Not Just a Garden

This week Adam Frost is in the Lake District at the stunning Holehird Gardens, home of 6 national collections. We meet Pat Murphy who shows the impressive collection of meconopsis and Alison Sandford describes how she manages the 120 volunteers who make the magic happen. Matthew Simmons in Bedminster tells us about the wonderful Secret Gardens Trail and we meet Sarah and Mo in their wildlife garden, and Mark Majak shares his jurassic inspired garden packed to the rafters! We then head to the Peak District with Rekha to meet Melanie Moore, owner of the beautiful Horsleygate Hall and its efficient kitchen gardens. Finally we spend time with the wonderful “Delphinium Dad” Colin Parton from Leeds, at Delph Cottage Garden in Methley, where he shows us his majestic collection of 106 cultivars of delphiniums.Some links:Holehird Gardenshttps://www.holehirdgardens.org.ukBedminster Secret Gardens Trailhttps://www.boardwalkpropertyco.com/assets/pdf/Secret-Gardens-Trail-Map.pdfhttps://bloomingbedminster.tumblr.com/frontgardensHorsleygate Hallhttps://www.horsleygatehall.co.uk/the-gardens/Colin Partonhttps://www.facebook.com/Delphcottage/More Not Just a Gardenhttps://notjustagarden.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/To help make this podcast happen, please visit our Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/notjustagarden

Monty and Ned are presenting from Longmeadow again. Nick Bailey is given an interesting tour by Stefano Marinaz of the pretty matrix planting at Church Barn in Shalford, near Braintree and Anna May shows us around her beautiful dahlia farm - Dorset Dahlias - in Bridport West Dorset. Frances Tophill takes us to Bradford city centre to the wonderful Wibsey community garden where we meet Dan Thistlewood, and volunteers Shaheen, Derek and Carol, and Manager Jen White before we head over to Cambridgeshire to meet Nick Phillips from the Woodland Trust to look at the plethora of trees in his small garden.Some links:Stefano Marinazhttps://stefanomarinaz.com/Anna May at Dorset Dahliashttps://dorsetdahlias.co.uk/Muddy Stilettoshttps://dorsetsomerset.muddystilettos.co.uk/awards/vote/?c=105705Wibsey Community Gardenhttps://www.facebook.com/wibseycommunitygardenNick Phillipshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8If2vbcFMn0More Not Just a Gardenhttps://notjustagarden.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/

Monty and Ned are at home at Longmeadow whilst Joe Swift heads to the beautiful front gardens of Railway Cottages on Dorset Road in North London to meet Cathy Brogan, Jane Stevens, Mike Ainger and Eddy Wessman. Mike Werkmeister gives us a tour of the incredible grade 1 listed cottage garden of Margery Fish at East Lambrook Manor in Somerset, before Sue Kent takes us to Llanelli in Carmarthenshire to meet the wonderful and inspiring Adam Jones (Adam yn yr ardd). In Your Gardens this week, Saxon Kolltveit shows us around the buzzing HGS Kids Gardening Club at St Jude on the Hill before we head up to Edinburgh to Doctor Libby Webb's stunning "Cottage Jungle" garden at 9 Learmonth Place.Some links:Railway Cottages open through the National Garden Schemehttps://ngs.org.uk/gardens/railway-cottages-n22/East Lambrook Manor Gardenshttp://www.eastlambrook.com/pages/Adam Joneshttps://www.adamynyrardd.cymru/en/home-page/Libby Webbhttps://www.instagram.com/docleaves/https://www.studiohomeunearthed.com/blog/urban-refuge?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZ-GqWys_J253Rx7C32jGTQpPxNwfPyCLIoScmka42qIqWq57x5EjkXEsI_aem_rP_90aLXCzODULZIJFLV8whttps://www.moderngardensmagazine.co.uk/garden-ideas/contemporary/nature-garden/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYBEzvSKAqchyndtzGqwzsVtMMZUt6fN7SlgRbGggvkWl2xJ4ZRLIeqCxk_aem_sTTHG0t_wRKXOB-DHM2fjgMore Not Just a Gardenhttps://notjustagarden.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/

Gardeners' World is back - hooorah!🕺🏼 The team kick off the 2025 series with Monty up a VERY high ladder before Frances Tophill takes us to Melksham in Wiltshire to Lorraine and Sandy Macfarlane's beautiful garden equipped with recycled, upcycled and salvaged farmyard paraphernalia. We visit Puppetry Director & Designer Oliver Hymans & his Arts Communication Consultant partner Marcus Crofton’s place in Dalston, North East London to see how they've transformed an empty balcony into their own miniature Great Dixter, before heading over to the Isle of Wight with Adam Frost to meet Head Gardener Wayne Williams at the stunning Ventnor Botanic Gardens. Finally we take a stroll around Fiona Cumberbatch's cheerful and colourful garden in Stamford near Peterborough to learn how she was able to turn a concrete and clay backyard into a thriving space using pots and clever carboot finds.Some links:Lorraine Macfarlane's The Rookery in Melksham (available to visit through the National Garden Scheme)https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/46207/rookery-cottagehttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-460543/Spectacular-poppies-make-colourful-comeback-thanks-farmer-going-organic.htmlOliver Hymanhttps://www.oliverjameshymans.com/copy-of-all-projectshttps://www.instagram.com/the_high_rise_gardener/Ventnor Botanic Gardenshttps://www.botanic.co.uk/visit-the-garden/Wayne Williamshttps://www.instagram.com/theplantaholic1/Fiona Cumberpatchhttps://fionacumberpatch.com/More Not Just a Gardenhttps://notjustagarden.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/

The garden designer, Tom Hoblyn was on Gardeners' World 2024, episode 29 and joins us for the final episode of this series of Chit-Chats to tell us about his dream garden. We find out about leeches in natural swimming ponds, how he’s preparing for his last ever Chelsea Flower Show (no seriously), horticultural qualifications, retracing Sir Joseph Bank’s footsteps and why Joe Swift wouldn’t chip-bud on camera.Some mentions from Tom, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/Hospice UKHarry HoblynGravetye ManorTom’s substackAndy Sturgeon Stephen LaceyAlitex greenhousesKew GardensPeterhouse College, Cambridge GardensMore Not Just a GardenWebsite: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/

Liz Colebrook and Fi Pidduck were on episode 22 of Gardeners' World last year where they gave us a wonderful masterclass on all things daylily. In this Good Ol' Chit-Chat we find out what their dream gardens would look like and they're a riot of 8-sided hexagons and Lazy-Liz's (patent-pending), bubble-wrap hacks and Tottering-by-Gently's.Some mentions from Liz & Fi, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/Wildegoose Nursery, ShropshireBritish Hosta and Hemerocallis SocietyLa Recreation restaurant in Lot valley - wisteriaTottering-by-Gently cartoonLia Leendertz - AlmanacTom’s Yard - pots in HerefordshireMore Not Just a GardenWebsite: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/