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Ashley Edwards - Plants For Wellbeing

15 december 2024 | 41 min

🧠 This week we’re talking about how gardens heal!

Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.

Well, we’re here are final episode of season 7! 7 seasons of conversations with guests, spanning right across the horticultural world – from far away to nearby, every corner of the landscape has been surveyed, and we’ve learned a lot along the way. I’d like to thank you for listening, as always, and being the reason that I’m able to continue making this. You listening is the reason I make this, and you enjoying it, makes it completely worthwhile. The endless hours of producing, editing and writing, have come together in a season that I’m hugely proud of, and I hope you continue to enjoy it even more.

I’d also like to give a huge thank you to the wonderful Westland Horticulture for coming on board as sponsors of this season (and beyond). They truly are the powerhouse of the plant world and their dedication to empowering everyone to grow, to learn skills and to gain knowledge about growing is the perfect match for this podcast. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life to filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.

Now, I’ve got something of a tradition on this podcast now – after 7 seasons, it's become a little thing that I challenge myself with. And that challenge is simple, every season should have a guest on that also happens to be a panellist on BBC Radio 4’s Gardener’s Question Time, and this season is no different. In this episode, I’m joined by head gardener at Horatio’s Garden in London, and GQT panellist, Ashley Edwards. Ashley has a wide-ranging background in horticulture – starting from a very young age, and in this episode we go right back to the beginning and end with the current day. So, grab yourself a drink or maybe pop your headphones in and head out into the garden and listen along with us now. Enjoy!

If you’d like to see more from Ashley then you can follow him on Instagram where you’ll find him as @plantsforwellbeing. You can also follow along with Horatio’s too, and you’ll be able to find them as @horatiosgarden

If we've whetted your appetite for growing, and you know that the appetite of your plants could do with some attention then do try Westland’s Growmore general purpose plant food! Growmore provides the three major plant nutrients in equal proportions. This makes it a superb general-purpose feed for use all around the garden. Its balance of nutrients ensures even stimulation of growth in all plant parts, meaning lots of fruit and flowers, abundant foliage as well as a strong root system. Find out more by visiting gardenhealth.com now.

Fear not, I WILL be back in the new year with season 8 and the list of guests is already signed and sealed, so look out for that from February onwards!

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Kim O'Brien - Dahlias For Days!

8 december 2024 | 54 min

💐 This week we're delving into dahlias!

Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.

We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.

Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.

Now, this year has been an interesting one for us gardeners and growers, in the UK the weather has been less than favourable. In my own garden because of the wet weather, the dahlias have struggled more than ever so in this week’s episode I’ve turned to my good friend and dahlia expert, Kim O’Brien, for some sage advice. Kim is not only a dahlia expert but she’s also a renowned florist and a whizz with all sorts of cut flowers too. In this episode we discuss the highs and lows of dahlia growing, top tips for better blooms and much more! Enjoy!

If you’d like to see more from Kim, then you can follow her over on Instagram where you’ll find her as @dahliafarmerama. Also, make sure to check out Kim’s floristry workshops at the BBC Gardener’s World shows across the year in 2025. Tickets are available for the Spring Fair at Beaulieu now and you can find them here.

If all this talk of dahlias has got you thinking about more blooms in your garden next year then give your plants the ultimate head start with Westland! Plant your dahlias in Boost All Purpose peat free compost, which is proven to give you up to four times more flowers on your plants. And while you’re at it, give them even more of a powerup by feeding them with Boost, All Purpose Liquid Plant Feed. You’ll have the most stunning floral display and an abundance of healthy fruit and veg too. Using its unique Plantsense™ technology, Boost will feed all ornamental and ericaceous plants, plus all fruit and vegetables and give you incredible results.

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Roz Chandler - Farming For Flowers!

30 november 2024 | 34 min

💐 This week we're talking cut flowers!

Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.

We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.

Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.

Picture the scene, we’ve all been there…you’ve grown a whopper of a dahlia, or your Ranunculus have had a storming year and suddenly, you’ve decided you want to be a cut flower farmer! The truth to cut flower farming is far from the romanticised world you might think it is but by gosh is it fun (but with lots of hard work added in for good measure). Roz Chandler is a cut flower expert, a flower farmer and a business guru with years of experience across all of those fields. In this episode we discuss the reality of cut flower farming, both the good and the bad, running your own business and much much more. Enjoy!

If you’d like to see more from Roz, then you can follow her on Instagram where you’ll find her as @fieldgateflowers. Roz’s account not only share the highs and lows of cut flower farming, but its also jam packed with tonnes of business advice too!

Roz’s podcast, The Cut Flower Podcast is also well worth a listen for even more advice from the world of flowers. And you can listen to that across all major podcast platforms now.

If your blooms are in need of a boost then try Westland’s Boost All Purpose Liquid Plant Feed. You can achieve four times more blooms, giving you an even more stunning floral display and an abundance of healthy fruit and veg too. Using its unique Plantsense™ technology, Boost will feed all ornamental and ericaceous plants, plus all fruit and vegetables and give you incredible results.

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Frances Tophill - How To Grow A Garden!

17 november 2024 | 58 min

🌱 This week, I've joined by a legend...

Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.

We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.

Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.

Now, often on this podcast I’ll feature a conversation with someone that you may not have heard of before, but this week I’ve got a real treat for you all as I welcome back a returning guest, that you absolutely will recognise! I only need to begin saying this person’s name and I know many of you will be delighted to hear that on the podcast this week I’m speaking with Gardener’s World favourite, the wonderful Frances Tophill.

I first spoke to Frances just a little over two years ago and its fair to say a lot has happened to her since then and thankfully we sat down to discuss it all, in this feature length episode! This is one I know you’re going to thoroughly enjoy, so sit down, grab yourself a brew and listen along!

If you’d like to see more from Frances then you can follow her on Instagram where you’ll her as @francestophill.

Frances’s upcoming gardening book for children, called How To Grow A Garden is due out at the end of February next year and is available to pre-order at Waterstones and all good booksellers.

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Matt Spracklen - Rock and Roll....and Birds!

10 november 2024 | 52 min

🐦This week we're we're bird watching!

Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.

We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.

Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.

Enticing, encouraging and bringing wildlife in our gardens is a key part of gardening, and birds are a huge part of that. However, if you’re anything like I am, you’ll also really have no idea what you’re doing at all when it comes to looking after them properly and giving them what they need. Thankfully my guest this week does and he’s sharing it all with us in detail. Matt Spracklen, otherwise known on Instagram, as @rocknrollbirder has a huge interest in birds and through his popular Instagram page, shares the comings and goings of the birds in not only his garden, but also from nature reserves and all around the country. This is an informative episode, packed with advice and thoughts on how you can attract even more birds into your own garden, enjoy!

