It’s series 2 of Good Ol’ Chit-Chats!🕺🏼 We kick off with the wonderful Tashi Dhondup from Stroud who tells us all about his dream garden. We hear about lotus plants, Himalayan meadows and how easy it is to grow cannas from seed. Tashi also tells us about the work he does with Tom Dawson and what an important role gardens and nature play in his life.

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

• Tom Dawson
• Plant World Seeds, Devon

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A very soggy but fetching Adam takes us to Bury St Edmunds to Fullers Mill Gardens where we meet Garden Manager Gary Bean. Steve and Dawn Morgan in Barnstable, Devon show us around their beautiful sub-tropical garden and their impressive collection of passionflowers. Chris Burkett in Moreton in the Wirral shows us his garden of no less than 200 pots before Advolly gives us a talk on houseplants at Brodsworth Hall in Doncaster. Finally GP Susan Taheri in North Devon shows us the Growing Well gardens where we hear all about the benefits of patients being subscribed time in the garden.

Some links:

Silene stenophylla

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/120221-oldest-seeds-regenerated-plants-science#

Bernard Tickner and Fullers Mill Garden

https://www.gardenforum.co.uk/news/people/creator-of-fullers-mill-garden-bernard-tickner-dies-aged-93/

Dawn and Steve Morgan

https://ngs.org.uk/gardens/32-allenstyle-drive-ex31/

https://devonsubtropicalgarden.rocks/contact-us/

Brodsworth Hall

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/brodsworth-hall-and-gardens/

Lord Howe Island

https://lordhoweisland-australia.com/about-lord-howe-island/lord-howe-island-facts/

Growing Well Gardens

https://growingwellgarden.co.uk/

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Frances Tophill is at Powderham Castle again this week, with Rua and Jeanette, where she's planting tulip bulbs, digging up weeds, drying hydrangeas (by wetting them!) and cutting back rose root stock. Rachel de Thame is at Pettifers Garden in Banbury and talks to us more about the relationship between pollinators and flowers. Eddie Bailey (RhizoPhyllia) in Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire gives us a fascinating masterclass on compost, and finally Carol Klein is in her garden at Glebe Cottage, talking to us about collecting seeds.

Some links:

Powderham Castle

https://www.powderham.co.uk/

Frances Tophill and Rua

https://www.instagram.com/francestophill/

Frances' cardigan!

https://www.plumo.com/products/Clytie-Cardigan.html

Pettifers in Banbury

https://pettifers.com

Eddie Bailey at RhizoPhyllia

https://www.rhizophyllia.co.uk/about/

Carol Klein's book

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hortobiography-Carol-Klein/dp/1529144248/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2U2F5LQZW47X8&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ChqZys4Z9dAR-wpSKU9ZZrlhWlzHJN_HHtEjjcyZQfOacP8r2Y8NSTJZJDZYeuyqfdLDC3XEa4NZC8PtxHegCg.lk5ucuxzCUDW6mLmStoUltIeEcCDGsi8o7CxXtGbUDo&dib_tag=se&keywords=hortibiography+carol+klein&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1729749252&sprefix=hortibio%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-1

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Joe Swift takes us to Tom Hoblyn's beautiful 2.5 acre garden in Bury-St-Edmunds, Suffolk where we learn about chip-budding. Delia May West Ryder shows us around her incredible garden in Tiverton, Devon packed with dahlias galore, before Gavin in East Sussex shows us his impressive collection of miniature trees. Garden writer and journalist Jane Perrone shows us her beautiful houseplants, including the delicate String-of-Pearls and variegated Jade Tree, and Sue Kent is at her place in Swansea where she gives us a tour of her hot borders.

Some links:

Thomas Hoblyn

https://thomashoblyn.com/

https://ngs.org.uk/gardens/mansard-house-ip31/

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/25/natural-swimming-pools-i-love-mine-but-try-telling-my-clients-that

Delia May West Ryder at Hone Hill

https://www.instagram.com/honehilldreaming/

Jane Perrone

https://www.janeperrone.com/

Sue Kent

https://www.instagram.com/suekentathome/

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Rachel de Thame takes us to the beautiful Yeo Valley Organic Garden in Somerset to meet Professor Jane Memmott and Professor Daniel Robert from Bristol University to learn more about how plants interact with insects. We visit Tom Adkin and Giulia Consolandi at their Piccolo Plants Nursery in Branscombe, North Devon and they show us their fantastic collection of succulents. Maisie Bartlett takes us on a tour of her pretty and packed allotment and then Arit meets with Debbie Roberts and Ian Smith from Acres Wild Landscape and Garden Design who show her their 3-in-1 garden in Horsham, incorporating Mediterranean, Japanese and English garden styles. Finally we meet butterfly fantastic, Paul James Allen in Poole, Dorset, who talks to us about butterflies and caterpillars and which plants in his garden are the most attractive to them.

