Join us with a hot drink and a mince pie as we evaluate the 2025 growing season.  in this episode, we sit by the fire and talk about our happiest memories from this year, before we dream of the growing season to come.

In this episode, Kate introduces us to the dark world of "bad" plants, plants that can be deadly, dangerous or just a real nuisance.  Kate's been wanting to share this episode for ages - really hope you enjoy it.

This week, Andy talks about jobs that you can and definitely SHOULD complete in the December garden.  The build up to Christmas is a really special, magical time but it all provides an opportunity for chill out and recharge in the garden. ...

Join us as Andy discusses how you can plant garlic successfully to ensure the best harvest possible next year and Kate details her mission to ensure that Christmas Poinsettias last beyond the festive period!

In this video, I sit down and talk to Ed, one of the founders of Roots Allotments, regarding some of the criticism levelled at Roots as a business.  As a Roots Allotment plot holder, I was keen to establish the truth surrounding some of th...

Will Petty has had an amazing journey, from working in special effects for TV and Film to now running an incredible family run lanscaping company, designing and building inspirational gardens.Will's story is incredible and we really hope...

Join us as we discuss the jobs you should be doing in your November garden.  Grab yourself a drink and join Andy and Kate for November gardening chat.

This week we travel back to Victorian times and discuss the phenomenon of Victorian Plant Hunters.  Have you heard of 'Orchidmania'?  You might just have caught it by the end of this episode.

In this episode, Kate is joined by her sister on the podcast to talk about how why she doesn't garden, what she feels are barriers to beginning her growing journey, and together they plan her perfect growing space.

Everything that you have ever wanted to know about polytunnels.  This week we deep dive into polytunnel growing.  Over the last few months, we've received loads of questions about building and growing within a polytunnel, and this wee...

How did it get to October already?  In this episode, we talk through the jobs that we really think you should be doing in the garden during the month of October.  Join us as we enjoy a hot drink and plan out our gardening adventures a...

In this episode, we look back to the episodes we recorded back in January 2025, in which Andy and Kate both boldly made New Year's growing resolutions and sat down together with a cup of tea to plan the season ahead.Nine months later, in...

In this episode we chat and share our honest tips and advice for anyone who is thinking of starting a business in horticulture.  We don't sugarcoat this and talk really honestly about the realities of this idea.Andy often receives m...

This week, Andy attempts to convince you to join him in adopting an autumnal gardening mindset, of embracing the deceleration of growth and actually embarking on some gardening adventures this autumn.

In this episode, Kate takes us for an evening outing into the night garden.  It's a magical, special place and we wanted to spend a little time there.

How did we get to September already? For us, this is such an exciting month, a time of change silhouetted in gorgeous low-level sunlight.  Grab yourself a mug, and join us as we chat through gardening jobs that you can be completing in the...

In this episode, we chat to Lucie Ponsford of Mimosa Design about designing gardens for the future.  This is a seriously inspirational, hopeful chat about the future of garden design that provides a vision of new build gardens that are sus...

At the beginning of our third season, we just wanted to take the time to reintroduce ourselves at your hosts.In our second-ever episode, Kate spoke very honestly about her journey and we wanted to update that story, almost two years late...

When we began our podcast in Autumn 2023, we were both in a very different place, both professionally and personally.  We wanted to re-introduce ourselves at the beginning of our third season.  You are going to be listening to our voi...

Join us as we discuss the gardening jobs you can be busy doing in the month of August, as you juggle childcare, warm weather, mildew and Andy's singing halfway through this episode.Enjoy.

Join us as we mark the beginning of the third season of the Growing Up Podcast.  We look back at the incredible support that we've received for this slightly irreverent gardening chat and look forward to what we have lined up for you in se...

Andy has been so excited to record this episode. For a number of years we have become aware of the phenomenon of the 'second herb season' a time from mid to late summer when herbs once again become front and centre - filling gaps in our growing...

July is a firework display in the garden, it's beautiful chaos in which the energy of growth is so beautiful, obvious and frenetic.  But amidst the joyful chaos of July there are so many jobs that you can do to really enhance your growth d...

In this episode, you find Andy and Kate dealing with the realities of growing in a heatwave.  We took shelter in the podcast studio to share some heatwave gardening tips, to share the reality of working outside during high temperatures.

In this episode we reflect on a week spent at Gardeners World LIVE.  Kate talks to a really inspirational lady who has built a beautiful show garden to be incredibly proud of - Jan of @