I’d also highly recommend Matt’s podcast also called Rock n Roll Birder where you can join him by listening to a weekly birdwatching walk, complete with special guests.

If you’d like to encourage an even wider variety of birds in your garden then do try Peckish Complete Seed Mix. Crafted to be 100% edible, with all husks removed. This ensures that no feed goes to waste, offering maximum nourishment to wild birds in your garden. By including a variety of seeds, this mix caters to the preferences of different birds, making your garden a hotspot for a wide variety from Robins, to tits and from chaffinches to thrushes.

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Kate Bradbury - One Garden Against The World

3 november 2024 | 44 min

🐛 This week we're working with wildlife!

Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.

We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.

Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.

We spend our time, as gardeners, beautifying our green spaces, adding flowers and plants to create a haven for us and our families. But what about the wildlife around us too? How can we encourage more of it to make our gardens their homes also? My guest this week knows all about that very topic and thankfully we’ve got lots of tips to share with you. Kate Bradbury is a wildlife expert and in fact, she’s also the wildlife editor of Gardener’s World magazine too so you’ll be glad to know we’re in safe hands!

Kate has written numerous books on gardening for wildlife including her latest, One Garden Against The World, which we delve into deeper, here. Enjoy!

If you’d like to find out more about Kate then you can follow her Instagram @kategbradbury. Kate’s latest book, One Garden Against The World is out now from Bloomsbury and can be found in all good bookshops, online and in your local library too.

You can vote for One Garden Against The World in the People’s Book Prize by visiting People’sBookPrize.com now!

If you’d like to help encourage more wildlife into your own garden then why not create even the smallest patch of wildflowers with Unwins Nature’s Haven Easy Wildflowers Mix! This ideal blend of wildflower seeds and sowing granules brings vibrant colours and valuable wildlife into your garden. Just scatter it around and enjoy a beautiful wildflower display—effortlessly!

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Huw Richards - The Permaculture Garden!

26 oktober 2024 | 57 min

🌱 This week we're talking about working with nature!

Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.

We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.

Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.

Our gardens connect us with nature, more than we might even realise. Some of us grow edibles either through necessity or for enjoyment, and others fill their growing spaces with ornamentals instead, but we all share the common joy of growing through one form or another. But someone who I know who is connected to nature perhaps more than anyone else I know is permaculturalist, Huw Richards.

Huw has spent his time sharing how he grows and exactly how he does that in tandem with nature. In this episode we discuss the key principles of permaculture, what it means and so much more. Enjoy!

If you’d like to find out more about Huw then do make sure to follow him on Instagram where you’ll find him as @huwsgarden. Huw’s latest book ‘The Self Sufficiency Garden’ is out now from DK and his upcoming book ‘The Permaculture Garden’ is scheduled to be released in March 2025.

If listening to Huw has given you the bug to get serious with veg then I’d highly recommend you try out Westland’s Organic Vegetable Plant Food. A feed that provides every essential nutrient to boost your vegetable garden growth! No matter what your growing space is like, whether you have just a few pots, a single raised bed, a grow-bag or even a whole allotment, feeding your plants will give you an abundance of stronger, healthier and tastier vegetables while at the same time prevent disease too!

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Mitch McCulloch - The Seed Hunter

19 oktober 2024 | 38 min

🌱 This week we're talking about seeds!

Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.

We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.

Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.

There are few things more exciting in the gardening world than the sheer plethora of seeds that we have at our disposal. We walk in a garden centre and the ranges on offer are overwhelming but what if I told you that there are thousands upon thousands more than all of these too?

One man who has made it his personal mission to hunt out and find the rare and unusual, the strange and the unique, is Mitch McCulloch, otherwise known as @mitch_grows. Mitch has now also charted his travels and discoveries in an extraordinary new book, which we go into detail on here. Listen along for that, and much more. Enjoy!

If you’d like to find out more about Mitch then do make sure to follow him on Instagram where you’ll find him as @mitch_grows. Mitch’s book ‘The Seed Hunter’ is out now from DK and is available from all good bookshops.

To get you set for seed sowing success, then make sure to use Westland’s John Innes Seed Sowing Compost. Naturally peat free, its perfect for bringing seeds to life for fast as well as healthy germination. Enriched with vermiculite to retain moisture and nutrients, it also feeds for the first three weeks. John Innes Seed Compost also contains sand for excellent drainage as well as coir and loam for perfect nutrient and moisture retention

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Rosy Hardy - Plantswoman extraordinaire!

12 oktober 2024 | 49 min

🌼 This week its all about the plants!

Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.

We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.

Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.

Often we hear the terms ‘plantsman’ or ‘plantswoman’ or even ‘plantsperson’ but what makes someone a plantsperson? I’m not here to define that, but I know someone who is the perfect embodiment of that term and that is the wonderful Rosy Hardy. Rosy is fountain of knowledge, passion and expertise when it comes to plants, but in particular herbaceous perennials to be precise.

Rosy, one half of the duo behind Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants, shares so much with us in this episode, including her insights into the year we’ve just experienced and just what we can do to think more about what our plants might need next year! Enjoy!

If you’d like to see more from Rosy then you can follow her on Instagram at @rosyhardygardening and you’ll find her on Instagram under the same name also. Do make sure to also seek out Hardy’s plants online at hardysplants.co.uk where you’ll be able to buy the very best perennials and find out more about those events include guest speaker David Hurrion and those last few tickets for the wreath making workshops too.

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Carmen Rosten .... from Stihl!

5 oktober 2024 | 37 min

🪚 Let's talk garden power tools!

Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.

We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.

Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.

When we garden, we use our hands, our minds and our bodies to work on the land and with the nature around us. Using tools and equipment to help us to do that quicker and easier is a vital part of enjoying more time to be in the garden. When it comes to power tools, there is one company that always comes to mind and that is German born, STIHL.

STIHL have been pioneers in power tools for over 90 years year now, working with both professionals and the amateur or home gardener, creating innovative battery and corded tools that just get the job done. In this episode I talk to STIHL GB’s E-commerce and Content Manager, Carmen Rosten. Carmen tells us all about the history of STIHL, just why they do what they do and she even lets slip what her favourite tool ever is….enjoy!

