Gardens Illustrated Magazine

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The Gardens Illustrated podcast features an eclectic mix of talks and interviews with notable garden figures and designers. To find out more, visit www.gardensillustrated.com

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Gardens Illustrated Magazine episodes:

05.16.2018
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018 Sarah Price
Staff writer Alys Hurn chats with garden designer Sarah Price to find out a little bit more about her Mediterranean-inspired garden for show sponsors M&G and why this particular design is her ultimate garden fantasy.
08.05.2016
Gardens Illustrated - RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016
Editor Juliet Roberts and deputy Sorrel Everton chat with garden experts Annie Gatti, Arne Maynard, Tim Richardson, Annie Guilfoyle, Jason Ingram, Rosemary Alexander to get their thoughts on what turned out to be a very splendid RHS Chelsea Flower Show
04.18.2016
Gardens Illustrated Festival 2015 Anna Pavord
Anna Pavord takes us to Florence and the hillsides of Tuscany in the early 20th century in the footsteps of the free-spirited expat community to discover the stories behind the creation of some of the region’s most thrilling gardens.
04.08.2016
Gardens Illustrated Festival 2015 Troy Scott-Smith and Dan Pearson
As the legacy of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, Sissinghurst Castle is one of Britain's best-loved gardens. Head gardener Troy Scott-Smith and designer Dan Pearson discuss the new vision to re-establish the garden's original spirit.
09.21.2015
Gardens Illustrated – RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015
Editor Juliet Roberts and deputy Sorrel Everton chat with garden experts Tim Richardson, Annie Gatti, Arne Maynard, Rosemary Alexander and Annie Guilfoyle to find out what caught their eye at RHS Chelsea Flower Show back in May.
06.27.2014
Noël Kingsbury in conversation with John Carter of Rowden Gardens
In this podcast hear Noël Kingsbury in conversation with John Carter of Rowden Gardens in which he talks about what brought him all the way from the deserts of Arabia to selling aquatics in rural Devon.
05.30.2014
Gardens Illustrated – RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014
Catch up on some of the highlights of this year’s show as editor Juliet Roberts and deputy Sorrel Everton chat to leading garden experts to find out their thoughts. We hear from Andrew Duff, Tim Richardson, Rosemary Alexander, Annie Gatti,...
05.30.2014
Gardens Illustrated Talk 2014 – Fergus Garrett and Dan Pearson in conversation with Anna Pavord
The Gardens Illustrated Talk 2014, held on the Tuesday of Chelsea Flower Show week, brought together Great Dixter’s head gardener Fergus Garrett and garden and landscape designer Dan Pearson – both internationally admired gardening greats. They were led by Anna...
03.20.2014
Gardens Illustrated - Paris Reader Holiday
This autumn Gardens Illustrated is running a reader holiday to Paris (13–17 October 2014). We spoke to horticulturist and tour host John Hoyland to find out more about the trip and why the capital's gardens both historic and contemporary are...
12.06.2013
Gardens Illustrated - More Than Honey
We talk to film director Markus Imhoof about his recent film More Than Honey and what it reveals about our complex relationship with the honeybee – and what we as gardeners can do to help their beleaguered numbers. The film...
10.01.2013
Gardens Illustrated - Tokachi Millennium Forest
This summer editor Juliet Roberts travelled to Hokkaido in northern Japan to visit the Tokachi Millennium Forest. Here she chats to garden and landscape designer Dan Pearson about his involvement in this inspirational project.
05.23.2013
Gardens Illustrated - RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013
Editor Juliet Roberts and deputy Sorrel Everton chat with garden experts Annie Guifoyle, Rosemary Alexander, Tim Richardson, Andrew Duff, Dan Pearson and Annie Gatti to find out what caught their eye at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013.
05.16.2013
Gardens Illustrated – Getting ready for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013
Editor Juliet Roberts talks to award-winning Swedish designer Ulf Nordfjell about his design for the Laurent-Perrier garden at the 2013 Chelsea Flower Show. For more podcast and video coverage from Chelsea download the iPad version of the June 2013 issue.
06.29.2012
Gardens Illustrated - RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2012
Editor Juliet Roberts and deputy Sorrel Everton chat with garden experts Annie Guifoyle, Rosemary Alexander, Jinny Blom, Andrew Wilson, Dan Pearson and Annie Gatti to find out what caught their eye at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2012.
10.04.2011
Gardens Illustrated Lecture 2011 – In conversation with Andy Sturgeon, Dan Pearson and Cleve West
Gardens Illustrated’s annual lecture takes place during Chelsea Flower Show week. This year, Vista hosts Noël Kingsbury and Tim Richardson were joined by designers Andy Sturgeon, Dan Pearson and Cleve West (hot from his ‘Best in Show’ win at Chelsea)...
09.29.2010
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Fergus Garrett and Anna Pavord in conversation
Celebrating the life of the late Christopher Lloyd and the garden at Great Dixter. Fergus gardened alongside Christo for 20 years as his head gardener, while Anna was one of his many friends and a regular visitor to Great Dixter....
06.23.2010
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2010
Gardens Illustrated editor Juliet Roberts chats with designers Dan Pearson, Jinny Blom and Andrew Wilson to find out what caught their eye at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2010.
06.09.2010
BBC Gardens Illustrated: Alan Titchmarsh in conversation with Beth Chatto (part 1)
Iconic gardener Beth Chatto chats with Alan about her approach to gardening through the years.
06.09.2010
BBC Gardens Illustrated: Alan Titchmarsh in conversation with Beth Chatto (part 2)
Iconic gardener Beth Chatto chats with Alan about her approach to gardening through the years.
03.19.2010
BBC Gardens Illustrated: Vista Lecture with Peter Seabrook (part 1)
Recorded in autumn 2009, garden journalist and broadcaster Peter Seabrook talks to Tim Richardson and Noel Kingsbury about his enduring passion for horticulture and plants in particular.
03.19.2010
BBC Gardens Illustrated: Vista Lecture with Peter Seabrook (part 2)
Recorded in autumn 2009, garden journalist and broadcaster Peter Seabrook talks to Tim Richardson and Noel Kingsbury about his enduring passion for horticulture and plants in particular.
12.11.2009
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Isabel and Julian Bannerman Vista Lecture
Recorded in summer 2009, husband and wife design team Isabel and Julian Bannerman talk about their work at gardens including Waddesdon Manor, Arundel Castle and Highgrove.
06.12.2009
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2009
Gardens Illustrated editor Juliet Roberts talks to garden design experts about their reaction to the 2009 show.
04.23.2009
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Kate Raggett
Gardens Illustrated Presents Kate Raggett.
04.17.2009
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - April 2009
Giddy with spring, Frank Ronan sets out on a spending spree and fills his car with exciting new plants.
04.17.2009
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - March 2009
