Hello, hello, hello and welcome to this weeks episode of the Mic The Gardener - Gardening Podcast . Today I chat once again, to another returning guest to the podcast, Michael Perry a.k.a. Mr Plant Geek . Michael was a guest on the podcast at the beginning of Series 2 ( click here to listen to that episode ) when I travelled to his wonderful garden and sat in the August sunshine talking all things gardening, plants, social media and of course lots lots more. So I'm absolutely delighted to invite...
Oct 13, 2022•37 min
Hello and welcome back to this weeks episode of the Mic the Gardener – Gardening Podcast sponsored by Natural Grower . If you're look for amazing results with all your fruit and vegetables, flower beds, lawns and house plants, then Natural Grower ' s award-winning, certified organic peat-free compost and fertiliser knock the socks of chemical products! All products are certified organic, 100% chemical free and 100% peat-free. And those lovely people and Natural Grower have given me an exclusive ...
Oct 06, 2022•42 min
Hello and welcome back to this weeks episode of the Mic the Gardener – Gardening Podcast sponsored by Natural Grower. If you're look for amazing results with all your fruit and vegetables, flower beds, lawns and house plants, then Natural Grower's award-winning, certified organic peat-free compost and fertiliser knock the socks of chemical products! All products are certified organic, 100% chemical free and 100% peat-free. And those lovely people and Natural Grower have given me an exclusive 10%...
Sep 29, 2022•48 min
Hello and welcome to this week's edition of the Mic the Gardener – Gardening Podcast . In this week's episode, The Slot from the Plot , we're heading back to the allotment to have a chat with… Ben! The rather elusive Ben Short finally makes an appearance and tells us about his experience of starting a new allotment with his partner Otis. And in part two of this ' Slot from the Plot' special, I chat to new allotmenteer, Amy Wall about her new allotment. Amy shares her story and gives us some grea...
Sep 22, 2022•50 min
Hello and welcome to this weeks edition of the Mic the Gardener – Gardening Podcast. This week my special guest is Catherine Horwood. Catherine is an award-winning writer and lecturer and author of the official biography of Beth Chatto, ‘Beth Chatto - A Life with Plants’. Beth was and indeed still is one of our most influential gardeners. There can’t be many of us who hasn’t got one of Beth‘s inspirational books on our bookshelves. It’s a great chat with some fascinating stories about Beth and h...
Sep 15, 2022•47 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Hello and welcome to this week’s episode of the Mic the Gardener - Gardening Podcast . This week I’m delighted to say my guest is award-winning, organic gardener and lecturer Val Bourne . I was lucky enough to be invited to Val's beautiful Spring Cottage garden, high above Bourton-on-the-Water a few weeks ago to chat to her about her career, her garden, her gardening philosophies, her ‘best-beloved’ Joe and much, much more. Val is a lifelong, hands-on organic garden with a passion for plant. She...
Sep 08, 2022•57 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Hello and welcome to this weeks episode of the Mic the Gardener – Gardening Podcast . In this week’s episode I travel to Denbigh, North Wales, to chat to the owners of the exquisite Laundry Garden Retreat , Tom & Jenny Williams , who take me on a tour of their beautiful garden. We chat about how they came to be its owners, how the gardens have progressed including the design and planting ethos in each part of the garden, who does what, their plans for the future and much, much more. During t...
Sep 01, 2022•50 min
Hello and welcome back to this week’s episode of the Mic the Gardener – Gardening Podcast . In this weeks episode we are: Looking at how to make the best quality garden compost Chatting with Ellen Mary about her new book ‘How to Grow a Garden' Seeing what’s grabbing the horticultural headlines , and Answering some of your gardening questions Click here to see a Instagram trailers for this episode. Trailer 1 Trailer 2 And, as promised in the episode, here are some of the things that we can and ca...
Aug 25, 2022•50 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Hello and welcome to this weeks episode of the Mic the Gardener – Gardening Podcast . Without a shadow of doubt one of the most popular BBC TV Gardeners' World TV presenters has to be the wonderful, greatly missed Geoff Hamilton. Geoff was a gardener, broadcaster and author, best known as presenting the ever-popular Gardeners' World in the 1980s and 1990s. In today's episode I speak to Geoff's son, Nick Hamilton, a horticulturist and garden writer in his own right. We chat about Nick's new book ...
