Not Just a Garden

Stephanie was on Gardeners' World 2022 Winter Special Episode 4 when she gave a masterclass in growing food for year-round harvests.On this episode of Chit-Chats, Stephanie shares her views on crop rotation and companion planting, how she's handling heatwaves and drought on her smallholding, grim reaper waterproofs, viking zombies, what to do with rhubarb, and the beauty of bleak.We also hear what Stephanie would have in her dream garden, spoiler - there are edibles galore!Gardens or nursery recommendations from our guest, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/Ian Sturrock & SonsMore Not Just a GardenWebsite: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notjustagarden/

With no Gardeners' World this week, we have a bonus episode for a quick catch up on the garden, our guests, and some more No Way News.In this episode we learn about turning peanut butter into diamonds, how the Netherlands are leading the way in pulling up concrete paving and replacing with planting, the connection between helicopters and cherry farming, how we can all help our local donkeys from being bitten by flies, the best form of capital punishment, and if you use vintage crockery, we have a worrying public health announcement.In CCCUP, we hear about Ann-Marie & Andrew from Fifty Shades of Green's latest NGS garden opening, and Patrick Gale's delicious sounding tomato, chilli, ginger and elephant garlic jam😋🌿We also have a fantastic listener offer!🌸The RHS are very kindly giving 25 of our lucky listeners, a pair of tickets each to BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time! The event is taking place at 2pm on Saturday 5th September at this year's RHS Wisley Flower Show.To enter, simply send your full name to us via either our Contact Page, email, Instagram, or Facebook, and the FIRST 25 NAMES we receive will be added to the guest list for the recording. Each recipient can bring one guest.Relevant links can be found on our website here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/bonus-episodes/More Not Just a Gardenhttps://notjustagarden.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/https://www.facebook.com/notjustagarden/https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustaGarden

André, Estate Manager at Waltham Place, was on Gardeners' World 2026 episode 10 when he gave Frances Tophill an insight into biodynamic farming.On this episode of Chit-Chats, we dig a little deeper into the principles and practices, some of which leave us picking our jaws up off the floor, but as André says, "don't say no, say OH"!We also find out about the importance of diversity in our planting, avoiding F1 hybrid seeds, André's dreams of a log cabin in Devon, the 3 million strong event he organised, his love of the versatile hawthorn, and the under-rated and humble plant he and King Charles recently bonded over.Gardens or nursery recommendations from our guest, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/Waltham PlaceMore Not Just a GardenWebsite: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notjustagarden/

On Gardeners' World 2026 Episode 22 Recap, we share news of an exciting new RHS show in the calendar for next year as well as the return of an old favourite, we congratulate our 3 lucky winners - Cynthia, Samantha and Claire who've each won a pair of tickets to the fantastic Southport Flower Show taking place this week🥂, and we learn another awesome tip from Top-Tip-Toby.On Gardeners' World this week, Adam Frost joins Head Gardener Chris Marchand for a meander around the walled garden at Holme Hale Hall in Swaffham, and Maurice Biggins shows us his beautiful Mediterranean style garden in Westley Waterless in East Cambridgeshire. Frances Tophill meets Head Gardener Neil Coldrick at Clovelly Walled Garden in Devon and has a cuppa with Clovelly resident Sharon King, before we head to the Isle of Wight to meet Head Gardener team Ellen and Ali Penstone-Smith who show us around the former home of Alfred Lord Tennyson at Farringford Gardens.Relevant links can be found on our website: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/recaps/More Not Just a Gardenhttps://notjustagarden.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/https://www.facebook.com/notjustagarden/https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustaGarden

Liz was on Gardeners' World 2026 episode 10 when she showed us how to forage in our own back gardens, putting ground elder, nettles and Honesty in a whole new edible light. On this episode we find out about the little book that opened up a whole new world of foraging for Liz, how to use plants to stimulate hair-growth, enjoying the sound of rain on a tin roof, and the amazingly delicious and nutritious leaf salads we can make from trees.We also make a major U-turn on Japanese knotweed, as we learn what an incredible, under-appreciated, over-demonised plant it actually is.And did you know there's more vitamin C in the leaves of blackcurrant than in the fruit? We didn't either🤷🏼‍♀️Gardens or nursery recommendations from our guest, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/Nant-y-Bedd GardenMore Not Just a GardenWebsite: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notjustagarden/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustaGarden

On Gardeners' World 2026 Episode 21 Recap, we find out what the largest family of flowering plants is, how frogs, newts and snakes are coexisting in the pond, where you can find some interesting, unusual and free plants for your garden, how man's best friend can help on a date, what interesting parterre discoveries are being made across the country thanks to the drought, and we have a very generous offer from the wonderful team at Southport Flower Show.On Gardeners' World this week, Frances Tophill shows Dame Mary Berry around Damson Farm near Bath, before Ekin Karasin and Queen Maggie show us around their wildlife garden in North London. "Top-Tip-Toby" Buckland leaves us feeling thoroughly inadequate as he gives us some more incredible and simple tips for the garden from his place in Devon, and we spend a happy time at the wonderful Smethwick Allotments with Thindi Kaur, her dad Harjinder Singh Rana, and their friends Jagtar Singh and Mohinder Singh Hayer. Finally we visit the beautiful urban garden in Kensington designed my garden designer Michelle Brandon.🥇🥇We also remind our listeners of @dansplantsuk (from ep35 of Chit-Chats) kind offer of 10% discount on all his award-winning plants available on his website here with our exclusive code NJAG10🥇🥇🌿Farida Sober (from ep61 of Chit-Chats) is generously offering our listeners 20% discount on her newly released eBook: THE FERMENTED GRASS METHOD – Bring Your Soil Back to Life with Nature’s Own Fertility Cycle. Use the code SWEETPEA at checkout🌿Relevant links can be found on our website: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/recaps/More Not Just a Gardenhttps://notjustagarden.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/https://www.facebook.com/notjustagarden/https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustaGarden

Alina was on Gardeners' World 2026 episode 9 when we saw her win a Gold for her first ever Indoor Plant show garden - Back to Grandma's House - at the 40th RHS Malvern Spring Festival.We were delighted that Alina could join us for a Chit-Chat about her (fever) dream garden, and we find out more about her preparation for the show and get some helpful tips for anyone thinking of doing the same. We also learn about Alina being let loose on chainsaws at the age of 11, her Ophelia tattoo, flower show grants, dealing with depression at university, rogue Sherborne otters, moss lava lamps, what vegetable she would be, and how you should in fact pronounce "Adam Critien" - her partner in crime at Malvern.Gardens or nursery recommendations from our guest, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/Sherborne Castle GardensCaerphilly Garden CentreMore Not Just a GardenWebsite: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notjustagarden/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustaGarden

On Gardeners' World 2026 Episode 20 Recap, we clear up the difference between using Epsom salts versus table salt on your garden, reminisce about Dame Edna Everage, and find out how grandad could throw away his walking sticks with the addition of a certain poppy-seed to his home-made bread.On Gardeners' World this week, Adam Frost takes us to Geoff Hamilton's place at the beautiful Barnsdale Gardens, and Sharon Preddy gives us a tour of her beautiful tropical garden at Seven Sisters in Neath, West Glamorgan. We're left with more questions than answers as Carol Klein chats with Professor Sacha Mooney from Notts Uni about soil physics, and Peter Farrow shares he passion for gladioli from his place in Chesterfield in North East Derbyshire.🥇🥇We also remind our listeners of @dansplantsuk (from ep35 of Chit-Chats) kind offer of 10% discount on all his award-winning plants with our exclusive code NJAG10🥇🥇🌿Farida Sober (from ep61 of Chit-Chats) is generously offering our listeners 20% discount on her newly released eBook: THE FERMENTED GRASS METHOD – Bring Your Soil Back to Life with Nature’s Own Fertility Cycle. Use the code SWEETPEA at checkout🌿Relevant links can be found on our website here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/recaps/More Not Just a Gardenhttps://notjustagarden.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/https://www.facebook.com/notjustagarden/https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustaGarden

Steve & John were on Gardeners' World 2026 episode 12 when they welcomed the viewers into their beautiful garden at 1 Belton Close.In this episode of Chit-Chats, Steve & John tell us how they transformed the garden after the build of their bold extension, as well as how they keep the rill and ponds so clean! We also find out about their involvement with The National Garden Scheme, the incredible offerings at The Hardy Plant Society, Nerd Nights, concealed pumps, garden-based catering kitchens, Brighton Pier souvenirs, and more cake than Sweetpea could ever imagine, even in her wildest dreams🍰Some mentions from our guest, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/1 Belton CloseKeukenhofFairlights EndFurnace BrookGreat DixterMore Not Just a GardenWebsite: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notjustagarden/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustaGarden