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BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

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Apr 4, 2025 • 12min

Sowalong - Onions with Matt Biggs

Onion soup, onion gravy, in our cheese and onion sandwiches, onion bread. You just can't get away from onions. They're a staple in a whole range of dishes and a must grow crop for the garden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 2, 2025 • 42min

Your Best Spring Garden, with Frances Tophill

Frances Tophill, a knowledgeable plantsperson, author, and presenter, dives into the vibrant world of spring gardening. She discusses the exhilaration of transitioning from winter's quiet to spring's renewal. Topics include the importance of planning for a fruitful season, balancing structure with whimsy, and embracing aesthetics alongside productivity. Frances shares her personal gardening challenges, offers tips on growing root vegetables, and highlights the joy of creating a tranquil gardening space amidst life's busyness.
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Mar 31, 2025 • 41min

Monty Don Reveals his Garden Plans for the Year

Spring has well and truly sprung and our gardens are bursting into life. It's a time of excitement and anticipation for the growing year ahead. Monty Don reveals his gardening plans for the year at Longmeadow, what he loves about spring, and shares details about his upcoming Chelsea Flower Show garden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 31, 2025 • 1min

Spring Trailer

Start your gardening year with growing inspiration in the Spring Conversations podcast from BBC Gardeners' World Magazine. Discover garden design ideas, the best plants to buy, how to bring colour to the garden, veg growing advice, gardening in urban spaces and ways to engage in the natural world, and more. Tune in every Tuesday and Thursday for all your gardening needs this Spring.Also join us every Saturday as our Sowalong series continues. Sowalong with the magazine team as they sow the seeds supplied in the magazine, along with additional seasonal seeds to try too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 29, 2025 • 11min

Sowalong - Sweet Peas with Kevin Smith

Surprise someone with a fragrant bunch of sweetpeas or grow them for yourself. The flowers are just magic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 27, 2025 • 37min

Ask Alan - House Plants

In this episode of Ask Alan, Alan Titchmarsh gives watering and feeding advice for house plants, discusses the ideal situation including light levels and how to combat bugs, provides help for non-flowering orchids, and more. Don’t forget to listen for the Wild Card question to see if it's your's! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 25, 2025 • 28min

Ask Alan - Hydrangeas

How to reduce in size, when to prune, which variety to choose, how can you stop it drying out and can you change it's colour are a few of the Ask Alan questions Alan Titchmarsh answers in this episode on hydrangeas. Don’t forget to listen for the Wild Card question to see if it's your's! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 22, 2025 • 9min

Sowalong - Brussels Sprouts with Sarah Edwards

 Brussels sprouts are one of the more divisive vegetables but they're associated with a reduced risk of developing a wide range of cancers, so sprouts are believed to be very good for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 20, 2025 • 31min

Ask Alan - Pests and Diseases

In this episode of Ask Alan, Alan Titchmarsh offers organic help for tackling various plant ailments and pests in the garden and the greenhouse, in addition to  how we can exist alongside wildlife. Don’t forget to listen for the Wild Card question to see if it's your's! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 18, 2025 • 35min

Ask Alan - Choosing the Right Plants for your Soil

Alan Titchmarsh discusses why we need to find the right plants for our garden in this Ask Alan episode. With questions answered on how to grow fragrant flowering shrubs in clay soil, establishing plants on thin sandy soil, tackling gardens with different soil types, and ways to improve your soil. Don’t forget to listen for the Wild Card question to see if it's your's! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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