This episode we discuss the virtues of chaos gardening, how Sweetpea makes her stinky fertiliser, supramolecular plastics, blue sausage fruit, and the dangers of Artemisia absinthium - mostly a concern if you’re in the vicinity of any French impressionists.

Sue Kent and Adam Frost present Gardeners' World 2025, episode 9 this week from RHS Malvern Spring Festival. The show gardens featured are:

• Garden of the Wind, Yun Sunmi & Lu Wenjuan
• St Godwald’s Retreat, Marc Harbourne-Bessant
• The Diamond Way, Luke Gunner
• Kitchen Garden, Jon Wheatley
• The Hierarchy of Plants, Kate Mason
• The Sleep in Beauty Garden, Ian McBain
• Dibleys' Modern Garden Room, Lynne Dibley
• Contemporary Living/A Modern Retreat, Botanical Interior Design
• The Sensory Sanctuary, Jonathan Balchandani & Mohammed Bhula
• Biosis: Mode of Life, Humble-Bee Gardeners
• The Rain Garden, John Howlett
• Greening Maindee Gateway Garden, Emily Crowley-Wroe

We meet Stella Exley from Hare Spring Cottage Plants and Kate Mason from Kate Mason Garden Designs , we also hear from Dan from Dan's plants, as well as his Grandma Lilly. Finally Rachel de Thame chats to Philip Harkness from The Harkness Rose Company to find out about the Rosa ‘Catherine’s Rose’.

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Roualeyn Fuchsias

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Jurassic Plants

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Plantagogo

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Potash Nursery

https://www.potashnursery.co.uk/

Greenjjam Nurseries

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Lincolnshire Pond Plants

https://www.lincsplants.com

Hare Spring Cottage Plants

https://www.harespringcottageplants.co.uk

Kate Mason Garden Design

https://kmgardendesign.uk

Dan's Plants

https://www.dansplants.co.uk

Harkness Roses

https://harknessroses1879.com

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