Fresh From The Pod - Gardening Stories – Details, episodes & analysis

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Fresh From The Pod - Gardening Stories

Candide

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Science

Frequency: 1 episode/13d. Total Eps: 51

Join Tamsin Westhorpe in her conversational podcast, ‘Fresh from the Pod’. Listen to find out about the lives of celebrity gardeners, environmentalists, conservationists and dedicated plant enthusiasts.

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Final episode of this series, with Peter Seabrook

Season 1 · Episode 50

Thursday, July 1, 2021 • Duration 47:26

In our last episode for the season, we're sharing a fascinating interview with legendary journalist, writer, broadcaster, presenter, lecturer and of course gardener, Peter Seabrook.

Peter tells us everything about his lucky breaks and perseverance over his 80-year career digging deep into horticulture; from his early years cultivating sweetpea at the age of 6, to how he sees things have changed and his predictions for the future of gardening.

Join us for this celebration of 50 episodes of Fresh from the Pod with a horticultural hero, Peter Seabrook, before we change things up a little for the second series!

Hosted by Tamsin Westhorpe
Edited, Mixed & Mastered by Antony Nascè
Directed by Helen Allsebrook

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Hayfever sufferers unite; Stop your snivelling, with Olivia Kirk!

Season 1 · Episode 49

Thursday, June 17, 2021 • Duration 46:39

Hayfever season is upon us but this doesn't necessarily mean you need to hide away snivelling in the potting shed! Unbelievably, 25% of people struggle with puffy eyes, runny noses and the infamous Chelsea cough, with this figure increasing annually. But fear not; low allergen and healing garden designer, Olivia Kirk, shares her insights on which plants are fantastic for evolving your garden into a low irritation zone.

Olivia started offering low allergen garden design in 2010 after the National Pollen Research Unit based in Worcester asked her to design a garden for RHS Chelsea Flower Show. In researching the planting for this Olivia was surprised how little information there was on people’s respiratory responses to plants and since then has been on a mission to create low-allergen gardens.

She recently launched The Low Allergy Planting Planner which is a small, robust, waterproof file that is easily slipped into a bag for a quick trip to the garden centre, for when you want to buy some plants that won’t start you sneezing and wheezing. The file is divided into colour-coded sections covering everything from planting for structure to herbaceous planting and ground cover options.

Olivia has a portfolio of public and private gardens all around the UK as well as a number of high-profile show gardens to her name. She was awarded an RHS Chelsea Gold medal in 2011 for her ‘Power of Nature’ Garden and her most recent garden at Chelsea for The WellChild Charity was re-located to the Brook on Broadwaters School in Tottenham. She is a regular tutor for The London College of Garden Design and has recently lectured for Kew and the SGD as well as contributed to books and articles by the RHS on the subject of low allergen gardening in the public domain.

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Every gardener dotes on a good pot!

Season 1 · Episode 48

Thursday, June 3, 2021 • Duration 45:28

Every gardener dotes on a good pot! This week Jim Keeling joins the Candide podcast to dig the dirt on his 45-year career handcrafting pots and statement planters for gardeners.

Whichford Pottery is world-renowned for its reputation in bespoke and specialist pots and so Jim explains why we should all doth-our-cap and take a bow to the terracotta pot!

Hosted by Tamsin Westhorpe
Edited, Mixed & Mastered by Antony Nascè
Directed by Helen Allsebrook

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How to grow your own cut flower garden with Georgie Newbery

Season 1 · Episode 47

Thursday, May 20, 2021 • Duration 50:14

As part of the Candide Festival of Flowers, Tamsin interviews Georgie Newbery, whose whole life revolves around flowers, organically grown on 7 acres, where she creates the most dreamy bouquets, ethically.

She talks about her career path up to this point, discloses top tips for growing your own cut flowers and tells us about her favourite and most valued cut flower.

Georgie Newbery is the flower farmer and florist at Common Farm Flowers in Somerset. For the past ten years, she has been growing flowers for pleasure and profit, spearheading the resurgence in interest in locally grown British flowers.

