Loving Your Garden - Better Gardening Podcast
Loving Your Garden is a Facebook Group set up by broadcaster Rod Whiting during the first Covid lockdown in April 2020. It has quickly grown to nearly 450 thousand passionate and inspiring gardeners, thanks in no small part to knowledgeable and expert members like John Stirland. John has more than fifty years of experience in horticulture and you can now access his knowledge and that of our members as we link our podcast to LYG’s fortnightly live feed. Each week, we’ll discuss the jobs to be done, plant suggestions and answer your questions. If you love your garden and aspire to be a better gardener, join our Facebook group (Link here: https://bit.ly/3oIzVr9), and increase your knowledge from the likes of John, our more experienced members and regular expert guests. Feel free to email your questions or suggestions on what you would like us to feature in our podcast to rod@lovingyourgarden.org Thanks for listening!
Loving Your Garden - Better Gardening Podcast
Nick Hamilton - The Legacy of Barnsdale Gardens
Nick Hamilton, owner of the hugely popular Barnsdale Gardens in Rutland talks about the legacy of his famous father - Gardeners' World presenter Geoff Hamilton who introduced millions to gardening during the eighties and nineties before his untimely death in 1996.
We discuss Barnsdale of course but also what it was like growing up in a television studio (Barnsdale was effectively 38 TV studio gardens). We talk about how the pandemic has changed the fortunes of horticulture, Barnsdale as a visitor attraction and how all of these are covered in Nick's newly published book 'The Right Genes' which is packed full of anecdotes about growing up with a famous father in a place that was beamed into millions of homes every week.
As ever, you can check out the chapters tab if you want to focus on a particular part of the podcast but at just half an hour, it's worth a listen through from the start. (To paraphrase Mandy Rice-Davies, we would say that wouldn't we!)
For info, Barnsdale Gardens is 5 miles East of Oakham in Rutland (LE15 8AH) is open to visitors 363 days a year from 9-5 pm March-October and 10-4 pm over the Winter.
Website: https://barnsdalegardens.co.uk/index.html
A travel podcast for women over 45 who want to explore this big beautiful world.
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