If you’d like to see more from STIHL then you can find them on Instagram at @stihlgb and do make sure to have a look at their YouTube Channel for all sorts of tool videos and also those Timbersports videos too! You’ll find them on YouTube also as STIHL GB

If you’re out in the garden this week and you’re looking for the perfect autumnal job then why not pot up some bulbs to give you colour all spring long? Fill your pots with Westland’s Bulb Planting & Potting Mix, which is a specially blended peat free compost. It has added zinc complex that naturally supports plant health for an abundance of stronger, healthier bulbs and vibrant flowers. It also contains grit to ensure there is free drainage with the perfect balance of nutrients, so you’ll have stunning vibrant displays come spring next year..

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Jonny Balchandani - The Bearded Plantaholic!

28 september 2024 | 54 min

🪴Think week we've taken things indoors...

Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.

We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.

Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.

Now, when we use the word gardening, we all instantly think of the great outdoors and flowers and lawns but for this week’s conversation, we’re taking things indoors and into an indoor jungle to be precise! In my opinion, gardening is something you can do indoors or outdoors and houseplants are just indoor gardening!

Once a houseplant killer, I am now confidently keeping all of mine alive and that is largely due to wonderful advice and help from an excellent houseplant expert. Jonny Balchandani, otherwise known as The Bearded Plantaholic, is one of the most entertaining, but also knowledgeable people that I know and if you’ve not seen him before then you’re in for a huge treat! In this episode, we talk about how his jungle began, where it began and a huge thing that hes got coming up that you’re not going to want to miss!

And, I will warn you – this episode does contain a considerable amount of spicy language and swearing…

If you’d like to see more from Jonny, then you should head over to Instagram and follow him now, where you can find him as @thebeardedplantaholic! Jonny is going is charting his new houseplant exploits with the huge lorry container, over on his YouTube channel too, where you can find him once again as The Bearded Plantaholic.

If listening to Jonny has given you the push you needed to get stuck in with houseplants too or if you just want to give your existing collection a boost then do try some of Westland’s Houseplant Care range. With a wide range of indoor potting mixes and feeds that guarantee superb results, regardless of experience or ability. Including nutrient rich feeds and specially blended potting mixes, you’ll have everything you need for growing the very best orchids, cacti, succulents, bonsai, citrus plants and more - Westland have you covered.

Westland also understands that nurturing houseplants can sometimes be challenging, so they’ve created an online houseplant hub, packed full of expert guidance and product advice to help you cultivate a thriving indoor jungle. From videos on propagation and repotting, to articles on pet-friendly houseplants, check it out at gardenhealth.com/houseplant-hub

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Lucy Chamberlain - The Life Of A Former Head Gardener

21 september 2024 | 47 min

👩‍🌾 This week we're stepping into the shoes of a head gardener!

Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.

We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.

Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.

The life of a home gardener is one that we all know too well, and no matter how large our gardens we all follow a similar story each year. But do you ever think about what it might be like to be the head gardener of an estate or home? I often have and that’s what lead me to my guest on the podcast this week. Lucy Chamberlain is a garden writer, public speaker and plant expert, but she also just happens to be a former head gardener too! In this episode we talk about the day-to-day life of a head gardener, what it entails and just how attached you can get to a garden under your care! Enjoy!

If you’d like to see more from Lucy, then you can follow her on Instagram where you’ll find her as @lucychamberlaingardens. You’ll also likely see Lucy at garden shows up and down the country, giving the very best plant advice and also tours of the garden too. Lucy’s first book Step-by-Step Veg Patch is available to buy from all good booksellers and Lucy’s upcoming book, also with the RHS, called Grow Food Anywhere is out on 2nd January 2025 and you can pre-order that now from Waterstones

If listening to Lucy has inspired you to grow your own veg over the coming seasons then give yours the best chance by using Westland’s Organic Vegetable Plant Food! A specially tailored feed that provides all the essential nutrients to boost vegetable growth. Whether in a raised bed or planter, a grow bag or even in the ground; feed your crops weekly to help prevent disease and give you an abundance of stronger, healthier, tastier vegetables.

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Becky Searle - Lets Talk About Soil!

14 september 2024 | 53 min

🪱🍄‍🟫 This week we’re discussing soil, soil health and the importance of proper mulching!

Welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.

We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.

Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.

When we learn to garden, we start with the real basics – how to sow a seed, which plants work well in our gardens and so much more (theres a pun there if you keep listening…). But one thing that we know to be true, is that we need to look after your soil and in return our soil will look after our plants. And theres no one I’d trust more when it comes to advice on soil health than ecologist and soil expert, Becky Searle, otherwise known as Sow Much More on Instagram. In this episode, Becky shares all about why our soil is important, what we can do to improve and exactly how we can go about doing it. This is a really informative episode and one that is going to get your improving your soil with ease! Enjoy!

If you’d like to see more from Becky then you can find her on Instagram as @Sow_Much_More. Becky is also available for talks at garden shows and clubs too and you’ll find out more about that and how to contact her, via her website sowmuchmore.co.uk

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Leigh Johnstone - The Beardy Gardener!

7 september 2024 | 39 min

Hello, and welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.

We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.

Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.

Our gardens are all wildly different, from small spaces full to the brim with flowers and edibles, to sprawling acres with lakes and meadows and balconies, courtyards or even just a few pots. But, no matter the size, shape or contents, our gardens all give us such physical and mental benefits in equal measure, and my guest this week is all too aware of the magical properties a garden can hold. Leigh Johnstone, perhaps better known as The Beardy Gardener, is indeed a gardener, but hes also a mental health advocate and now an award winning garden designer too. For the last few years, Leigh has shared the highs and the lows on his popular social media channels and his posts present a refreshing account of all sides of our daily lives, the good, the bad, the rough and the smooth. In this episode, we discuss how The Beardy Gardener came to be and exactly why his garden is his safe space. Enjoy!

If you’d like to see more of Leigh’s and the adventures of beardy himself, then you can follow him on Instagram where you’ll find him as @beardygardener. Leigh is also a regular speaker at garden shows up and down the country so do seek out his website beardygardener.com, for where you may be able to see him next.

Also, why not boost your garden, as well as your mood with Westland’s Boost, All Purpose Liquid Plant Feed. You can achieve four times more blooms, giving you an even more stunning floral display and an abundance of healthy fruit and veg too. Using its unique Plantsense™ technology, Boost will feed all ornamental and ericaceous plants, plus all fruit and vegetables and give you incredible results.

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Niall Radford - King Of The Tomatoes!

