Through The Garden Gate – Details, episodes & analysis

In todays episode we chatted to Sarah Wilson who is the host of Roots and All podcast which has just passed 300 episodes!

We got a bit podcasty but there were some fab highlights 👇🏻

💚 We found out how Sarah finds her guests

🌱 What she would change about the world of horticulture

🌺 How therapeutic she found deadheading pansies

🌳 How Sarah got in to horticulture

💰Why she doesn’t call herself a gardener.

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Todays episode is with friend of the podcast Jo, a cut flower grower from Nortfolk growing cut flowers in a modest back garden.

What Jo doesnt know about cut flowers isn’t worth knowing!

Highlights of todays episode 👇🏻

🌸 Jo’s top perennials for cut flowers

🪴 Find out what she grew up her washing line

💼 Why she bags her dahlia buds

🧪 Why Vaseline isn’t a good idea if

growing organically

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Marc isn’t in his usual podcast location

Remember the only way to join in with the podcast is to join us live on instagram Tuesdays 19:30 GMT or message us @throughthegardengatepodcast 💚

🎙️Meet Emmy @permieemmy 🦑 (if you listen to the whole episode you will understand the squid emoji) Prepare to have your minds blown this is life changing stuff that was discussed in this episode. Five things we learn in this episode 👇🏻 1. Permaculture isn’t just a growing method it’s a way of life 🤯 2. You can use this method even on something as small as a pot 🪴 C. Permaculture can help to stop your garden from flooding 💦 4. Chives and other herbs will keep the pests away! 🐜 5. Growing Marjoram along side fruit such as tomatoes will make them taste sweeter 🍅 If you have never heard of Permaculture have a listen and discover a whole new world way of sustainable gardening 💚 What an amazing chat! Thank you so much everyone for watching and Emmy for her time and knowledge, let's all give permaculture a try!

This week we had the wonderful Louise on for a quick tour of her veg garden before the rain came down to heavy. She has been creating amazing spaces within the local community to regenerate unused planting spots to brighten up and create wildlife pockets in the urban environment.

Marc and Jamie have been doing involved with the building of 2 showcase gardens Kim O’briens @dahliafarmerama and Ben Shutler @plot27bristol

We also had an exclusive from Kim, Mario part of Kim’s build team also joined us. Leanne whose garden won a Platinum medal and Best Beautiful Boarder and Gardeners World Magazine readers choice awards!

How did we get to episode 40 already!! That’s crazy!! What a way to celebrate the milestone by having our first double guest on the podcast, the wonderful Jen and Richenda of Two Girls One Plot Podcast.

I have recently found this podcast and binged it. It’s so great to follow their journey in creating there first allotment plot.

We had a great chat with them and such a good laugh make sure you listen until then end of the conversation to hear this weeks code word used back at them.

If you don’t already listen to them go check them out.

Todays episode is our final episode in our back catalogue so the final one with Ben, we talk To the wonderful Lottie Newitt about all things plants!

Her Gardening journey and much more!

In today’s episode we spoke to the wonderful Jayne about her journey in gardening. We spoke about flooded veg gardens/allotments. Jaynes You Tube Channel and much much more.

Today’s guest is the wonderful Head Gardener at Melbourne Hall gardens in Derby.

It’s was great to hear some of the history of the gardens and some of the exciting newer additions that have been made in the most recent history. We also talk about slugs and pests and the natural order of thing.

David told us about his journey in to gardening from South Africa where it wasn’t a viable career to Pershore college then finally to Melbourne.

In todays episode of the podcast Marc and Jamie discuss their gardening week then we get our wonder guest in for a garden tour and a good planty chat.

We also use Aileen as a Guinea pig for our new lightening round of questions at the end.

Go over to Instagram to follow Aileen @plants_proseccoandparenting