A very special inside out episode, where Michael looks at indoor windowsills, and Ellen looks at balcony planting.

Gardening has become the highlight of our lockdown days. It’s exciting to see during the pandemic, so many people enjoying gardening and growing their own food. But what if you don’t have much space? How do you enjoy the natural world from a balcony or patio or perhaps a windowsill?

First up, Michael chats through what’s growing on his windowsill at the moment. He has been experimenting with some outdoor patio plants, and the results have been really quite surprising.

In the second half of this episode, Ellen Mary discusses outside gardening in small spaces with container gardening on patios, balconies and window boxes. From top tips for keeping your containers thriving to her favourite balcony vegetables and perennials. There’s some fun window box combo’s in this episode too. Give them a try and tag us in with photos on social media! 

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In this episode hear all about Garden Day - the nationwide community benefit movement that takes place on Sunday 10th May 2020.

During the current lockdown, more and more people around the world are enjoying their outside space. So this year’s call is for gardening enthusiasts to consider a virtual celebration with family and friends.

In this episode Ellen Mary discusses the wellbeing benefits of plants and gardening while Michael provides some great ideas to celebrate the day virtually. Plus hear from Ann-Marie Powell, Jonathan Moseley, Camila Klich & Marianne Mogendorff.

Get your flower crowns ready and take time out to celebrate the positive effects of gardening on Sunday 10th May, the UK’s biggest virtual garden get-together across social media and video calling platforms.

To find out more, visit www.gardenday.co.uk/getinvolved. Follow @GardenDayUK on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Candide, and share your Garden Day celebrations on social media, using #GardenDayUK.

Garden Day is supported by Candide, the app for plant lovers.

Here’s the full timetable of Garden Day zoom events on Sunday 10th May:

https://www.gardenday.co.uk/events/virtual-garden-gathering/

Plus- on the day- Michael will be holding his“houseplant party” on Instagram live at 6pm on Garden Day-

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In this episode hear all about Garden Day - the nationwide community benefit movement that takes place on Sunday 10th May 2020.

During the current lockdown, more and more people around the world are enjoying their outside space. So this year’s call is for gardening enthusiasts to consider a virtual celebration with family and friends.

In this episode Ellen Mary discusses the wellbeing benefits of plants and gardening while Michael provides some great ideas to celebrate the day virtually. Plus hear from Ann-Marie Powell, Jonathan Moseley, Camila Klich & Marianne Mogendorff.

Get your flower crowns ready and take time out to celebrate the positive effects of gardening on Sunday 10th May, the UK’s biggest virtual garden get-together across social media and video calling platforms.

To find out more, visit www.gardenday.co.uk/getinvolved. Follow @GardenDayUK on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Candide, and share your Garden Day celebrations on social media, using #GardenDayUK.

Garden Day is supported by Candide, the app for plant lovers.

Here’s the full timetable of Garden Day zoom events on Sunday 10th May:

https://www.gardenday.co.uk/events/virtual-garden-gathering/

Plus- on the day- Michael will be holding his“houseplant party” on Instagram live at 6pm on Garden Day-

www.instagram.com/mr_plantgeek

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Know your Melianthus from your Mahonia? We’ve put together this new short, fun quiz for you to follow along with online. There are 20 quick fire questions in total. Seems some of you are serious plant geeks who tried our last quiz with a high score of 36! Can you get all of these questions correct? All you need to do is listen along to the podcast, where you will hear the questions. Open up the web page here https://theplantbasedpodcast.net/the-plant-based-pub-quiz-2/ and fill in your answers. Once you’ve completed, you will then get to see your total score. Good luck plant lovers!

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Know your Melianthus from your Mahonia? We’ve put together this new short, fun quiz for you to follow along with online. There are 20 quick fire questions in total. Seems some of you are serious plant geeks who tried our last quiz with a high score of 36! Can you get all of these questions correct?

All you need to do is listen along to the podcast, where you will hear the questions. Open up the web page here https://theplantbasedpodcast.net/the-plant-based-pub-quiz-2/ and fill in your answers. Once you’ve completed, you will then get to see your total score. Good luck plant lovers!

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“Plants are a great equaliser. A geranium is a geranium, no matter where in the world you are, or what you are experiencing”

Lalage Snow is an award-winning freelance photojournalist, writer and filmmaker who has experienced life in some of the most hostile and war-torn places on the planet. Her book, “War Gardens” explores gardens tended to by those caught up in conflict around the world and shows how gardening can bring peace in times of conflict and in the most extreme places.

Lalage, Michael and Ellen chat about how gardening takes you out of the present, puts you in the future and gives you a sense of hope – quite fitting for an episode recorded during the coronavirus pandemic.

In her book, Lalage uses photography and the domesticity of a garden setting to divert from the horrors of a war zone. She believes that gardening can provide common ground in isolation. In this powerful episode of The Plant Based Podcast, she discusses how people garden in different ways, for different reasons, across different conflicts. She explains how in Ukraine people garden for self-sufficiency out of necessity, with imports from China and Russia being cut off and supermarkets shutting; how in Gaza urban density means gardening brings peace and a sense of returning to what previous generations did; and how in Afghanistan having to garden is second nature.

