BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast
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
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Sowalong: Ricinus with Kevin Smith
This week on Sowalong, BBC Gardeners’ World magazine’s Deputy Editor, Kevin Smith, shares his much-loved ritual of sowing ricinus
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No dig gardening – with Charles Dowding
Author and champion of no-dig gardening, Charles Dowding, has been a leading authority on all-things no-dig since 1983 and now uses his time, and decades of experience, to teach others his growing techniques.
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Sowalong: Kale with Lucy Felton
This week on Sowalong, BBC Gardeners’ World magazine Content Coordinator and keen kitchen garden grower, Lucy Felton, shares one of her go-to crops to grow from seed, Kale ‘Black Magic’.
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Gardening for kids’ wellbeing
We chatted to children’s gardening author and NHS patient advisor, Annabelle Padwick, about how gardening helps young people overcome mental health challenges.
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Sowalong: Zinnia with Kay Maguire
BBC Gardeners’ World magazine Reviews Editor, Kay Maguire, shares her favourite flower to grow from seed. In a frilly mix of pinks, yellows, oranges and reds, Kay talks you through planting Zinnia.
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Gardening for wildlife - with Deborah Meaden
BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Wildlife Editor Kate Bradbury, is in conversation with entrepreneur and star of BBC’s Dragons’ Den, Deborah Meaden, about why the rhythm of the garden and nature is so important to her.
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Sowalong: Nigella damascena with Emma Crawforth
Emma Crawforth shares her favourite flower to grow from seed. With all the advice and guidance you need to start sowing and growing Nigella damascena, including how to use it in a flower border to fill gaps and why it’s perfect for the vase.
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Saving our trees - with Adam Frost, Tony Kirkha...
Gardeners’ World presenter Adam Frost chats to former Head of Arboretum at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Tony Kirkham, and Head Forester for the Duchy of Cornwall, Geraint Richards, about the state of our nation’s trees.
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Sowalong: Salad Leaves with Kevin Smith
This week on Sowalong, seed-devotee and Deputy Editor at BBC Gardeners’ World magazine, Kevin Smith, is here to convince you to add salad leaves to your line-up of homegrown edibles.
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Gardening to boost your wellbeing - with Dr Ami...
Here, BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Wildlife Editor Kate Bradbury, talks to Dr Amir Khan, NHS GP, TV doctor and devoted gardener, about the wonderful ways gardens and gardening can heal us.
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Sowalong: Tithonia with Monty Don
Looking for inspiration of what flower or veg to grow next from seed? Monty Don shares his gardening expertise and love of Tithonia. Bringing all the tips and tricks you need to get sowing and growing one of his favourite flowers now.
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Fresh food from the garden - with Marcus Wareing
We chat to Michelin-starred chef Marcus Wareing, about why he’s swapped his chef’s whites for life in the kitchen garden.
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Gardeners' World season 4 trailer - Spring
The joys of spring are here, our gardens are bursting into life and the brand-new season of the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine podcast is back
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Gardening for health
Arit explores ways to garden that will help restore our natural balance – with leading psychiatrist and psychologist, Dr Sue Stuart-Smith.
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Trees for gardens
Trees are the life givers on planet earth, providing the oxygen we breathe, habitats to thousands of species, while creating beauty in our landscapes too. Yet these giants of nature are at risk. Arit talks to world-renowned tree expert Tony Kirkham
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Growing in the city
We investigate how plants can give city-dwellers vital protection against future climate change including extreme weather conditions and declining air quality, with our guest, scientist Dr Tijana Blanusa
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Sustainable garden design
Have you ever considered the impact that designing and building a garden can have on the land? Arit talks to leading landscape architect and horticulturalist Marian Boswall about sustainable garden design and the one change we should all make now.
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Water-wise gardening
Could you garden without an outdoor tap – and keep your plants healthy and thriving? That’s the challenge set by today’s podcast guest – as she shares HOW we need to all learn to live without water always on demand.
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Harnessing the Power of Plants
Diversity is the goal for the healthiest gardens of the future, believes Prof. Nigel Dunnett ¬– who shares with Arit why the way plants grow naturally
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Down to Earth
a healthy garden starts with healthy soil, so we explore how to mimic nature in creating the best conditions, with Professor Duncan Cameron
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Growing food sustainably
From cutting air miles to boosting biodiversity and soil health, nurturing our own fruit and veg gives us much more than just a harvest – Arit hears from food grower and policy guru Prof. Tim Lang
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GROWING GREENER with Arit Anderson Trailer
Spending time gardening or enjoying others’ gardens opens our eyes to the environment around us and the realities of climate change.
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Growing Veg in a small space
Gardener, author and You Tube content creator, Huw Richards reveals how small space veg growing doesn’t need to be restrictive. He shares how to get around the challenges of growing in a tight space as well as some of the opportunities it offers.
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New ways to grow more veg - with Frances Tophill
Frances Tophill, Gardeners’ World presenter and horticulturist, is passionate about growing delicious vegetables and herbs in an organic, sustainable way, but that also saves her time and produces maximum harvests.
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Gardening for wellbeing with JJ Chalmers
JJ Chalmers, former Royal Marine, multi-medal-winning Invictus Games athlete and Strictly Come Dancing contestant, reveals how gardening has been part of his healing process after life-changing injuries, suffered while on patrol in Afghanistan in 2011.
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