Not Just a Garden

The last Gardeners' World of 2024☹️ and it's with Ned and Monty. We have a quick catchup on Good Ol Chit-Chat friends - Nigel Palfrey, who's been building a woodman's bothy, and Geoff Stonebanks, who's currently in the press as Britain's most festive man! Toby Buckland takes us around his gorgeous garden in South Devon before we join Frances Tophill at Bridewell Gardens near Witney, Oxford, where we meet Ruth Maddock, Rachel, Leonora and Maddie to make "mossauges" for the Christmas wreaths!We visit Alfie Nickerson at his stunning flower farm at Burnt Fen in Norfolk and learn a bit about the biodynamic processes he uses, learned from his time at Fern Verrow Biodynamic Farm in Herefordshire. And finally Arit takes us to meet Tom Allen in his beautiful garden to see what updates he can make, including disguising a bare fence.Some links:Toby's Garden Festival at Powderham Castlehttps://tobygardenfest.co.uk/?sfw=pass1734590690Bridewell Gardenshttps://www.bridewellgardens.org/about-the-garden/Burnt Fenhttps://burntfenflowers.comFern Verrowhttps://fernverrow.comTom Allenhttps://tomindeed.com/https://www.instagram.com/tomindeed/Guardian Articlehttps://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/aug/19/tom-allen-interview-bake-off-teenager-formal-dinner-parties-friends-awkwardMore Not Just a Gardenhttps://notjustagarden.co.uk/We wish you all a very happy Christmas and healthy New Year and we'll see you in 2025!🥂

Annmarie & Andrew from Fifty Shades of Green join us for a Good Ol’ Chit-Chat! We find out about their love of tropical planting, how they’ve found each other’s lobster and that size most definitely does matter📏Some mentions from Annmarie & Andrew, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/George's Jungle GardenGarden Of The Year 2022 with Zoe Ball, Manoj Malde and Lachlan RaeNational Garden SchemeMore Not Just a GardenWebsite: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/

The penultimate Gardeners' World Winter Special of 2024 sees Frances Tophill presenting from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh after we find out about Martin and Trixie from Big Cactus Rescue identifying cacti with their tongues on You Bet! We meet Sadie Barber - Research Collections Manager, Marc Gilbert – Glasshouse Horticulturist, Dr Olwen Grace - Deputy Director of Science, Milo Philips - Assistant Entomology Curator for National Museums Scotland, and Caitlyn Johnstone - Ecologist.We join Carol Klein in Shropshire at Goldstone Hall Garden to enjoy a garden for all the senses before meeting Kevin Stewart in his garden in Hackney, London, Hackney where we learn about keeping orchids outdoors. We catch up with Sue Kent in Wales who gives us an update on her garden and we meet Jaap Shuuring from the Netherlands who shows us a great way of using up old Christmas trees. Nick Bailey is shown the cotinus at Thorp Perrow Arboretum by Curator Faith Douglas, and magician Graham Prigg from Cullompton in Devon shows us his collection of auriculas. Some Links:Martin & Trixie on You Bet!https://www.itv.com/watch/you-bet!/10a5760/10a5760a0001RBG Edinburghhttps://www.rbge.org.uk/Goldstone Hall Gardenhttps://goldstonehallhotel.co.uk/Thorp Perrow Arboretumhttps://www.thorpperrow.com/at-thorp-perrow/Graham Prigghttps://www.devon-magician.com/More Not Just a Gardenhttps://notjustagarden.co.uk/

The man, the myth, the legend..it’s… Nigel Palfrey. We had a Good Ol’ Chit-Chat this summer, finding out more about the crinkle crinkle folly, Nigel’s use of morse code and his special apple-tree.  Towards the end there was a little confusion over a plant name which we noted as an Edulis but it was in fact an Ercilla Volubilis!Some mentions from Nigel, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/Somerset Ornithological SocietyMarcher Apple NetworkHestercombe HouseMore Not Just a GardenWebsite: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/

Will Teare from Will Teare Garden Design joins us this week for a Good Ol' Chit-Chat. He tells us about the secret woods at the end of his garden, his ambitious shed plans and the best way to eat dandelions.Some mentions from Will, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/John Little brownfield gardeningSheffield Botanical GardensJames Hitchmough South African seed trialsJimi Blake’s garden, Hunting Brook in IrelandMartin Crawford's forest school in Dartington, DevonRHS Hyde HallThornbridge BreweryMore Not Just a GardenWebsite: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/

