This Week In The Garden with Peter Seabrook

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Growing on an Airstrip Apr 15, 2020

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Peter is joined by Anthony Darby this week, who sheds light on the plight of growing businesses in these unprecedented times. Elsewhere Peter gives us more tips from his garden.

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Roses are Red Apr 08, 2020

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Peter is joined by Ray Martin of the Rose Society this week. As social distancing rules remain, Peter and Ray discuss how best to show the plants you have grown. Ray and Peter both give some practical advice, both on how to get more blooms from your plants and on growing your own in your garden.

https://www.therosesociety.org.uk/

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Fine Gardening Apr 01, 2020

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Peter is recording on location again this week, both in the Poly Tunnel and at RHS Hyde Hall. His guest is fine art student turned RHS gardener Molly Christman. Elsewhere, in these strange times Peter gives tips on which seeds you might already have which can be made good use of.

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Landscape Architect on Sunflower Street Mar 25, 2020

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Peter is joined by Bunny Guinness this week. She shares some stories from her experience as a landscape architect and tells us a little about how to look after ourselves while gardening. Elsewhere, we take a visit to Peter's garden.

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At the Centre of the Garden Mar 19, 2020

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Michael Cole joins Peter this week to talk about just how to find a good garden centre and offers up some recommendations of some gardens to visit.

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Clematis Expert Raymond Evison Mar 12, 2020

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Raymond Evison joins Peter this week, bringing with him a wealth of knowledge about Clematis flowers. We get some great tips on growing and also an insight into the breeding of some of the Clematis varieties, as well as Peter's usual tips and news.

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The Story Of Trees with Kevin Hobbs Mar 05, 2020

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Peter is joined by Kevin Hobbs, co-author of The Story of Trees: And how they changed the world. Kevin shares some fascinating details from his book and tells us a story about the perils of an unsheathed ballpoint pen when travelling in Royal vehicles.

You can find out about Kevin's book here:

https://www.thebookstall.com/book/9781786275226

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Prince Charming On Trial Feb 26, 2020

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Peter is joined by Stacey Gibson this week, Stacey routinely trials hundreds of plants at a time, looking for the perfect plants for people's gardens, we find out a little bit about what that means and what thousands of blooms at once smell like.

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Chelsea On The Horizon Feb 19, 2020

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Peter is back with more news and tips and an interview with George Hillier. They talk about his family’s legacy, ecology, discuss how business will change in the future and give some tips for visitors to the Chelsea Flower show.

Links related to today’s discussions:

International Garden Photographer of the Year:

https://igpoty.com/

RHS Apprenticeships:

https://www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/qualifications-and-training/work-based-training/rhs-apprenticeships

Yoom Tomatoes:

https://www.yoomtomato.com/

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Growing Your Own In The Blue Zone Feb 12, 2020

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Peter is joined by Liz Hutson, a nutritional therapist. We get to hear about how gardening can be an aid to good health and get some tips for those who'd like to take their first steps into a gardening fuelled healthier lifestyle.

Liz has a website here: https://growinghealthier.co.uk/events/ and the Facebook page she mentions is here: https://www.facebook.com/Growing-for-Health-110278627187532/

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