We're talking to a master florist and the horticultural advisers at RHS Harlow Carr. There's a discussion and definition of shrubs and sub-shrubs as well as the usual advice on what you need to do in the garden this week. We answer a sweet pea question as well as a query about salvia Caradonna. Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTube videos are here: Pots & Trowels YouTube The Pots & Trowels...
Jul 06, 2025•35 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Top tips as always - plus Rachel Green pops in to chat & there are questions on fuchsia, penstemon cuttings and pear trees in pots. Videos mentioned: How to Pot a Pear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogbKXtftYgM Fuchsia Masterclass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ekhm1sCEms Penstemon Cuttings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vsX6V6NSI0 Robot Mower: https://youtu.be/-xpFWZx6k9c Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowe...
Jun 29, 2025•36 min•Season 2Ep. 41
We're highlighting the potential problems of working in the elements this week as Martin talks to four other horticulturalists who have been affected by conditions such as skin cancer. We also talk to a consultant dermatologist to find out what simple measures can help protect you from the sun. Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTube videos are here: Pots & Trowels YouTube The Pots & Trowels...
Jun 22, 2025•57 min•Season 2Ep. 40
We discuss gardening in space, accessibility and xeriscaping with BBC Gardening Presenter Mark Lane. Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTube videos are here: Pots & Trowels YouTube The Pots & Trowels team: Martin Fish Jill Fish Sean Riley Find out more about Martin & Jill at martinfish.com Find out more about Sean at boardie.com Podcast produced by the team, edited by Sean, hosted by buz...
Jun 15, 2025•32 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Surveying the sweet pea fields at Kings' Seeds in Essex, we talk to Andrew Tokely, Horticultural Director. There are the usual weekly jobs and the team answer a couple of questions - one on sweet peas and another on apples. Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTube videos are here: Pots & Trowels YouTube The Pots & Trowels team: Martin Fish Jill Fish Sean Riley Find out more about Martin &...
Jun 08, 2025•38 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Martin catches up with old friend and BBC Gardeners World Presenter Adam Frost, We have some essential rose care that you need to look at this week and we're also dealing with scale insect on an Acer. Do let us know if you have questions for the live show! 7pm UK time, June 12th 2025 - follow this link to watch: https://youtube.com/live/VPyhiP7mNMw?feature=share Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTu...
Jun 01, 2025•29 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Martin's been judging at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, but caught up with a couple of old friends while he was down there. We've also had a chat with allotmenteer "Muddybootz" as well as discussed some Chelsea memories. There're all your usual gardening tasks for the week including something you need to get sorted now if you're growing Lillies! Chelsea Flower Show Update, Muddybootz Allotment & Urgent Job if you're Growing Lillies! Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcas...
May 25, 2025•26 min•Season 2Ep. 36
We're talking camassia today with Stella Exeley from Hare Spring Cottage Plants. We have the usual weekly gardening jobs roundup as well as listeners' questions. Pots & Trowels Videos Mentioned in the podcast: Early Chelsea Chop https://youtu.be/mv6vwuCebkg Pinching Out Sweet Peas https://youtu.be/ZBA5_yyx9MA Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTube videos are here: Pots & Trowels YouTube The...
May 18, 2025•32 min•Season 2Ep. 35
We've got wisteria and climbing tips and advice, we're answering plant feed questions and our guest is from the Chartered Institute of Horticulturalists as well as all the usual gardening talk and of course, what you should be doing in your garden this week! Jill's Asparagus Recipe: https://www.martinfish.com/blog/more-asparagus-in-mays-kitchen/ Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTube videos are her...
May 11, 2025•41 min•Season 2Ep. 34
We meet '90's TV gardener Alan Mason, a man responsible for getting Martin on the 'box' in the first place! if you watched gardening TV from all over Europe in the nineties, chances are you watched today's guest, we've also got the usual tips and tricks and answer your gardening questions Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTube videos are here: Pots & Trowels YouTube The Pots & Trowels team:...
May 04, 2025•39 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Martin's met Alan to shortlist Chelsea's plant of the year and couldn't resist asking about Alan's background and how he made his way from a wildflower meadow to a job in Germany and his own TV Show! Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTube videos are here: Pots & Trowels YouTube The Pots & Trowels team: Martin Fish Jill Fish Sean Riley Find out more about Martin & Jill at martinfish.com ...
