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This week Rachel de Thame takes us to Am Brook Meadow in Newton Abbott where we meet Jennie and Jethro Marles. They take us around their stunning garden and pond before we head over to the wonderful Nigel Palfrey in Kingston St Mary to see his exquisite crinkle-crinkle folly. Alison Taylor in Tilehurst, West Reading shows us her collection of roses and Frances meets with Jennifer at the Weleda Biodynamic Gardens in Derbyshire. We finally spend time with Mark Turner at his orchid nursery in Elmore, Gloucester and see a few of his one hundred thousand plants!

We've posted a video with the plant images and names on our Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustaGarden

and a reel on our Instagram page here: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/

Plant names captured this week:

Double Click Rose – cosmos

roses, sweetpeas, dahlias

Pheasant Grass

Anemanthele

Hydrangea

Geranium phaeum – dusky cranesbill

Echinacea

Sanguisorba

Phlomis

Fennel

Molinia

Stipa gigantea

Daucus carota

Eupatorium

Knapweed

Field scabious

Perovskia

Cardoon

Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’ – Japanese anemone

cardoon

Briza Maxima

orange

Persica roses

Sedum Purple Emperor

The Poet’s Wife

Stachys

Echinacea pallida

Althaea officinalis common marsh mallow

Calendula

Aconite

corn

Snowball turnip

Milan Purple Top turnip

Cattleya recital

Dendrophylax lindenii

Rungsuriyanum

Neofinetia falcata

David Howard dahlia

Nasturtiums

Ginger

Clematis

Cosmos

Sunflowers

Crocosmia

And some links:

Jennie and Jethro

https://www.caroledrake.com/-/galleries/publication/2019/am-brook-meadow-country-living-august-2019

https://jethromarles.co.uk/jethro-marles-biography/

Weleda Biodynamic Garden

https://www.weleda.co.uk/biodynamics

Mark Turner

https://www.orchidwire.com/Listings/63723154673.html

https://www.instagram.com/eliteorchids/

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Lucy from Foster Irises joins us this week on the podcast. Lucy was on Gardeners' World earlier this year - episode 12 - and talks to us about her incredible connection to Foster Irises and the "father of iris breeding" as well as what she'd have in her dream garden.

Links to some of Lucy's mentions can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens, including:

• Ickworth House
• Helmingham Hall
• Derek Jarman's place in Dungeness
• The book by Sandra Lawrence called Miss Willmott's Ghosts
• Derry Watkins' Special Plants Nursery
• Columbine Hall
• Great Dixter

More from Lucy

https://www.instagram.com/fosteririses/

https://fosteririses.com

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We're back with Adam, Ash and Isla this week before joining Joe in Derbyshire to meet Amy Langron in her beautiful walled garden. Benn Storey shows us around his stunning steeply terraced garden in Clapham and then Rachel White inspires us with her front garden transformation in North Berwick. Arit is spending some time with Will Clayton from Geb & Green in Hertfordshire to learn a bit about their peat-free houseplants, and finally Liz Zorab gives us a guided tour of the fantastic Byther Farm on a hillside in Carmarthenshire.

We've posted a video with the plant images and names on our Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustaGarden

and a reel on our Instagram page here: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/

Plant names captured this week:

Clover

Achillea

Acer

Ageratina altissima ‘Chocolate’ – snakeroot

Agastache ‘Little Adder’

Panicum ‘Cheyenne Sky’

Allium tanguticum ‘Summer Beauty’ – Portuguese allium

Euphorbia cyparissias ‘Fens Ruby’ – Cypress spurge

Veronicastrum

Cirsium

Sisyrinchium

Heuchera

Tiarellas

Astrantias

Euphorbias

Nepetas

Alliums

sedum

Black bamboo

Verbena ‘Bampton’

Crocosmia

Lychnis

Anemones

Hydrangea quercifolia

Ferns

Geraniums

Hornbeam

Coniogramme emeiensis – Bamboo fern

Calatheus

Fatsia

Syngonium

Alocasia

Monsteras

Ferns

Ficuses

Calathea

Hostas

Cavolo nero kale

Sweet corn

Agastache

Monarda for potpourri

Thyme

Welsh onion

Rhubarb

Yacon

Greek Gigantes beans

Dwarf jerusulem artichoke

some kale – ‘Red Russian’

Purple beans

Kale

Borlotti beans

Siberian chives

Peach

And some links:

Amy Langron

https://www.hortuscollective.co.uk/

Benn Storey

https://www.instagram.com/bennstorey/

https://bennstorey.com/

Geb & Green

https://gebandgreen.co.uk/

Arit

https://www.instagram.com/aritanderson/

Liz Zorab

https://bytherfarm.com/

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Martin Ciderspiller from Big Cactus Rescue joins us this week on the podcast. Martin and Trixie were on Gardeners' World in Episode 2 in 2023 and showed their impressive cacti collection and so we can expect a few making an appearance in his dream garden!

