The Ideal Gardens Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we talk about starting off and maintaining a wild flower area, less mowing and more long grass areas for flowers and wildlife, we will give you some advise about buying plug plants and seeds to get you started on a low maintenance garden.  Also, we give you more information about our Beautiful Border for this years Gardeners World Live 2026 at the Birmingham NEC. ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss all things seed sowing and propagators, should we use our last years seeds?, or just buy new and fresh, for a strong start to the growing season, we also talk about propagators, from a simple budget friendly, to top of the range units, and the difference in heats for Chilli seed growing, so listen and enjoy, and lets start this NEW growing season. Suppo...

Send us Fan Mail In our 10th episode, we talk about thriving in the winter season, as Winter is the time to rest, a time to slow down and a time to understand and take note of the up and coming season in the garden, its about getting out in the garden and educating yourself of the tasks ahead for the following year. From growing microgreens on the windowsill, to looking after and caring for house...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we talk about garden soils, compost and all things earthy, because with out it, we wouldn't be able to grow anything, so we need to look after it and understand it. We also talk about dry areas, wet areas, and damp areas in the garden. Also ideas on how to work with them. so join Jeremy and Trudi for todays episode to find out more. Support the show Join us o...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we talk about, extending late Summer colour in the garden, we also talk about bulb planting and how to naturalise bulbs in long grass areas and planting up and protecting bulbs in pots and containers from wildlife. and explaining all about how to Lasagne layer bulbs in containers. This is also a good time to prune large shrubs and roses, and talk about protecting...

Send us Fan Mail in our episode number 7, we continue to talk about colour in the garden, so this is 2 of a 2 part series, in part 1, we discuss different colour pallets, one colour borders, to hot and cool colours, in this part, we are going to talk about continuing that colour into late Summer and leaf textures, and the importance of deadheading and feeding. Support the show Join us on a monthly...

Send us Fan Mail This is a two part episode all about colour in the garden. In this episode we will be talking about introducing different colour palettes such as bold bright shades and cool pastels. Also, single colour borders such as white, which needs more than just flowers to have a strong statement and last throughout the growing season, and we discuss why the colour yellow, isn't to eve...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss what you can takeaway from visiting gardens that are open to the public. We look at planting tips, how to relate planted borders from large gardens to a small garden environment, and how to recreate ideas that you can use to give your garden more style and energy.  For this episode we visited Cerney House Gardens located in the Cotswolds UK, between Chel...

Send us Fan Mail After our short break, we are back, with a new episode, in this episode we are talking about, garden tools, and using the right tools for the right job, from spades to secateurs, and gloves to rakes, gardening can be made fun and easy with the correct kit, so if you are just starting out, then listen to our podcast and pick up some hints and tips, for that perfect garden. Support...

Send us Fan Mail In our third episode, we talk about, energizing your garden ready for Spring, as you start to venture back out into the garden after the dark and cold days of Winter, we start to see the garden springing into new life  and get new ideas on how to reshape and reenergizing the garden for the new growing season. Support the show Join us on a monthly basis for hints and tips on how to...

Send us Fan Mail Shrub and tree pruning can can be a bit scary for some people, so in this episode we talk all things pruning, from apple trees, wisterias, and the difference between hard and light pruning, we also talk about, the one third method, which is a pruning technique for tackling overgrown shrubs, and the importance of pruning after the flowers have faded, we also talk about using the co...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the first episode on this brand new podcast about gardening. Winter can be seen as the end of the season of gardening and while its a bit cold at the minute we have some quick and easy tips that will help you feel more positive when you look out of the window. Put the kettle on, grab your favourite mug and settle down with Jeremy and Trudi to listen to this episode with...