BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast
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BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast
Listen to gardening inspiration from some of the UK’s most loved and well-respected gardening experts in the award-winning BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine podcast. Enjoy growing advice throughout the year with our Conversations series. Join Monty Don, Frances Tophill, Adam Frost, Arit Anderson, Carol...
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Overcome burnout through gardening and food, with Kathy Slack
The world we live in can be fast paced, high-pressured and full of deadlines. The constant hustle and stress can take its toll and if we’re not carefu...
Release stress through stargazing, with Dr Mark Westmoquette
Green spaces, blue spaces, but what about black spaces? Discover how our night's sky can help to feel grounded and release the stresses of everyday li...
Bird Watching with Nadeem Perera - Carrion Crow
A glossy black mastermind with an intense knowing stare. Moves slow when it wants to think and fast when it wants to act. Always scanning always learn...
Beat cold and flu season with plants, with Dr Kim Walker
Medical herbalist Kim Walker reveals how plants can be harnessed to tackle coughs, colds and provide basic first aid. She also shares herbal remedies...
Improve your sleep, with Dr Christine Blume
Explore the fascinating connection between our gardens, natural light, and the quality of our sleep with leading sleep scientist Dr. Christine Blume....
Bird Watching with Nadeem Perera - Pigeon
The classic city bird. Chest puffed. Neck shimmering like slick oil on water. Moving through streets like a long term resident who knows every shortcu...
Control stress using birdsong, with Dr Natalia Zielonka
Gardens and landscapes can deliver a wealth of shared benefits to wildlife and people but when was the last time you paused to consider the effect tha...
Adam Frost on how to find the magic in your garden
Adam discusses how the feel of a garden is as important as how it looks and the strong connection we can have to plants. How scent can aid health and...
Bird Watching with Nadeem Perera - Trailer
This series is a love letter to the underloved the misunderstood and the birds humans get wrong every single day. These are not the glamorous document...
Wellness Series Trailer
Give your mental and physical health a boost this January and February with a new Wellness podcast series from BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine.
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In Conversations at Kew with Frances Tophill and Adam Frost
Recorded live in September at Kew Gardens, join Nicki Chapman as she talks all things gardening, and more, with Adam Frost and Frances Tophill. Discus...
What To Do Now - Houseplants To The Rescue
When there’s hardly any green outside and it’s too early to start sowing seeds and growing plants, why not look to the refreshing shape, colour and st...
Behind the scenes at RHS Wisley Herbarium, with Yvette Harvey
How can a living library conserve and preserve gardening history and shape our understanding of nature? Step inside the quiet and fascinating world of...
Monty Don's Christmas at Longmeadow
With the festive season fast approaching, Christmas can be a busy time with no end of tasks to keep us busy on the run up to the big day, but what rol...
What To Do Now - Clean and service gardening tools
Cleaning hand tools is not particularly glamorous, but it's one of those jobs that gives a lot satisfaction and maintaining your hand tools will rewar...
Festive traditions, with Frances Tophill
For a lot of people, this time of year is all about cosying up indoors, but out in the garden there's still so much fun to be had from making natural...
How to have a stylish and sustainable Christmas, with Arit Anderson
It's the time of year when we start thinking about how to make our homes feel festive and, instead of reaching for tinsel and glitter, why not look to...
Christmas gift ideas from the GW team
With Christmas fast approaching and the desire to find the right gardening present for the right person, why not look to source sustainable gardening...
Gardening memories, with Carol Klein
Carol Klein has had an interesting, illustrious, and often surprising life and career from jobs as varied as a bus conductor cleaner and art teacher t...
Plant health matters, with Tracy Wilson
Tracy Wilson, MBE from the Animal and Plant Health Agency, the government department on the frontline of protecting our plants from pests and diseases...
What To Do Now - Gather nature for natural Christmas decorations
There's something genuinely magical about heading out into your garden or local woodland on a crisp winter morning, secateurs in hand, gathering armfu...
Adam Frost's garden heroes and the people that have impacted his gardening life
Discover Adam's early gardening influences and the people who have helped him throughout his career - from his younger years with Scruffy Nan in the g...
In my garden, with Lydia Millen
Lydia Millen has amassed millions of devoted followers across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, showcasing her idyllic life in the countryside and her go...
What To Do Now - Mulch
Now is a great time to mulch. It's a chance to get out in the garden and do something practical when everything seems to be on the wane and dying down...
Staying fit in later life in the garden, with Jacqueline Hooton
Gardening can provide us with many benefits, from being in fresh air, surrounded by nature, exposing us to sunlight and increased levels of vitamin D,...
Rainforest revealed, with Dr Rosa Vasquez Espinoza
The Amazon may feel far away, but what happens there affects all of us. It's a storehouse of biodiversity and natural climate regulator and home to co...
What To Do Now - Plant bare-root trees, shrubs and hedging
The time from November to March is ideal for planting bare root plants - whether trees, shrubs or hedging - and who doesn’t want more plants in their...
Allotments and urban garden histories, with JC Niala
Allotments offer the opportunity to have an ongoing relationship with nature and the land for nurturing and growing, building communities, sharing kno...
Renovating a garden, with Nick Bailey
If your garden is looking tired or you've moved into a new home and inherited a scruffy or unloved plot, turning it into a garden you love can seem li...
What To Do Now - Collect leaves for leaf mould
It may not be sexy and it certainly isn’t about instant gratification, but it is free and easy: leaf mould. One of the easiest, most effective, and co...
Precious peatlands, with Alys Fowler
Peat bogs can store twice as much carbon as forests, are among the most carbon rich ecosystems on earth, and provide a home to many mammals, birds, in...
Front garden appeal, with Arit Anderson
Front gardens are often different from back gardens and tend to be a little bit smaller. They have to be functional and are usually quite visible too....
What To Do Now - Plant tulip bulbs
Is there anything more cheerful than coming home on a cold spring day and being greeted by a pot full of colourful tulips? Spring may seem a while off...
How to garden as you age, with Carol Klein
Getting older doesn't have to mean that we stop doing the things we love. Gardening can be physically demanding, but it can also be hugely beneficial...
Monty Don's Greatest Gardening Lessons
Monty reveals the biggest gardening lessons he’s learned during his career, including how to use colour and light in the garden throughout the year. D...
What To Do Now - Protect tender plants
When people think of protecting tender plants, the first thing that springs to mind is usually frost. And yes, frost can be devastating, but what’s le...
Garden design, with Adam Frost
Utilising garden design skills can make a huge difference in terms of process, budget, and the all-important end result. Garden designer and BBC Garde...
The truth about honey and how to help bees, with Rachel de Thample
Rachel de Thample reveals how cheap honey is really made, and the impact that has on its nutritional value. Plus find out how London ended up with 'to...
What To Do Now - Greenhouse and pots tidy
A good job to do this time of year is to give your gardening pots, and greenhouse too if you have one, a thorough deep clean. It’s a job that’s easily...
Bridging the gap between urban communities and nature, with Lira Valencia
There's plenty of evidence that connecting with nature is good for you, but for many people who live in an urban setting, it's not always possible or...