In this episode of the Garden Log Ben celebrates very happy news, makes some awful horticultural mistakes, plants roses and talks of irrigation.
In this early December episode of the Garden Log Ben plants bulbs at three per second, worries about citrus trees, looks into the rooting capacity of autumn soil and encounters mob justice in Finsbury Park
In this November episode of the garden log Ben rescues a flopped wisteria, plants vast quantities of spring bulbs, starts the mulching and discusses the best technique for clearing leaves from saturated soil.
In this blazing autumnal episode of the Garden Log Ben takes a trip to Mottisfont Abbey and RHS Wisley. Also, hellebores, peonies, variegated yew, mud eating and much much more
Head Gardener Ben Dark considers the dock, rejects time travel, splits bananas and plants cyclamen
This week the Garden Log gets into the weeds. Barrowloads of brambles, some nettles, wood avens, ground elder, dandelions and purple cherry plum. Also! Dog's tooth violets, camassias, water pipes and flooded lanes.
In this sun-kissed episode of the garden log we mix bedding plants with grasses, plant up an ancient stone trough and slander Edwardian sailors. A podcast for people who like gardens and the people who garden them.
In this episode of the Garden Log we scythe the last sweet grass of summer, spread fine mulch and sings a cricket’s song. As mentioned on the podcast, to see me at the landscape show register here: http://www.landscapeshow.co.uk/register
In this episode of the Garden Log Ben summons the Elder Gods, meets a canary fancying diamond magnate and trims the wisteria. Solomon Joel’s garden party - https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-foxhill-estate-1926-online Hampton Court: Our growing year - https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/whats-on/hampton-court-gardens/our-growing-year/#gs.xkd84m Gherado Cibo’s plantain - https://www.moleiro.com/en/books-of-medicine/dioscorides-by-mattioli-and-cibo/miniatura/broadleaf-plantain-diosc...
In liquidating heat Ben plants, digs, sweats and chops when he should be drinking in the shade - all in the name of Beauty! Also, how to look at a familiar garden in a totally new light. This and much more in episode 64 of the award winning Garden Log podcast.
Weeds take centre stage in high summer as Ben turns farmers wife and chops off their roots with a carving knife. Thegardenlogpodcast@gmail.com
In this week’s heat-drenched episode of the Garden Log Ben makes a terrible mistake, battles powdery mildew and coats himself in a layer of thorns, twigs and earwigs. No other half-hour contains more gardening - fact! Thegardenlogpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @bensgarden Instagram: ben_dark_ Facebook: The Garden Log Podcast
In this episode of the Garden Log Ben cuts back the mint in preparation for mojito season, erects a rhomboid arch and talks extensively about stinging nettles. Enjoy!
In this weeks episode Ben ruins a York stone path, heaves some iron and reflects on horticultural lessons learned.
A full smorgasbord of horticulture - served rain-soaked and half-composted. In this episode we discuss when and why to cut back long-flowering perennials, look at some ferns and make preparations for the summer we wish we had. Enjoy!
This week Ben completes the woodland garden, rediscovers a gardening archive and sends the herbaceous borders off in a blaze of glory
Ben works on woods, weeds and walks. Also on his tan. The Garden Log is an award winning podcast all about a head gardener and the plants he works with.
In this Episode of the Garden Log Ben talks tulips, talks with two lips, walks with two hips, speaks of new tips and cuts the grass. Also, optical illusions for lawnmowers, the family Ranunculacea and seasonal weeding. thegardenlogpodcast@gmail.com
Welcome to Episode 55 of the garden log in which we shunt bulbs, buy trees and gossip about UK horticulture. Feel free to email me about plants you have known: thegardenlogpodcast@gmail.com The National Trust’s Sissinghurst video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbm14Q-teLo&feature=youtu.be
Sap rises in this long anticipated episode of the Garden Log. We take a trip to see the gurus of grass, move a statue without the help of helicopters and get excited about spring bulbs. A podcast for people who like people who like plants!
Sarcococca scented signs of spring to come. This week verges are repaired, hedges replanted and strange sights spotted in the trees. Very much a gardening podcast from the makers of the Garden Log episodes 1-52
This week snow melts and rain pelts, trees rise and deer subside and we find thorny new ways to ornament walls Thegardenlogpodcast@gmail.com @Bensgarden Featured blog: https://www.oxoniangardener.co.uk
This week on the Log we bring order to thorny chaos, yearn for the perfect snowdrop and careen down hills in the snow. Your money back if you find a more horticultural half hour!
For the Garden Log's half century we take a trip up a tree, visit Kew Gardens and look at the hosta bed. We also learn how prune fruit trees and how to live for ever. Happy listening!
In this brave new podcast we discuss grass, gravel and the gardens of Queen Anne. Also horticultural drunks, what and when to cut back and a bumblebee.
In this rain-drenched episode we discuss Arts and Crafts gardening, plant a happy-morning garden and plant a field of white camassia.
In this episode mulch is spread and coats are donned. Also, the philosophy of winter lawn care. Podcast best paired with some spiced herbal infusion.
In blazing autumn Ben plants an eccentric new foliage garden and worries if he has made a huge mistake. Also, massed ranks of hellebores, planting a hula-hedge and how to wrap your tree fern.
October 2018. A wet sunny week full of plants and talking about plants. We plan the new borders for 2019 and start sourcing herbaceous and woody material
Season two. The Garden Log celebrates its first birthday with wit, wisdom and a day trip to Hampton Court.
