Not Just a Garden

On Gardeners' World 2026 Episode 26 Recap, we ponder worse for wear pigeons, double down on centipedes versus slow worms, admire Sweetpea's latest houseplant purchase, investigate watering bags, and endorse a listener's views on Kim Wilde for Gardeners' World.

On Gardeners' World this week, Frances Tophill is at Exmouth Allotments with Cheryl Chessum, Sam Alford, Joy Simpson, Candice & Lyra Hartshorn, and Bruce. We meet Zahabia Naveed and Alan Wainwright on their Eccleshill allotment in Bradford, and Joe Swift chats with De-Graft Mensah on his Manchester allotment. Chloe Taylor gives us some top tips from her allotment plot in Scarborough and Tom Winfield shows us his wildlife haven on his allotment at the Pound Lane allotments in Exmouth. Finally Jeff Hordley and Zoë Henry, AKA Cain Dingle and Rhona Goskirk from Emmerdale, give us a tour of their hugely productive allotment in Yorkshire.

In our CCCUP, we congratulate Dwayne Black on his 1st Class Honours, Greg Anderton, Dan Stearne and Peter & Helleentje Walker on their Harrogate Flower Show Golds, and Patrick Smikle on his Best of Manchester Award 2026🏆

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On Gardeners' World 2026 Episode 25 Recap, we discuss sterile mosquitos, the perils of taking too many antibiotics, magic shampoo, Monty modelling, mountain ranges, and how we got on with Toby Buckland's efficient scything technique.

On Gardeners' World this week, Adam Frost shares the latest upgrades to his new garden, and Sue Kent shows us some jobs that need doing in her place in Swansea. We meet Fred Groom and Ronja Schlumberger at Vital Seeds in Ashburton in South Devon and Alex Crossman gives Frances Tophill a tour of his beautiful wildlife garden in Radstock, Somerset. Finally Steve Jenner and Chris Briggs show their pretty garden and meadow in Saltdean, Brighton.

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Awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic for his dedicated work in the field of Horticulture, and once dubbed "The Plant Messiah" (a name subsequently used by Sir David Attenborough), we were delighted that Señor Don Carlos could join us for a Chit-Chat.

Carlos had many a story to tell! We learn all about the smallest waterlily in the world, how it was discovered, and how Carlos brought it back from the brink of extinction - thanks largely to his tortellini Eureka moment. And we hear all the details about his work with the "living dead" Café Marron that we saw on Gardeners' World 2026 Episode 1.

We also find out about Carlos' unconventional route into Kew, Brits and their tea vs Spanish and their wine, his affection for Asturias, the disparity between plant and animal conservation, user-friendly cacti, the draw of "flowery powery", headless tortoises, rare plants being stolen and sold on eBay, what Carlos gets up to with the quince tree at Kew, and why grannies know best.

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Kew Gardens

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Post Drama Frenzy

On Gardeners' World 2026 Episode 24 Recap, we learn the sad news that Monty Don is hanging up his Gardeners' World boots and blue shirts at the end of this series.

We also find out about how vultures deal with parasites and bacteria on carcasses, the unsavoury way Xanthan gum is made, what it means if you have nightmares once a week, a final indefinite definitive answer to whether it's a mole or mould at Longmeadow, and we have a generous offer for our listeners and subscribers, from Harrogate Autumn Flower Show🕺

On Gardeners' World this week, we hop on another Zoom call with Carol Klein - this time she's chatting leaves with leaf physiologist Dr Lorna McAusland from the Hounsfield Facility at Nottingham University. Kyle and Filo Hamilton show us their houseplants in Edinburgh, and Rachel De Thame chats with Millie Souter, Head Gardener at The Serge Hill Project in Abbots Langley. Finally Garden Designer Paul Foster from Allium Gardeners shows us around his beautiful wildlife-friendly garden in Suffolk.

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Kevin, Head of Tree Collections and Arboriculture at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, was on Gardeners' World 2026 episode 8 when he joined Eliot Barden at Majestic Trees to talk about native versus non-native trees in our changing climate.

On this episode of Chit-Chats, we hear about Kevin's background as a commercial tree surgeon for 10 years before arriving at Kew and pursuing an HND, degree, a Masters, and now a PhD - phew!

We find out about stomatal conductance, the impact of dry heat versus humid heat on trees, rethinking the Great British garden, what drinking water in 2050 is going to be like, and how it's not a one rule fits all.

We also learn about the responsibility we have when it comes to managing our own gardens in terms of practical planting and how we irrigate, and the very important role garden designers play.

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Kew Gardens
Hirkan National Park
Hillier Tree Nursery
Majestic Trees
Wakehurst Botanical Gardens

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