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Gardeners' World 2026 Episode 21 Recap

Season 6, Ep. 21
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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.


šŸ„‡šŸ„‡We also remind our listeners ofĀ @dansplantsukĀ (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 NJAG10šŸ„‡šŸ„‡


šŸŒæFarida Sober (fromĀ ep61 of Chit-Chats) is generously offering our listenersĀ 20% discountĀ on her newly released eBook:Ā THE FERMENTED GRASS METHOD ā€“ Bring Your Soil Back to Life with Natureā€™s Own Fertility Cycle. Use the codeĀ SWEETPEAĀ at checkoutšŸŒæ


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