In this episode Bunny chats to Guy Singh-Watson, who set up Riverford. Guy graduated from Oxford with a first class degree in Agriculture and Forestry despite being severely dyslexic, following a brief period working in New York as a management consultant he returned to his Devon roots and started growing veg on a 3 acre plot with a wheel barrow and tractor. He built this into a business with an £11million pound turnover in 2022. He is now starting to create a garden adjacent to the sea – Derek ...
May 17, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 21
This week Bunny chats to Plum Sykes in her garden, in Gloucestershire. Christened Victoria but nicknamed Plum, she grew up with parents who had an extravagant lifestyle, mixing in high society circles, but with little money. Graduating from Oxford, Plum went to work for Vogue in the States. A successful novelist Plum is about to launch her latest book ‘Wives Like Us’ a satire based on the Chipping Norton set. Even before the release of the book, locals are guessing who exactly the main character...
May 10, 2024•50 min•Ep. 20
Today Bunny Guinness is in the gardens of Badminton House, with Her Grace, The Duchess of Beaufort. In this episode Bunny talks to Georgia, Duchess of Beaufort, about the gardens. Hear about the stunning tulip planting Georgia has been in charge of, to give the garden more spring appeal. Georgia Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, married Henry Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort in 2018. Georgia is the grand daughter of the novelist Anthony Powell, she studied classics at Oxford University, before becom...
May 03, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 19
Today Bunny Guinness is in the garden with Jimmy and Michaela Doherty, who set up Jimmy’s Farm & Wildlife Park, some 20 years ago. Jimmy and Michaela took on an almost derelict farm that had laid empty for 50 years, and it is now a humming, go to place with an ever increasing range of animals from Polar bears (in the worlds largest polar bear enclosure), to wolves, and rare breed pigs, cattle and sheep. Michaela’s grandmother was one of the first female students at Wisley. Her father was in ...
Apr 26, 2024•47 min•Ep. 18
In this episode Bunny Guinness is chatting to Nicky Haslam, the celebrated interior designer, in his garden. Nicky has led a rich life from breeding and showing Arabian horses in Arizona, to being a photographer, gossip columnist, author and a contributor to Tatler and working on British Vogue. He also ran his Nicholas Haslam shop in London. The ‘Nicky Haslam Tea towel’, which he regularly produces lists things Nicky finds ‘common’ and always causes a stir! Nicky has also collaborated on many ga...
Apr 18, 2024•50 min•Ep. 17
Julia is a well known psychotherapist, author of the best seller ‘Grief Works’, and she has a podcast ‘Therapy Works’. She is Godmother to Prince George, and was a close friend of the Late Princess Diana. Julia discusses her upbringing and how she got into psychotherapy via Interior Design. In this episode Julia discusses her upbringing and how she got into psychotherapy via Interior Design. She talks about her garden, which was originally laid out by Lutyens and Jekyll, and how she enjoys it at...
Apr 12, 2024•42 min•Ep. 16
Robert Pavlis is a chemist and biochemist by training but in his ‘semi-retirement’ he has researched many garden topics approaching them from a scientific point of view and as a result has written two books on ‘Garden Myths’ where he debunks common misconceptions that gardeners adopt. He lives in Guelph, Ontario, and gardens at his six-acre home called Aspen Grove Gardens. He has published a handful of books and maintains two websites, gardenmyths.com and gardenfundamentals.com . His latest book...
Apr 05, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 15
n this episode Bunny is in the garden with Chris Baines. Chris made the first wildlife garden at Chelsea in 1985 and was one of the first Countryfile presenters. His best seller, ‘How to Make a Wildlife Garden’ came out in 1985, and has been in print continually since then. Bunny first met Chris when he interviewed her for the Landscape Architecture post grad diploma, and he made a big impression on her. Chris explains his environmental work which includes consulting on many huge projects such a...
Mar 28, 2024•54 min•Ep. 14
Listen to Bunny’s chat to Clare Bailey, wife of Dr Michael Mosley, who has just got back from doing a theatre tour with her husband called Eat (well), Sleep (well), Live (Longer). It was such a success they are now planning one in Australia where their influence has really gathered momentum. They are used to travel, Clare was two weeks down the Amazon working in a remote spot when Michael surprised her by tracking her down and proposed to her. Clare gives great tips for healthy eating, and expla...
Mar 22, 2024•57 min•Ep. 13
In this episode Bunny chats to top florist Shane Connolly. Shane is a top international florist and has a clutch of Royal Warrants having done the flowers for The King and Queen’s wedding, The (current) Prince and Princess of Wales’s wedding, and King Charles’s coronation. Shane shares his views on his approach to arranging, choosing and conditioning flowers, how he is anti trends, how possibly his psychology degree helps him deal with over anxious brides as well as his love of gardens and plant...
Mar 15, 2024•56 min•Ep. 12
In this episode Bunny chats to Jacqueline Knox in her studio, Jackie is a top physiotherapist and Pilates instructor who runs her clinic in Tallington, England. Jackie served as a physiotherapist to the British Rowing Squad, who won a gold at the Athens Olympics. She also co authored ‘The Official Body Control Pilates Manual’. Jackie is a keen gardener and co authored ‘Garden Your Way to Health and Fitness’ with Bunny. Gardening has huge potential to keep you fit and healthy, but if you over do ...