Ash and Adam Frost are presenting this week's Gardeners' World Winter Special. Rachel de Thame takes us to Cheltenham to visit ex-commercial airline pilot Linda Marsh and her beautiful garden at The Stables, with influences from Piet Oudolf. We visit Jack First in Porthmadog near Gwyneth who shows us the incredible success he has with hotbeds. Toby Buckland gives us a tour of Caisson Gardens near Bath where we meet owners Amanda and Phil Honey who give us a bit of the history. We visit the Wonky Gardens in Widness in Halton Cheshire, where co-founder Angela Hayler describes the fantastic work they do there including their contribution to food banks and the "flower cuddles" they give the community. Finally Joe Swift takes us to Iford Manor to have a look around the stunning gardens with Head Gardener Steve Lannin. We hear about Harold Peto's design and meet William Cartwright-Hignett the current custodians. Some links:The Stables in Cheltenhamhttps://ngs.org.uk/gardens/the-stables-gl51/Jack Firsthttps://www.instagram.com/jackfirst42/Jack's book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hot-Beds-Early-Age-old-Techniques/dp/0857841068/ref=sr_1_1?crid=39Q8XB9ABEY4D&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.LL2lmDrV14N91weH_QRcg1otf7Zbt0tfZZVbuG2pvCF0VsREL3XtQ-f4vsceBtdw4QTU9-Yfvn5mY_YR0TgJW9aHO0et8OimG8VwR8CtQ4gs7yPKu8CzfY6v21I6SmpyLHSowZ4a0Vh0NwwdN0di9hj6FFL1kkbly6PWlCr8rIC7Gz5bjKxa76FKoVpW2CssihidF6bCMnlJxiZEK_7QCmi8tfI2WI7Q8dl3iGnMSas.RUXKWsPNeX_k6U2UjfxU-GlzkYXlilwi4eONKWJzElM&dib_tag=se&keywords=jack+first&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1732776340&sprefix=jack+first%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-1Hotbed Masterclasshttps://abundanceacademy.online/p/hot-bed-gardeningCaisson Gardenshttps://caissongardens.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Caisson-Brochure.pdfCaisson Lockshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caisson_lockThe Wonky Gardenshttps://ngs.org.uk/gardens/the-wonky-garden-wa8/Iford Manorhttps://www.ifordmanor.co.uk/gardenSteve Lanninhttps://www.instagram.com/stevelannin/More Not Just a Gardenhttps://notjustagarden.co.uk/

We're joined by Kay and Patrick McHugh from Church Gardens in Harefield this week! We hear about their monumental restoration project rebuilding the 16th Century arcaded wall, an interesting place to store the butternuts and big plans for an unconventional seating area. Some mentions from Kay & Patrick, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/Parker's CatalogueMartin Crawford's Forest GardenAgroforestry Trust in TotnessBiddulph Grange GardenGertrude Jekyll's Munstead WoodVita Sackville-West's SissinghurstMore Not Just a GardenWebsite: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/

The first of the Gardeners' World 2024 Winter Specials! This week we join the wonderful Carol Klein at Forest Lodge Gardens in Somerset before heading over to Oswestry in Shropshire to enjoy an apple tree masterclass with Tom Adams, The Apple Man. Nick Bailey takes us to Bates Green Garden in Sussex and their Arlington Bluebell Walk, where we meet Emma Reece, head gardener. Ex-military man, Martin Jordan shows us his impressive Birdhouse Gourds on his allotment in Chepstow before we meet Emma Rabbitt, Annie Healy and Lorna Babb on their Dads Lane Allotments in Birmingham. Finally Adam Frost takes us to Borde Hill Gardens where we meet the garden's Head of Horticulture Harry Baldwin and learn a little about Plantsman Colonel Stevenson Clarke and his successors Andrewjohn & Eleni Stephenson Clarke and now Jay Goddard and Harry Stephenson Clarkel.Some links:Carol Klein's pink coat!Didriksons Nancy Parka Jacket Fuchsia https://www.magrigg.co.uk/didriksons-nancy-parka-jacket-fuchsia.html.htmlForest Lodge Gardenshttps://forestlodgegardens.co.ukTom Adamshttps://tomtheappleman.co.uk/Bates Green Gardenhttps://batesgreengarden.co.ukArlington Bluebell Walkhttps://www.bluebellwalk.co.ukMartin Jordanhttps://www.instagram.com/hanley_plotter_allotment/Martin's bookhttps://www.blurb.co.uk/books/882897-nahanni-river-trip-2009Dads Lane Allotments in Birminghamhttps://thebirminghamallotmentproject.co.uk/case-studiesBorde Hillhttps://bordehill.co.uk/More Not Just a Gardenhttps://notjustagarden.co.uk/

Episode 12 of Good Ol’ Chit-Chats is out now! This week we chat with Alex from Mitchell Flower Farm and travel from Kent to Chile and back again via Californian poppies that aren’t really Californian poppies, zombie eye infections and 1970s swing-seats.Some mentions from Alex, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/Garden designer, James Alexander Sinclaire Beth Chatto's Gravel GardenBreedon Golden Amber GravelCochoa near Vina del MarMore Not Just a GardenWebsite: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/