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This episode of The Plant Based Podcast is brought to you by our friends at Natural Grower. Launched in 2019, their award-winning liquid fertiliser and soil conditioner is made entirely from maize. Naturally rich in nitrogen, potash, phosphate and other trace elements that plants and vegetables love, it is approved by the Soil Association, Vegan Society and Organic Farmers and Growers.

Visit NaturalGrower.co.uk to nurture your soil and boost your plants and veg. Enter PBP15 for a 15% discount as a Plant Based Podcast subscriber.

Instagram: @natural_grower

“Plants are a great equaliser. A geranium is a geranium, no matter where in the world you are, or what you are experiencing”

Lalage Snow is an award-winning freelance photojournalist, writer and filmmaker who has experienced life in some of the most hostile and war-torn places on the planet. Her book, “War Gardens” explores gardens tended to by those caught up in conflict around the world and shows how gardening can bring peace in times of conflict and in the most extreme places.

Lalage, Michael and Ellen chat about how gardening takes you out of the present, puts you in the future and gives you a sense of hope – quite fitting for an episode recorded during the coronavirus pandemic.

In her book, Lalage uses photography and the domesticity of a garden setting to divert from the horrors of a war zone. She believes that gardening can provide common ground in isolation. In this powerful episode of The Plant Based Podcast, she discusses how people garden in different ways, for different reasons, across different conflicts. She explains how in Ukraine people garden for self-sufficiency out of necessity, with imports from China and Russia being cut off and supermarkets shutting; how in Gaza urban density means gardening brings peace and a sense of returning to what previous generations did; and how in Afghanistan having to garden is second nature.

The Plant Based Podcast: 

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This episode of The Plant Based Podcast is brought to you by our friends at Natural Grower. Launched in 2019, their award-winning liquid fertiliser and soil conditioner is made entirely from maize. Naturally rich in nitrogen, potash, phosphate and other trace elements that plants and vegetables love, it is approved by the Soil Association, Vegan Society and Organic Farmers and Growers.

Visit NaturalGrower.co.uk to nurture your soil and boost your plants and veg. Enter PBP15 for a 15% discount as a Plant Based Podcast subscriber.

Instagram: @natural_grower

In the second ‘in betweeny’ episode for series three, we pack in a lot of fun so get ready to listen and be entertained with plants and gossip!

Michael chats about houseplants and discusses your tips for looking after them before Ellen Mary shares some of your lockdown activities including seed watch and crafts.

That’s all before our special guest, that guy off the telly, Jez Rose, talks to us about honey bees and horticulture plus he gives us the gossip about his podcast partner BBC Gardeners World host Adam Frost!  

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In the second ‘in betweeny’ episode for series three, we pack in a lot of fun so get ready to listen and be entertained with plants and gossip!

Michael chats about houseplants and discusses your tips for looking after them before Ellen Mary shares some of your lockdown activities including seed watch and crafts.

That’s all before our special guest, that guy off the telly, Jez Rose, talks to us about honey bees and horticulture plus he gives us the gossip about his podcast partner BBC Gardeners World host Adam Frost!  

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Your favourite plant lovers, Michael and Ellen meet Ian Drummond, director of the fabulous company, Indoor Garden Design.

They are specialists in interior landscaping, from design to installation through to maintenance. Alongside installations in offices, Indoor Garden Design’s speciality is events and creating living backgrounds and sculptures for parties. The team of green-fingered experts has styled high profile events such as the BAFTAs, London Fashion Week and, most spectacularly, Sir Elton John’s Summer Ball at his house in Windsor.

Ian chats about how the company started and has celebrated houseplants way before they became Instagram worthy. Indoor Garden Design started in a small garage in 1975, when its founder, Ed Wolf, was a true pioneer who brought the houseplant trend from the Netherlands to London.

Ian reveals his favourite plants, as well as the ones he likes to avoid! He gives his top houseplants recommendations, discusses the future and gives his predictions for the next trend in houseplants.

Visit www.theplantbasedpodcast.net for an exclusive article from Ian on his failsafe houseplants.

In this episode, Michael and Ellen also have a guest for the gossip section. They visited the new shop of Donna Hodds, also known as Pretty Little Cactus, where they had a bit of a giggle about houseplants and some serious chat about plant passports!

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This episode of The Plant Based Podcast is brought to you by our friends at Natural Grower. Launched in 2019, their award-winning liquid fertiliser and soil conditioner is made entirely from maize. Naturally rich in nitrogen, potash, phosphate and other trace elements that plants and vegetables love, it is approved by the Soil Association, Vegan Society and Organic Farmers and Growers.

Visit NaturalGrower.co.uk to nurture your soil and boost your plants and veg. Enter PBP15 for a 15% discount as a Plant Based Podcast subscriber.

Instagram: @natural_grower