1 september 2024 | 44 min

Hello, and welcome to Tales From The Potting Bench, a planty podcast where you’ll hear all manner of stories from knowledgeable, passionate and invaluable people who love plants as much as you and I.

We’re here at the monumental 7th season of the podcast and thanks to you, the listeners, we’re back with even more guests and this season promises to be even bigger, even better and with even more planty goodness! This season I'm focussing on those people who really know what they're talking about in a series of episodes I'm calling 'Experts In Their Field'.

Along with a brand-new season, is a brand-new sponsor, and I’m thrilled to share that I’m joined for season 7 by the powerhouse of the plant world, Westland Horticulture. Westland are dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools to help every gardener give it their best, season after season. Great gardening starts with great compost, and Westland has a trusted range of composts for your every gardening need, from giving your baskets and containers the best start in life filling your vegetable patch with nutrients ahead of a bountiful season.

In the first episode of this new season, I wanted to invite someone that I’ve known for a while now, through social media and someone who is going to absolutely help you grow the best tomatoes you’ve ever grown in your life. I’ve dabbled, sometimes good, and sometimes bad, but one thing is for sure, home-grown tomatoes are far superior to any you’ll eat from a shop and Niall Radford has become a master at the art of the perfect tom! From a simple beginning with one particular unique variety, more on that later, to now growing over 150 tomato plants of his own this year – it’s fair to say that Niall knows what he’s talking about and in this episode he shares his exact method for growing, including when to sow, how to sow, and what to do next! This is one you’re going to want to listen to, and maybe even make a few notes on too. Enjoy!

If you’d like to see more of Niall’s interesting toms, including his growing setup and much more, then do follow him on Instagram where you’ll find him as @niallradford. As mentioned in the conversation, Niall also sells seeds of the best tomatoes available, directly from his own fruits, and you’ll find all the details of that at nrtomatoseed.com

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Daisy Payne - Start Growing!

8 juni 2024 | 43 min

Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'!

Throughout this season we’ve featured all sorts of women from all sorts of plant backgrounds and in this final episode of the season we’re going into the world of TV! As long as I can remember, there has been gardening on the TV and as a little nipper I remember seeing segments on daytime shows with plants and garden tips. One person who shares their expertise and passion for gardening on one such show is Daisy Payne, gardening expert from ITV’s This Morning, my guest for this episode.

Daisy is a presenter, gardener and now author, with her first book being JUST published. In this episode we discuss the book, This Morning and much more, enjoy!

You can find out more about Daisy, by following her on Instagram where you’ll her as @gardentogarnish. Daisy’s new book ‘Start Growing’ is out now from ebury press and is available in all good bookshops!

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Hannah Shaw - Co-founder of 'Hota'

1 juni 2024 | 33 min

Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'!

Gardening to lots of us – is a dream, something we spend hours doing, and in the process we’ve all taught ourselves so much. But, cast your mind back to when you first started gardening, did you know what to do and how to do it? I certainly didn’t and at first, I had no idea at all. In this episode I’m talking to landscape architect and co-founder of the new gardening app, Hota – Hannah Shaw. Hota aims to help gardeners, new and old alike, with creating new beds and borders in their gardens, with plant suggestions, design tips and maintenance advice right across the year. This app is about to change the way lots of us might garden, and I was interested to hear more about it, and I hope you are too.

You can find out more about Hota, by following them on Instagram where you’ll find them as @hota_app. You can download Hota now on the Apple App Store for iPhone and other versions are in the planning stages too!

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Kelly-Jane Leach - Dirty Garden Hoe!

25 maj 2024 | 48 min

Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! Through social media, I’ve found a number of people that have since gone on to be incredible friends of mine, and my guest this week is one of those people. Kelly-Jane Leach, is a gardener, trained horticulturalist, writer, designer and influencer, and is perhaps better known by her online moniker, Dirty Garden Hoe. Kelly’s day to day focusses on the work she does with the trial garden at Which Magazine, which you can see her sharing through her social channels. In this episode we talk about all of that, and the kinship we’ve found through gardening, and so much more, enjoy!

You can find out more from Kelly through Instagram and Twitter where you'll find her sharing her work and her gardening adventures!

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Anne Swithinbank - Gardening Royalty!

17 maj 2024 | 34 min

Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! Often, within gardening – we’re surrounded by so much knowledge that it's tough to know where to start! For me, when I found my love of gardening there was one place that informed me perhaps more than anywhere else and that was BBC Radio 4’s Gardener’s Question Time. In this week’s episode I’m joined by the longest serving member of the panel, writer and houseplant expert Anne Swithinbank. Anne has been on GQT for over 30 years now, and she’s enjoyed every second of her time so we’ve got plenty to talk about here. Anne shares her tales of GQT, how our attitudes to gardening have changed over time and much more.

You can find out more from Anne by following her on Instagram and Twitter or X where you’ll find her on both as @anneswithinbank.

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Katie Rushworth - Love Your Garden!

11 maj 2024 | 24 min

Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! Have you ever watched Love Your Garden and wondered whether they actually do it in the time they say they do? Or, have you ever thought whether the neighbours want to get involved? Well in this week’s episode we answer those exact questions as I talk with presenter, designer and garden consultant, Katie Rushworth. In this episode we also talk about what garden trends Katie thinks we could still see happen this year and so much more, enjoy!

You can find out more from Katie by following her on Instagram where you’ll find her as @katie_gardens. Katie’s website, katierushworth.com is where you can find out about the rest of Katie’s garden work and how you can book your own consultation.

The Cottage Herbery that Katie mentioned in this episode has sadly now closed its doors, but they are still active on Instagram where you’ll be able to find them as @thecottageherbery
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Kim Stoddart - Resilient Gardening!

4 maj 2024 | 35 min

Alice Hare - Fabulous Florals!

27 april 2024 | 35 min

Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! So many of us grow so many wonderful flowers in our gardens and on our allotments, and if you’re anything like me then you’ll cut a great deal to bring indoors. But, there is a difference between simply cutting and plonking (like I do!) and artistically arranging them into eye catching and beautiful displays with the skill that only a florist can have. Alice Hare is a luxury event florist extraordinaire and not only that, she can also boast being a florist for none other than ITV’s This Morning too. Join me and Alice as we talk about our favourite blooms, why it was floristry that called her and much more, enjoy!

You can find out more from Alice by following her on Instagram where you’ll find her as @alicehareflorist. You may also see her popping up on ITV’s This Morning from time to time too, so keep your eyes peeled!

