For our recap this week, we have a natter about the pro’s and con’s of AI in horticulture, why & when plants change their scents, canine insect pest control, Yoofs, ICDs, and the bad boy of gardening.

Joe Swift and Rachel de Thame present Gardeners’ World 2025 episode 8 from Malverleys in Newbury with Head Gardener Mat Reese and his wife Jess. We meet Will Tomson from Sheffield at his beautiful garden at Berrywell before joining Arit Anderson with Tom Massey and Je Ahn at the incredible Mayfield Park in Manchester created by Duncan Paybody from Studio Egret West. Finally we head to Ashbourne in Derbyshire to join the wonderful Mon and Maggie Kirby on their fantastic allotment.

And as an added bonus, Bear excels at mispronouncing Malverleys incorrectly around 90% of the podcast, leaving no uncertainty as to which of the two is the real brains of this operation.

Some links:

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Malverleys

https://www.malverleys.co.uk/whats-on-events

Will Tomson

https://www.creativecultivation.co.uk

https://soundcloud.com/allatsea

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/658423046543111581?source_impression_id=p3_1746476614_P32gIP3lgUxWW5HR

Mat Reese

https://www.gardensillustrated.com/gardens/gardeners/mat-reese-interview

Duncan Paybody from Studio Egret West

https://www.instagram.com/dpaybody/

https://www.gardensillustrated.com/gardens/gardens-to-visit/mayfield-park-manchester

Spectator Article by Isabel Harman regarding AI

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-row-over-chelseas-ai-garden/#

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