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The gardener keeping Derek Jarman's visionary patch of shingle at Prospect Cottage alive
Episode 10
The artist, filmmaker and gay activist Derek Jarman only gardened at Prospect Cottage for eight years before his death in 1994. His partner Keith Col…
12 hours ago
Columbine Hall: a remarkable island garden on an ancient moated estate in Suffolk
Episode 9
Columbine Hall is the home of newspaper publisher Hew Stevenson. He and his late wife first saw a very different sight in November 1992: a concrete f…
1 month ago
Revist: Andrew Salter's riotous, rule-breaking garden in rural Kent
Episode 8
Although many gardens we visit merit a second look, we couldn’t wait to go back and see how Andrew Salter’s garden was growing this summer. He bravel…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
An expert grower of auriculas explains their history and heart-stopping appeal
Episode 7
Once museum curator and now textile artist, Jane-Ann Walton has a particular passion for auriculas. Originally tiny alpine mountain plants, auriculas…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How My Garden Grows: Off the beaten track in Great Dixter, one of Britain’s best-loved gardens
Episode 6
Great Dixter’s garden has got to be one the most famous in the country, so it was with great difficulty that the podcast team dragged itself away fro…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The autobiographical gardens of 'chicken boy' Arthur Parkinson
Episode 5
During what seems an interminable wait for spring, we travel to Nottingham to meet the writer and gardener Arthur Parkinson, one of the most influent…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Granby Winter Garden – an inspirational community garden saved from demolition
Episode 4
For the fourth episode of the How My Garden Grows podcast we travel to Toxteth in Liverpool, to visit a community that has valiantly fought to defeat…
7 months, 1 week ago
Andrew Salter's magical Japanese-inspired conifer garden
Episode 3
For our latest podcast episode of How My Garden Grows, Francine Raymond visits Andrew Salter's magical Japanese-inspired conifer garden deep in the K…
10 months, 1 week ago
Autumn's glut is turned into garlands and greengage Martinis
Episode 2
In the latest episode of our podcast, How My Garden Grows, Francine Raymond takes us on on tour of her own garden as the season turns. The year has b…
1 year ago
A pint-sized coastal plot thickly cloaked in climbers
Episode 1
Welcome to the first instalment of our new gardening series, How My Garden Grows, hosted by lifelong gardener and journalist Francine Raymond. "I hav…
1 year, 1 month ago