Through The Garden Gate

The longest ever episode and it’s a good one! Fiona and Hugh are living off the land trying to be as self sufficient as possible. Highlight from the episode 👇🏻 🦵 Fiona told us about her awful leg break that she is only just recovering from. 🐓The was lots of Chicken chat for all the chicken keepers out there. 🍬 Hugh told us about his sugar making experience 🥔 They told us their favourite vari...

An organic veg grower in Suffolk growing in a 4 acre farm 🚜 Awesome chat here are some highlights 🗺️ Great to hear Greg’s journey in to farm life 🚤 An unexpected former career 🧪 Great to hear Greg’s experience with contaminated manure and how he dealt with it and how he plans to avoid it happening again 🌳 Why fruit tree and bushes were the first thing he planted 🌱 Fantasic to hear more about...

Wow what a chat I think we put the world to rights in that hour and a half! Ed incredibly passionate about making sure that everyone who wants to grow can grow after being told the waiting list for his local allotments was 28 years! Highlights from the episode 👇🏻 🏢 From marketing to confounding @rootsallotments 💚 Convincing his family to let him grow food in the garden during lockdown. 🍺 Inst...

Tonight we talked to the lovely Steff who is in her first year of having an allotment and is also fairly new to instagram, so if you don’t follow go give her a follow 👍🏻 Highlights from tonight’s episode 👇🏻 🍆 The Italian name Steff calls Aubergines is so much nicer that the English or American. 🌳 We spoke a lot about @rootsallotments 🌱 Steff told us about her successes this year 🫛 What she...

Wow what a fascinating adventure in gardening John has had over the last few years! Highlights from the episode 🐝 We obviously covered Bees a lot! 🏡 John told us all about his renovation journey since buying his new home. 🚚 The fact he had more plants when he moved that furniture 😂 🦌 John told us about the biggest threat to his new garden. 🧠 John’s day job as a Professor of Neoscience. Thank...

George took over the start of the episode to tell everyone about his charity walk again and to give an update of the total raised which is £511 thank you to everyone who has donated so far it’s so kind of you, the link is on Marc’s profile. Todays guest was Ben who has been flying the flag for British flowers for 10 years with over 650 talks throughout the UK. Highlights from the episode ⬇️ 🧹Ben...

We thought we would do a Greenfingers charity special with Jamie and Marc both being ambassadors of the charity we wanted to share a few exciting fundraising updates First we had Marc’s son George on to talk about his fantastic fundraiser where he will be doing a 8 mile walk from a local park all the way in to Lincoln and up Steep hill ending up at the Castle, he came up with this all on his own....

Really sorry about the rain during this episode, Marc did mute his mic to stop the noise. What an amazing and unique journey in horticulture Chris has had 🤯 Here are some of the highlights 👇🏻 🌳 The story of the tree he planted on his first day at work that he can now sit in. 🇯🇵 Selling Roses to the Japanese 🐵 Sharing a bedroom with a Chimp 🪱 Bringing 10000 worms in to Westminster Abbey 👻 Ge...

What an absolute treat to have Julia on the podcast tonight, the hour flew by. Highlight of the episode ⬇️ 🎙️Julia turned the tables and asked us some questions 📚We talked all about her wonderful book 💚 Julia told us how she got in to gardening 🍿Marc may of asked Julia to do a crazy experiment regarding her popping corn. 🥫 Listen to find out why Julia regularly visits @pizzaexpress Make sure y...

Tonight me and Jamie had a good chat about what we have been up to and what we have been growing what’s been successful what’s been a failure. Highlights from the episode ⬇️ 🥜 Jamie tells us all about spreading his seed 🫣 Everyone is also jealous of his giant warty p….. umpkin 🌊 We talked about the crazy weather the uk has had this week 📖 We even talked about books with @home_at_springcottage...

Absolute pleasure to be graced with Ades company for an hour this evening, we could have talked all night! If you haven’t already go check out his Down the Garden Path series on You Tube Highlights from our chat 👇🏻 🚰 The story of the secret tap was epic 💚 I adore the relationship between Ade and his wife enjoying growing food together. 🫛 We need to invite Ade back to find out why he thinks a...

Great chat with Emma about her wonderful boarders at the two garden shows and her journey in horticulture. Some of the highlights 👇🏻 💚 Why Emma chose Landscape Architecture. 🏠 What it’s like being involved with the design of a new estate. 📰 We tried our best to get an exclusive from Emma whether she would do another show garden. 💚 Emma shared some exciting news with us! 🌳 Lots of behind the...

