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AUTUMN 2023 SERIES STARTS SEPT 22nd . Each podcast covers an aspect of gardening or design or is about something we think you'd like to know. All the podcast topics can also be found at PlantPlots.com. PLUS - Watch our videos on YouTube: Read this amazing book "I Want to Like my Garden" by Rachel McCartain available on Amazon books. We'd also love you to tell us what you think too - just email rachel@plantplots.com. You can also make a donation to help us make more and better podcasts too - our thanks if you have. Thanks for listening. PlantPlots.com
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Brilliantly simple design tips for gardens that are on a slope
Season 10 · Episode 10
vendredi 24 novembre 2023 • Duration 19:06
What to do if your garden is on a slope, whether its and upslope or downslope, gardens don't have to be made flatter to become better!
Brilliantly simple design tips to help you understand how you can create a functioning but beautiful garden when the ground is not flat!
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Front Gardens - are not a small version of the back garden
Season 10 · Episode 9
vendredi 17 novembre 2023 • Duration 18:01
Front Gardens are so important, yet are often left as uninspiring gardens. But the front garden is what you and your visitors walk past to get to the front door - so the garden should say something about you!
So, this week's episode is dedicated to helping you transform your front garden into a place that puts a smile on your face and welcomes you home.
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What's wrong with Orange!
Season 9 · Episode 10
vendredi 7 juillet 2023 • Duration 15:15
Absolutely one of the best colour combinations in a garden is green .... and orange!
So why do so many gardeners shy away from orange-coloured plants in their gardens? Bright colours are brilliant, but there is a way to use bold colour combinations and a way to not do them. It's very simple to understand and I guarantee a happy flower in bright orange, vivid red or acid yellow WILL put a smile on your face!
Buttercups are in fashion folks! ;)
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Oh no - It's almost Hanging Basket Season!
vendredi 3 mai 2019 • Duration 07:33
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Hanging Basket season is nearly upon us again.
We don't like hanging baskets. Even worse than hanging baskets are hanging baskets filled with bedding plants - they are no good for your garden, create loads of extra work, they are really expensive and in most cases thrown away after the summer. We want to make gardening easier but hanging baskets most definitely do not!
There are so many better alternatives that are far more environmentally friendly, here's why it is time to ditch this garden favourite
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How to Design your Garden if its a Narrow Space or Courtyard
lundi 29 avril 2019 • Duration 05:35
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One of our 'little listens series' , here's 5 minutes of garden design advice on how to transform a small narrow courtyard into a tiny urban garden.
The problem of 'dead space' and how to avoid it - small gardens suffer from dead space, so what is it and how do you 'design' it out
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The Problem with Show Gardens.....
vendredi 26 avril 2019 • Duration 05:22
Show Gardens are amazing - but don't forget they are just that a show.
It's easy to be seduced by the gardens on show at places like the RHS flowers show at Chelsea, Hampton Court and around the UK. These gardens showcase the best and most avant garde designs, they inspire us to get into our own gardens and transform them, but are these gardens really aspirational? Can the ordinary gardener really take inspiration from these gardens and try to copy them at home, or should we be looking for inspiration elsewhere?
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Don't Plant a Problem - Beware of Grasses!
lundi 22 avril 2019 • Duration 02:11
A bit of 2 minute Soapbox moment, but we always look to make gardening easier, we want people to have gardens they can easily look after. So it really get's our goat when plant labels don't give real advice - like "don't plant upwind of a path or patio" for example. A simple sentence on the plant label would enable you to make sure you don't plant a problem!
Grasses, everyone loves grasses in gardens, they are easy to look after. Grasses are really good a setting seed - but beware grass seeds and the wind!
soapbox over - but if you have any 'soapbox moments' you want to get off your chest, email us rachel@plantplots.com - and we'll podcact the best ones. (witty, funny, serious but clean please)
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Are Growers and Garden Centres really buying into sustainable gardening?
jeudi 18 avril 2019 • Duration 06:57
Gardeners are changing, a neat manicured bug free garden is now seen as one that is out of touch, creating gardens that are both beautiful but bee friendly are most definitely in. But is the horticultural industry really buying into this new trend? Garden Centres seem to be filled more and more with plants that are forced into flower, they are stacked to the rafters with massed displays of bedding plants or row upon row of hanging basket.they seem to have become more like supermarkets - so is the horticulture industry good for the planet?
We need our gardens to be part of the outside world not separate from the outside world. Our havens are also havens for indigenous wildlife. #amdoingmybit
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Garden Paths - all you ever wanted to know!
lundi 15 avril 2019 • Duration 03:56
How's about this, a podcast on garden paths.... but we all need them so we thought they were worth talking about. So you can read about how to make low maintenance garden paths
It's easy to create a really ugly garden path that looks like a runway down the garden but paths can be lovely too. Read more at PlantPlots.com
Exciting stuff eh? Bet you can't wait till next week :)
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How to Deal with Plants that won't Behave!
vendredi 12 avril 2019 • Duration 04:02
Why do some plants grow so fast and others want to take over the world! - read more at PlantPlots.com
Advice on how to keep your garden behaving itself
See Plants to Avoid if you Don't Like Gardening
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