Apr 27, 2025•44 min•Season 2Ep. 32
A new episode fresh off the mint - and mint is on our minds today as Jill has a new role to explain! Plus, we meet Charlotte Daubney from bulb specialists Taylors in Lincolnshire and she explains how they get such a wonderful display at the wrong time of year! Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTube videos are here: Pots & Trowels YouTube The Pots & Trowels team: Martin Fish Jill Fish Sean R...
Apr 20, 2025•31 min•Season 2Ep. 31
RHS Harlow Carr's Spring Gardening Weekend provided the questions for this week's podcast, involving camellia myth, hydrangea flower questions and more! Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTube videos are here: Pots & Trowels YouTube The Pots & Trowels team: Martin Fish Jill Fish Sean Riley Find out more about Martin & Jill at martinfish.com Find out more about Sean at boardie.com Podcast...
Apr 13, 2025•33 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Arit Anderson, James Alexander-Sinclair and other award winners chat to Martin at the RHS Awards event and the team discuss this week's must-do garden tasks. Videos Mentioned: Agapanthus Essential Care: https://youtu.be/MGZs2vQgTl0 Planting Strawberries: https://youtu.be/_oTabeON7Eo Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTube videos are here: Pots & Trowels YouTube The Pots & Trowels team: Marti...
Apr 06, 2025•33 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Healthy body, healthy garden! - We're discussing ways to garden that won't leave you grunting and groaning - plus we've got listeners' questions, jobs for the week and find out why Sean sounds like Barry White. Our guest this week is Jenny Clarke from Saxilby Physiotherapy: Link to physio website Jenny Clarke (Saxilby Physiotherapy) To watch this episode, here's the YouTube link: https://youtu.be/b07Fr0wqZSc Videos mentioned in the podcast: How to Love Your Lupins!: https://youtu.be/BOjBDghe-lI ...
Mar 30, 2025•41 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Full power ahead this week as we discuss battery powered garden kit with Jason from Henton & Chattel! Jill has a recipe for delicious celeriac, smoky bacon and mustard soup as Matin pulls up the last of the celeriac from the veg plot, we have a question on mildew on Euonymus & is it too late to remove hellebore leaves? Recipe: https://www.martinfish.com/blog/celeriacsmokybaconandmustardsoup/ Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to in...
Mar 23, 2025•37 min•Season 2Ep. 27
How Chelsea Flower Show's "Plant of the Year" is chosen, what you should be doing in the garden this week plus how to divide snowdrops to share with your friends! #chelseaflowershow #plantoftheyear #snowdrops Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTube videos are here: Pots & Trowels YouTube The Pots & Trowels team: Martin Fish Jill Fish Sean Riley Find out more about Martin & Jill at martin...
Mar 16, 2025•28 min•Season 2Ep. 26
"RHS Orchid Expert Group" Chair David Ridgeway talks about his work on one of the Royal Horticultural Society's oldest committees, we hear about the thousands of orchid paintings the RHS has commissioned as well as some tips on how to care for orchids as houseplants. We're also answering your questions, finding out about camellia and learning about growing potatoes in pots. Recipe for veggie Shepherd's Pie (aka Gardeners' Pie) https://www.martinfish.com/in-the-kitchen/ Videos mentioned: Pruning ...
Mar 09, 2025•33 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Perfect pears, granular goodies & Eve from British Garden Centres. Martin and Jill go behind the scenes to meet some of the exhibitors at the gardening press event. As usual we have listeners' questions & Martin's weekly advice as we catch up with some old friends and learn about some exciting new gardening products headed your way! VIDEOS Mentioned: Celebrity Florist’s Garden: https://youtu.be/WTTpWzAP6Ys Amarine & Nerine Masterclass: https://youtu.be/KRHGq07zEDM How to Create an Ap...
Mar 02, 2025•34 min•Season 2Ep. 24
We're talking to Jayne Hickling, AKA the Allotment Cook! Plus there are answers to questions on Fruit Tree Suckers, Privets & Poinsettia and what to do about Vine Weevils. Links and Videos: Allotment Cooks: theallotmentcook ( https://www.theallotmentcook.co.uk/ ) How to Prune Hellebores: https://youtu.be/1r_VjYgjxDw How to Prune Raspberry Canes: https://youtu.be/8HM0IT-_gKk Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com ...
Feb 23, 2025•46 min•Season 2Ep. 23
With a new growing season fast approaching, we're discussing some of the new seeds available this year with Andrew Tokely of Kings Seeds. Also, what to do in your garden this week and we're answering listeners' questions on Amaryllis, Sleeper Walls and the all important question of deer-proof plants! Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTube videos are here: Pots & Trowels YouTube The Pots & T...