Martin mentions a couple of interesting instagram accounts to follow:

• Cactus Explorer
• Cactus Conservation

Links to them can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

More from Martin

https://www.instagram.com/bigcactusrescue/

http://www.bigcactusrescue.org/

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This week is at Longmeadow with Ned and Monty and we get to spend a bit of time with Sue Kent in her garden in Swansea before meeting Ogie Placido and his collection of pitcher plants and aloes. We also have a look around Pepper and Linus' "untidy garden" in Reading before hearing about the interesting history of Plas Brondanw in Gwynedd from Advolly. Finally Dionne Sambrook shows us her new build garden in Stratford-on-Avon which has been transformed into a thriving wildlife garden.

We've posted a video with the plant images and names on our Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustaGarden

and a reel on our instagram page here: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/

Plant names captured this week:

Crocosmia Lucifer

Clematis

Sunflowers

Buddleja

Philadelphus mock orange

Perennial wallflower Bowles Mauve

Agapanthus

Dahlia

Potentilla

Cornflowers

Antirrhinums – Potamac Red

Japanese blood grass – Red Baron Imperata cylindrica ‘Rubra’

Cosmos Rubenza

Rudbeckia Cherry Brandy

Veronicastrum virginicum Album

Sarracenia Max Rawlings

Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpora

Nerines

Amarines

x Amarine tubergenii ‘Aphrodite’

Van Tubergen amarine

x Amarine tubergenii ‘Anastasia’

Teasels

White bladder campion

Bog Bean

Ragged Robin

Dianthus – Deptford Pink

Wild carrot

And here are some links:

Sue Kent

https://gb.readly.com/magazines/woman-and-home/2024-07-25/669b0233c7876870a8966bdc

Ogie Placido

https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/plantsbyogieplacido

Advolly

https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/linen-layers-and-a-trusty-sony-walkman-advolly-richmonds-garden-style/

Dionne Sambrook

https://www.instagram.com/dionne_gardening/

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This week's guest to tell us about his dream garden is Patrick Smikle from Smile with Smikle! Patrick appeared on Gardeners' World in September 2022 and also in early 2023 where he took us for a tour of his beautiful and inspiring alleyway garden.

Patrick mentions Bud Garden Centre in the chat, who've been instrumental in Patrick showing his alleyway, they can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

More from Patrick

www.instagram.com/smile_with_smikle/

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095224624923

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We're back at Longmeadow with Monty and Ned this week before swiftly heading over to Carol Klein's place in North Devon for some more tips on producing plants for free. We also meet Carole Tate in Chorley to learn all about sweet peas and also John Willshire in Lindfield, West Sussex to find out how to rewild a new-build garden. Vivienne and David Murch show us around their beautiful sloping garden at Ashcombe in Westhumble, Surrey and then Adam takes us for a tour around the wonderful Great Ambrook Estate with owner Stephanie Berry.

We've posted a video with the plant images and names on our Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustaGarden

and a reel on our instagram page here: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/

Plant names captured this week:

Sweet pea, cosmos, phlox

Geranium Blue Cloud

Phlox paniculata ‘Bright Eyes’

Heleniums 

Bearded Iris 

Ginger

Crocosmia

Tulips

Lilium ‘Robina’

Lilium speciosum var. rubrum

Oriental Ruby Streaks – mustard

Mix of winter greens – mizuna, komatsuna, pak choi, mustard, green baraku

Lambs lettuce

Edward of York

Dorothy Eckford

Painted Lady

Lathyrus tingitanus – Tangier Pea

Mrs R Penney

Hothem Red

Lathyrus sativus azureus

Cupani

Matteuccua struthiopteris – Shuttlecock fern

hostas 

Delphiniums

Roses

Clematis

Pink and blue campanulas

Variegated cornus

Astrantias

Roses

Hemerocallis

Agapanthus

Salvias

Quercus suber – cork oak

Acanthus

Geraniums

Campanulas 

Phlomis

Sedum

Crocosmia

Euphorbia characias

And here are some links:

The National Sweet pea Society

https://sweetpeas.org.uk/

Professor Hedgehog's Journal

https://professorhedgehogsjournal.uk/2019/10/23/francesco-cupani/

John Willshire

https://smithery.com/2023/06/15/how-to-rewild-a-new-garden/

https://www.instagram.com/smitherystudio/

Vivienne and David Murch's garden through the National Garden Scheme

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/36151/ashcombe

Great Ambrook Estate

https://www.theitaliangarden.org/home

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This week's guest is Geoff Stonebanks who tells us all about his dream garden, which is surprisingly similar to his actual garden Driftwood by Sea! Geoff opens his garden through the National Garden Scheme and has raised and continues to raise incredible amounts for charity. He featured on Gardeners' World 2024 episode 2 and also back in 2016 so is a regular on the show.

We had a giggle hearing about Geoff's background as a chef, his penchant for Christmas decorations (despite his partner's dislike of all things Christmas) and his palm-house packed with agaves and succulents.

More Geoff can be found on his social media channels here:

https://www.youtube.com/@driftwoodbysea

https://www.instagram.com/geoff_stonebanks/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009592051399

and Geoff mentions Richard Jackson feed, a link can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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It's the 25th anniversary of Tatton Park and Frances and Adam take us on a tour of the show gardens, long borders, creative cubes and floral marquee. We meet Christine Leung and her hard-working team who shows us the prep for their wonderful "Glean" garden, and the infectiously enthusiastic young designer Callum Corrie - AKA Sandy Beach - shows us his award winning "Entertaining Meets Nature" garden. We also find out a little more about garden designers Ollie Pike and his garden "This Garden Isn't Finished Without You", and Chris Reynolds with his "The Safe Space Garden". We also have the opportunity to join Toby as he takes us for a wonder along the world famous double border at Arley Hall and Gardens where head gardener Gordon Bailie gives us a lesson in staking.

We've posted a reel with the plant images and names on our Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustaGarden

or on our instagram page here: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/

Plant names:

Yellow Achillea

Cercidiphyllum japonicum - Katsura tree

Coniogramme emeiensis – Bamboo fern

Francoa sonchifolia ‘Pink Bouquet’

Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’

Actaea simplex ‘Brunette’

Evening primrose

Chicory

Verbascum

Echinacea

Erigerons

Birches

Anemones

Thalictrum

Crocosmia

Prunus serrula and hawthorn Prunifolia

Achillea Terracotta

Teasel

Crab-apple

Meadowsweet

Ragged Robin

Nepeta

Agastache

Verbena

Coreopsis

Ligularia

Chard

Courgettes

Fennel

Tithonia

Lysimachia

Delphinium

Thalictrum

Helenium

Geranium

Astrantia

Verbascum

Some links:

Tatton Park

https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-flower-show-tatton-park

Ollie Pike

https://www.pikestudio.co.uk

Chris Reynolds

https://www.bridgemankent.com

Christine Leung

https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/misc-shows/designer-biogs/christine-leung

Callum Corrie

https://www.instagram.com/callumcorrie/

Arley Hall and Gardens

https://www.arleyhallandgardens.com

https://www.theenglishhome.co.uk/seasonal-living/british-travel/arley-hall/#:~:text=Famed%20for%20its%20beautiful%20gardens,for%20more%20than%20500%20years.

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We're thrilled to debut a new series in our Not Just a Garden line-up - A Good Ol' Chit-Chat With...! During these episodes our guests tell us about their dream garden and we find out more about them and their lives along the way.

In this episode we were very lucky to be able to chat with the wonderful Amir Mohammed from Amir's Allotment, you may remember him from his "Your Gardens" segment on Gardeners' World in 2023 and again later on Gardeners' World 2024 Compilations ep1. We covered a lot of ground including Bob the robin, happy childhood memories and the magic of woodlands. 

Amir's beautiful YouTube Channel Amir's Allotment can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@AmirsAllotment

And his instagram is: https://www.instagram.com/amirsallotment/

Amir also mentions Pan Global Plants in Gloucestershire, and anything else he mentions can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/

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