Hosted by Tamsin Westhorpe
Edited, Mixed & Mastered by Antony Nascè
Directed by Helen Allsebrook

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Mental Health and Well-being with Hannah Powell

Season 1 · Episode 46

Friday, May 14, 2021 • Duration 43:16

To mark Mental Health Awareness week, Tamsin speaks to Hannah Powell of Perrywood Tiptree Garden Centre in Essex. Hannah openly discusses her mental health - in the past, she has suffered from depression and Functional Movement Disorder. She shares practical ways to use the power of plants and nature to improve her well-being and explains why she is so passionate about helping people through her blog, The Cactus Surgeon.

Hannah also talks about the mental health of those in the Horticultural industry and how the pandemic has had an impact. With approximately 200 staff, she is well placed to offer advice and shares guidance that will be invaluable to anyone in the industry, however large or small their business.

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Plant Hunting with Tom Hart Dyke

Season 1 · Episode 45

Thursday, May 6, 2021 • Duration 45:40

This week we have the dramatic story of plant hunter Tom Hart Dyke, who headed off into the Columbian jungle with his companion, Paul Winder, in the year 2000, where they were kidnapped, held hostage for 9 months and given up for dead.

During Tom's ordeal, he began plans for a garden that would contain plants from around the globe planted in their respective continents of origin. On his return, he did just that, at his family home of Lullingstone Castle, where he also showcases his passion for orchids, plant heritage and cutting-edge horticulture.

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Generosity of insight with Lee Burkhill (The Garden Ninja)

Season 1 · Episode 44

Thursday, April 22, 2021 • Duration 46:38

Altruistic garden designer, Lee Burkhill, favourably known as the Garden Ninja, gives insight on why he's so generous with his gardening knowledge, the importance of turning your garden into an extension of your house and shares what he's been up to on his uplifting YouTube channel.

Hosted by Tamsin Westhorpe
Edited, Mixed & Mastered by Antony Nascè
Directed by Helen Allsebrook

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Fly to Ghana with Tamsin to meet Rosaline Nutsugah

Season 1 · Episode 43

Saturday, April 10, 2021 • Duration 46:44

This week, we're visiting Accra in Ghana to meet Rosaline Nutsugah, who has opened a brand new garden centre during lockdown! This fabulous story focuses on the health, climate and environmental benefits of gardening, which propelled Roseline into this new, ambitious career.

Tamsin and Roseline met through the My Real Garden project by Ann-Marie Powell, which started online during lockdown and now an incredible book, celebrating the power of plants and the wonderful people that grow them across the world. What's more, it's just been published and features so many 'real' gardeners, so grab a copy!

Find out more about Rosaline's gardening journey and business (Green Gold Gardens by Rosaline) by following her on Instagram @greengoldgardensgh.

Hosted by Tamsin Westhorpe
Edited, Mixed & Mastered by Antony Nascè
Directed by Helen Allsebrook

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Weather prediction with Laura Tobin

Season 1 · Episode 42

Thursday, March 25, 2021 • Duration 43:53

Weather is a key part of everything we do as gardeners, so this week, Tamsin talks with meteorologist and weather presenter Laura Tobin. Together they talk about the changing weather, how it affects us as gardeners and how she found herself in this rare, early morning career, taking complicated science and making it easy for us all to understand.

Hosted by Tamsin Westhorpe
Edited, Mixed & Mastered by Antony Nascè
Directed by Helen Allsebrook

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Cultivating a jungle with Tony Le-Britton

Season 1 · Episode 41

Thursday, March 11, 2021 • Duration 47:28

Like many of us, self-employed hair and beauty advertising photographer to the stars, Tony Le-Britton turned his attention to tropical plants during lockdown but on a breathtaking scale. Tony is a tropical plant obsessive who has cultivated a lucrative side business selling nodes and leaves worth up to £12,000!

Will he ever return to his former career? Tamsin finds out!

See the scale of his home takeover on Instagram @notanotherjungle

Hosted by Tamsin Westhorpe
Edited, Mixed & Mastered by Antony Nascè
Directed by Helen Allsebrook

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