Feb 16, 2025•42 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Save your skin! We're meeting skin care expert Tracey Hughes to talk about sun protection in the garden, plus we've got a listeners' question on redcurrants and chatting about what you should be doing in your garden this week. VIDEOS MENTIONED: Redcurrant Question: Pruning Blackcurrants and Redcurrants, What's the Difference? https://youtu.be/gWduTe-6kTw Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTube video...
Feb 09, 2025•29 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Visiting a flower nursery we meet 'Germinator' Steve Routledge, plus, we have advice for planting onions now & a delicious onion-related recipe to boot! #onions #floralmedia #flowers #nursery #propagation garden #gardening #plants #GrowYourOwn (Thanks to Floral Media for having us! floralmedia.co.uk ) Videos mentioned: How to Plant, Prune & Propagate Soft Fruit Bushes https://youtu.be/C85Vtwf6Oj0?si=40dm2XoARVc64jgQ Recipe: https://www.martinfish.com/blog/onion-tart-sweet-slow-cooked-oni...
Feb 02, 2025•41 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Meet the latest addition to the RHS Chelsea Floral judging team: Paula Routledge of Floral Media! Plus we're answering listeners' questions and Martin has the lowdown on what you need to be doing this week in your garden. #garden #gardening #plants #GrowYourOwn #floraljudge #floristry #rhschelsea Listeners to the P&T Podcast can get a discount simply by entering the code POTSANDTROWELS - T's & C's apply, see the PlantGrow website for details For links to Paula's Floral Media Socials go t...
Jan 26, 2025•37 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Talking to the RHS's head of events about some exciting new gardening show venues, plus we're answering an important question about hydrangeas. #garden #gardening #plants #GrowYourOwn #rhschelsea Listeners to the P&T Podcast can get a discount simply by entering the code POTSANDTROWELS - T's & C's apply, see the PlantGrow website for details Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTube videos are...
Jan 19, 2025•33 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Plant names get changed, but who decides? We're answering this listener's question, plus meet Tom Brown, the head gardener in charge of West Dean, a garden near Chichester, and memories of the recent trip to Australia. Listeners to the P&T Podcast can get a discount simply by entering the code POTSANDTROWELS - T's & C's apply, see the PlantGrow website for details Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our we...
Jan 12, 2025•40 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Martin visits his first ever Australian garden centre as P&T goes on tour down under! Jill and Martin walk us through the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney Australia, a wonderful and beautiful free resource right in the heart of the city. Listeners to the P&T Podcast can get a discount simply by entering the code POTSANDTROWELS - T's & C's apply, see the PlantGrow website for details. #gardening #GardeningPodcast #Sydney #Australia #GYO #GardeningVideos Visit potsandtrowels.com for link...
Jan 05, 2025•31 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Royal Horticultural Society judge, and more importantly, host of the Pots & Trowels videos, Martin Fish & Cookery Whiz Jill Fish talk to Sean about how they met and what got them into gardening and cooking. Plus, where did the idea for Pots & Trowels come from? How did the team met and what's next for P&T! Listeners to the P&T Podcast can get a discount simply by entering the code POTSANDTROWELS - T's & C's apply, see the PlantGrow website for details. #gardening #Gardeni...
Dec 29, 2024•30 min•Season 2Ep. 15
When Martin talks gardening on BBC radio he works with Ross, a horticulturalist with a big gardening dream! We're also talking about the jobs you should do this week in the garden and Jill has a super seasonal recipe that made all our mouths water! Listeners to the P&T Podcast can get a discount simply by entering the code POTSANDTROWELS - T's & C's apply, go to plantgrow.co.uk for details. #gardening #kalettes #recipe #seasonal #winter Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the video...
Dec 22, 2024•27 min•Season 2Ep. 14
We meet The team behind Plantgrow, our super sponsors, Martin and Jill visit and find out how they make their organic products - and we're answering gardening questions such as - why box blight might not be the end for your hedge! Listeners to the P&T Podcast can get a discount simply by entering the code POTSANDTROWELS - T's & C's apply, go to plantgrow.co.uk for details. Videos mentioned in this episode: Where Peat Free Compost Came From: https://youtu.be/h72TxIbCkUY How to Prepare a N...
Dec 15, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 13
