Pots & Trowels The Gardening Podcast

We have all the usual weekly tasks, we are answering your questions including ones on Peach trees (tieing in nicely with our recent peach fan video!) and a gooseberry Q. We also chat to Ian Bull who looks after training and careers at the RHS and Harvey tells us about his training as a former RHS Apprentice. Feeling Fruity, Peach Trees & Veg Plot Essential Task, Plus RHS & Joy of a Career in Horticulture! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're meeting the creator of the wonderful garden at The Vicarage in Norfolk, we have the usual weekly garden tasks as well as answering your questions on currant bushes and gooseberries. We'd also like to welcome to any new viewers too and there's a bit of a reminder of what we do at P&T HQ! Stressed Lawn? Stretching Summer Containers, Plus Currant & Fruit Pruning Queries - Season Four Starts with a Bang! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we hit the summer break we've got some jobs to keep you going til September, Martin has been to RHS Badminton to speak to Jo Thompson, garden designer of the BBC Radio 4 Archers Garden which celebrates 75 years of being on air! We're also answering the usual listeners' questions including some tree-related queries and a bulb lasagne conundrum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're talking to the Lincs National Garden Scheme Organiser, we've got a long-serving NGS garden opener plus we have your usual weekly garden jobs and listeners' questions! Remember, send your questions in via email info@potsandtrowels.com Lily Beetle & Club Root Qs, Perennials Suffering in the Heat? Plus, Should I Edit my Border? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We meet Andrew Jackson, who has a dream to change the way that new build houses treat the garden! - Plus, we're offering tips on roses and some produce hints, including a listener's question surrounding when to pull onions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meeting up with people from the Jenny Ruth workshop, answering your gardening questions and giving you top tips for how to cope with summer time in the garden! Summer Watering Tips, Mulching Myth Debunked & JennyRuth Workshop chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Visiting the Newby Hall Rock Garden opening, with special guest Gyles Brandreth. We talk to the head gardener, the curator and the plant suppliers too! As usual we're answering your gardening questions - today we're answering questions on an apple tree pest, how to prune photinia and whether Salix would be a good tree in a small garden. Renewed Rock Garden, Gyles Brandreth Chat, 'Cobweb' Strewn Apple & How to Fettle Photinia? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We answer questions on some nasty pests and diseases this week, plus there's a directive to follow if you're growing asparagus! Martin meets a couple of the gardeners at Scone Palace and there's the usual gardening chatter and weekly jobs to boot! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We meet up with Charlotte from Taylors Bulbs as well as Sue from Bluebell Cottage Gardens. Martin has the regular gardening jobs for the week, plus we're answering your questions on leaf curl aphid, why heucheras come out of the ground, pelargonium propagation and the all important conundrum of knowing when your carrots are ripe for the picking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've got all the usual gardening goodness, plus we talk to three different RHS Chelsea Flower Show Attendees, from gardening legends to first time exhibitors! We're also answering your questions as usual with topics such as Acer shaping and dahlia hardening! Martin's weekly jobs include clematis and rose care so listen up! Crucial Clematis Tip, RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gardening TV Legends, Rose Care & Questions on Acers & Dahlia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're answering your questions as usual, we've got an interview with Simon Lockyer, Malvern Spring Flower Show's Master Grower and all the usual weekly jobs. Best Climbing Plants for Screening? Pieris Varigation Q, Chelsea Chop & Meet Malvern's Master Grower! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've got listeners' questions on Camellia, Grass Seed, Rose Bush selection as well as plant suggestions for an exposed terrace and what to do about Acer Burn? We're also meeting up with Emily Hazell, Head of Plant Collections at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've got your essential jobs, including one to ensure your spring bulbs are amazing next year - there's pelargonium & produce advice and we meet Dan of Dan's Plants up in Cumbria who tells us of his ambitions! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have top tips for getting your salad garden up and running, we're answering a question on espalier fruit trees - just what is possible? Plus our special guest is Viscount Stormont of Scone Palace. Scone Palace Website: https://www.scone-palace.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Martin has been to the RHS awards and caught up with a couple of winners, plus we're answering your questions including one on a very weed ridden lawn and about hardening dahlia as well as finding out the sad tale of the re-potted olive tree - will it live? Dahlia Time! What about Weedy Lawn, Royal Horticultural Society Awards & Will my Olive Survive? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've got the usual listeners' questions, we're giving you the weekly garden jobs you need to get sorted and joining us is Paul Robinson, aka the Laughing Gardener, who has just released his new book "Tales of the Laughing Gardener" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're meeting Rob Brett, curator of RHS Wisley, one of the most prestigious jobs in horticulture! Plus, we're answering your gardening questions - loads of which continue to be about lawn care! - and, Tulip Mania, how RHS Wisley have planted thousands of tulips to create and amazing spring flower display! Tulip Mania, RHS Wisley Curator & Lawn Care Questions Answered Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As well as slugs that we need to control, there are useful slugs as well! - Martin and Jill visit their friends Paula & Steve at Floral Media and take some gardening questions about soil, slugs, tulips and magnolia, plus Jill shares a recipe for rhubarb tiramisu! Recipe Link: https://www.martinfish.com/blog/rhubarbtirimasu/ Slugs that are Good for the Garden? Soil & Mulch Advice, Rhubarb Tiramisu & Growing Cut Flowers with Floral Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're answering listeners' questions, we've got a Canadian guest on with a royal connection and there are all the usual weekly gardening tasks. Mary Kelava joins us to talk about how her Sandringham connection as well as to give us some insights into modern flower meanings from her book 'a bouquet of words' https://marykelava.com/ Chop & Drop Craze, Urgent Veggie Planting & Royally Connected Canadian Guest'S New Flower Book! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're talking moss after one of our recent short videos on lawn moss control went viral! Martin's tips include lawncare and dogwood pruning and we're tackling listeners' questions on tomato watering and rose planting, plus, what's budding?! Sean reveals he made a spontaneous plum tree purchase and there's the usual gardening chat. This episode was originally titled: Moss, Love it or Loathe it? - Climbing Rose Q, Dogwood Pruning, Lawn Care & Spontaneous Plum Tree Purchase! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.