Nuclear power…? What is it and is it a hero or a villain in the climate crisis? Things are not so black and white as we think. Sacha and Wilhelmena learn and teach together this time and we discuss our personal opinions alongside the facts.

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After a short break, Ann-Marie Powell and Claire Vennis are back with seasonal gardening tips and chat.  

This month they re-cap September's Chelsea Flower Show - including celebrating all of Ann-Marie's recent awards, amazing! - prepare the garden for next year's Spring, give advice on how to take pelargonium cuttings, agree how delicious Autumn raspberries are and have a passionate discussion on re-wilding.

Take time to enjoy your garden and enjoy the Autumn jobs.

 

 

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Suzie walks at Durford Wood and muses about her new writing challenges and the romance writing course she is enjoying.

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We have a lot to celebrate in this month's Growing Together - it's our first birthday, a special birthday for Ann-Marie and we've been chosen as one of the top 25 gardening podcasts in the UK. Thank you so much for listening!

With the RHS Chelsea Flower Show taking place in September this year, Ann-Marie tells us what her rural-refined, Hampshire-wild inspired garden will look like with Gaze Burvill's beautiful furniture and Arthur Parkinson's fabulous floral displays from Sarah Raven's gorgeous collections. What more could you want?

There's lots of home-grown garden chat too - and don't forget to order your bulbs this month if you haven't already done so.

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It's been a strange gardening year - freezing cold, soaking wet and then hot hot hot.  

This month, Ann-Marie and Claire talk about what can still be sown, collecting seeds for next year's growing or as gifts for friends and keeping your kit clean - while wearing a bikini in the sun preferably. 

They're encouraged by the growth of community gardens with the wellbeing that comes from it, so evident in our own Petersfield Community Garden.

And Ann-Marie gives an insight to what delights the upcoming Chelsea Flower Show hopes to bring this September - and it sounds magical. 

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This month Growing Together comes from the magical Petersfield Community Garden.  Chair Sue Edberg and volunteers Alex and Linda warmly welcome Ann-Marie and Claire back to this amazing community space, even though it’s raining!

With a new pond, plans afoot for a large wooden communal structure and an unusual but fantastic use for sheep wool, there’s lots of tips, advice and inspirational garden chat too.

Everyone is welcome at the Petersfield Community Garden - to meet like-minded people, grow some fruit and veg or if you’d just like to play a musical instrument in the orchard!

Saturday mornings at 7:30, Monday evenings at 6 and Wednesday evenings at 8 - and always online at shineradio.uk or on your favourite podcast app.

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After the wettest May, Ann-Marie and Claire are hoping for the sun to shine in June - aren’t we all!

With everything being slightly behind schedule, there’s a rush to get plants from seed trays into the garden.

Ann-Marie has some great top tips from feeding plants to lining pots and Claire recommends hanging baskets for tumbling tomatoes and planting herbs in flower borders.

They’re both also taking on the gardening design police!

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With April showers few and far between last month and so many frosts, the tulips are suffering but the daffodils have been amazing, as have the muscari and Ann-Marie's new favourite anemone Mr Fokker.  Such a gorgeous blue!

This month Ann-Marie and Claire break the rules, discuss how to prune and layer clematis and reveal a kind way to get rid of lily beetles.

With Chelsea now scheduled to take place in September, Claire finds out what plans Ann-Marie has for her show garden and Ann-Marie gives us a sneak peek of her soon-to-be opened Wisley gardens, with a virtual tour.

 

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After recording remotely for the last few months, Claire and Ann-Marie are happy to be back together in Ann-Marie’s garden again.

April is a busy time in the garden and, accompanied by blackbird song, they share what seeds they’ve already sown and what they’re going to sow this month.  

Ann-Marie has new arches in her garden for cobaea and squash plants to grow up and Claire discusses what small tree could work well in her garden.

With advice for colour, companion planting, seeds swaps, planting to remember loved ones and a surprise recipe, this month’s Growing Together is bursting with excitement for the coming growing season.

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It’s March and there’s a lot to be getting on with in the garden as Spring begins and the days grow longer.  Ann-Marie and Claire discuss what seeds they’ve started to sow and where they’ve sown them - let’s just say there’s not a lot of space in their kitchens.

Ann-Marie announces news of her new book ‘My Real Garden’ and they remember a year ago when lockdown started and how important our green spaces have become.

With tips on planting summer bulbs and creating wildlife ponds for biodiversity, Ann-Marie and Claire share a few gardening confessions too.  It’s all in this month’s edition of Growing Together.

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