Pots & Trowels The Gardening Podcast

Meeting up with people from the Jenny Ruth workshop, answering your gardening questions and giving you top tips for how to cope with summer time in the garden! Summer Watering Tips, Mulching Myth Debunked & JennyRuth Workshop chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Visiting the Newby Hall Rock Garden opening, with special guest Gyles Brandreth. We talk to the head gardener, the curator and the plant suppliers too! As usual we're answering your gardening questions - today we're answering questions on an apple tree pest, how to prune photinia and whether Salix would be a good tree in a small garden. Renewed Rock Garden, Gyles Brandreth Chat, 'Cobweb' Strewn Ap...

We answer questions on some nasty pests and diseases this week, plus there's a directive to follow if you're growing asparagus! Martin meets a couple of the gardeners at Scone Palace and there's the usual gardening chatter and weekly jobs to boot! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We meet up with Charlotte from Taylors Bulbs as well as Sue from Bluebell Cottage Gardens. Martin has the regular gardening jobs for the week, plus we're answering your questions on leaf curl aphid, why heucheras come out of the ground, pelargonium propagation and the all important conundrum of knowing when your carrots are ripe for the picking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

We've got all the usual gardening goodness, plus we talk to three different RHS Chelsea Flower Show Attendees, from gardening legends to first time exhibitors! We're also answering your questions as usual with topics such as Acer shaping and dahlia hardening! Martin's weekly jobs include clematis and rose care so listen up! Crucial Clematis Tip, RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gardening TV Legends, Rose C...

We're answering your questions as usual, we've got an interview with Simon Lockyer, Malvern Spring Flower Show's Master Grower and all the usual weekly jobs. Best Climbing Plants for Screening? Pieris Varigation Q, Chelsea Chop & Meet Malvern's Master Grower! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've got listeners' questions on Camellia, Grass Seed, Rose Bush selection as well as plant suggestions for an exposed terrace and what to do about Acer Burn? We're also meeting up with Emily Hazell, Head of Plant Collections at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've got your essential jobs, including one to ensure your spring bulbs are amazing next year - there's pelargonium & produce advice and we meet Dan of Dan's Plants up in Cumbria who tells us of his ambitions! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have top tips for getting your salad garden up and running, we're answering a question on espalier fruit trees - just what is possible? Plus our special guest is Viscount Stormont of Scone Palace. Scone Palace Website: https://www.scone-palace.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Martin has been to the RHS awards and caught up with a couple of winners, plus we're answering your questions including one on a very weed ridden lawn and about hardening dahlia as well as finding out the sad tale of the re-potted olive tree - will it live? Dahlia Time! What about Weedy Lawn, Royal Horticultural Society Awards & Will my Olive Survive? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

We've got the usual listeners' questions, we're giving you the weekly garden jobs you need to get sorted and joining us is Paul Robinson, aka the Laughing Gardener, who has just released his new book "Tales of the Laughing Gardener" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're meeting Rob Brett, curator of RHS Wisley, one of the most prestigious jobs in horticulture! Plus, we're answering your gardening questions - loads of which continue to be about lawn care! - and, Tulip Mania, how RHS Wisley have planted thousands of tulips to create and amazing spring flower display! Tulip Mania, RHS Wisley Curator & Lawn Care Questions Answered Hosted on Acast. See acast...

As well as slugs that we need to control, there are useful slugs as well! - Martin and Jill visit their friends Paula & Steve at Floral Media and take some gardening questions about soil, slugs, tulips and magnolia, plus Jill shares a recipe for rhubarb tiramisu! Recipe Link: https://www.martinfish.com/blog/rhubarbtirimasu/ Slugs that are Good for the Garden? Soil & Mulch Advice, Rhubarb T...

