Through The Garden Gate

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.

Marc and Jamie have been doing involved with the building of 2 showcase gardens Kim O’briens @dahliafarmerama and Ben Shutler @plot27bristol We also had an exclusive from Kim, Mario part of Kim’s build team also joined us. Leanne whose garden won a Platinum medal and Best Beautiful Boarder and Gardeners World Magazine readers choice awards! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

How did we get to episode 40 already!! That’s crazy!! What a way to celebrate the milestone by having our first double guest on the podcast, the wonderful Jen and Richenda of Two Girls One Plot Podcast. I have recently found this podcast and binged it. It’s so great to follow their journey in creating there first allotment plot. We had a great chat with them and such a good laugh make sure you lis...

Todays episode is our final episode in our back catalogue so the final one with Ben, we talk To the wonderful Lottie Newitt about all things plants! Her Gardening journey and much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today’s episode we spoke to the wonderful Jayne about her journey in gardening. We spoke about flooded veg gardens/allotments. Jaynes You Tube Channel and much much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s guest is the wonderful Head Gardener at Melbourne Hall gardens in Derby. It’s was great to hear some of the history of the gardens and some of the exciting newer additions that have been made in the most recent history. We also talk about slugs and pests and the natural order of thing. David told us about his journey in to gardening from South Africa where it wasn’t a viable career to Pers...

In todays episode of the podcast Marc and Jamie discuss their gardening week then we get our wonder guest in for a garden tour and a good planty chat. We also use Aileen as a Guinea pig for our new lightening round of questions at the end. Go over to Instagram to follow Aileen @plants_proseccoandparenting Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode was recorded just before Christmas 2023 We discuss our favourite parts of the first 20 episodes of Through The Garden Gate, we keep it really about how Christmas is better when you have young kid. Also how we don’t have Christmas lists ourselves. Who says you can’t have Christmas in May! There’s only 2 classic episode left after this one then we are only going to be doing 1 episode a...

Todays episode we chatted to seaweed farmer Alexander who lives on the Outer Hebrides Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Todays episode is with the self proclaimed Tea magician. Great to learn more about Alexandra’s garden journey from Moldova to the UK working at the Palm Centre and being a Herbarian at the National History museum. We shocked her by admitting we have never tried loose leaf tea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the one and only Michael Perry aka @mr_plantgeek recorded in December 2023 Hortpreneur, traveller, Author, Speaker, TV Presenter, Trend setter, Model, Podcaster, Influencer, Man in Pants, Sex Symbol, Car Lover, Plant addict, columnist, Celebrity Gardener, Blogger and Substacker, and many many more! What a pleasure to have Michael’s time in what was our longest ever live! You can get Michael’s...

Tonight’s episode Marc goes solo because Ben and Jamie both had Family emergencies. We had a tour of Leanne’s 3 allotment plots then talked about gardening in school and lots about Leanne’s Beautiful Border at Gardeners World Live in June. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s episode was recorded at the end of November the guys are still trying to record the podcast in their gardens despite it only being 2 degrees outside. Marc was wearing 3 hats to try and stay warm! Check out Spotify if you want to see the full video. Kim is a dahlia growing expert so it was great to have her on the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we had the pleasure of talking to the effervescent Gemma about her journey in to gardening. We talked about her awesome portable cutting garden, made from plastic crates meaning if she had to move houses she can take it all with her. We also talked about all things floral displays. We also mention Higgledy Garden an awesome small British seed company that Gemma works for, Marc has also g...