This episode of The Sodshow garden podcast is a little different as we hear from former guest Polly and a day by day journey through the build of her 2018 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show garden, A Very Modern Problem.  

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In studio with Andrew Fisher Tomlin, today alongside Peter Donegan we chat with Richard Wilford of Head of Garden Design at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. Richard has worked at Kew for over 30 years and albeit he was working with British Gas, he held a degree in Biology and started with a temporary job there before mbecoming responsible for a collection and moving into his current position.

This episode with thanks to Andrew Fisher Tomlin and The London College of Garden Design. 

Of himself Richard says:

I am Head of Garden Design at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. I have been in this role for four and a half years but I have been at Kew for 30 years. I started in the Alpine Nursery back in 1989, mainly looking after the large, pot-grown bulb collection. I have also worked on the Rock Garden and managed the alpine, woodland, grass and herbaceous collections. In 2012 I graduated from the London College of Garden design with a Diploma in Garden Design. Projects I have worked on include rebuilding and extending parts of the Rock Garden, the landscaping and planting of the Davies Alpine House, which opened in 2006, and the design of the Broad Walk Borders- the 320 metre long double herbaceous borders at Kew that were finished in 2016. Current projects are the Children’s Garden, opening in May this year, and the Evolution Garden, due to be finished in July. The Evolution Garden is on the site of the Plant Family Beds and will show the plant ‘tree of life’, which is the result of research in molecular systematic (studies of plant DNA) that helps scientists understand how plants are related and how they have evolved.

I have written books of tulips, alpines, bulbs and more tulips. I have another book on bulbs, ‘The Kew Gardener’s Guide to Growing Bulbs, due to be published this autumn.

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This April 12 - 14, The Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show Cardiff 2019 takes place at Bute Park. 

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This 2019 Graham Bodle will design the Walkers’ Forgotten Quarry Garden at RHS Chelsea 2019. 

On todays episode Andrew Fisher Tomlin and Peter Donegan with thanks to London College of Garden Design, chat with Graham about roses, conifers, trends and changes and just what it takes working in the industry of such a long period of time and staying fresh and at the top of your game for just so long. 

Graham qualified and trained at Leeds with a bachelor of Arts degree in garden art and design in 2001. Based in Doncaster at the family business Walkers Nurseries, Graham has been landscaping and designing gardens for the last 16 years. He has exhibited at RHS Tatton Park gaining a gold medal in 2008 and 4 times at RHS Chelsea achieving one silver, two silver-gilt and one gold medal and best in artisan categories. Graham also exhibited at the first international flower show in Istanbul 2016.

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This is The Sodshow Garden Podcast listeners question time - Part 2 of 2

Over 2 episodes Lee Connelly sits down with Peter Donegan to ask all of the questions that you the listeners decided to ask.

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This is The Sodshow Garden Podcast listeners question time - Part 1 of 2

Over 2 episodes Lee Connelly sits down with Peter Donegan to ask all of the questions that you the listeners decided to ask.

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Ed Burnham is the brains behind Burnham Landscaping, based in London. In business since 2011, The Burnham team have built no less than 13 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) gardens, their most recent being that for former guest Naomi Ferret Cohen at RHS Chelsea 2018. 

The image above is from 2018 when Ed dropped by a garden I was realising in France and, though Ed and his team are due to build a garden with me at RHS Cardiff, this interview is not about that and very much about him and what he actually does. 

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On this weeks episode of the garden podcast, a look at the other garden podcasts that are out there and not so much this one. Some have a large bag of dollars, some not mentioned in this at all (it's not a list), and others are just hard working class heroes to borrow a Joghn Lennon line who really, just love the gardening bits - and - if you like them and the cut of their jib, then get on the happy boat. 

Not that this was produced in a rush, but I've to pack for an early flight and some stuff to do with the real job so I'll keep this text short. Drop me a line if you need anything. X 

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With thanks London College of Garden Design for supporting...... In 2018 Kate Gould competed at Ascot Spring Garden Show, Singapore and at Chelsea. On todays show, Kate's second appearance on The Sodshow garden podcast, Peter Donegan with Andrew Fisher Tomlin of London College of Garden Design - of which I am very grateful for their support of this show and do please go check out their garden courses - chat with Kate about this, life as a designer, making show gardens work and of course and naturally we deviate entirely off the point.

This episode, whilst a little noisy in parts (Kate was in a petrol station when we called, it happens..... ) is with thanks to London College of Garden Design.

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Ken White is the alongside his wife Sarah, is the Co-Founder of Supershoes Charity, that empowers children fighting Cancer in the UK. He is also Managing Director of Frosts Landscapes Construction, which has a heritage of over 45 years, winners of over 60 BALI Awards including the Grand Award in 2015 and is a multi Chelsea medal winning contractor.

Of more recent, he completed the management buyout of Frosts Landscapes with 2 of his fellow directors Adrian Meeker and Fred Perry. Ken is also the past Chairman of the Association of Professional Landscapers and a very good friend of London College of Garden Design who are very much to thank for this episode being pieced together.

Today, episode 400 of The Sodshow garden podcast, Peter Donegan alongside Andrew Fisher Tomlin talks this and so much more. 

Of Supershoes Ken notes:

Supershoes are laced with hope and provided to children fighting cancer, each pair of shoes are designed specifically for a particular child or young person and hand painted by a Super Artist to express the child and all of the things they like. This could be a favourite game, sports team, music, animals or all of the above! In fact, anything that the child holds dear.

Supershoes are as unique as the child or young person that wears them and act as a reminder to that child of who they are, despite their illness, challenges and treatment. Shoes are hand painted by a dedicated team of over 300 volunteer artists.

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