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 10, 2022 • 29min
The best of autumn
As autumn sets in we revisit some of our favourite autumn pod episodes – discover the best bits of the season with this collection from GW's experts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 3, 2022 • 59min
Monty Don on my life with dogs
Dogs are such a popular part of Gardeners’ World that when Monty’s golden retriever Nigel died, it made headline news. Now there’s a new puppy on the scene, Ned, so we hear from Monty how he’s always gardened in the happy company of dogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 27, 2022 • 31min
My orchard of memories – with Dame Judi Dench, Arit Anderson and Tony Kirkham
Join Dame Judi Dench as she guides presenter Arit Anderson and tree expert Tony Kirkham around her private orchard – created over many years to honour the life of much-loved actor friends (part 2 of this extended podcast) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 19, 2022 • 1h
A passion for trees – with Dame Judi Dench, Arit Anderson and Tony Kirkham
We visit Dame Judi Dench at home, in the company of Arit Anderson and tree expert Tony Kirkham, to hear how she has formed a deep connection with trees, and has planted dozens in her garden (part 1 of 2). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 12, 2022 • 40min
Remembering The Queen – with Alan Titchmarsh
Her Majesty the Queen had a life-long fascination for plants and gardens, from her earliest years to one of her final public engagements, at the 2022 Chelsea Flower Show. Alan Titchmarsh, who enjoyed many gardening moments with the Queen, shares his memories of those encounters and reflects her place in a long line of royal gardeners, right up to today, with to the new King and his children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 5, 2022 • 48min
Monty Don on Designing a Small Garden
How do you make the most of a small garden? Find out from the expert himself – Monty Don, who guides us through the key steps to creating your (tiny) dream garden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 28, 2022 • 36min
Gardening for mental wellness – with Joe Sugg
Would you like to start prioritising gardening for wellbeing? Today on the podcast we’re chatting to someone who did just that. Social media celebrity Joe Sugg began posting videos on YouTube as something to do with his friends as a teenager in rural Wiltshire. Now his channel has over seven million subscribers. Here he shares how he became addicted to scrolling social media and how stepping away from the digital world and the screen, and into the garden, is now a now a big part of his daily routine. From the flowers popping up to the birds and pollinators visiting, in his new book, Grow by Joe Sugg (Penguin Books, £20), Joe tells us how tending to and maintaining his garden takes him to a place of mental calm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 22, 2022 • 3min
Autumn Series Trailer
Join the team from BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine as we share lively conversation about all things gardening. We’ll be exploring growing for health and for wildlife, success with homegrown food and flowers, making a thriving garden for you and your family to enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 20, 2022 • 7min
Sow Along - Adam Frost Rocket
This time on Sowalong, Gardeners’ World presenter, Adam Frost, shares his love of growing rocket from seed. Discover how Adam first discovered this peppery herb, along with his expert advice on how and when to sow it for best results. Adam also reveals how he likes to use rocket with ‘almost everything’ when it comes to harvesting for the kitchen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 15, 2022 • 37min
Bats with Amy Schwartz
Bats are often overlooked in the garden. Being nocturnal, we don’t see them much. But did you know there are 18 species of bats in the UK, which by night, eat a range of our common garden pests? Today, Dr Amy Schwartz, ecologist and bat carer is in conversation with Kate Bradbury as they explore these interesting flying mammals.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
