BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

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House plants that love you back with Plant Kween Jul 18, 2024

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Plant Kween's Brooklyn apartment is filled with over 200 house plants, and they’ve found a way to make caring for these plants therapeutic rather than a chore. Plant Kween reveals the secrets of their lush indoor plant oasis, some of the challenges they have faced and why it's so important that people from diverse backgrounds are represented in the horticultural community. Plus, they share their top indoor gardening tips, and the best house plants for beginners. And they debunk the myth that some people are naturally good or bad at growing house plants.

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Decoding nature's secret signs with Tristan Gooley Jul 15, 2024

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Hate getting lost in the great outdoors? Then meet Tristan Gooley, the Natural Navigator. Adventurer Tristan is a world-renowned expert in the art of ‘reading’ trees, plants and more – looking at tiny details that, once you see them, are staring you right in the face. And, one day, they may even save your life, guiding you home to safety. Join us as we chat trees, navigation, adventures and – of course – gardens.

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Sowalong - Forget Me Nots with Kiya Ferraro Jul 12, 2024

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Find out how Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice encouraged Gardeners' World Magazine's Kiya Ferraro to sow Forget-me-nots as she encourages everyone to sow these flowers for a 'pretty ish kind of little wilderness.'

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Plant-based eating with Deliciously Ella Mills Jul 11, 2024

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We all know that eating fruit and veg is good for us. But how much impact can switching to a more plant-based diet really have on our health? Do plants have the power to keep us healthy and even cure ailments. Ella Mills, founder of Deliciously Ella, experienced for herself the dramatic difference a plant-based diet can make, and has since been on a mission to make it easier for the rest of us to eat more plants. Find out how we can all use plants, whether homegrown or shop-bought, to boost our health. Plus she shares quick and easy ways to squeeze more plants into meals, and make it easier for us all to eat more healthily.

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Making a new garden with Frances Tophill Jul 08, 2024

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How do you create a new garden that works best for you and what steps should you take, even before the spade first hits the ground? How do you decide what to grow, where is the best place to grow it and can you fit in everything that you’d like to grow? Horticulturist, author and presenter, Frances Tophill has spent a year in her new garden incorporating ideas and lessons she’s learned in her gardening career to create a space, just as she likes it. Frances discusses the approach she took to creating her new garden and provides practical take-aways for when starting a new garden.

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Sowalong - Spring Onions with Michael Sidhu Jul 05, 2024

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If you're looking for something quick and easy to grow this time of year, then spring onions could be for you! Join Michael from the Gardeners' World team to find out how.

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Caroline Quentin shares her passion for gardening Jul 03, 2024

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Actress and comedian Caroline Quentin is best known for her roles in TV shows such as Men Behaving Badly and Jonathan Creek. What is less well known is that she is an incredibly keen gardener, and continues to garden and grow plants even when she is away on location filming. She created a large garden from scratch at her home in Devon, including a highly productive fruit and vegetable garden, a greenhouse which she has called the love of her life, a large pond, ornamental borders and more. She recently sold her home with the large garden and reveals why she has taken the decision to downsize now, and how it feels to leave behind a garden that holds to many precious memories.

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Working with nature on the veg patch with Sheila Das Jul 01, 2024

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Sheila Das, garden manager at RHS Garden Wisley responsible for edible growing and training programmes, looks at a new way of growing vegetables. Moving away from the conventional veg plot and into our next era of veg growing with less control and manipulation. With advice for minimizing input and encouraging nature to work with nature, Sheila discusses how biodiversity fits within a working kitchen garden and how taking a long-term view for the future of growing our own vegetables will establish a good balanced system.

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Sowalong - Chard with Claire Vennis Jun 28, 2024

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Sow this nutritious, easy-to-grow and vibrant vegetable for its edible leaves and stems. It’s a wonderful choice for your vegetable patch and your dinner table too says GW content creator Claire Vennis.

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Gardening for health & spirituality with Arit Anderson Jun 26, 2024

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Gardens and green spaces can be a sanctuary for our health, physically, mentally and spiritually, and can be places to nurture people, as well as plants. Award-winning garden designer, writer and presenter Arit Anderson explores how gardening can have a positive impact on our health and spirituality. In this episode, we discuss why thinking about health, including our mental health, is an important foundation for any garden, how being in gardens and the act of gardening can help restore our natural balance and how taking inspiration from nature can increase our wellbeing.

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