Talking Heads - a Gardening Podcast

• Ep. 256 - Spring is well and truly in the air - and Lucy and Saul are utterly smitten. The horticultural juices are once again in full flow, as the lengthening sunny days brings more time outside and the start to another wonderful garden year!

  Spring is the season when gardeners throw off the hibernation and slumber of months of wet feet, many layers and waterproofs and are reborn anew! The stirring of life in the garden is one of the years great experiences, and makes a gardening life such a worthwhile pursuit, not only is it good for the planet to see the earth greening up, it is also good for the gardeners soul. But there is still lots of hard work to get on with - seeds have to be sown, mulch laid, supports erected and lawns mown. So join Lucy and Saul as they continue their professional gardening lives in the pure heaven that is Spring!There is something in the air at the start of March 2025, and Lucy and Saul have been breathing it in with huge gulps. The weather for the week has been set to glorious, and being a gardener outside has become pure joy, as the grey of winter seems (for now) to have been dispersed. And you can hear it in the Talking Heads pair's voices, as they become giddy with this time of year. Lucy is plunging head long into her own garden, while Saul wallows in his compost heap - isn't it a great time to be alive!LinkedIn link:Saul WalkerInstagram link:Lucy lucychamberlaingardensIntro and Outro music from https://filmmusic.io"Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Support the showSupport the show

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• Ep. 255 - It's more hortiwaffle! This week, Saul and Lucy discuss the first signs of spring - are they appearing, or are you a 'fool' to think so? We think a definite YES! With talk of crocus, iris and aconite our spring gardens are (gently) waking up

  Well winter is on our doorsteps, and for the general population any thoughts of gardening stops, as the common thought is the 'garden has gone to sleep'...Well nothing could be farther from the truth, as the season of shorter days and chilly weather could be one of the most important and busy in the yearly life of your garden. Join Saul and Lucy every week as they show you exactly how busy they are, whether getting everything festive for Xmas, clearing up after the latest storm, enjoying the emergent shoots of early flowering plants or getting ready for spring and a return to the start of the great garden cycle!It's another episode of your favourite professional gardening duo, and this week, Lucy and Saul are (thankfully) getting back to practical horticulture. Saul has been busy admiring his magnolias at Stonelands, and Lucy has won the battle of the miscanthus bed on Mersea, and the thorny bed at Kingsland. Hurrah!! We also thank our marvellous listeners (yes, that's YOU!) for helping Lucy with her coastal conundrum - Griselinia littoralis is the clear winner. And spring IS springing! We're happy to be fools if it's not - because there are definite signs that this glorious season is on its way.Instagram links:Lucy lucychamberlaingardensTwitter links:Saul @GardeningSaulSupport the show

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• Ep. 254 - The Talking Heads Duo are out and about, live at the Garden Press Event in London - to see new garden products, talk about new garden initiatives, but mostly to have a good chin-wag with a plethora of garden friends!

  Well winter is on our doorsteps, and for the general population any thoughts of gardening stops, as the common thought is the 'garden has gone to sleep'...Well nothing could be farther from the truth, as the season of shorter days and chilly weather could be one of the most important and busy in the yearly life of your garden. Join Lucy and Saul every week as they show you exactly how busy they are, whether getting everything festive for Xmas, clearing up after the latest storm, enjoying the emergent shoots of early flowering plants or getting ready for spring and a return to the start of the great garden cycle!The garden season starting gun has been fired at the Garden Press Event, held at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. An industry event that brings together many of the well known names in the garden trade, as well as nurseries and garden charities, to promote there new products and gardening messages for 2025. It's also somewhere that the garden media, be it writers, journalists, social media influencers and also (lowly) podcasters, meet up to have a good chat about what they are looking forward to in 2025. Lucy was there looking at sustainability predicts with here RHS Fruit, Vegetable and Herb hat on, and Saul was representing the Hardy Plant Society, but overall the pair had a great time wallowing in gardening nirvana.Twitter links:Saul @GardeningSaulInstagram links:Lucy lucychamberlaingardensIntro and Outro music from https://filmmusic.io"Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Support the show

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• Ep. 253 - Lucy and Saul get up extra early for this episode, to record a morning of car breakdowns, salty planting and whether it's a good idea to live in the garden you work at - and all without having a coffee!

  Well winter is on our doorsteps, and for the general population any thoughts of gardening stops, as the common thought is the 'garden has gone to sleep'...Well nothing could be farther from the truth, as the season of shorter days and chilly weather could be one of the most important and busy in the yearly life of your garden. Join Lucy and Saul every week as they show you exactly how busy they are, whether getting everything festive for Xmas, clearing up after the latest storm, enjoying the emergent shoots of early flowering plants or getting ready for spring and a return to the start of the great garden cycle!(*Warning*) This weeks episode was recorded very early on a Monday morning, and Lucy had not had her usual coffee!The Talking Heads pair are beset with problems this week - or should we say Saul has suffered a breakdown - the car that is - which makes life incredibly difficult when you work at a large, estate garden which are usually found in the more rural parts of the country. So the pair naturally ask should we live near, or even on the properties where we work, are there disadvantages and advantages to doing this. Also Lucy is getting salty with her plants, and wants to know from the listeners if they have any plants immune to the sea breezes. Plus more 'Yogardening™'!Twitter links:Saul @GardeningSaulInstagram links:Lucy lucychamberlaingardensIntro and Outro music from https://filmmusic.io"Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Support the show

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• Ep. 252 - Cutting lawns, testing waterproofs, showcasing ladders, favourite gardening shows for 2025 - this week, Saul and Lucy are covering plenty of ground. Oh, and yoga whilst gardening - do you do it?

  Well winter is on our doorsteps, and for the general population any thoughts of gardening stops, as the common thought is the 'garden has gone to sleep'...Well nothing could be farther from the truth, as the season of shorter days and chilly weather could be one of the most important and busy in the yearly life of your garden. Join Lucy and Saul every week as they show you exactly how busy they are, whether getting everything festive for Xmas, clearing up after the latest storm, enjoying the emergent shoots of early flowering plants or getting ready for spring and a return to the start of the great garden cycle!This week, your favourite professional gardening duo ponder some key horticultural questions: why does Saul feel able to 'top' the grass in winter but not cut it, why did Lucy's 30,000 hydrostatic head waterproof coat fail her miserably (luckily her trousers didn't), does Saul sneakily line-dance around Stonelands when the owners are out, and why are tripod ladders so incredibly useful? Saul and Lucy also answer listener queries on what are the best gardening shows to visit in 2025, and Lucy concludes that Saul may not be completely convinced by her 'yogardening' concept....Twitter links:Saul @GardeningSaulInstagram links:Lucy lucychamberlaingardensIntro and Outro music from https://filmmusic.io"Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Support the show

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