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Sophie Van Gerwen - Floral Days In The Shires!

20 april 2024 | 31 min

Lucy Hutchings - She Grows Veg!

14 april 2024 | 50 min

Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! Throughout this season I’ve spoken to and will speak to many people who started their working life, without even a thought given to plants from the start. However, they have found gardening and the joy of plants slightly later in life and as a secondary career and my guest this week did exactly that. Lucy Hutchings, otherwise known as She Grows Veg on social media is known both for her beautiful Instagram page and also now, her heritage seed company. In this episode, we discuss how Lucy and Monty aren’t all that dissimilar, why she loves veg so much and much more. We also do a bit of a deep dive into social media too which lots of you will find quite interesting too. Enjoy!

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Nicola Hope - Gardening Organically!

7 april 2024 | 45 min

Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! What happens when you just know that gardening is your future? Well, you find yourself a job working for our future king of course! And that’s essentially what happened to my guest this week! Nicola Hope started her life in gardening by working at Highgrove, the then home of Princes Charles. From the age of 15 she worked there, on and off during school holidays and since then has gone on to work in other high profile gardens and has developed a huge passion for organic gardening in particular. In our conversation we discuss Highgrove, working for the singer Sting and much more, enjoy!

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Advolly Richmond - History and Flowers!

31 mars 2024 | 38 min

Rosie Irving - Garden Rescue and Beyond!

25 mars 2024 | 47 min

Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in Plants'! Sometimes we gain inspiration from the gardens around us, from the books we read, and also from the television we watch. We’re lucky to have so many wonderful gardening television programmes now, and one such show is the sensational Garden Rescue. Rosie Irving is one of the producers on that programme and in this episode today, we discuss all the behind the scenes goings-on with what it takes to make the show. Rosie is also a complete font of knowledge when it comes to plants in general, so this is an episode you won't want to miss, enjoy!

You can find out more from Rosie by following her on Instagram @rosieposieirving and if you’d like to check out one of the TOD tours (which I’d highly recommend from personal experience) then be sure to look at michaelmarriottrosarian.org for all the details of this year’s upcoming dates. 💜 This podcast is sponsored by Plant Grow, producers of award-winning organic fertilisers made with zero chemicals. Great For your garden and even greater for the planet 💜 and don't forget to use code POTTINGBENCH on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠plantgrow.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for 10% everything on their site. 💐 Latest Diary Entry: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen/Read Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📚 Latest Book Review: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Read Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💻 My Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ☕ Join my Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📩 Email Me: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Charlotte Howard - Design, Plastic Grass and Beyond!

18 mars 2024 | 34 min

Pippa Greenwood - Grow Your Own!

11 mars 2024 | 33 min

Jekka McVicar - Queen Of Herbs

4 mars 2024 | 35 min

Season 6 - Trailer!

25 februari 2024 | 2 min

Keith Weed - President of the RHS

18 december 2023 | 35 min

Keith Weed - President of the RHS

Hello and welcome! Well, here we are at the last episode of season 5 of the podcast and I thought we’d go out with a bit of a bang!

In this week’s episode I’m joined by someone with the most apt name possible for the role that they undertake. You’ll no doubt be familiar with the Royal Horticultural Society, the work they do and the gardens that they keep and this week I’m talking to their President, Keith Weed. Keith talks to me about his passion for horticulture, his own personal garden and all of his other many exciting interests. And, he might just reveal his favourite RHS garden, although that is a little like choosing your favourite child!

If you’d like to find out more about the RHS then you can visit rhs.org.uk. And don't forget, you can follow along with Keith on social media where you'll find him on Instagram @keithweed and also on Twitter/X where he's also as @keithweed.

Gosh, so we’ve arrived at the end of another monumental season of the podcast, with wonderful guests, conversations and insights into the minds and thoughts of some of gardening’s most well known and lesser well known characters and faces. Over 5 seasons we’ve delved deep into their inspirations for what they do, no matter their role. Designers, gardeners, writers, presenters, social media sensations, houseplant aficionados and more – all with a common passion for one thing, plants.

I’m thrilled to say that plans are already afoot for season 6 and I’ll be back in the new year with that and much more.

As always, thank you for listening, subscribing, reviewing and supporting this podcast and helping it become a chart topping success. Without you, the listeners, this is nothing – and thankfully, because of you – this is very much something.

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Faye Whitley - To BEE or not to BEE?!

11 december 2023 | 40 min

Tom Coleman - Sip, Sow...Grow!

4 december 2023 | 40 min

Tom Coleman - Sip, Sow...Grow!

Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know

In this week’s episode, I’m in conversation with a wonderful friend and without a doubt the person that I know the best out of all of my previous guests. Someone I’ve spent a tremendous amount of time with this year, as we’ve drove up and down the country to and from every single garden show on offer. With all of that in mind, you’ll be unsurprised that my guest this week with the social media guru and Instagram wizard, Tom Coleman. Tom knows EVERYTHING there is to know about Instagram but he’s also a mean gardener too and a dahlia expert to boot! This year has arguably been one of the best ever for Tom, as he’s started a new business, hosted his own podcast and so much more, so let’s dive in!

If you’d like to find out more from Tom then you can follow him on Instagram where you’ll find him as @imtomcoleman. You can also listen to Tom’s podcast on all major podcast apps and websites by searching for ‘Sip and Sow’.

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Alan Gardner - The Autistic Gardener!

27 november 2023 | 52 min

Alan Gardner - The Autistic Gardener!

Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know

In this week’s episode, I’m talking to someone that you possibly might not know, but you’ll be oh so glad that you do by the end of the episode. My guest is a gardener by name and a gardener by nature, at this point some of you will have guessed that this week my guest is the truly unique Alan Gardner. Known by most over on Twitter and also on Instagram as @autisticgardner. Alan is a garden designer, a TV presenter and is perhaps most well known for his TV show ‘The Autistic Gardener’ which aired for two seasons on Channel 4 between 2015 and 2017. In this conversation we discuss Alan’s 40 designs at Hampton Court, Chelsea and Tatton Park, among others and how Alan embraces his Asperger’s Syndrome to create the most diverse designs around. Enjoy!

If you’d like to find out more from Alan then you can follow him on Instagram and Twitter, but be warned, he is quite formidable on Twitter and he won’t mind me saying that!!

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Dave Goulson - Where to Begin with Bees!

20 november 2023 | 39 min

JP Clark - Life, Loves and Gardening!

13 november 2023 | 38 min

JP Clark - Life, Loves and Gardening!

Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know

In this week’s episode, I’m joined by probably one of my favourite people from Instagram. Someone who brings joy, entertainment, laughs, and just good fun to everything he does. My guest this week fuses wonderful interior inspiration with gardening prowess and ideas to keep your mind flowing, all the while doing so with a smile. I am of course talking about the sensational JP Clark, otherwise known on Instagram as @jpslifeandloves.

JP is a hairdresser by trade but he’s also created a space on his Instagram page where he shares the joys of his house and his beautiful garden in equal measure. He’s amassed a dedicated following and if you’re following him already then you’ll know why, if you’re not – then you really should be. So sit down, get yourself a glass of something and listen along, enjoy!

Do make sure you follow along with JP over on his Instagram page, and don’t forget to click the link in his bio to read his Substack newsletter too!

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Helen Cross - Grow, Cook, Inspire!

6 november 2023 | 34 min

Helen Cross - Grow, Cook, Inspire!

Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know

In this week’s episode, we’re bringing it back to basics and understanding the fundamentals of why we should be getting children gardening! This week I’m joined by gardener, writer and RHS School Gardening Champion, Helen Cross. Helen is a passionate about bringing gardening to the forefront of the curriculum but she’s also impassioned about something else too growing your own food and creating delicious meals with those ingredients! In this conversation we talk in depth about Helen’s book ‘Grow, Cook, Inspire’ – a book dedicated to the highs and lows of seasonal growing!

If you’d like to find out more from Helen then you can follow her on Instagram @grow_cook_inspire and you’ll also find more information on her website growcookinspire.com. Helen’s book also called ‘Grow, Cook, Inspire’ is available online and in all good bookshops.

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Joe Bagley - The Houseplant Doctor!

30 oktober 2023 | 38 min

Joe Bagley - The Houseplant Doctor calls!

Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know

In this week’s episode, we’re bringing things indoors and exploring an urban jungle and its owner, somewhere near Leicester. There is no denying that houseplants have BOOMED over the last few years (thanks, in part to the covid lockdowns) but someone who was way ahead of the curve there is ‘The Houseplant Doctor ™’ Joe Bagley, otherwise known on Instagram as @ukhouseplants

Joe is a houseplant expert, avid collector and public speaker on all things houseplants and he joined me this week to discuss how this all started for him and how one website used to call him Jungle Boy! Listen along now and dive into a world of indoor growing!

If you’d like to find out more from Joe then you can follow him on Instagram @ukhouseplants and you’ll also find endless information on his website www.ukhouseplants.com

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Sue Kent - Gardener's World and Beyond...

22 oktober 2023 | 32 min

Sue Kent - Gardener's World and Beyond...

Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know

In this week’s episode I’m ticking off another person from my ever-growing list of ‘presenters from Gardener’s World that have appeared on the podcast’. This week I had the huge pleasure of talking with the supremely wonderful, Sue Kent. Sue discusses how everything began with Gardener’s World and how that turned into something huge for her.

I’ve known Sue for a while now, but this was the first chance we had to sit down and record something for the podcast. This is one of my favourite conversations so far, so I hope you enjoy it too!

Sue’s new book ‘Garden Notes’ is out now and is available from Sue’s website (www.suekent.com) and from all good book retailers too. Do make sure to follow along with Sue on Instagram too where you can find her as @suekentathome.

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The Potting Bench Diaries - 18th October 2023

17 oktober 2023 | 4 min

Chris Jesson - Make Gardening Groovy Again!

15 oktober 2023 | 47 min

Lizzie Schofield - A Garden On A Cliffside In Scotland

8 oktober 2023 | 29 min

The Potting Bench Diaries is back!!

3 oktober 2023 | 4 min

Ramona Jones - Living In A World Inspired by Beatrix Potter...

1 oktober 2023 | 20 min

Jenny Williams - Creating 'The Laundry Garden'

24 september 2023 | 26 min

Kim Stoddart - How Climate Change is Effecting Our WHOLE Garden

17 september 2023 | 46 min

Gil Melham - Plants....aplenty! And some huge news...

10 september 2023 | 36 min

Arthur Parkinson - Gardening, Hens, Bees and Flamingos?

3 september 2023 | 55 min

Arthur Parkinson - Gardening, Hens, Bees and Flamingos?

Hello and welcome back to a brand new season - we’re back for a whopping fifth season of the podcast with new guests and brand new stories and conversations with some people you will definitely know, and some people you’ll come to know

Now we’re kicking this season off with a huge guest and someone I’ve wanted to talk to since the podcast first began. This week I’m joined by writer and gardener and someone who describes their Instagram page as being full of gardening, hens, bees and flamingos, the wonderful Arthur Parkinson. In this extra special, longer episode, we discuss Arthur’s introduction to gardening, his unique approach and how his style is completely changing as everything around us also changes. And, we discuss Arthur’s upcoming new book!

If you'd like to pre-order Arthur's upcoming book 'Planting A Paradise' then you can do that by clicking here. The book is due to be released on 12th October 2023 and is bound to be full of all of the wonderful things that Arthur discussed with me in this episode.

Don't forget, you can find Arthur on Instagram @arthurparkinson_⁠ for all of that Gardening, Hens, Bees and Flamingos goodness.

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The Potting Bench Diaries - 30th August 2023

30 augusti 2023 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 23rd August 2023

22 augusti 2023 | 4 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 16th August 2023

16 augusti 2023 | 4 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 9th August 2023

8 augusti 2023 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 2nd August 2023

1 augusti 2023 | 4 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 19th July 2023

18 juli 2023 | 4 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 5th July 2023

4 juli 2023 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 28th June 2023

27 juni 2023 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 20th June 2023

20 juni 2023 | 3 min

Alan Titchmarsh at Gardener's World Live!

16 juni 2023 | 8 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 14th June 2023

13 juni 2023 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 7th June 2023

6 juni 2023 | 3 min

James from Plant Surge - Harnessing the Power of Lightning

1 juni 2023 | 20 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 31st May 2023

30 maj 2023 | 3 min

Charlie from Leon Boots - Why These are Boots are Different!

25 maj 2023 | 21 min

Alice Vincent - 'How Gardening Creeps in When We're Least Expecting It'

21 maj 2023 | 38 min

Adam Frost and Arit Anderson at RHS Malvern Spring Festival

18 maj 2023 | 10 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 17th May 2023

16 maj 2023 | 3 min

Danny Clarke - 'The Black Gardener'

15 maj 2023 | 37 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 10th May 2023

9 maj 2023 | 3 min

Patrick Vernuccio - The Frenchie Gardener!

