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We're honoured to have one of the UK's top plantswomen (and some), Rosy Hardy - founder of Hardys Cottage Garden Plants and holder of no fewer than 24 RHS Chelsea gold medals for this week's LYG Podcast.  Rosy talks about her passion for horticulture, her love of herbaceous plants, and shares some timely advice on Spring planting, plant pairing, planting with clay and propagation as well as an insight into some of her less glamorous experiences of the Chelsea show!  It's a lovely chat and one which you'll want to rewind and listen to again so you don't miss the wealth of useful tips and plant suggestions. John chips in with his customary wisdom and some truly brilliant (irony alert) jokes! Enjoy, and do check out the chapter tab if you're in a hurry.
Here's a link to Rosy's Youtube site which has a wealth of info and instructional videos:
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Loving Your Garden Live this week has John Stirland in full flow: demystifying compost, timely advice on sowing alpines and seed propagation, and solutions to two member-led questions about growing veg - no show cauliflowers and carrot fly.  We also discuss jobs to be getting on with as recent sunny weather has tempted us out into our gardens. Do check the chapters tab for precise locations. We also welcome our 250 new members who've joined LYG in the first week of the New Year. It's easy to join, just seek out Loving Your Garden Facebook Group and check us out! 

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Horticulturist and former RHS judge Ian Cooke drops in for a virtual chat with Rod and John from his home in California. The guys talk about planting for shade (not much of that in Palm Springs) as well as small garden design, the subject of one of Ian's many books. John holds his weekly clinic for LYG subscribers answering questions on Leek Rust and when to sow tomato seeds for summer. Check out the chapters tab for precise locations. Do check out the Facebook group Loving Your Garden and if you like what you see, join up and you can watch the guys live every Tuesday evening from 6pm UK time.

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He's won no fewer than 26 RHS medals, 11 of them Gold at Chelsea and this year was presented with a coveted Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society of Garden Designers.  Professor David Stevens kicks off the latest series of 'Loving Your Garden' podcasts with Rod Whiting and John Stirland.
The guys discuss the year gone by; changing trends in horticulture, what to expect in '22 as well as some invaluable design tips if you're setting up a new garden, or freshening up your existing outdoor space.

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In our first season finale, Rod and Richard Chuck talk with Loving Your Garden and former RHS member John Stirland about the merits of the Royal Horticultural Society, and we ask the charity's Chief Horticulturalist Guy Barter what it can do for you and your garden.

We'll be taking a few weeks off to refresh the podcast (and ourselves) and be back with Season 2 at the end of the year. Don't forget our lovely Facebook Group 'Loving Your Garden' where you'll be welcomed by a group of friendly, knowledgeable and inspiring gardeners.

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We're filling our gardens with so much wood now with fancy fencing, decking, gazebos and summerhouses, it's becoming a major task to maintain it all. Professional painter and decorator Jason Fitzgerald shares some basic tips to prevent 'garden grief'.  

Richard Chuck shares a paint-based confession that leaves us open-mouthed and I get my plant of the week Geranium Delft Blue the wrong way around but, dare I say, it's our best episode yet?

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Rod & Richard Chuck pay homage to one of the greatest endowments to the gardening world - the National Gardening Scheme which has nearly 4 thousand private gardens across the UK on its books. 

Rod talks to the scheme's Chief Executive George Plumtre and guest Helen Boothman talks about what it's like being a host at her own garden: Mill Farm Gardens near Caistor in Lincolnshire.

Plus the boys will have their usual discussion about their jobs list and suggestions for 'plant of the week'.

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Rod and Richard Chuck finally get out into a garden and what a garden!  The splendour of Barnsdale Gardens, made famous by the TV personality Geoff Hamilton is laid bare with Geoff's son Nick adding his observations.  

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The mighty John Stirland joins Rod and Richard Chuck to talk plants with a new weekly feature - Plant of the week!  Although we counted at least thirty!

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One of the world's best-known garden designers, Professor David Stevens drops in to chat with Rod and Richard Chuck about his work and ethos designing at the very highest level.  We discuss sustainable garden design, Japanese Gardens, inexpensive design hacks, and David's top three design tips. Listener warning: Richard has to be physically held back after David complains about the over-use of grasses in certain designs!