Pots & Trowels The Gardening Podcast

Elsom Seeds are plant breeders who supply everyone from Kings Seeds to Farmers for their fields. We meet David Coop, the Managing Director who tells us about how they come up with new varieties of vegetables with the properties we desire! There's a listeners' question on fuchsia and advice on wisteria.  Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes For a dis...

We are looking forward in this brand new year, with some questions about what we'll do in our own gardens. Plus there's a chat about what we're going to be doing in the year ahead with shows and gardening talks.  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...

We’re talking about what to do with your Christmas tree once you’ve finished with it, how to check the moisture levels in your pot plants, how to approach a monster apple tree & our special guest this week is Jason, the Cloud Gardener.  The Cloud Gardener Website: https://cloudgardeneruk.co.uk   The Cloud Gardener Instagram: @cloudgardeneruk Videos Mentioned: Pruning Monster Bramley Apple:  ht...

We're having a controversial sprout conversation, answering a listeners' lily question and talking chinese lantern plants.  Videos Mentioned:  Rose Care: https://youtu.be/gaiRPeDhcIc  Chinese Lantern Plant, Lily Growing Question, Sprout Recipe & Mr Plant Geek Michael Perry Joins Us Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes For a discount on PlantGrow...

How to Divide Raspberry Canes, sort yourself a free festive display from garden pruning and Martin chats to Helena Glassup of Chartered Institute of Horticulturalists at the Grow North event.  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 Questio...

This week we're joined by Lucy Chamberlain and Saul Walker from the popular Talking Heads gardening podcast to discuss how UK gardens are adapting to changing weather patterns. Lucy gardens on sandy soil in dry Essex, while Saul works with clay soil in wet Devon - their contrasting experiences offer fascinating insights into regional gardening challenges and opportunities. They share how they...

We've visited the Garden Media Guild to watch Arit Anderson be honoured - and backstage we spoke to the inimitable Tom Allen, self-confessed novice gardener plus actor and comedian on the side!  Videos Mentioned: Secret Garden of Louth Video: https://youtu.be/QSH_GO96-kQ  Grow Stunning Chrysanthemums: https://youtu.be/46mQR8i1UbE  Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & pod...

We meet the incoming RHS Harlow Carr garden advisor Katy Merrington, who looks after the Hepworth Wakefield Garden. We are talking renewal pruning, transplanting or moving plants around the garden and it’s almost a Root Stock Special as we have a detailed analysis of what root stocks are & what happens to the leftovers? Plus, we put the pot in Pots & Trowels with a chat about sculpture and...

Heaps going on this week on the podcast as we chat to John Grimshaw who is hanging up his RHS Harlow Carr Advisor trowel (and picking up yet another trowel as he landed his Dream Job!) - all the usual weekly advice and listeners' questions answered.  Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes For a discount on PlantGrow products, UK followers can enter the cod...

We have listeners' questions, hints and tips for your week in the garden, Paula from Floral Media tells all and we clink our glasses together to celebrate our 100th episode of the PT Gardening Podcast! Videos Mentioned: Six Superb Autumn Flowering Perennials: https://youtu.be/f5g9f0w8xQw Autumn/Fall Dahlia Care: https://youtu.be/PmR2MYrOkq4  How to Prune Gooseberry Bushes: https://youtu.be/Jg...

Visiting Louth's secret tropical garden, answering questions on perennial geraniums & dahlias and Martin has his hints for the week, including some excellent advice on propagation so you too can get plants for free! Secret Garden of Louth: facebook.com/thesecretgardenoflouth  Videos Mentioned: How to Transplant an Olive Tree: https://youtu.be/eUUwXE6P6l0?si=nScjADGj7MEO8_vz  Autumn/Fall D...

What's the connection between 'digger' and Alan Titchmarsh? Will succulents live in an unheated greenhouse? How do we manage a bamboo patch? We'll answer all these and more in this week's podcast! Plus all the regular gardening advice and help and a bit of fun thrown in! Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes For a discount on PlantGrow...

Gardens, Forests, Castles & Tea feature this week as Martin and Jill take us on a Northumberland road trip! Plus, the team have all your weekly advice and answer some listeners' questions on Fungi infestation & sweet pea sowing 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 che...

