In the second episode of this special mini series of Grow Cook Inspire to coincide with National Gardening Week I chat with the lovely Lisa from Lisa Marie’s Kitchen as she plans a garden focussing on mental well-being for Gardeners World Live later this summer.

This is the first of a special mini series of Grow Cook Inspire in association with Plant Grow UK. It coincides with National Gardening Week and I’ll be sharing inspirational stories with people who have benefitted from the power plants and gardening, helping to improve their physical and mental health. Kicking the series off is my chat with the Beardy Gardener plus a recipe for apple and carrot cake!

Today I speak with forager and writer Dave Hamilton ahead of the publication of his new book Where the Wild Things Grow. Plus we look at Go Rural’s lambmathon and I’ll share my top tips to growing pumpkins from home. And if you want to vote for Grow Cook Inspire in the Great British Growing awards head to growfruitandveg.co.uk/awards

In this weeks show I interview gardener, TV broadcaster & writer Alys Fowler about her new book Grow Forage and Make. Plus we chat what to sow this week and we head down to the woods to forage for wild garlic. I’ll also be sharing how best to eat this seasonal star.

Today is National Plant A Flower Day so we’re sowing sunflowers and baking orange zest butterfly cakes. Plus I will be sharing my interview with writer, gardener, bee keeper, soap maker and the creative force behind The You Tube channel Lovely Greens, Tanya Anderson as she prepares to publish her new book, A Women’s Garden.

This week we chat about what the best flowers are to grow for wildlife, plus I share some great cook along ideas as well as my interview with Author and food writer Ghillie James as she prepares to release her fifth book, The Little Growers Cookbook, which she has co written with Julia Parker.

This week I chat all things tomatoes, an easy peasy fruit to grow at home plus I’ll be sharing a recipe for Soda Bread as this wee marks Real Bread Week. Plus ahead of lambing season kicking off I chat with Rebecca McEwan from Arnprior Farm in Stirlingshire, about the challenges of the last 12 months

In today’s episode I chat with GBBO finalist, Dr, brewer & coffee roaster, James Morton about sourdough, social prescribing and his new venture Kelvinside Coffee. I’ll also be talking all things potatoes to give you a head start if you are itching to get growing and I’ll be giving you an update on Cafe Recharge who we met in Series One.

Kicking of Series Two, I chat with gardener, writer and TV broadcaster Frances Tophill, I also share how we will be prepping for the new sowing season and there is a recipe for Cranachan to make with kids in the kitchen this week.

In the last episode of series One Helen reflects on 2020, shares a recipe for marmalade bread and butter pudding and chats to Eilidh Eccles from Native and Wild Meat Boxes about sustainable farming and the farms new venture.