Aug 18, 2022•47 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Hello and welcome back to this weeks episode of the Mike the Gardener – Gardening Podcast. I In this week's episode I return to Otis and Ben's allotment to see how things are progressing there. You'll recall, we are calling this occasional series, the Slot from the Plot. Today I catch up with Otis to see what's growing well, what's not growing so well and more importantly, why and their plans for the season ahead. As always, you can follow Otis on Instagram ( @otisthegardener ) and you can also ...
Aug 11, 2022•21 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Hello and welcome back to this week's episode of the Mic the Gardener - Gardening Podcast . This week you find me heading to Great Chalfield Manor gardens in Melksham, Bradford-on-Avon to chat to a previous guest on the podcast, garden writer, journalist, author, garden consultant and garden designer, Naomi Slade . After a personal tour of the garden we found the perfect place to record this episode at the back of the Manor House, looking out over the perfectly planted Well Court and the beautif...
Aug 04, 2022•45 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Hello and welcome back to this week's episode of the Mike the Gardener – Gardening Podcast . If you're a regular to the podcast, you'll know I spoke to Victoria, national organiser and chair of the Young Horticulturist of the Year competition in May this year. I'm passionate about looking to the future for gardening and horticulture and for getting the next generation of gardeners on board. One of the most reassuring things that came out of my chat with Victoria was that 2000 young horticulturis...
Jul 28, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Hello there and welcome back to this weeks edition of the Mic the Gardener – Gardening Podcast. In this weeks edition, I'm mixing it up slightly, and you're stuck with me, and me alone. Come back! Don't go away. It's what I'm calling a magazine edition, and I'll be covering a few topics this week including: Plant of the Month - The Nitty Gritty - this month, I'll be giving you the lowdown on English lavender and we'll be looking at everything you need to know to grow lavender, including maintena...
Jul 21, 2022•29 min•Season 4Ep. 5
In this week’s episode I chat to (BBC Scotland) Beechgrove presenter, George Anderson who tells me about his very early days in gardening and horticulture, his studies and days at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh and how he secured the job as one of the presenters of the ever popular Beechgrove gardening TV programme. It's a lovely chat and I just know you're going to enjoy it. You can find out more about George by following him on his Instagram account and head to the Beechgrove website fo...
Jul 14, 2022•55 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Whether you're a tennis fan or not, it won't have escaped your attention that we're in the middle of Wimbledon fortnight. In this episode, recorded live at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club grounds, I chat to Wimbledon Head Gardener, Martyn Falconer about the incredible horticultural preparations to make Wimbledon what it is. To view pictures taken on the day of this recording, head to my Instagram page by clicking here . Follow Martyn on his Instagram page by clicking here . Follow m...
Jul 07, 2022•48 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Welcome back to the Mic the Gardener – Gardening Podcast. In this episode I visit my best friends' Ben and Otis‘s brand new allotment to see how they are getting on with the transformation from turfed plot to productive plot. The ‘Slot from the Plot’ will be an occasional featurette where I will go back to chart the progress of the plot, see what’s going well, see what’s not going so well and why and share all of the gardening antics from Otis and Ben‘s new allotment. In this episode I also chat...
Jun 30, 2022•25 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Michael Marriott In this episode Mike chats to one of the worlds leading rosarians, Michael Marriott about his new book 'Roses - An Inspirational Guide to Choosing and Growing the Best Roses' published by DK books. Michael tells us how the book came about, gives us an insight into its contents and talks about TOD tours and social media.
Jun 23, 2022•47 min•Season 4Ep. 1
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Jun 16, 2022•59 sec
In this bonus episode, Mike visits the Chelsea Flower Show on press day and has a chat with some wonderful people including: Tayshan Hayden-Smith Danny Clarke, AKA The Black Gardener (a previous podcast guest) Daisy Desire, AKA The Drag Queen Gardener Charlotte Durrant & Mo Bhula of the Aroid Attic Mike chats to Tayshan & Danny about their 'Hands off Mangrove Garden' by Grow 2 Know, which one and RHS silver-gilt metal, before tracking down the Drag Queen Gardener, Daisy desire, to chat a...
May 29, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Hello, and welcome back to the last in the current series of them Mic The Gardener - Gardening Podcast. In this the final episode of the series, I chat to Head Gardener Tom Clarke of https://www.exbury.co.uk We chat about: Tom's role as Head Gardener at Exbury The garden's original owner Lionel de Rothschild Looking after rhododendrons and azaleas and how to use them in our own gardens Everything you could possibly need to know about growing rhododendrons & azaleas How Tom develops the garde...
