Welcome to Not Just a Garden!A name that came about after we laboriously tackled a weed-infested, overgrown, black-run-steep patch of field into something vague...
Ep17: A Good Ol' Christmas Chit-Chat With... Mellie
✨It’s a Christmas Special🎅🏽 Mellie from Aeonium Mellie pops in for another Good Ol’ Chit-Chat, this time to transport us to a winter wonderland of kidnapped botanists, well-boiled Brussel sprouts and her deconstructed Christmas crackers🎄Some mentions from Annmarie & Andrew, links to which can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/Lullingstone CastleStiperstones - The HolliesPlant HeritageRHSThe Cloud Garden by Tom Hart Dyke and Paul WinderTenbury Mistletoe FestivalErrdig Hall NTMore Not Just a GardenWebsite: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gardeners' World 2024 Winter Special Recap: Ep 4
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!🥂 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep16: A Good Ol' Chit-Chat With... Annmarie & Andrew
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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gardeners' World 2024 Winter Special Recap: Ep 3
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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep15: A Good Ol' Chit-Chat With... Nigel
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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to Not Just a Garden!A name that came about after we laboriously tackled a weed-infested, overgrown, black-run-steep patch of field into something vaguely resembling a garden. Literal blood, sweat and tears were spent in the process but once the beds were built, the plants began to grow and the wildlife took over, we agreed it was not just a garden, but something so much more; a shared achievement, a bonding experience, an escape from screens, a hideaway for tranquil moments, a safe space to sit and put the mad and confusing world to rights.Our continued shared love of gardening has had us avidly watching Gardeners’ World each week, taking notes here, animatedly discussing there, which has in turn lead us to giving a Sweetpea & Bear style recap on our podcast! Just a mother and daughter chewing the fat over Nick, Frances and Adam’s big garden moves, enjoying Monty and Toby’s poetic presenting, learning intriguing garden history from Advolly and hanging off Carol’s every propagating word.The programme has also brought into our living rooms each week a novice, professional, serious, hilarious, quirky, eccentric, inspiring world of guests, all of whom we want to know so much more about. So our Good Ol' Chit-Chats series was born; each episode we chat with a previous guest on Gardeners’ World and find out more about what would make their dream garden.So grab a cup of tea and flask of coffee, a glass of wine, a whisky, a Pimms, an Apple and Pear juice or anything in between, and join us for a Good Ol’ Chit-Chat about Not Just a Garden!Sweetpea & Bear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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