We're answering listeners' questions, we've got a Canadian guest on with a royal connection and there are all the usual weekly gardening tasks. Mary Kelava joins us to talk about how her Sandringham connection as well as to give us some insights into modern flower meanings from her book 'a bouquet of words' https://marykelava.com/ Chop & Drop Craze, Urgent Veggie Planting & Royally Connect...

We're talking moss after one of our recent short videos on lawn moss control went viral! Martin's tips include lawncare and dogwood pruning and we're tackling listeners' questions on tomato watering and rose planting, plus, what's budding?! Sean reveals he made a spontaneous plum tree purchase and there's the usual gardening chat. This episode was originally titled: Moss, Love it or Loathe it? - C...

A rose that grows well but has few flowers, a blackcurrant that needs some TLC - Martin gives his valuable advice to our listeners on gardening dilemmas. plus we meet Kirsten Van Graan of the RHS's Lindley Library where we find that a horticultural library has more treasures than books alone! Videos mentioned: Veggie Patch Prep: https://youtu.be/8iDOCOQ_AY0 This episode was previously titled: Why...

Hydrangea Renewal Pruning, Rose Spring Pruning, Fig Tree Questions & Specialist Nurseries & Saving Rare Plants Renewal pruning can help you shape a hydrangea over several seasons without compromising on the blooms. It's that time of year to prune roses and we're answering listeners' questions about magnesium, hibiscus and a fig tree. Martin reunites with Saul Walker of Plant Heritage and w...

We have your weekly garden tasks as usual, we're answering listners' questions on agapanthus and sweet peas and Martin has a tip to increase your snowdrop drifts! Our special guest is Dr Richard Claxton, the newly appointed CEO of the National Garden Scheme. The NGS raise huge amounts of cash for charity by helping people open their private gardens to the public and Martin and Jill are participati...

We say goodbye to Australia with an incredible look around the Barossa Garden - the valley is famed for its wines these days, but the indigenous plant life is fascinating too, as volunteer Trevor explains! We're answering your questions as usual with topics of fruit trees and wisteria this week. The weekly tasks include firing up the mower, clearing out the perennials and getting ahead with your p...

Our regular weekly advice includes a vital tip for pelargonium, we answer gardening questions about a tired gooseberry bush and what to do if your garden becomes a rat run. Plus, our featured guests are Dave Simms and Rob Andrewartha who have created a marvellous garden from scratch which they open for charity. They even put on the odd al fresco play! VIDEOS MENTIONED: Adelaide Botanic Gardens: ht...

We're continuing the journey down-under as P&T visit a Chestnut farm with an unlikely link back to Martin! There are the usual jobs for the week, we have listeners' questions about lawn rolling and the topic of climate change is discussed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Forsythia pruning, Control an apple cordon, Plant ideas for a refreshed front yard, Propagating blackberries and all the usual weekly jobs are tackled this week, and all from down under this week as P&T goes on tour! While we're in Australia, Martin catches up with his antipodean doppelgänger and meets gardening writer and broadcaster Sophie Thompson, a veritable Aussie horticulture Legend! Vi...

We've been to Tower nursery in Lincolnshire to ask about the mediterranean plant collection, we're answering listeners' questions and Martin has all the weekly tasks you need to consider for your garden at this time of year! Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes For a discount on PlantGrow products, UK followers can enter the code PT2026 at chec...

We are answering hydrangea pruning questions, a problem with a pesky leek pest and chatting all things Plant Heritage with Talking Heads podcast star Saul Walker.  Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes For a discount on PlantGrow products, UK followers can enter the code PT2026 at checkout (terms and conditions apply) Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com...

Rhubarb can be forced for beautiful tender stems early in the season, but there are some gotchas, so check Martin's advice, plus we answer listeners questions on fruit bushes and hellebore, plus, meet Dave the Plant Man, the internet sensation explains how it all started.  Videos Mentioned:  How to Pot on Sweet Pea Seedlings: https://youtu.be/3jZnWsZmf9k?si=cA9Q1sU0C__aZhzT  How to Prune an O...