The Garden Log

By Ben Dark

Welcome to a strange green world. The Garden Log is the audio journal of award-wining British author, gardener and plant historian Ben Dark. A window into the remarkable life of plants and the beautif... more

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How many episodes does The Garden Log have?

The podcast currently has 111 episodes available.

The Garden Log episodes:

September 06, 2018 #41 How to batter your hedge, break your mower and grow cabbages with George Orwell
In this literally groundbreaking episode of The Garden Log Ben experiments with home remedies for powdery mildew, cuts hedges, talks about flowers and drives into a fox hole.

The Garden Log. A podcast for people and plants
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30min
August 30, 2018 #40 Attack of the box tree caterpillar, bright plants for brick walls and other gardening nightmares
This week the Garden Log is infested. Not that we let it stop us creating a beautiful new border or taking a trip to Oxford. No crying please, lets all talk about flowers
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32min
August 22, 2018 #39 Sacrifice and scarification: A gardening podcast
In this episode of the Garden Log we drop in on a suave french landscape architect, rip out some grass, laugh in the face of ugliness and soak our eyes in beauty. Not since Eden have plants and people been in such perfect harmony.
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28min
August 15, 2018 #38 Wisteria's summer prune, ordering spring bulbs and heaps of steaming compost
In this episode wisteria is tamed, lawnmowers are ridden like chariots and rain falls like an upturned river. Also, advice on how to steal ideas and a discussion of the horticultural tasks that every good gardener should master
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27min
August 09, 2018 #37 Under the old oak tree: Forget-me-nots, enchanters nightshade and beetles everywhere
In this cheese-wine charmed episode of The Garden Log we talk meadows, short lived perennials, lilly-beetles, and acorns. We also pay a visit to a National Trust garden and travel back in time to meet a Victorian head gardener
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23min
August 02, 2018 #36 Scything meadows, cutting dahlias and battling Cthulhu weed
This hottest day of the year coincides with the wildflower orchard's annual hay cut. I harvest dahlias for garish, smile-inducing vases of midsummer joy and we discuss whether its possible to imbue certain flower beds with a profound aura of cosmic dread.

All in a weeks work on The Garden Log!

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24min
July 28, 2018 Decorative grass, Edwardian fuss and sun-bright pots of summer zinnia
In this episode we go garish for a garden fiesta, learn how to use ornamental grass to soften harsh borders and go scrumping for black mulberries. All this and more in the latest episode of Britain's most addictive gardening podcast.
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28min
July 20, 2018 #34 Mashed wallflowers, orange echinacea and the Willow of Babylon
In hazy midsummer Ben Dark tells stories about trees and recommends some border-filling plants for mid-summer swaps
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31min
July 13, 2018 #33 Hot rocks, head gardeners and hydrangea vines
In this hot episode of Britain's favourite horticultural podcast we labour in desperate pursuit of beauty. Also, tips on how to NOT boil your plants, which bacopa is not worth the seed price and staying safe with cycads.

Have fun gardeners!
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32min
July 05, 2018 #32 Weeds, wounds and weddings
In this episode we learn the subtle art of deadheading, learn when not to weed and eat some wild carrot. All in a week's work for The Garden Log
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28min

FAQs about The Garden Log:

How many episodes does The Garden Log have?

The podcast currently has 111 episodes available.

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