May 19, 2022•54 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Hello and welcome back to this weeks episode of a Mic The Gardener - Gardening Podcast. This week we have another great Plant special. And in the spotlight this week it’s heucheras, and we’ll touch on heucherellas & tiarellas too. I speak to heuchera nursery owners and experts Jules and Sean of the fabulous Heucheraholics. We cover everything including; Where to grow them What compost to grow them in Maintenance Pests & diseases (including the evil weevil) Watering and feeding Propagatio...
May 11, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Welcome back to this weeks exciting episode of the Mic the Gardener – Gardening Podcast. I've always been passionate about looking to the future of gardening and horticulture, and in particular thinking about where the next generation of young gardeners will come from. In today's episode I chat to Victoria who is the Chair and the national organiser of the Young Horticulturist of the Year competition. Now as the title of the competition clearly tells us, this is a competition to find the best yo...
May 05, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Hello and welcome back to this week's episode of the Mike the Gardener – Gardening Podcast . In this weeks episode I speak to Chris Collins, horticulturalist, broadcaster and former Gardiner for the BBC TV programme, Blue Peter. Chris is an extremely passionate plantsman and gardener who has travelled across the world and has some fascinating stories to tell about his exploits in Brighton, Scotland, Cameroon and Japan. He also tells us about his time as a gardener with your iconic British TV pro...
Apr 28, 2022•42 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Hello and welcome back to the Mic the Gardener - Gardening Podcast. In this week’s episode I chat with author Lulah Ellender about her new book ‘Grounding - Finding Home in a Garden’. We chat about Lulah’s new book, how gardening and gardens helped Lulah during times of uncertainty and much more. To find our more about Lulah Ellender head to her website http://www.lulahellender.com/ where you’ll find more information and her, her new book and you can even purchase a copy, which I highly recommen...
Apr 21, 2022•35 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Hello and welcome back to this weeks episode of the Mic the Gardener – Gardening Podcast. Temperatures are beginning to warm up, spring has well and truly sprung. Fountains of fresh green foliage are erupting from our borders and containers. It's a most welcome sight. However, with the warmer temperatures and the emergence of our perennials and favourite garden plants, comes an army of some unwanted visitors to the garden. Slugs, snails, aphids, ants, vine weevils and much more. As an organic ga...
Apr 14, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Hello, and welcome back to this weeks episode of them Mic The Gardener – Gardening Podcast. The word legend is often bandied around without too much consideration as to it meaning. These days, it seems you can have two minutes of fame and still become a legend. Today, however, I am going to use the word legend for my very special guest. He's a world renowned plantsman, a bestselling author, a well-known TV presenter and I have been a fan of his for as long as I can remember. Today, I chat to hor...
Apr 07, 2022•56 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Mic the Gardener - Gardening Podcast . In this episode we are talking about one of our favourite garden plants roses. I know we all love a beautiful rose in our gardens so today I'm talking to PR and Project Manager from Roses UK , Marilyn Stevens . Roses UK oversee the very popular Rose of the Year competition and in this fascinating episode Marilyn tells me everything that’s involved with the Rose of the Year . I've been in gardening & horti...
Mar 31, 2022•50 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Hello there and welcome back to the Mike the Gardener - Gardening Podcast . In this weeks episode I’m bringing you another Plant special – Sweet Peas! I chat to Sweet Pea expert and President of the National Sweet Pea Society , Roger Parsons. Roger has been growing sweet peas for 35 years and has his own family run business, Roger Parsons Sweet Peas . He is also the author of the book "Sweet Peas: An Essential Guide’ and co-author of ‘Lathyrus: A Complete Guide” . In this fact filled episode Rog...
Mar 25, 2022•53 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Hello, I'm Mike Palmer, your host of the Mic The Gardener - Gardening Podcast , sponsored by Natural Grower. Welcome back to this week's episode. The Mic the Gardener Gardening Podcast has been up and running for just over a year now. In that year I have listened to more gardening podcasts than I've ever done before. One of my go-to podcasts is always Talking Heads , presented by Saul Walker and Lucy Chamberlain , who are both modern day head gardeners in private estates. This week I'm delighted...
Mar 18, 2022•47 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Hello, I'm Mike Palmer, your host of the Mic the Gardener – Gardening Podcast . Welcome back to this week's episode. It's the middle of March (already!) and my garden is full of daffodils. I always think daffodils really are the harbingers of spring with their bright, cheery yellow trumpets. And of course, not just yellow trumpets these days, as you’ll find out today. In today's episode I chat to the Chair of The Daffodil Society , Ian Tyler about everything you could possibly need to know about...
Mar 11, 2022•58 min•Season 3Ep. 5