7 maj 2023 | 25 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 3rd May 2023

2 maj 2023 | 3 min

Andrew Timothy O'Brien - Hands In The Dirt!

30 april 2023 | 35 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 26th April 2023 (with Farmer Gracy)

25 april 2023 | 4 min

Emma Jo Real-Davies - Gardener, Presenter and Instagram Legend!

23 april 2023 | 33 min

Bonus Episode: A preview for the RHS Malvern Spring Festival!

20 april 2023 | 13 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 19th April 2023

18 april 2023 | 3 min

Jane Perrone - Houseplant Royalty!

16 april 2023 | 34 min

Garden Book Review - 'The Seasoned Gardener' by Liz Zorab

13 april 2023 | 4 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 12th April 2023

11 april 2023 | 3 min

Liz Zorab - The Seasoned Gardener

9 april 2023 | 26 min

Garden Book Review - 'Not Another Jungle' by Tony Le-Britton

6 april 2023 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 5th April 2023

4 april 2023 | 3 min

Tony Le-Britton - Not Another Jungle??

2 april 2023 | 27 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 29th March 2023

28 mars 2023 | 3 min

Lee Burkhill - Garden Ninja's Assemble!

26 mars 2023 | 32 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 22nd March 2023

22 mars 2023 | 3 min

Ann-Marie Powell - Creating a Real Garden...

20 mars 2023 | 31 min

Garden Book Review - 'Ranunculus' by Naomi Slade

17 mars 2023 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 15th March 2023

15 mars 2023 | 3 min

Naomi Slade - For The Love Of Plants!

13 mars 2023 | 33 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 8th March 2023

8 mars 2023 | 3 min

Miranda Janantka - From Kew to Gardener's World

6 mars 2023 | 22 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 1st March 2023

1 mars 2023 | 4 min

Ben Cross - British Flowers Rock (Back For More)

27 februari 2023 | 34 min

Garden Book Review - 'A Plant For Every Day Of The Year’ by Philip Clayton

24 februari 2023 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 22nd February 2023

22 februari 2023 | 4 min

Stephanie Hafferty - Myth Busting, No-Dig

20 februari 2023 | 29 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 15th February 2023

15 februari 2023 | 4 min

Rekha Mistry - Growing Your Own Kitchen Garden

13 februari 2023 | 22 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 8th February 2023

8 februari 2023 | 4 min

Andrew Perry - Urban Herbs, Urban Growing

6 februari 2023 | 31 min

Garden Book Review - 'Rekha's Kitchen Garden' by Rekha Mistry

3 februari 2023 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 1st February 2023

1 februari 2023 | 4 min

Garden Book Review - 'To Stand And Stare' by Andrew Timothy O'Brien

27 januari 2023 | 4 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 25th January 2023

25 januari 2023 | 3 min

Garden Book Review - 'No-Dig Children's Gardening Book' by Charles Dowding

20 januari 2023 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 18th January 2023

18 januari 2023 | 4 min

Garden Book Review - 'A Flower A Day' by Miranda Janatka

13 januari 2023 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 11th January 2023

11 januari 2023 | 3 min

Garden Book Review - 'Grasping The Nettle' by Tamsin Westhorpe

6 januari 2023 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 4th January 2023

4 januari 2023 | 3 min

Garden Book Review - 'Hortus Curious' by Mr Plant Geek

30 december 2022 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 28th December 2022

28 december 2022 | 4 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 21st December 2022

21 december 2022 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 14th December 2022

14 december 2022 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 7th December 2022

7 december 2022 | 3 min

Mark Lane - Broadcaster, Writer, Designer!

4 december 2022 | 27 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 30th November 2022

30 november 2022 | 3 min

James Smith - Young Designer!

28 november 2022 | 21 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 24th November 2022

24 november 2022 | 3 min

Laetitia Maklouf - The Five Minute Garden!

21 november 2022 | 26 min

Garden Book Review - 'Pots' by Harriet Rycroft

18 november 2022 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 16th November 2022

16 november 2022 | 3 min

Sarah Gerrard-Jones - The Plant Rescuer!

14 november 2022 | 25 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 9th November 2022

9 november 2022 | 3 min

Jimi Blake - Gardening for yourself (and your mind)!

4 november 2022 | 24 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 2nd November 2022

2 november 2022 | 3 min

Simon Lycett - Beautiful Blooms across the globe!

31 oktober 2022 | 27 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 26th October 2022

26 oktober 2022 | 2 min

Lachlan Rae - Searching For The Best Gardens!

24 oktober 2022 | 27 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 19th October 2022

19 oktober 2022 | 3 min

Tamsin Westhorpe - Grasping The Nettle?

17 oktober 2022 | 30 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 12th October 2022

12 oktober 2022 | 3 min

Frances Tophill - The Modern Gardener!

10 oktober 2022 | 14 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 5th October 2022

4 oktober 2022 | 3 min

Josie Lewis - Inside Sarah Raven's 'Perch Hill'!

3 oktober 2022 | 22 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 28th September 2022

28 september 2022 | 3 min

Manoj Malde - From Fashion to Passion?

26 september 2022 | 31 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 21st September 2022

20 september 2022 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 14th September 2022

14 september 2022 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 7th September 2022

7 september 2022 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 3rd August 2022

3 augusti 2022 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 26th July 2022

27 juli 2022 | 3 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 6th July 2022

6 juli 2022 | 3 min

1️⃣3️⃣ Charles Dowding - To Dig or Not to Dig...?

4 juli 2022 | 32 min

IT'S BACK! - (Mini Episode) - The Potting Bench Diaries - 29th June 2022

28 juni 2022 | 3 min

1️⃣2️⃣ Daisy Upton - Gardening with (or without!) kids!

27 juni 2022 | 26 min

BONUS - Joe Swift at Gardener's World Live 2022

18 juni 2022 | 7 min

(Mini Episode) - The Potting Bench Diaries - 15th June 2022

15 juni 2022 | 3 min

1️⃣1️⃣ Matthew Pottage - Wisley and beyond!

13 juni 2022 | 32 min

(Mini Episode) - The Potting Bench Diaries - 1st June 2022

31 maj 2022 | 3 min

🔟 Michael Marriott - The Rose Expert!

30 maj 2022 | 27 min

(Mini Episode) - The Potting Bench Diaries - 25th May 2022

24 maj 2022 | 3 min

9️⃣ Jean Vernon - Addicted To Bees!

