Not Just a Garden

Monty and Ned are at home at Longmeadow whilst Joe Swift heads to the beautiful front gardens of Railway Cottages on Dorset Road in North London to meet Cathy Brogan, Jane Stevens, Mike Ainger and Eddy Wessman. Mike Werkmeister gives us a tour of the incredible grade 1 listed cottage garden of Margery Fish at East Lambrook Manor in Somerset, before Sue Kent takes us to Llanelli in Carmarthenshire to meet the wonderful and inspiring Adam Jones (Adam yn yr ardd). In Your Gardens this week, Saxon Kolltveit shows us around the buzzing HGS Kids Gardening Club at St Jude on the Hill before we head up to Edinburgh to Doctor Libby Webb's stunning "Cottage Jungle" garden at 9 Learmonth Place.

Some links:

Railway Cottages open through the National Garden Scheme

https://ngs.org.uk/gardens/railway-cottages-n22/

East Lambrook Manor Gardens

http://www.eastlambrook.com/pages/

Adam Jones

https://www.adamynyrardd.cymru/en/home-page/

Libby Webb

https://www.instagram.com/docleaves/

https://www.studiohomeunearthed.com/blog/urban-refuge?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZ-GqWys_J253Rx7C32jGTQpPxNwfPyCLIoScmka42qIqWq57x5EjkXEsI_aem_rP_90aLXCzODULZIJFLV8w

https://www.moderngardensmagazine.co.uk/garden-ideas/contemporary/nature-garden/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYBEzvSKAqchyndtzGqwzsVtMMZUt6fN7SlgRbGggvkWl2xJ4ZRLIeqCxk_aem_sTTHG0t_wRKXOB-DHM2fjg

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Gardeners' World is back - hooorah!🕺🏼 The team kick off the 2025 series with Monty up a VERY high ladder before Frances Tophill takes us to Melksham in Wiltshire to Lorraine and Sandy Macfarlane's beautiful garden equipped with recycled, upcycled and salvaged farmyard paraphernalia. We visit Puppetry Director & Designer Oliver Hymans & his Arts Communication Consultant partner Marcus Crofton’s place in Dalston, North East London to see how they've transformed an empty balcony into their own miniature Great Dixter, before heading over to the Isle of Wight with Adam Frost to meet Head Gardener Wayne Williams at the stunning Ventnor Botanic Gardens. Finally we take a stroll around Fiona Cumberbatch's cheerful and colourful garden in Stamford near Peterborough to learn how she was able to turn a concrete and clay backyard into a thriving space using pots and clever carboot finds.

Some links:

Lorraine Macfarlane's The Rookery in Melksham (available to visit through the National Garden Scheme)

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/46207/rookery-cottage

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-460543/Spectacular-poppies-make-colourful-comeback-thanks-farmer-going-organic.html

Oliver Hyman

https://www.oliverjameshymans.com/copy-of-all-projects

https://www.instagram.com/the_high_rise_gardener/

Ventnor Botanic Gardens

https://www.botanic.co.uk/visit-the-garden/

Wayne Williams

https://www.instagram.com/theplantaholic1/

Fiona Cumberpatch

https://fionacumberpatch.com/

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The garden designer, Tom Hoblyn was on Gardeners' World 2024, episode 29 and joins us for the final episode of this series of Chit-Chats to tell us about his dream garden. We find out about leeches in natural swimming ponds, how he’s preparing for his last ever Chelsea Flower Show (no seriously), horticultural qualifications, retracing Sir Joseph Bank’s footsteps and why Joe Swift wouldn’t chip-bud on camera.

Some mentions from Tom, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

• Hospice UK
• Harry Hoblyn
• Gravetye Manor
• Tom’s substack
• Andy Sturgeon 
• Stephen Lacey
• Alitex greenhouses
• Kew Gardens
• Peterhouse College, Cambridge Gardens

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Liz Colebrook and Fi Pidduck were on episode 22 of Gardeners' World last year where they gave us a wonderful masterclass on all things daylily. In this Good Ol' Chit-Chat we find out what their dream gardens would look like and they're a riot of 8-sided hexagons and Lazy-Liz's (patent-pending), bubble-wrap hacks and Tottering-by-Gently's.