Mar 07, 2024•45 min•Ep. 11
In this episode Bunny chats to Sophie Conran, in her garden, which she has created lovingly over the last 10 years Sophie. Like her Conran design dynasty family, Sophie is also a designer, retailer, author and cook. Having cut her teeth with Stephen Jones, Jasper Conran and the Conran shop to name but a few, Sophie then went on to launch her own store Wong Singh Jones and now she has her hugely successful Sophie Conran shop online where you can buy fantastic things for your home. From sofas to p...
Mar 01, 2024•57 min•Ep. 10
In this episode Bunny chats to Cath Kidston Padgham in her garden, and magnificent greenhouse. Most famous for her home furnishing company, Cath Kidston, that she set up in the 1990s, that produced wall papers, fabrics, clothes and bags all featuring her iconic prints. Cath has since gone on to set up 2 more brands, Joy of Print, a creative design studio, and C.Atherley, a natural body care brand inspired by rubbing geranium leaves. Listen and learn from Cath about setting up her businesses, how...
Feb 23, 2024•55 min•Ep. 9
In this episode Bunny chats to Craig Sams and Jo Fairley in their town garden. Craig and Jo have set up several successful businesses both together and separately, including The Beauty Bible, Whole Earth Foods, Green & Black’s, Carbon Gold and The Perfume Society. Craig has been chairman and held other positions for the Soil Association too. Both are keen organic gardeners and foodies. They have an old walled garden in Hastings that looks out to the sea. Jo successfully uses strong contrasti...
Feb 16, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 8
In this episode Bunny chats to Dr Olivia Chapple MRCGP, the co – founder of the Horatio’s Garden Charity. It was Olivia’s son Horatio that had the initial idea to create a garden for the spinal unit at Salisbury hospital. At the age of 16 he had started the fund raising, got permission from the hospital and earmarked the space having carried out a survey with the patients on how their lives, post a life changing injury, could be improved. Tragically Horatio was killed by a polar bear aged 17. Ol...
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 7
In this episode Bunny is in the garden with Angus Thirlwell. Angus, a real life Willy Wonka, is one of the 2 founding partners behind the much loved Hotel Chocolat. Listen to how ‘Mr Whippy’ played a part in Angus’s childhood, how cocoa beans are grown and traded, mentally transport yourself to The Rabot Hotel - the Hotel Chocolat hotel in St Lucia, and hear what is in store for Hotel Chocolat in the coming years.
Feb 02, 2024•57 min•Ep. 6
In this episode Bunny is in the garden with the renowned broadcaster John Humphrys. John has had many notable jobs including being a foreign correspondent and a diplomatic correspondent for the BBC, presenting the Nine O’Clock News, The Today Programme and Mastermind to name but a few. At present you can find him hosting the Sunday evening Classical Music Show (4-7pm GMT) on Classic FM. Hear how his garden is chockablock with plants from friends, how the places that he has lived have shaped the ...
Jan 25, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 5
In this episode Bunny is in the garden with Mary Berry. Having been famous for her cookbooks for many years Mary shot to new heights of fame when she appeared as one of the judges during the first 7 series of The Great British Bake Off, and subsequently The Great American Baking Show. Hear how she enjoys her garden with the help of Kevin, her trusty gardener, and how she has developed her career since leaving Bath High School with few prospects.
Jan 19, 2024•43 min•Ep. 4
In this episode Bunny is in the garden with the famous illustrator Matthew Rice, who previously ran Emma Bridgewater with his ex wife (Emma Bridgewater) and whose iconic illustrations adorn many of the mugs, plates, teapots and more. Matthews illustrations come to life in his garden (on the site of a medieval castle) which he has developed over the last ten years from scratch. Hear how he gardens, pick up some tips and hear how he developed his career since leaving Chelsea Central Schools of Art...
Jan 12, 2024•46 min•Ep. 3
In this episode Bunny is in the garden with Jim Carter. For Downtown Abbey fans, Jim is instantly recognisable as the butler Carson. Aside from being Carson he has starred in many tv series and films including ‘Shakespeare in Love’, ‘The Golden Compass’, ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’, and ‘The Good Liar’. Most recently he starred as Abacus Crunch, in the 2023 film Wonka. Hear about how gardening is a brilliant hobby for actors to have, as it fits in well with down time between acting commitmen...
Jan 05, 2024•44 min•Ep. 2
In this episode Bunny is in the Garden with Eric Dier. Hear about his the avenue of trees that lines up with his kitchen sink, his addiction to his sauna, that helps ease aches and pains from football (and gardening), and much more… For those that don’t know, Eric is a professional footballer who has 49 caps for England, and who at the time of writing/uploading plays for the Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, having come through the youth ranks at Sporting CP (aka Sporting Lisbon). Aside fro...
Dec 29, 2023•44 min•Ep. 1
