerous and likely to cause injury in the long run? Adam Frost chats to to physical therapist, Tyler Lowe to discover how gardening can improve all aspects of our physical health, along with ways to avoid e...

If you garden regularly, you’ll know that time spent tending your plot makes you feel good. When we're feeling stressed, anxious or overwhelmed a bit of time pottering about outside helps us feel better? But why? What is it about gardening that boosts our mood so positively? Adam Frost talks to Professor Harriet Gross, author of The Psychology of Gardening, to understand exactly why gardening is s...

We all know that eating a fresh, balanced diet is a key part of staying fit and healthy, but could you do more to improve what you consume every day? And would you be surprised to hear that gardening could be the place to start? Adam Frost talks to nutritional therapist, Sonal Shah. Sonal believes there are lots of benefits to eating homegrown food Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...

Would you believe that gardening can improve your physical and mental health? And that it could be the key to eating healthily, combatting loneliness and improving your relationship with your partner? Well it’s true – gardening really can help all of these things and Adam Frost, of BBC Gardeners’ World, wants to take you on a journey to find out why. Join Adam as he chats to doctors, community wor...

Who knows what the new year ahead will hold in store, but Alan Titchmarsh reflects on how the weather will keep us on our toes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We all find it difficult to be patient at times, but Alan Titchmarsh shares why it's worth the effort when it comes to gardening Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Christmas around the corner Alan Titchmarsh shares his favourite books to get you in the festive spirit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just what do you buy the gardener who has everything for Christmas? Alan Titchmarsh shares his festive gift wishlist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are there ways to be thrifty when gardening? Alan Titchmarsh shares his top tips for making the pounds go further Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just how do you get kids interested in gardening? Alan Titchmarsh, now a grandfather, reveals the secrets he's gleaned over the years Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How important is it to pronounce things properly? Alan Titchmarsh explores the way we all say our plant names... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Don't be fooled by chickens, says Alan Titchmarsh, particularly if moorhens are on the scene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alan Titchmarsh reveals the importance of the humble garden shed and why his is home to a cuckoo clock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alan Titchmarsh reflects on why gardens are about so much more than gardening Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listen up as Alan Titchmarsh regales us with tales from the fireside as Christmas approaches. Tales from Titchmarsh, a 10-part series, takes a wry look over the garden fence, with plenty of anecdote, humour and fun along the way. Hear from Alan on battling with the weather, being patient, buying Christmas gifts for the gardeners in your life and more – the perfect opportunity to take a breather an...

Meet Nicola House, the winner of our 2022 Gardens of the Year competition, as she discusses her informal wildlife friendly plot with Adam Duxbury Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As autumn sets in we revisit some of our favourite autumn pod episodes – discover the best bits of the season with this collection from GW's experts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dogs are such a popular part of Gardeners’ World that when Monty’s golden retriever Nigel died, it made headline news. Now there’s a new puppy on the scene, Ned, so we hear from Monty how he’s always gardened in the happy company of dogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Dame Judi Dench as she guides presenter Arit Anderson and tree expert Tony Kirkham around her private orchard – created over many years to honour the life of much-loved actor friends (part 2 of this extended podcast) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We visit Dame Judi Dench at home, in the company of Arit Anderson and tree expert Tony Kirkham, to hear how she has formed a deep connection with trees, and has planted dozens in her garden (part 1 of 2). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices