The Gardener's Lodge

Ever thought about sharing your garden online, but not quite known where to start? This episode is for you.

Mykal sits down with Tom Coleman, a social media specialist working within the horticultural industry, to talk about how gardeners can show up online with confidence. From the do’s and don’ts of posting your garden, to staying authentic and enjoying the process, this conversation goes beyond algorithms and focuses on sharing your love of plants in a way that feels natural and sustainable.

Whether you’re quietly posting for fun or thinking about growing a small following, this episode will help you feel more comfortable putting your garden out into the world.

DESIGN STUDIO
GARDEN COACHING

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World-renowned garden photographer Clive Nichols joins Mykal Hoare in the Lodge for a thoughtful conversation about photographing gardens at their most beautiful. Having captured some of the world’s finest and most private gardens, including HRH King Charles III’s garden at Birkhall, Clive reflects on a career spent observing gardens at their most fleeting and atmospheric.

Together, they explore light, patience, and atmosphere in garden photography, alongside practical insights for gardeners and photographers looking to capture gardens with clarity and restraint.

DESIGN STUDIO
GARDEN COACHING

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World-renowned planting designer Andrew Fisher Tomlin joins Mykal in the Lodge to talk all things planting design and reflect on a remarkable career in horticulture.

Andrew is the founding director of the London College of Garden Design and a respected educator at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. His career spans decades at the very highest level of the profession, including judging show gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

In this conversation, Andrew shares the hard-won knowledge and insight gathered throughout his career, much of which now forms the basis of his first book, The Modern Professional Planting Designer — an Amazon No.1 bestseller.

DESIGN STUDIO
GARDEN COACHING

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Tom France is a passionate Ecologist from the United kingdom. This conversation is about all things british ecology, from re-wilding to the state of the british landscape.  

DESIGN STUDIO
GARDEN COACHING

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Mykal is on a field trip this week to the Mountains Gourmet plot in the Mid Blue Mountains to visit Rhiannon Phillips, the founder of Mountains Gourmet. Rhiannon is passionate about supplying fresh,  healthy, sustainably grown gourmet produce to her community.


DESIGN STUDIO
GARDEN COACHING

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Episode Links:
Mountains Gourmet Website
Mountains Gourmet Instagram
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Mykal's Links:
thegardenerslodge.co.uk
Instagram
Tik Tok 

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Good Friend, Business woman & Tropical Terrarium expert Cass from Plant with Cass joins us in The Lodge to chat all about the wonders and ease of  closed lid Terrariums. 

DESIGN STUDIO
GARDEN COACHING
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Episode Links:
Plant With Cass website
Plant With Cass Instagram
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Mykal's Links:
thegardenerslodge.co.uk
Instagram
Tik Tok 

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Jordan Alexander from the Shed Organics, has a passion for sharing horticultural Knowledge. Today he tells us all about his key steps to building healthy soil and growing healthy plants! 

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Episode Links:
Jordans Website
Jordans Instagram
Jordans Youtube

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Mykal's Links:
thegardenerslodge.co.uk
Instagram
Tik Tok  

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Clancy Lester is an Australian Native Bee expert.   Forget everything you thought you knew about bees. According to Clancy Lester, environmental educator and native bee researcher, the true heroes of Australia’s pollination story aren’t European honeybees, but thousands of native species that rarely get noticed—or understood.  

FREE NATIVE NATIVE GARDEN DESIGN DOWNLOAD:  https://thegardenerslodge.co.uk/freenativedesigndownload 

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Episode Links:

Clancy's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/beesandblossoms.aus/
Clancy's Website - https://nativebeehotels.com/  

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Mykal's Links:

Website - https://thegardenerslodge.co.uk/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thegardenerslodgeuk/ Tik Tok  - https://www.tiktok.com/@thegardenerslodge   

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Lucy Mora coined the Term 'Garden Mapper' after being approached to illustrate water colour maps of Australian gardens. After moving back to the country some years ago she got her hands in the soil perfecting the skill of edible gardening.  - Lucy & host Mykal Hoare chat about combining her two passions illustration & Veggie Gardening to create her new book - 'The Kitchen Garden'




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Episode Links:
Lucy's Instagram - @thegardenmapper
Buy - The Kitchen Garden

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Instagram - @mykalhoare
Facebook - @mykalhoare

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