Some links:

Yeo Valley

https://www.yeovalley.co.uk/

Prof Jane Memmott

https://biologicalsciences.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2019/03/15/a-biography-of-professor-jane-memmott/

Prof Daniel Robert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAnfKEFFFKI

Piccolo Plants Nursery

https://www.piccoloplantsnursery.co.uk/

Acres Wild Landscape and Garden Design

https://www.acreswild.co.uk/

Paul James Allen

https://pauljamesallen.com

https://www.instagram.com/pauljamesmusicuniverse

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We're with Frances Tophill at Powderham Castle with Jeanette and Ru this week before Carol Klein takes us to Highfield Farm Garden in Monmouthshire for a tour of Jenny and Roger Lloyd's beautiful gardens. Head Gardener Joe Scoble shows us around the incredible award-winning garden project run by Guy’s and St Thomas’, supporting patients recovering from amputation to be physically and mentally active, and we meet the inspirational Tatiana Timon, Luke Tarrant and Christine who show us what they get out of the garden. Joe Swift takes us to Walthamstow in London to see Paula Siqueira and Andrew Durham's low-maintenance garden, where Joe dangles his feet in their fantastic pond! Finally we meet mother and daughter team Holly Barsby and Nikki who show us a thing or two about container planting.

Some links:

Highfield Farm Garden

https://highfieldfarmgarden.co.uk/about-2/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ73NILHNr8

Tatiana Timon

https://www.instagram.com/bionictati/

Luke Tarrant

https://www.instagram.com/luke_tarrant/

Paula Siqueira and Andrew Durham

https://ngs.org.uk/app/uploads/2024/02/london_2024.pdf

Nikki and Holly

https://www.inthegardenuk.com

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We visit Dr Margaret Stone's national collection of asters in Worcester with Rachel de Thame, and have a good wonder around her beautiful garden at Brockamin. Tashi Dhondup in Stroud gives us a tour of his stunning garden and shows us his collection of meconopsis before Eric in Normandy France shows us his garden where he uses the no-dig method. Jilly McNaughton gives us a masterclass on building successful wildlife ponds and shows us her two at Sheepcote Green House in Saffron Waldon, Essex where she has numerous aquatic plants and a family or two of great crested newts. Finally Adam takes us to the stunning Peckover House and Gardens in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, where we meet Louise Gardner, the head gardener and understand how they're recreating the gardens from old photos and paintings by George Samuel Elgood.

Some links:

Dr Margaret Stone

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/34641/brockamin

Jilly McNaughton

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/42210/sheepcote-green-house

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwPoe4IlVEE

Peckover House and Gardens

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/peckover-house-and-garden

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On this week’s episode of Good Ol’ Chit-Chats, Mandy Barber from Incredible Vegetables takes us to her dream garden made up of weird and wonderful “edimentals”, most of which we hadn’t heard of (apparently duck potatoes are a thing). Perennial kale has an unusual use and the walking onions blew our tiny minds🤯 Our Incredible Vegetables shopping list has been written. 

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

• Baddaford Farm Collective
• Inspiratoriet on Samsø

More from Incredible Vegetables

https://incrediblevegetables.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/incredible_vegetables/

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This week we travel to Herefordshire with Sue Kent to meet Layla Robinson at her incredible dried flower studio and Scott Thompson shows us around his immersive garden, Fern Bank in Wirksworth, Matlock. Astrid and Frankie Drummond give us a guided tour of their beautiful garden and triangular compost bin in Sheffield before Joe Swift takes us to the incredible Church Gardens in Harefield where Patrick and Kay McHugh show us the extensive work they've done to restore the walled gardens. Finally Leyla Kazim shows us around her 5m by 7m South West London garden equipped with numerous edibles as well as her "postage stamp meadow".

Some links mentioned:

Green Manure

https://www.rhs.org.uk/soil-composts-mulches/green-manures

Layla Robinson

https://www.laylarobinson.com/

https://www.91magazine.co.uk/meet-the-maker-layla-robinson/

Scott Thompson and Beccy Owen

https://ngs.org.uk/gardens/fern-bank-de4/

Patrick and Kay McHugh

https://ngs.org.uk/gardens/church-gardens-ub9/

https://www.churchgardens.co.uk/

Leyla Kazim

https://leylakazim.substack.com/

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Chris Miller from Grow Cardiff joins us for a Good Ol’ Chit-Chat this week! Chris was on Gardeners’ World earlier this year tackling his astro lawn and in this episode we find out a bit about his work with Grow Cardiff and the fantastic support the charity provides others to transform uninspiring urban areas into productive, nature-filled, buzzing hubs that serve their community. We also hear what Chris’ dream garden would look like, which involves a shed to beat all sheds🍺

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

• Horatio's Garden
• RHS Rosemoor
• Bute Park
• Dyffryn Gardens 
• Cardiff Salad Garden 
• Pipes (Taff Temptress)

Grow Cardiff

  A004_04221633_C234.mp4 Grow.mp4  - Emma Downes - filmmaker

https://www.facebook.com/share/eQygeXQsmQNPtiba/?mibextid=LQQJ4d

https://x.com/growcardiff?s=21&t=uTDhn57b-3CR2RP4oQkwRw

https://www.growcardiff.org/health-wellbeing/

Grow Well Cardiff 

https://x.com/growwellcardiff?s=21&t=uTDhn57b-3CR2RP4oQkwRw

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