It's bulb o'clock, so get all the essential info on planting your spring flowering bulbs, plus we're talking gigantic vegetables with King of giant Veg and multiple world record holder Joe Atherton and we have all the usual advice for your garden.  #garden #gardening #plants #GrowYourOwn #giantvegetables #worldrecord Videos Mentioned: Create a Autumn / Fall Planter or Container  htt...

Whether you like apples or pears, acres or hazels, we're talking trees! There's a question on cloud pruning, more details on our long running carnivorous plant seed controversy and we have all the usual information on what to do in your garden this week! Thanks to Nick Dunne from Frank P Matthews: https://www.frankpmatthews.com Videos Mentioned: Dahlia: https://youtu.be/PmR2MYrOkq4  Visi...

Martin's been to Lincolnshire Pond Plants, who are busy moving to a larger site! We've got listeners' questions on clematis and basil, there's an update on the suspect Venus fly-trap seeds and the usual weekly garden tasks! Pauline’s Dad’s Green Tomato Chutney Recipe Makes about 1 ½ kg or 3 ½ lb 1.2kg (2 ½ lb) green tomatoes roughly chopped 2 onions, peeled and chopped 6 cloves...

RHS Harlow Carr curator Paul Cook has a chat to Martin about the famous northern garden, and his plans. We're answering your questions and have some top tips for you bulb lovers, so stay tuned for that! notes: Plants for under Holm Oak: Pachysandra terminalis Videos mentioned this episode: Harlow Carr Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP6F3_x3pSanz-SarwwkrWucL9hPNKSa   How to...

BBC's Beechgrove Gardens has been on the TV since 1978. Known for its practical approach to gardening we're big fans! - Martin meets a couple of the longtime hosts, Carole Baxter & George Anderson, plus we have all the usual questions and jobs for the week! Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes For a discount on PlantGrow products, UK followers c...

We're back for a brand new season (why did my fingers want to type 'series' then?) - We've got Nick Smith, director of Harrogate Flower Shows joining Martin for a chat, we're answering listeners questions and Sean's been busy sowing some suspected carnivorous plant seeds! Correction - at one point Martin mentions that the show was a couple of weeks ago when he meant &...

Our Gardening Podcast is back!  We've got three hosts, with a range of knowledge whether you're a seasoned expert or a fresh seedling looking for inspiration! We hit you with all the gardening goodness every Sunday with several seasons of back catalogue to chomp through if you're brand new to the podcast! #vegetables #garden #gardening #plants #gardentok #planttok #planttiktok #Grow...

We're answering questions on Aliums, Apples & Roses. There's a roundup of the season just gone and a look around the Chorley Flower Show! We'll be back in September with bags more gardening goodness! 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 condi...

We've got a packed show including highlights from the brand new RHS Wentworth Woodhouse show, a snippet from the Great Yorkshire Show, some of your gardening questions and another special guest appearance from Arit Anderson.  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 (ter...

Garden tips, a super carrot recipe & Martin and Jill take time out of the busy show schedule to chat to some of the exhibitors at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival Carrot Biryani Recipe Link:  Carrots-star-of-the-show-in-julys-kitchen   Videos Mentioned: 01:20 Streptocarpus Masterclass https://youtu.be/14-pEN5nz1s   05:52 Fuchsia Masterclass https://youtu.be/_Ekhm1sCEms   07:01 Alpine M...

We're talking to a master florist and the horticultural advisers at RHS Harlow Carr. There's a discussion and definition of shrubs and sub-shrubs as well as the usual advice on what you need to do in the garden this week. We answer a sweet pea question as well as a query about salvia Caradonna.  Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes For a discount on...

Top tips as always - plus Rachel Green pops in to chat & there are questions on fuchsia, penstemon cuttings and pear trees in pots.  Videos mentioned: How to Pot a Pear:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogbKXtftYgM   Fuchsia Masterclass:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ekhm1sCEms   Penstemon Cuttings:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vsX6V6NSI0   Robot Mower: https://youtu.be/-xpFWZx6k9c  V...