This weeks episode we chat to Amy West a former allotment holder and gardener who has created a vegetable garden in a rented property. Marc and Jamie have had busy weeks, Marc attended Gardeners World Live Autumn Fair at Audley End and Jamie has been to a course with the legend that is Charles Dowding! Highlight from this episode 👇🏻 🧢 Marc has a special hat especially for the Lightening round...

In todays episode we chatted to Sarah Wilson who is the host of Roots and All podcast which has just passed 300 episodes! We got a bit podcasty but there were some fab highlights 👇🏻 💚 We found out how Sarah finds her guests 🌱 What she would change about the world of horticulture 🌺 How therapeutic she found deadheading pansies 🌳 How Sarah got in to horticulture 💰Why she doesn’t call herself...

Todays episode is with friend of the podcast Jo, a cut flower grower from Nortfolk growing cut flowers in a modest back garden. What Jo doesnt know about cut flowers isn’t worth knowing! Highlights of todays episode 👇🏻 🌸 Jo’s top perennials for cut flowers 🪴 Find out what she grew up her washing line 💼 Why she bags her dahlia buds 🧪 Why Vaseline isn’t a good idea if growing organically 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷...

Another career changing gardener learning their craft in the most inspiring place imaginable @belmondlemanoir Great chat with Sam such a passionate thoughtful gardener Highlights from the episode 👇🏻 🪴Sam tells us about his love for herbs and his plans to enhance the herb garden at work. 💚 From insurance broker to gardener taking the leap of faith! 🙋‍♀️ What it’s like working with @augusts_gar...

We finally got the wonderful Jenny on! What a wholesome chat! Here are some highlights 👇🏻 🍑 We open our mystery packages and were surprised at what we found! 🧅 Jenny told us all about her Mammoth Onions. 👩‍⚕️ We also chatted about Jenny’s day job helping people control their ADHD. 🌺 Dahlia might have been mentioned 💚 We also got her gardening origin story Check out wherever you harvest your...

Tonights episode marks a year of us doing Through The Garden Gate, we did our first live on the 1st August 2023 where we toured Marc garden back when there was 3 of us! We did 22 lives before deciding to convert each live to a podcast. Episode 23 with Chris Jesson @groovygardeninguk was our first episode to be converted to a podcast. This week we had the former Great British Bake Off contestant Ca...

If you like growing tomatoes tonight is the episode for you 🍅 The undisputed kings of tomatoes are our guests Some highlights 👇🏻 ☠️ We spoke at length at the best way to reduce blight risk. 🏆 The guys favourite varieties. 📏 How to get the strongest tomato plants. 🍅 How to avoid unripe fruit towards the end of the season. 💧 Regular watering is the key to success. Thanks everyone for your com...

The episode we forgot! We recorded This episode towards the end of 2023, and somehow when we were transferring all our episode to podcast we forgot this one as it wasn’t numbered on instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fabulous chat with Graham about all things Wool Pots and his mission to get rid of plastic pots and save the British farming industry in one hit. Things we learned in this episode ⬇️🐑 Marc reels off some bad sheep puns📺 Graham was responsible for some of televisions iconic kids shows 🧶 Woolpots grow better plants than need less water and heat🥕 Some kids can’t identify vegetable and farm animal...

This week we have our first ever returning guest, Chris is such a wonderful interesting person we wanted to delve deeper in to Chris’s story.5 highlights from today episode 👇🏻💚 Marc and Chris talk about how they ended up working together📖 Chris talks about his experience with the RHS qualifications⚡️The lightening round 🌹Roses obviously!🌳 We also got a tour of Chris’s garden, check out @thr...

Marc and Jamie have a good chat what they have been up to in the last week and also have a Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival Debrief. Talked about in this episode 👇🏻1. Our favourite parts of Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 🌳2. What we have been up to in our gardens 🌻C. Jamie’s lack of peas 🫛4. Lots of mower talk at the end, boys and their toys! 🧸 5. We also had a look around a few pa...

🎙️Meet Emmy @permieemmy 🦑 (if you listen to the whole episode you will understand the squid emoji)Prepare to have your minds blown this is life changing stuff that was discussed in this episode. Five things we learn in this episode 👇🏻1. Permaculture isn’t just a growing method it’s a way of life 🤯2. You can use this method even on something as small as a pot 🪴C. Permaculture can help to stop...

This week we had the wonderful Louise on for a quick tour of her veg garden before the rain came down to heavy. She has been creating amazing spaces within the local community to regenerate unused planting spots to brighten up and create wildlife pockets in the urban environment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.