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Part 2 of 2 - Jo Thompson

This episode also features Charlie Hart. At RHS Chelsea Flower Show Garden Designer Jo Thompson has won three Gold and five Silver Gilt medals. She is also a member of the RHS Gardens Committee, a Garden Advisor for RHS Rosemoor and a member of the RHS Show Gardens Selection Panel.

Recorded in two parts, on todays episode Jo chats with Peter Donegan about starting in business, staying fresh, controversy and what makes a great garden.

I should also add that Jo lectures and also tutors amongst others at The London College of Garden Design who I should also add huge note of thanks for piecing this episode together.

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Jos Smith grows and breeds 250 acres of flower bulbs in Holland.

The son of a bulb grower, on todays episode Peter Donegan and Jos chat everything from changes in chemical, fertiliser and manual labour to wild flower bulb mixes and supplying bulbs to Wimbledon, Wisley and Kew Gardens to how not just of commercial large scale planting but also in a domestic market how trends and the new generation of bulb growers are changing what remains the development of the same end product. 

On a slight side note, but still talking about bulbs; if you've ever wondered how one plants 120 bulbs per square metre, 25000 bulbs per hour and approximately 1500 square metres of bulbs per day - or - one bulb in a pot; or you are just fascinated by what is the calender year of a dutch bulb farmer, I think you're gonna like this episode.

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Part 1 of 2 -

This is a 2 part episode with and about garden designer Jo Thompson in conversation with Peter Donegan. Part 2 airs 11 October 2018 and will appear here.

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Should medals or just consistenly classic gardens at RHS Chelsea Flower Show be your thing, Garden Designer Jo Thompson has won and built far more than you could shake a stick at. And when The Debbie Harry poster of the horticulture world isn't doing that, she is also a member of the RHS Gardens Committee, a Garden Advisor for RHS Rosemoor and a member of the RHS Show Gardens Selection Panel.

That last bit may well be a copy and paste from her website, but it pretty much tells you all you need to know about just how well she is respected in this game.

And, just when you think Jo couldn't appear to get any more fantastic, the gentleman who first selected her gardens on behalf of The Royal Horticultural Society to be at Chelsea Flower Show - former guest Andrew Fisher Tomlin, who is also a Director of The London College of Garden Design (who I should also add a huge note of thanks for piecing this episode together) asked her to come and teach there.

Of note, Jo Thompson Garden Design was borne in 2009.London College Garden Design:

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Tom Hill is a talented Garden Designer who prides himself in creating beautiful external spaces for private and commercial clients across the UK. On this episode of The Sodshow Garden Podcast he chats with Peter Donegan about starting age 19, life as a designer and contractor and a first and quite innovation step into show gardens.

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Tom designs and builds all of his projects providing a real ‘hands on’ experience ensuring every aspect of his design receives meticulous attention to detail and his client’s expectations are met. Always pushing the boundaries of what is possible, seeking new challenging solutions, never accepting the easy option enables Tom to create something different, something that has that extra ‘magic’ ingredient often referred to as the ‘wow’ factor.

There is no doubt Tom has come a long way since launching his Landscaping business at 18 years old and without any formal training, his achievements and range of skills have not gone without recognition. Producing hand painted watercolour impressions of all his proposals as well as designing unique pieces of furniture and sculpture has now become an intrinsic part of Toms signature style. As well as a Garden Designer, Tom is also an accomplished artist taking on commissions in a wide range of genres ranging from Realism to Pop-art.

From the success of Show Gardens at The Duchy of Cornwall development, Poundbury for Morrish Builders to the Ascot Spring Garden Show 2018, Tom’s approach towards gardening clearly demonstrates why his designs are a winning formula.

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Con Traas is an apple farmer with a difference. 

Based just in Cahir, Co. Tipperary just outside Clonmel, he is the son of an apple farmers son again, with a difference. On this episode of The Sodshow Garden Podcast Con and Peter Donegan sit in a field to talk, on 2 tree stumps to chat just that. 

From cider, lemonade and vinegar making to pruning, good husbandry and the future bearing in mind one section of apple trees was removed to make way for wildlife habitat. The list is pretty much endless the amount of hats he wears but, everything is done with such precision and a care and attention that any horticulturist would be proud of. 

It's worth noting maybe that Peter was camping in The Apple Farm campsite, on holidays if you will whilst this was being recorded.  

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Lee Connelly first appeared on The Sodshow December 2016. From that interview a rebirth was given to that stage name and, almost 2 years later Peter Donegan and Lee meet up to chat just why, what happened since and where the future lies for horticulture media and what needs to be done to change it, for the future.

There's obviously a little bit more to it than that.

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The interview was recorded at The Distillery, Bankside, London and it should be noted the staff there are pretty amazing. Or, just do the friendly things in life as they should be done. We had just come from the Tate Modern.

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Much thanks for listening, always X

Peter

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The Landscape Show takes place Tuesday 18th & Wednesday 19th September 2018 - Battersea Park, London.

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Naomi Ferrett-Cohen is a Sussex based landscape and garden designer whose life-long love of the outdoors and gardening inspires her creativity. She recently won a Silver-Gilt medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for the design of the A Life Without Walls garden and she regularly contributes on other show gardens around the UK. 

Today, Naomi chats with Peter Donegan about this and so much more. 

With thanks to Giles and the team at CED Natural Stone for making the RHS Chelsea episodes possible.

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Naomi worked with the HIV collaboration, CHERUB, at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, to help raise awareness about young people living with HIV in the UK and beyond. Naomi’s garden aimed to challenge stigmas and promote the message that it’s possible to live well with HIV, as well as highlighting the search for a cure through dedicated scientific research. 

It would not have been possible to of created the garden without the help of key suppliers. CED Stone supplied the brilliant CEDEC gravel path and sponsored this Podcast.

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And, if you have a moment a rate / review in iTunes would be just fantastic. Much thanks for listening X

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Maddy Harland is the co-founder of Permaculture Magazine International (1992) and book publishing company Permanent Publications (over 80 books inc. former guest Charles’ Dowding and Stephanie Hafftery’s Award winning, No Dig Home and Garden, 1990).

In 1995 Maddy helped set up The Sustainability Centre in Hampshire, a former Naval base and now a thriving educational centre and is the author of The Song of the Earth, Fertile Edges and the Biotime Log (August 2018).

Over 2 episodes, Maddy talks with Peter Donegan about permaculture. What is it ? How does one do a little, on their balcony, small back garden in their town or in their estate. As important, we chat what one should not do, the magazine she co-founded and edits, the books she has written and published and in true Peter style (?) things go a little off the beaten path and come back again.

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