BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast
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Listen to gardening inspiration from some of the UK’s most loved and well-respected gardening experts in the award-winning BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine podcast. Enjoy growing advice throughout the year with our Conversations series. Join Monty Don, Frances Tophill, Adam Frost, Arit Anderson, Carol Klein and more for friendly gardening chat and informative discussion with the magazine team, perfect for everyone who enjoys gardening. Hear Alan Titchmarsh solve your gardening problems in Ask Alan, find advice for what to do in the garden in our What To Do Now series, and travel the globe with the BBC Gardeners’ World magazine team in Travel Tales: Gardens of the World.With new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday and bonus episodes every Saturday, subscribe now, wherever you get your podcasts, and never miss an episode. Find out more at GardenersWorld.com/podcast
Episodes
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Nov 3, 2026 • 32min
Monty Don: A life in gardening
Monty Don, the beloved British gardener, writer and television presenter, reflects on a life shaped by soil. He recalls childhood carrot-sowing, an unexpected path from jewellery design to television, and the call that changed his career. Monty explores why Gardeners’ World connects with viewers, the restorative power of gardening, and his love of peaceful weekend pottering.
Nov 2, 2026 • 10min
What To Do Now - Pot stars, berry business and hedgehog highways
Brighten autumn with colourful pots of pansies, heathers and spring bulbs. Refresh blueberry containers for next year’s harvest, and discover how small fence openings can create hedgehog highways between gardens. Plus, a preview of essential winter preparations, from lifting tender plants to pruning shrubs and ordering bare-root fruit.
Oct 27, 2026 • 25min
Adam Frost’s spring bulb secrets
Adam Frost, award-winning garden designer, presenter and horticultural expert, reveals his spring bulb secrets. Discover reliable naturalisers for every garden condition, why he pots bulbs before planting, and how to build colour from autumn through summer. He champions snowdrops, alliums, narcissi, snake’s head fritillaries and scented Tulipa sylvestris, with practical tips on bulk buying, late planting and avoiding common mistakes.
Oct 24, 2026 • 11min
What To Do Now - Snip, sow and glow!
Make the most of half an hour outdoors with three satisfying late-October tasks. Tidy and prepare roses for winter, sow broad beans for an early crop, and plant berry-rich fruit trees to support birds. Plus, look ahead to lifting dahlias, repairing lawns and pruning blackcurrants.
Oct 20, 2026 • 38min
Will Young: Finding peace and creativity in the garden
Will Young, the singer-songwriter and actor who won the first Pop Idol, opens the gates to his two-acre garden. He talks about restoring its history, reusing materials, creating wildlife-friendly spaces and planning a natural swimming pond. Along the way, he explores garden design, family influences, mental health, agoraphobia, creativity and the surprising ways music and nature meet.
Oct 17, 2026 • 9min
What To Do Now - Corms, compost and crunchy leaves
Tackle key autumn garden jobs, from lifting and storing gladioli corms to clearing weeds before they spread. Discover how fallen leaves can become rich, peat-free leaf mould, plus tips on mulching vegetable beds, planting tulips, preparing for frost and dividing herbs. Wildlife-friendly ways to make the most of the season round out this practical guide.
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Oct 12, 2026 • 44min
A life among clematis, with Raymond Evison
Raymond Evison CBE is a celebrated clematis breeder, nurseryman and horticulturist with six decades of experience. He explores clematis as climbing perennials, pruning groups, deep planting and container growing. Discover propagation techniques, compact and scented varieties, wildlife-friendly choices, natural pairings with roses and shrubs, and ways to tackle wilt and pests.
Oct 10, 2026 • 9min
What To Do Now - Peonies, Sweetcorn and the Great Leaf Let-Off
Tackle key autumn garden jobs, from cutting back peonies and clearing spent sweetcorn to making space for winter crops. Discover how fallen leaves support wildlife and improve soil, plus what to prepare for gladioli, tulips and the first frosts. A practical seasonal guide for productive weekends outdoors.
Oct 6, 2026 • 36min
The secret world beneath your garden, with Dr Frank Ashwood
Dr Frank Ashwood, a soil ecologist and author of The World Beneath Our Feet, uncovers the astonishing life beneath our gardens. Discover earthworms, fungi, mites, springtails, nematodes and tardigrades, plus soil’s vital links to plants, wildlife, floods and climate. Frank explores low-dig gardening, hidden soil discoveries, wildlife-rich planting and why your lawn might deserve a year off.
Oct 3, 2026 • 10min
What To Do Now - Bulbs, Squash and Bees
Get your garden ready for the seasons ahead with three timely October jobs. Discover how to plant daffodil bulbs for spring colour, harvest and cure winter squashes for longer storage, and choose flowers that keep bumblebees fed through colder months. Plus, look ahead to lifting gladioli, planting tulips, and protecting tender plants.