23 maj 2022 | 25 min

(Mini Episode) - The Potting Bench Diaries - 18th May 2022

17 maj 2022 | 4 min

8️⃣ Kenny Raybould - Prince Of Plants

16 maj 2022 | 25 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 11th May 2022

10 maj 2022 | 3 min

7️⃣ Sam Corfield - Sow, Grow, Gather

9 maj 2022 | 27 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 4th May 2022

3 maj 2022 | 3 min

6️⃣ Chris Wiley - The Sustainable Alternatives

2 maj 2022 | 24 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 27th April 2022

26 april 2022 | 3 min

5️⃣. Jo Thompson - The Gardener's Palette

24 april 2022 | 26 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 20th April 2022

20 april 2022 | 3 min

4️⃣. Mitch Grows - The Science of Organic Growing

17 april 2022 | 27 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 13th April 2022

13 april 2022 | 3 min

3️⃣. Mr Plant Geek - How it all began...

11 april 2022 | 28 min

The Potting Bench Diaries - 6th April 2022

6 april 2022 | 3 min

2️⃣. Cloud Gardener - Growing in the Sky!

4 april 2022 | 29 min

1️⃣. Claus Dalby - Bulbs, Books and Borders

28 mars 2022 | 28 min

Season 2 - Trailer

22 mars 2022 | 1 min

9. Life is a Drag! with @dragqueen_gardener

25 oktober 2021 | 54 min

8. The Joy Of Gardening with @ellenmarygardening

19 oktober 2021 | 40 min

7. Legends Of The Leaf! with @j.l.perrone

12 oktober 2021 | 40 min

BONUS - Gardening for Kids with @skinnyjeangardener

29 september 2021 | 11 min

6. British Flowers Rock! with @alstroemeriaben

27 september 2021 | 46 min

5. The Future Of Gardening with @matthewwilsongardens

20 september 2021 | 54 min

4. An Allotment Chronicle with @allotment4life

13 september 2021 | 36 min

3. Seeds, Seeds, Seeds with @therosepressgarden

6 september 2021 | 27 min

2. Garden Beginnings with @mike_thegardener

31 augusti 2021 | 30 min

1. Allotments and Teepees with @diaryofaladygardener

23 augusti 2021 | 29 min

Tales From The Potting Bench

A weekly ramble with the most diverse folk from our world of green fingers, green thumbs and dirty knees.

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Ashley Edwards - Plants For Wellbeing

Kim O'Brien - Dahlias For Days!

Roz Chandler - Farming For Flowers!

Frances Tophill - How To Grow A Garden!

Matt Spracklen - Rock and Roll....and Birds!

Kate Bradbury - One Garden Against The World

Huw Richards - The Permaculture Garden!

Mitch McCulloch - The Seed Hunter

Rosy Hardy - Plantswoman extraordinaire!

Carmen Rosten .... from Stihl!

Jonny Balchandani - The Bearded Plantaholic!

Lucy Chamberlain - The Life Of A Former Head Gardener

Becky Searle - Lets Talk About Soil!

Leigh Johnstone - The Beardy Gardener!

Niall Radford - King Of The Tomatoes!

Daisy Payne - Start Growing!

Hannah Shaw - Co-founder of 'Hota'

Kelly-Jane Leach - Dirty Garden Hoe!

Anne Swithinbank - Gardening Royalty!

Katie Rushworth - Love Your Garden!

Kim Stoddart - Resilient Gardening!

Alice Hare - Fabulous Florals!

Sophie Van Gerwen - Floral Days In The Shires!

Lucy Hutchings - She Grows Veg!

Nicola Hope - Gardening Organically!

Advolly Richmond - History and Flowers!

Rosie Irving - Garden Rescue and Beyond!

Charlotte Howard - Design, Plastic Grass and Beyond!

Pippa Greenwood - Grow Your Own!

Jekka McVicar - Queen Of Herbs

Season 6 - Trailer!

Keith Weed - President of the RHS

Faye Whitley - To BEE or not to BEE?!

Tom Coleman - Sip, Sow...Grow!

Alan Gardner - The Autistic Gardener!

Dave Goulson - Where to Begin with Bees!

JP Clark - Life, Loves and Gardening!

Helen Cross - Grow, Cook, Inspire!

Joe Bagley - The Houseplant Doctor!

Sue Kent - Gardener's World and Beyond...

The Potting Bench Diaries - 18th October 2023

Chris Jesson - Make Gardening Groovy Again!

Lizzie Schofield - A Garden On A Cliffside In Scotland

The Potting Bench Diaries is back!!

Ramona Jones - Living In A World Inspired by Beatrix Potter...

Jenny Williams - Creating 'The Laundry Garden'

Kim Stoddart - How Climate Change is Effecting Our WHOLE Garden

Gil Melham - Plants....aplenty! And some huge news...

Arthur Parkinson - Gardening, Hens, Bees and Flamingos?

The Potting Bench Diaries - 30th August 2023

The Potting Bench Diaries - 23rd August 2023

The Potting Bench Diaries - 16th August 2023

The Potting Bench Diaries - 9th August 2023

The Potting Bench Diaries - 2nd August 2023

The Potting Bench Diaries - 19th July 2023

The Potting Bench Diaries - 5th July 2023

The Potting Bench Diaries - 28th June 2023

The Potting Bench Diaries - 20th June 2023

Alan Titchmarsh at Gardener's World Live!

The Potting Bench Diaries - 14th June 2023

The Potting Bench Diaries - 7th June 2023

James from Plant Surge - Harnessing the Power of Lightning

The Potting Bench Diaries - 31st May 2023

Charlie from Leon Boots - Why These are Boots are Different!

Alice Vincent - 'How Gardening Creeps in When We're Least Expecting It'

Adam Frost and Arit Anderson at RHS Malvern Spring Festival

The Potting Bench Diaries - 17th May 2023

Danny Clarke - 'The Black Gardener'

The Potting Bench Diaries - 10th May 2023

Patrick Vernuccio - The Frenchie Gardener!

The Potting Bench Diaries - 3rd May 2023

Andrew Timothy O'Brien - Hands In The Dirt!

The Potting Bench Diaries - 26th April 2023 (with Farmer Gracy)

Emma Jo Real-Davies - Gardener, Presenter and Instagram Legend!

Bonus Episode: A preview for the RHS Malvern Spring Festival!

The Potting Bench Diaries - 19th April 2023