Épisodes

  • What To Do Now - Greenhouse and pots tidy

    What To Do Now - Greenhouse and pots tidy
    Oct 24 2025
    A good job to do this time of year is to give your gardening pots, and greenhouse too if you have one, a thorough deep clean. It’s a job that’s easily neglected, but if you take the time now in autumn, you’ll reap the benefits in spring when the growing season starts again in earnest. And, apart from the satisfaction you’ll get from seeing gleaming pots and shiny greenhouse windows, it’s important to get rid of any pests, diseases and mould that can overwinter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 min
  • Bridging the gap between urban communities and nature, with Lira Valencia

    Bridging the gap between urban communities and nature, with Lira Valencia
    Oct 23 2025
     There's plenty of evidence that connecting with nature is good for you, but for many people who live in an urban setting, it's not always possible or easy to access green space. Thankfully there is a growing movement made more visible via the digital world that seeks to address the imbalance and ensure that access to nature is not only available to all, but can be enjoyed to its most inspiring, uplifting, educating, and empowering extent, including the many in varied habitats that are often just a stones throwaway. Discover how urban wildlife ranger Lira Valencia  helps others commune and benefit from nature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    34 min
  • Sensational Spring bulbs, with Frances Tophill

    Sensational Spring bulbs, with Frances Tophill
    Oct 21 2025
    Planting bulbs in the autumn and winter gives hope that spring will greet you with bursts of colour.  Starting with snow drops and crocus, and then daffodils, bluebells and more, by the time you’re in summer there are many different colours in the garden. Discover why bulbs represent a transition and a life life to Frances Tophill. This podcast was recorded at BBC Gardeners' World Autumn Fair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    27 min
  • What To Do Now - Sow autumn broad beans

    What To Do Now - Sow autumn broad beans
    Oct 17 2025
    Sowing next year’s broad beans is a great way to deal with the sad fact that summer is over, and its up there with planting next year’s garlic cloves as an antidote to the autumn blues. There’s also a really good horticultural reason to sow your broad beans now, enabling the plants to get off to a much better start when they’re sown now, rather than in spring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 min
  • Community gardening vs urban degradation, with Yasmine El Gabry

    Community gardening vs urban degradation, with Yasmine El Gabry
    Oct 15 2025
    Not so long ago, the alleyway behind Yasmine El Gabry's street in Manchester was home to flytipping, anti-social behaviour and worse. Now, it's a thriving community garden, and these things are banished to the past. How did she and her neighbours do it – and can it work elsewhere for the rest of us? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    27 min
  • Trees for the future, with Dr Elisabeth Karlstad Larsen

    Trees for the future, with Dr Elisabeth Karlstad Larsen
    Oct 13 2025
     A tree can make or break a garden. The right tree in the right spot can add structure, year-round interest, shelter, and food for wildlife. Trees do a lot of good in a garden too, particularly in urban areas, providing shade and helping to reduce local heat as well as mitigating against the effects of climate change such as flooding. So, should we all be planting trees in our gardens, especially in cities and other urban areas? And, if so, which trees should we plant for not and for the future? Award-wining wildlife writer Kate Bradbury talks to RHS Ecosystem Services Fellow Dr Elisabeth Karlstad Larsen to discover more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    33 min
  • What To Do Now - Divide perennials and move plants

    What To Do Now - Divide perennials and move plants
    Oct 10 2025
    A satisfyingly physical job, dividing perennials is just about the easiest way of making new plants. Lifting and dividing is simply the process of digging up herbaceous plants, splitting them into smaller, healthy sections, and replanting them, giving your plants a new lease of life. It's also a brilliant opportunity to move plants or, even better, spread them around your garden for free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 min
  • Caring for our soil, with Juliet Sargeant

    Caring for our soil, with Juliet Sargeant
    Oct 8 2025
     Healthy soil is the foundation of every thriving garden, but how well do we really understand what's going on beneath our feet? Award-winning garden designer Juliet Sargent explores how we can all care for and make the most of this precious resource, incudling what soil needs, the damage we might unknowingly be doing, and how every gardener can work with nature to create a more sustainable garden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    42 min