In this episode we cut back on the lavender, discuss favourite plants and tragically find out why its never a good idea to rush things in the garden.
September arrives with cold mornings and new smells. We start propagating next year's superstars, indulge in luxury weeding and discuss why now is the time for new gardening projects. Thirty minutes of horticultural reflection and comment. Contentment guaranteed
In this literally groundbreaking episode of The Garden Log Ben experiments with home remedies for powdery mildew, cuts hedges, talks about flowers and drives into a fox hole. The Garden Log. A podcast for people and plants
This week the Garden Log is infested. Not that we let it stop us creating a beautiful new border or taking a trip to Oxford. No crying please, lets all talk about flowers
In this episode of the Garden Log we drop in on a suave french landscape architect, rip out some grass, laugh in the face of ugliness and soak our eyes in beauty. Not since Eden have plants and people been in such perfect harmony.
In this episode wisteria is tamed, lawnmowers are ridden like chariots and rain falls like an upturned river. Also, advice on how to steal ideas and a discussion of the horticultural tasks that every good gardener should master
In this cheese-wine charmed episode of The Garden Log we talk meadows, short lived perennials, lilly-beetles, and acorns. We also pay a visit to a National Trust garden and travel back in time to meet a Victorian head gardener
This hottest day of the year coincides with the wildflower orchard's annual hay cut. I harvest dahlias for garish, smile-inducing vases of midsummer joy and we discuss whether its possible to imbue certain flower beds with a profound aura of cosmic dread. All in a weeks work on The Garden Log!
In this episode we go garish for a garden fiesta, learn how to use ornamental grass to soften harsh borders and go scrumping for black mulberries. All this and more in the latest episode of Britain’s most addictive gardening podcast.
In hazy midsummer Ben Dark tells stories about trees and recommends some border-filling plants for mid-summer swaps
In this hot episode of Britain's favourite horticultural podcast we labour in desperate pursuit of beauty. Also, tips on how to NOT boil your plants, which bacopa is not worth the seed price and staying safe with cycads. Have fun gardeners!
In this episode we learn the subtle art of deadheading, learn when not to weed and eat some wild carrot. All in a week's work for The Garden Log
Welcome to episode 31 of the garden log. This week we are firm but fair to wisteria, we are filling our boots with ants and we are dissing some bugle. An unmissable feast for your horticultural imagination
In this episode we visit a disgusting flower bed, learn how to start a hospital for orchids and wax on about oriental poppies. Also, aphid control, plant buying and Derek Jarman thegardenlogpodcast@gmail.com
In this episode we review some gardening mistakes I made in the first half of 2018.
In this episode we lean how to pop lily beetles, prune box hedging and mix the perfect compost
Tonight I’m gonna garden like its 1979. We take a nostalgic tour of that decade's eccentric gardens and root up some tree stumps with a big digger
In this episode we reveal the scientific secrets of the perfect croquet lawn and chuck a load of plants in on the compost heap for being the wrong shade of white. Also, weeding, feeding, reading and seeding. Spring is here. Gloves on, headphones in - time for another episode of The Garden Log! thegardenlogpodcast@gmail.com
In this episode we consider the daffodil munching meadow slug, contemplate the effects of house-fires on wisteria vines and try out new stripes for the lawn It's a blazing bonanza of horticulture and anecdote! thegardenlogpodcast@gmail.com
In this episode we scoop holes in the mud and smear in fabulous summer bulbs Also, how to pot nerines and writing better by knowing less
In this episode we do muddy battle with a pine tree, try some new shade lovers and take a trip to the nursery for coffee and carrot cake
In this episode we explore the art of shrubby bondage, get bold with big boulders, take a trip to Kew gardens and cut some turf A momentous week for gardening and gardeners alike
In this episode we learn the arcane arts of the dahlia fancier, build a wall around the Malvern Hills and sow seeds of coming summer's army. No podcast has muddier boots
In which I talk about sweet peas, fall off my bicycle and get snowed on.
In this episode we talk out pricking out, split a male fern, prepare for artic blasts and admire a mushroom cloud of hazel. Its just bursting with info-microbes!
A blue fingered tale of citrus pruning and acer potting. Featuring Wilson 'Snowflake' Bentley and William 'Bury Me In My Tree' Lucombe
We’re getting shady with hakonechloa, geums and liriope. Also Nairn’s London, and a load of half eaten tulips The important thing to remember about this episode is that every time I say Tangerine Dream I actually mean Totally Tangerine
In this week's episode we discuss the Felco fetish, winter prune wisteria, plant parrotia and have a seedy talk. All plants, all gardens, all recorded in a treehouse.
We go shopping for specimen trees, drink lots of tea and cut back epimediums. There’s also info on dividing hardy perennials and advice on how to stop gardeners destroying gardens.
In this episode of the gardening podcast Ben talks about worms, foxgloves and the art of the Japanese garden. A wriggly, wiggly horticultural treat.
