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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Create months of colour in the garden, the easy way, with Adam Frost
Adam Frost lets you know how to keep your garden colourful year-round despite unpredictable weather. He shares why plant diversity is key and they exp...
Grow your own Hamnet-inspired herb garden
Step into the mystical forest of Hamnet to explore the plants chosen for the film and the powerful meanings they hold with Dr Kim Walker, medical herb...
Sowalong - Sunflower, with Oliver Parsons
If you’re after a reliable, rewarding flower to grow from seed, sunflowers are hard to beat. The seeds are big enough for even the tiniest hands to ha...
Monty Don on how to grow climbing plants and get the best from them
Monty explains why plants that climb are so valuable for our gardens to boost the flower display and for supporting garden wildlife.
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Dame Mary Berry: my gardening life
Known to many for her love of baking, Dame Mary Berry claims in another life she ‘may have been a gardener’. From spending time in the garden as a chi...
Sowalong - Delphinium, with Claire Vennis
Tall and elegant, growing on upright spikes lined with individual flowers, these delicate yet regal floral towers can bring a fairytale look to a flow...
Frances Tophill on how to start gardening today
From how to begin gardening, growing with the seasons, creating months of floral colour in borders and pots, and discovering successful plant combinat...
Spring Conversations Trailer
Start your gardening year with growing inspiration in the Spring Conversations podcast from BBC Gardeners' World Magazine and hear from the UK’s most...
Boost your mood and mental clarity with wild swimming, with Alice Goodridge
This time of year, the last thing many of us think about doing is immersing in cold water outside, but cold, open water can calm the mind, strengthen...
Sowalong - Daucus carota, with Claire Vennis
Dainty and beautiful, Daucus carota is an ornamental variety of wild carrot that produces flowing airy flower clusters. The flowers add interest to a...
Green therapy for mental health, with Cathy Schofield
Pioneering scheme transforms mental health care in Bradford. The NHS Trust is using projects including allotment visits, canal-side walks and VR heads...
The theraputic nature of gardening for wellbeing, with Ozichi Brewster
Connecting with nature and gardening are proven ways to benefit our health and wellbeing. Support for people to engage in nature-based interventions i...
Sowalong - Ratibida, with Claire Vennis
If you haven’t heard of Ratibida before, it’s also known as the Prairie coneflower. A plant that thrives in dry conditions, it's happy growing in many...
Creating community cohesion through urban green spaces, with Navdeep Deol
Creating green spaces for our cities and community gardens for residents are ways to bring pockets of nature into our urban landscapes. By strengtheni...
How we're shaping the future of the natural world, with Dr Tony Juniper
As we look for ways to spend more time in nature, how can we build a deeper and more meaningful relationship with the natural world? What does it mean...
Sowalong - Chilis, with Claire Vennis
If you wish to grow chillis this year, it’s important to get started early in the season and sow in the first few months of the year. Chillis need a l...
How natural play impacts kids' immune systems, with Marja Roslund
Two-year study reveals the startling impact that playing in nature has on children's immune systems, and their likelihood of developing allergies and...
Gardens and gardening for health, with Richard Claxton
We all know deep in our bones that gardening is good for us, but increasingly this is no longer a thing we just have to have faith in. The scientific...
Sowalong - Lettuce, with Kay McGuire
Lettuce is the backbone of every good salad. It’s also one of the most popular crops to grow, because it’s easy and quick, and thanks to its size, can...
King Charles's philosophy of harmony
In this episode, we speak to Melissa Simpson, Head of Horticulture for The King’s Foundation, His Majesty’s nature and sustainability charity. She rev...
How soil holds the key to improving your health, with Sam Ratanji
We talk a lot about healthy soil, mulching it, feeding it, protecting it, but what if the health of our soil isn't just about thriving soil organisms...
Bird Watching with Nadeem Perera - Buzzard
Large loud white and grey bird with a sharp yellow beak and the confidence of someone who owns the entire coastline. Sharp minded messy comedic and fe...
Reduce menopause symptoms naturally, with Dr Nadira Awal
Menopause expert Dr Nadira Awal shares how to alleviate menopause symptoms such as brain fog, sleepless nights, joint pain and anxiety, using gardenin...
Make your own herbal teas and tinctures, with Frances Tophill
Drawing on her love of growing vegetables, edibles and herbs, join Frances as she talks about some of her favourite plants for teas, tinctures and bal...
Bird Watching with Nadeem Perera - Seagulls
A big brown raptor with broad wings and a mewing call that echoes across entire landscapes. Powerful. Soaring. Effortlessly dominant in the air.
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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...