Our normal monthly podcasts are currently postponed, but we still have columnist Frank Ronan reading his Writer's Plot. In March he is driven to distraction by the winds that sweep across his hilltop garden.
04.09.2009
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - James Hitchmough’s Vista Discussion
James is professor at the Department of Landscape at Sheffield University where he is researching the use of naturalistic herbaceous plantings within urban settings. His approach may be scientific but the reactions from those who see the swathes of colourful...
03.20.2009
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Garden Heroines - Joy Larkcom
Gardens Illustrated Presents Joy Larkcom - Garden Heroines Series.
03.13.2009
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Garden Heroines - Penelope Hobhouse
Gardens Illustrated Presents Penelope Hobhouse - Garden Heroines Series.
03.13.2009
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Garden Heroines - Beth Chatto
Gardens Illustrated Presents Beth Chatto - Garden Heroines Series.
02.27.2009
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Penelope Hobhouse's Vista Conversation
Acclaimed garden designer, garden historian and writer Penelope Hobhouse talks to VISTA hosts Tim Richardson and Noel Kingsbury about her life as one of our most respected gardening figures. She discusses her travels in Italy and Iran and their effect...
02.27.2009
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - February 2009
With spring in the air we indulge in the scent of flowers as writer Caroline Beck travels to the rose fields of Iran to give us a wonderfully evocative report that perfectly complements her feature in the magazine.
02.05.2009
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - January 2009
We have an interview with the curator of the current British Museum’s Babylon: Myth and Reality exhibition. Also, columnist Frank Ronan brings some garden fugitives in from the cold to cheer him up.
01.08.2009
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Guerrilla Gardening Lecture
Back in summer 2008, the founder of the UK's Guerrilla Gardening movement Richard Reynolds was joined by designer Brita von Schoenaich and urban geographer Dr Felicity Callard to talk about their experiences and opinions on this growing phenomena and public...
01.08.2009
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Dan Pearson’s Vista Lecture
The internationally renowned garden and landscape designer talk about some of the projects undertaken by his studio, including one of his early designs at Home Farm in Northamptonshire and the ongoing Millennium Forest project in Japan.
12.19.2008
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - December 2008
The Gardens Illustrated team gather round to discuss their favourite features from 2008 and chat about their Christmas gift ideas. Columnist Frank Ronan continues the theme with his own thoughts on the most suitable presents for gardeners.
11.27.2008
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - November 2008
This month we remind garden designers of the 12 January deadline for entries to the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show Conceptual Gardens section and editor Juliet Roberts talks to Tim Richardson to find out more about what the judges might...
11.27.2008
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Sustainable Garden Design - Mark Laurence
Mark is a landscape designer and founder of green walling company Biotechture Ltd. His view of sustainability is that with the implications of peak oil, gardens must sustain our society with cyclicle production. Solutions he suggests include algae biotechture, forest...
11.27.2008
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Sustainable Garden Design - Nigel Dunnett
Senior lecturer in the Dept of Landscape at the University of Sheffield, Nigel Dunnett talks about rain gardens, using design and planting to capture and utilise rain water - avoiding storm run off and floods. Disconnect your drainpipes!
11.14.2008
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - David Cooper's Vista Lecture
Earlier this year David Cooper, professor of philosophy at Durham University discussed whether we need a philosophy of gardens. His talk considered the aesthetic, semantic and ethical meaning of a garden as experienced by both garden visitor and garden creator.
10.31.2008
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Conceptual Gardens Part 7
Question and answer session featuring all designers and question from the floor.
10.31.2008
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Conceptual Gardens Part 6
Eelco Hooftman of Edinburgh-based landscape architects Gross Max talks on the 'Art of the Artifact or Cult of the Cultivar'. The studio has undertaken many project throughout Europe earning a reputation for its contextual approach to urban spaces. www.grossmax.com
10.31.2008
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Conceptual Gardens Part 5
Landscape architect Claude Cormier is based in Montreal in Canada and works on urban landscape projects. His talk is entitled 'Artificial... Not Fake'. His first conceptual garden was created 20 years ago as a bamboo forest in a nightclub. This...
10.31.2008
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Conceptual Gardens Part 4
Landscape designer and artist Andy Cao and landscape designer Xavier Perrot of Cao Perrot Studio in Los Angeles, New York and Paris presented 'A place for Dreaming - the beauty of imperfection'. In this recording Andy Cao talks through projects...
10.31.2008
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Conceptual Gardens Part 3
Botanist and landscape designer Kate Cullity of Taylor Cullity Lethlean from Adelaide, Australia. As a partnership, their designs aim to establish an investigation into the poetic expression of the Australian landscape and contemporary culture. Kate talks through some recent projects...
10.31.2008
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Conceptual Gardens Part 1
Introduction to event with welcome from Victoria Walsh, head of public programmes at Tate Britain and Peter Thomas the chair of the SGD. 'A Landscape Can be About Anything' - Tim Richardson sets the subject into context with a look...
10.31.2008
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - October 2008
Not a full podcast this month – more an introduction to our extra podcasts available from the ‘Other Events’ section. But we do have Frank Ronan with his comment for October. This month he turns his thoughts to the search...
10.31.2008
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Conceptual Gardens Part 2
Swedish landscape architect Monika Gora is best known for her temporary exhibits within existing landscapes in which she aims to transform the relationship between landscape and buildings. She speaks on 'Inventing Places and Exploring by Doing'. www.gora.se
10.09.2008
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - RHS Wisley Dahlia Trials
Fergus Garrett, head gardener at Great Dixter in Sussex talks about the dahlia trials at Wisley and comments on some of the findings and his favourites.
09.25.2008
BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - September 2008
In the September podcast we indulge in our delight for dahlias with interviews from the RHS Dahlia Trials Open Day held at Wisley in Surrey. We also hear from gardener and television presenter Sarah Raven about her top tips for...

