Not Just a Garden

Kris & Deane Saunders-Stowe from Gardeners' World 2024 episode 22 take us on a wild ride of meandering boardwalks, ever-growing greenhouses, cutting tool filing systems, scaling cliffs with a wheelchair on the back, Virgin ads, hypnotherapy, and will Deane secure Kathy Bates & Melissa McCarthy for his sci-fi film?

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

• Alton Towers Gardens
• Kenchester Water Gardens

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

• Bristol Botanical Gardens
• Historic and Botanic Garden Training Programme
• Keith Wiley's Wildside
• Derry Watkins' gravel growing
• Growild Nursery in Scotland
• Garden House in Devon
• Nicaragua Agroforestry research farm - Project Bona Fide
• Centre for Alternative Technologies in Wales
• Mandy's Incredible Vegetables

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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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Violet Croll from Gardeners' World 2024, Compilations Episode 1 joins us for a Good Ol' Chit-Chat this week! She tells us all about the story behind her Jamaican flag, her competitive sweetcorn and how Avalon came about (spoiler, it wasn't Excalibur).

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

• Geoff Hamilton’s garden - Barnsdale Gardens
• Heligan Gardens
• RHS Wisley

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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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✨It’s a Christmas Special🎅🏽 Mellie Lewis from Aeonium Mellie pops in for another Good Ol’ Chit-Chat, this time to transport us to a winter wonderland of kidnapped botanists, well-boiled Brussel sprouts and her deconstructed Christmas crackers🎄

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

• Lullingstone Castle
• Stiperstones - The Hollies
• Plant Heritage
• RHS
• The Cloud Garden by Tom Hart Dyke and Paul Winder
• Tenbury Mistletoe Festival
• Errdig Hall NT

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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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The last Gardeners' World of 2024☹️ and it's with Ned and Monty. We have a quick catchup on Good Ol Chit-Chat friends - Nigel Palfrey, who's been building a woodman's bothy, and Geoff Stonebanks, who's currently in the press as Britain's most festive man! Toby Buckland takes us around his gorgeous garden in South Devon before we join Frances Tophill at Bridewell Gardens near Witney, Oxford, where we meet Ruth Maddock, Rachel, Leonora and Maddie to make "mossauges" for the Christmas wreaths!

We visit Alfie Nickerson at his stunning flower farm at Burnt Fen in Norfolk and learn a bit about the biodynamic processes he uses, learned from his time at Fern Verrow Biodynamic Farm in Herefordshire. And finally Arit takes us to meet Tom Allen in his beautiful garden to see what updates he can make, including disguising a bare fence.

Some links:

Toby's Garden Festival at Powderham Castle

https://tobygardenfest.co.uk/?sfw=pass1734590690

Bridewell Gardens

https://www.bridewellgardens.org/about-the-garden/

Burnt Fen

https://burntfenflowers.com

Fern Verrow

https://fernverrow.com

Tom Allen

https://tomindeed.com/

https://www.instagram.com/tomindeed/

Guardian Article

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/aug/19/tom-allen-interview-bake-off-teenager-formal-dinner-parties-friends-awkward

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We wish you all a very happy Christmas and healthy New Year and we'll see you in 2025!🥂

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

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Annmarie & Andrew from Fifty Shades of Green join us for a Good Ol’ Chit-Chat! We find out about their love of tropical planting, how they’ve found each other’s lobster and that size most definitely does matter📏

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

• George's Jungle Garden
• Garden Of The Year 2022 with Zoe Ball, Manoj Malde and Lachlan Rae
• National Garden Scheme

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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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The penultimate Gardeners' World Winter Special of 2024 sees Frances Tophill presenting from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh after we find out about Martin and Trixie from Big Cactus Rescue identifying cacti with their tongues on You Bet! We meet Sadie Barber - Research Collections Manager, Marc Gilbert – Glasshouse Horticulturist, Dr Olwen Grace - Deputy Director of Science, Milo Philips - Assistant Entomology Curator for National Museums Scotland, and Caitlyn Johnstone - Ecologist.

