Scribehound Gardening

Garden writer Lia Leendertz joins host Jane Perrone to discuss gardening by the phases of the moon. Jane finds out how ancient folklore about the waxing and waning of the moon still affects the way some people garden today, and how you can join her lunar gardening experiment. You can read the article by Lia discussed in this episode here.

Lia Leendertz is creator of The Almanac, the best selling annual guide to the year, and presenter of the 'As the Season Turns' podcast.Support Lia Leendertz on Scribehound Gardening.

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Joe Swift has spent his life designing beautiful gardens, now he wants one of his own.

Designer and TV presenter Joe Swift joins host Jane Perrone to discuss his Scribehound Gardening article charting the development of his new garden in Dorset. Jane finds out how the transition from a small London plot to a two-acre country patch is suiting Joe, and why his new garden path got called out by a tabloid newspaper.

Joe Swift is a garden designer, broadcaster, writer and design director of Modular. Support Joe Swift on Scribehound Gardening.

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What happens when the rise of Instagram meets the antiquarian chic garden aesthetic beloved of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicholson?

Garden writer Ben Dark joins host Jane Perrone to discuss his Scribehound Gardening article entitled 'Heavenly Dishevelment', explaining how to make your garden look venerable, ancient and effortlessly stylish.

Ben Dark is the author of brilliant book The Grove: a Nature Odyssey in 19 1/2 Front Gardens and he is also the voice behind podcasts The Garden Log and Dear Gardener. Support Ben Dark on Scribehound Gardening.

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Dive deeper into the world of gardening with our brand new podcast. Join host, Jane Perrone, every Thursday as she chats to our team of 30 expert garden writers, finding out what makes their horticultural hearts tick. 

Each episode breaks down a Scribehound Gardening article with its author to discover what inspired the piece, getting inside the minds of great garden thinkers such as Joe Swift, James Alexander-Sinclair, and Lia Leendertz.

Episodes 1 and 2 out on Thursday April 10.

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To celebrate the launch of Scribehound Gardening, Sue Biggs (former Director General of the Royal Horticultural Society) and James Alexander-Sinclair (award-winning garden designer and author) discuss the process of putting together the team of writers, what kind of content you can expect on the platform, and why gardening deserves great writing.