James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift plan their very own dream dinner party - who will they invite, what will be on the menu and who's making the puddings? You'll never guess who they've chosen as their butler. Plus James and Joe answer your burning questions. including what to do when it's too hot to garden. And Jekyll the gnome has an accident. Support James and Joe by becoming a Scribehound Gardening subscriber

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James Alexander-Sinclair is a garden designer, writer and broadcaster. He is an RHS Vice-President and was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal for outstanding contribution to horticulture in 2022. He is the RHS Ambassador for Garden Design and a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers.

Joe Swift is a familiar face on television as a presenter of BBC TV’s Gardeners’ World and other gardening programmes. He is a garden designer, broadcaster, writer and design director of Modular.

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Nigel Dunnett is renowned for his large scale meadow planting in public spaces, but it was his own private garden that captivated Arit Anderson, who chose to write about the space for Scribehound Gardening's August theme month. Arit and Nigel join Jane Perrone to talk about this inspirational space that may look like a 'normal' garden, but incorporates a host of eco-friendly features. You can read Arit's article here.

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Arit Anderson is a garden and landscape designer, writer and television presenter on BBC Gardeners' World. She is a passionate communicator of the environment & wellbeing through the lens of the garden. Support Arit on Scribehound Gardening here.

Nigel Dunnett is Professor of Planting Design and Urban Horticulture in the Department of Landscape at the University of Sheffield and is one of the world’s leading voices on innovative approaches planting design. Nigel is a gold-medal winner at the Chelsea Flower Show and the author of several books: His new book with James Hitchmough The Dynamic Landscape is out this month.

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What better way to thrash out a new name for their show than holding a business meeting on the air? James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift kick off the James and Joe Garden Show and answer a clutch of listener questions, from why taming a drunk squirrel is a terrible idea, to why genius loci isn't just for posh gardens.

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Want to win a Scribehound Gardening gnome?Submit your gardening queries to James and Joe at [email protected]. We’ll send a gnome to anyone whose question gets read out on air: and the really good questions win a golden gnome. Just remember when you’re formulating your emails - James and Joe don’t do dead plants or dull questions!

About our hosts

James Alexander-Sinclair is a garden designer, writer and broadcaster. He is an RHS Vice-President and was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal for outstanding contribution to horticulture in 2022. He is the RHS Ambassador for Garden Design and a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers.

Joe Swift is a familiar face on television as a presenter of BBC TV’s Gardeners’ World and other gardening programmes. He is a garden designer, broadcaster, writer and design director of Modular.

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This month on Scribehound Gardening, our writers are telling us about their favourite gardens: now it's Huw Richards' turn to share his choice. Visiting Aberglasney as a child was Huw's first taste of a large, well-kept garden, and fuelled his obsession with walled gardens. Huw tells Jane Perrone about the lasting effect this garden had on his gardening life. He talks about some of his favourite parts of the garden, including the Asisatic garden plus of course the kitchen garden. Plus we discuss gardening TV, the challenges of filming Huw's own garden for YouTube and the wonders of Daubenton's perennial kale.

Other gardens we mention:

Llanerchaeron, Wales

Bodnant, Wales

The Secret Garden at Ty Glyn, Wales

Llanllyr, Wales

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Huw Richards is a passionate permaculturalist, Sunday Times bestselling author, and gardening YouTuber, powered by a love for flavour and nature. Support Huw on Scribehound Gardening.

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James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift love answering your questions, so Louis the producer has given them free rein this week to spend the whole episode tackling queries galore, from how to save a native orchid from a neat freak husband's lawnmower to whether there's a difference between a sunk garden and a sunken garden. One question even earns one lucky listener a new honour - the Scribehound Gardening Golden Gnome. Support James and Joe by becoming a Scribehound Gardening subscriber

About our hosts

James Alexander-Sinclair is a garden designer, writer and broadcaster. He is an RHS Vice-President and was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal for outstanding contribution to horticulture in 2022. He is the RHS Ambassador for Garden Design and a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers.