What's Gardens Illustrated Magazine about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Gardens Illustrated Magazine episodes:

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018 Sarah Price

Gardens Illustrated - RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016

Gardens Illustrated Festival 2015 Anna Pavord

Gardens Illustrated Festival 2015 Troy Scott-Smith and Dan Pearson

Gardens Illustrated – RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015

Noël Kingsbury in conversation with John Carter of Rowden Gardens

Gardens Illustrated – RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014

Gardens Illustrated Talk 2014 – Fergus Garrett and Dan Pearson in conversation with Anna Pavord

Gardens Illustrated - Paris Reader Holiday

Gardens Illustrated - More Than Honey

Gardens Illustrated - Tokachi Millennium Forest

Gardens Illustrated - RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013

Gardens Illustrated – Getting ready for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013

Gardens Illustrated - RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2012

Gardens Illustrated Lecture 2011 – In conversation with Andy Sturgeon, Dan Pearson and Cleve West

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Fergus Garrett and Anna Pavord in conversation

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2010

BBC Gardens Illustrated: Alan Titchmarsh in conversation with Beth Chatto (part 1)

BBC Gardens Illustrated: Alan Titchmarsh in conversation with Beth Chatto (part 2)

BBC Gardens Illustrated: Vista Lecture with Peter Seabrook (part 1)

BBC Gardens Illustrated: Vista Lecture with Peter Seabrook (part 2)

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Isabel and Julian Bannerman Vista Lecture

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2009

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Kate Raggett

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - April 2009

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - March 2009

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - James Hitchmough’s Vista Discussion

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Garden Heroines - Joy Larkcom

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Garden Heroines - Penelope Hobhouse

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Garden Heroines - Beth Chatto

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Penelope Hobhouse's Vista Conversation

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - February 2009

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - January 2009

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Guerrilla Gardening Lecture

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Dan Pearson’s Vista Lecture

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - December 2008

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - November 2008

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Sustainable Garden Design - Mark Laurence

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Sustainable Garden Design - Nigel Dunnett

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - David Cooper's Vista Lecture

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Conceptual Gardens Part 7

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Conceptual Gardens Part 6

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Conceptual Gardens Part 5

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Conceptual Gardens Part 4

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Conceptual Gardens Part 3

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Conceptual Gardens Part 1

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - October 2008

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - Conceptual Gardens Part 2

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - RHS Wisley Dahlia Trials

BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine - September 2008