Some mentions from Liz & Fi, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

• Wildegoose Nursery, Shropshire
• British Hosta and Hemerocallis Society
• La Recreation restaurant in Lot valley - wisteria
• Tottering-by-Gently cartoon
• Lia Leendertz - Almanac
• Tom’s Yard - pots in Herefordshire

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Jaap Schuuring was on Gardeners' World 2024/25 Winter Specials Episode 3 showing us his incredibly practical Christmas tree dead-hedges. In this episode of Chit-Chats we find out how the Netherlands handle droughts, invasive plants, and their varied wildlife. We also hear how on the back of his Your Gardens appearance, Jaap has been approached by both local TV and radio stations, as well as a city that wants to adopt his idea to make a city driven initiative, involving children, to build more wildlife-friendly hedges in the public space.

Some mentions from Jaap, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

• Solar water pump for water butts
• Trappist beer

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We have a good ol' chit-chat with the lovely Delia May West this week, after her late summer appearance on Gardeners' World 24. Delia invites us into her colourful world of cottage garden style planting, pink blossom vinegar, happy chickens, singing crickets, countryside views and more as she describes her idyllic dream garden.

Some mentions from Delia, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

• Batchelors Marrowfat Peas
• Premier Seeds
• Cove Garden Nursery in Tiverton

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A companion podcast for Gardeners’ World viewers, featuring weekly recaps and Chit-Chats with guests & presenters from the programme

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Mark Turner from Elite Orchids in Gloucestershire was on Gardeners' World 2024 episode 21 and he joins us this week to tell us about his dream garden. We hear about raising orchids from seed to adulthood, nibbles, wells, tortured toads and explosions💥

Some mentions from Mark, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

• Elite Orchids
• Eden Project

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A companion podcast for Gardeners’ World viewers, featuring weekly recaps and Chit-Chats with guests & presenters from the programme

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A lot of fan-girling as gardening titan Derry Watkins joins us this week. Derry’s dream garden of streams, waterfalls and plunge-pools is the wonderfully watery backdrop to our meandering conversation about how she got on a Chelsea Flower Show, setting up plant nurseries, secret gardens in Ireland, floating under pea plants, and have you heard of a waterblommetjie?

Some mentions from Derry, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

• Special Plant Nursery
• Johnny's Seeds
• Chelsea Flower Show
• Log House Plants

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A companion podcast for Gardeners’ World viewers, featuring weekly recaps and Chit-Chats with guests & presenters from the programme

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Eddie Bailey was on Gardeners’ World 2024 ep30 and he joins us this week to impart more of his vast knowledge on the importance and function of soil food web microorganisms. We also hear about the close relationship between soil and gut health, the beautiful gardens of Exeter University, and which trees he planted for each of his sons.

Some mentions from Eddie, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

• Landscape Designer Darryl Moore
• Exeter University Gardens

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Benn Storey from Gardeners' World 2024 episode 20 joins us this week as we find out more about how he designed and created his incredibly beautiful terraced garden in Clapham. We hear about his memories of growing up in Durham, how to successfully use gabions, opening a garden through the NGS, his award-winning botanical photography, how hot walls work, and much, much more! Benn's garden is open through the National Garden Scheme on 8th June 2025.

Some mentions from Kris & Deane, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

• Pottertons Nursery
• Rare Plants Nursery
• Roger Parsons - Sweet Peas
• Halls of Heddon – Dahlias and Chrysanthemums
• Scamp’s – Daffodils
• Peter Nyssen – Tulips / Bulbs
• The Other Art Fair
• NGS
• Royal Trinity Hospice
• The Lost Gardens of Heligan

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A companion podcast for Gardeners’ World viewers, featuring weekly recaps and Chit-Chats with guests & presenters from the programme

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