Joe Swift is a familiar face on television as a presenter of BBC TV’s Gardeners’ World and other gardening programmes. He is a garden designer, broadcaster, writer and design director of Modular.

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Every day in the month of August, Scribehound Gardening's team of experts are sharing their favourite gardens. Garden historian Advolly Richmond joins Jane Perrone to discuss the garden she selected: the Japanese Garden at Cowden in Scotland. We find out about its founder, the explorer Isabella ‘Ella’ Christie, who became obsessed with Japanese gardens after visiting the country in 1907.

You can read the article we are discussing here.

You can check out the other articles that are part of our favourite gardens theme month here.

The other gardens mentioned in this interview are:

Villa D'este, Italy

Villa Lante, Italy

Iford Manor, Wiltshire

Hever Castle, Kent

Buscot Park, Oxfordshire

National Palace and Gardens of Queluz, Portugal

Munstead Wood, Surrey

Chartwell, Kent

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Advolly Richmond is a plant, garden & social historian, BBC Gardeners' World presenter and the author of A Short History of Flowers: The Stories that make our Gardens.

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With barely an A level to rub between them, hosts James and Joe admit they fell into gardening as a career. They discuss their unorthodox routes into horticulture, why maintenance gardeners are underrated and what they'd do differently if they could have their time again. Plus our hosts discuss your gnome-worthy listener questions, including whether plants like being talked to, whether worm farming is worth the bother, and why an axe comes in handy for just one type of plant propagation.

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James Alexander-Sinclair is a garden designer, writer and broadcaster. He is an RHS Vice-President and was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal for outstanding contribution to horticulture in 2022. He is the RHS Ambassador for Garden Design and a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers.

Joe Swift is a familiar face on television as a presenter of BBC TV’s Gardeners’ World and other gardening programmes. He is a garden designer, broadcaster, writer and design director of Modular.

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Every day in August, read about one of the best gardens in the world, chosen by our team of 30 experts. Want to give Scribehound Gardening a try for just £1? Click here to sign up now - offer ends on July 31.

Writers Chris Young and Laetitia Maklouf join Jane Perrone to discuss their choices, how to make the most of a garden visit, and discuss some of their must-see gardens. The gardens we mention include:

About our guests

Laetitia Maklouf Gardener is the Author of The Virgin Gardener, Sweet Peas for Summer and The Five Minute Garden. She lives and gardens in West London. Support Laetitia on Scribehound Gardening.

Chris Young is a landscape designer, gardens consultant, author and editor of RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Design. Support Chris on Scribehound Gardening.

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Even if your front garden is only the size of a postage stamp, there's always room for plants! From green roofs on bin stores to climbers up the walls, James and Joe discuss the challenges of greening up your front garden, and revisit some of their favourites. And the listener questions cover everything from herbs that dogs can eat and illegal pond plants, to the native plant debate and the pleasure of pulling weeds. Support James and Joe by becoming a Scribehound Gardening subscriber https://join.scribehound.com/gardening?ref=share&sharer=uu4ouXbbErgc54CBD&shareType=SbzpSgeEBK&channel=gardening

About the hosts

James Alexander-Sinclair is a garden designer, writer and broadcaster. He is an RHS Vice-President and was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal for outstanding contribution to horticulture in 2022. He is the RHS Ambassador for Garden Design and a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers.

Joe Swift is a familiar face on television as a presenter of BBC TV’s Gardeners’ World and other gardening programmes. He is a garden designer, broadcaster, writer and design director of Modular.

About Scribehound Gardening

Scribehound Gardening is a platform for garden writers to be supported directly by their audience. We are transforming garden writing by giving space for conversations that inspire, surprise, ignite joy and offer genuine human connections.

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Thinking of creating a garden out of Britain's native flora? Noel Kingsbury talks to Jane Perrone about why he believes insisting on native plants in UK horticulture is only unrealistic but unhelpful. You can read the article Noel and Jane are talking about here.

Noel Kingsbury is a garden designer and writer on gardening, plant sciences and related topics. Support Noel on Scribehound Gardening.

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