We join Carol Klein in Shropshire at Goldstone Hall Garden to enjoy a garden for all the senses before meeting Kevin Stewart in his garden in Hackney, London, Hackney where we learn about keeping orchids outdoors. We catch up with Sue Kent in Wales who gives us an update on her garden and we meet Jaap Schuuring from the Netherlands who shows us a great way of using up old Christmas trees. Nick Bailey is shown the cotinus at Thorp Perrow Arboretum by Curator Faith Douglas, and magician Graham Prigg from Cullompton in Devon shows us his collection of auriculas.

Some Links:

Martin & Trixie on You Bet!

https://www.itv.com/watch/you-bet!/10a5760/10a5760a0001

RBG Edinburgh

https://www.rbge.org.uk/

Goldstone Hall Garden

https://goldstonehallhotel.co.uk/

Thorp Perrow Arboretum

https://www.thorpperrow.com/at-thorp-perrow/

Graham Prigg

https://www.devon-magician.com/

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The man, the myth, the legend..it’s… Nigel Palfrey. We had a Good Ol’ Chit-Chat this summer, finding out more about the crinkle crinkle folly, Nigel’s use of morse code and his special apple-tree. Towards the end there was a little confusion over a plant name which we noted as an Edulis but it was in fact an Ercilla volubilis!

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

• Somerset Ornithological Society
• Marcher Apple Network
• Hestercombe House

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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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Will Teare from Will Teare Garden Design joins us this week for a Good Ol' Chit-Chat. He tells us about the secret woods at the end of his garden, his ambitious shed plans and the best way to eat dandelions.

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

• John Little brownfield gardening
• Sheffield Botanical Gardens
• James Hitchmough South African seed trials
• Jimi Blake’s garden, Hunting Brook in Ireland
• Martin Crawford's forest school in Dartington, Devon
• RHS Hyde Hall
• Thornbridge Brewery

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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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Ash and Adam Frost are presenting this week's Gardeners' World Winter Special. Rachel de Thame takes us to Cheltenham to visit ex-commercial airline pilot Linda Marsh and her beautiful garden at The Stables, with influences from Piet Oudolf. We visit Jack First in Porthmadog near Gwyneth who shows us the incredible success he has with hotbeds. Toby Buckland gives us a tour of Caisson Gardens near Bath where we meet owners Amanda and Phil Honey who give us a bit of the history. We visit the Wonky Gardens in Widness in Halton Cheshire, where co-founder Angela Hayler describes the fantastic work they do there including their contribution to food banks and the "flower cuddles" they give the community. Finally Joe Swift takes us to Iford Manor to have a look around the stunning gardens with Head Gardener Steve Lannin. We hear about Harold Peto's design and meet William Cartwright-Hignett the current custodians.

Some links:

The Stables in Cheltenham

https://ngs.org.uk/gardens/the-stables-gl51/

Jack First

https://www.instagram.com/jackfirst42/

Jack's book

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hot-Beds-Early-Age-old-Techniques/dp/0857841068/ref=sr_1_1?crid=39Q8XB9ABEY4D&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.LL2lmDrV14N91weH_QRcg1otf7Zbt0tfZZVbuG2pvCF0VsREL3XtQ-f4vsceBtdw4QTU9-Yfvn5mY_YR0TgJW9aHO0et8OimG8VwR8CtQ4gs7yPKu8CzfY6v21I6SmpyLHSowZ4a0Vh0NwwdN0di9hj6FFL1kkbly6PWlCr8rIC7Gz5bjKxa76FKoVpW2CssihidF6bCMnlJxiZEK_7QCmi8tfI2WI7Q8dl3iGnMSas.RUXKWsPNeX_k6U2UjfxU-GlzkYXlilwi4eONKWJzElM&dib_tag=se&keywords=jack+first&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1732776340&sprefix=jack+first%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-1

Hotbed Masterclass

https://abundanceacademy.online/p/hot-bed-gardening

Caisson Gardens

https://caissongardens.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Caisson-Brochure.pdf

Caisson Locks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caisson_lock

The Wonky Gardens

https://ngs.org.uk/gardens/the-wonky-garden-wa8/

Iford Manor

https://www.ifordmanor.co.uk/garden

Steve Lannin

https://www.instagram.com/stevelannin/

More Not Just a Garden

https://notjustagarden.co.uk/

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

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