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Why Does the Same Shade Plant Thrive in One Garden and Fail in Another?
Season 3 Episode 3
Why can one gardener grow magnificent heucheras, hostas or brunneras while another repeatedly watches the same plants struggle and disappear? In Seas…
1 day, 4 hours ago
The Awkward Gap in the Shade Garden
Season 3 Episode 2
There comes a point in late summer when some shade gardens seem to lose their way. The spring bulbs have disappeared, the hellebores finished months …
6 days, 23 hours ago
What This Summer Has Taught Us About Planting in Shade
Season 3 Episode 1
This extraordinary summer has left many established shade gardens looking almost unrecognisable. Hellebores have collapsed, astilbes have disappeared…
2 weeks ago
The Right Plant in the Wrong Place
Season 2 Episode 5
Have you ever planted something that you later wished you hadn't? In this episode of The Shade Gardening Podcast, Marcus explores a question that spa…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Dry Shade: Gardening's Toughest Challenge
Season 2 Episode 4
Dry shade is often described as one of the toughest places to garden. Beneath mature trees, alongside hedges, or in those forgotten corners where sun…
2 months ago
Gardening with Deer: Is Anything Truly Deer Resistant?
Season 2 Episode 3
Deer can turn a carefully planned garden into an all-you-can-eat buffet overnight. But is there really such a thing as a deer-resistant plant? In thi…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Every Garden Has Shade
Season 2 Episode 2
Many gardeners believe that nothing grows in shade, but is that really true? In this episode of The Shade Gardening Podcast, Marcus explores one of t…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Welcome Back to the Shade
After a little time away, The Shade Gardening Podcast is back. In this first episode of Season 2, Marcus shares why he decided to return to the micro…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Quiet Water, Wild Life: Building Ponds in Shady Gardens
Quiet Water, Wild Life: Building Ponds in Shady Gardens Can you really have a pond in full shade? Absolutely—and it might be one of the best things y…
1 year, 2 months ago
A Week in the Shade: Clay, Questions, and Quiet Discoveries
This week in the shade garden, we’re taking a gentle stroll through the conversations that lit up the Facebook group—from clay soil challenges and sh…
1 year, 2 months ago