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April Podcast - Download Now
Giddy with spring, Frank Ronan sets out on a spending spree and fills his car with exciting new plants.
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March Podcast - Download Now
Our normal monthly podcasts are currently postponed, but we still have columnist Frank Ronan reading his Writer's Plot. In March he is driven to distraction by the winds that sweep across his hilltop garden.
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February Podcast - Download Now
With spring in the air we indulge in the scent of flowers as writer Caroline Beck travels to the rose fields of Iran to give us a wonderfully evocative report that perfectly complements her feature in the magazine. Frank Ronan reads his Writer's Plot and, in a welcome return to gardening, considers that this - quite literally - is how he would like to end his days.
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January Podcast - Download Now
Make the most of the winter months and catch up on the Gardens Illustrated podcasts or visit an exhibition. We recommend the Vista podcast with Dan Pearson, guest editor of the January issue, plus we have an interview with the curator of the current British Museum's Babylon: Myth and Reality exhibition. Columnist Frank Ronan brings some garden fugitives in from the cold to cheer him up.
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December Podcast - Download Now
The Gardens Illustrated team gather round to discuss their favourite features from 2008 and chat about their Christmas gift ideas. Columnist Frank Ronan continues the theme with his own thoughts on the most suitable presents for gardeners. Happy Christmas from all at Gardens Illustrated.
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November Podcast - Download Now
This month we remind garden designers of the 12 January deadline for entries to the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show Conceptual Gardens section and editor Juliet Roberts talks to Tim Richardson to find out more about what the judges might be looking for. We've also news of an extra podcast on sustainable gardening and an interview with gardening charity Thrive about the recent awards to blind gardeners. Finally, columnist Frank Ronan considers his RHS membership.
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October Podcast - Download Now
Not a full podcast this month - more an introduction to our extra podcasts available from the 'Other Events' section. But we do have Frank Ronan with his comment for October. This month he turns his thoughts to the search for appropriate attire when working in the garden. |
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September Podcast - Download Now
In the September podcast we indulge in our delight for dahlias with interviews from the RHS Dahlia Trials Open Day held at Wisley in Surrey. We also hear from gardener and television presenter Sarah Raven about her top tips for growing vegetables through the autumn and winter. And columnist Frank Ronan is delighted by colour in the garden. |
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August Podcast - Download Now
This month we hear from photographer Nic Barlow, who has pursued a life-long passion to record in pictures some of the most notable follies and grottoes of Europe. He talks about the book that he has recently released. And regular columnist Frank Ronan introduces us to Mrs Trug. |
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July Podcast - Download Now
A summer special with the Gardens Illustrated team getting together to chat about recent garden visits they've made. They talk about the Hampton Court Flower Show, a garden in Cornwall, village scarecrows and all things roses. And then there's columnist Frank Ronan who this month celebrates plants who enjoy their moment of glory but then allow others to take the limelight. |
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June Podcast - Download Now
This month we've a tour of the latest attraction at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, with head of arboriculture Tony Kirkham introducing the exciting new Rhizotron and Xstrata Treetop Walkway. We also talk to salad-growing expert Charles Dowding about his new book Salad Leaves for All Seasons. He gives us some tips plus selects the seeds we should be planting now for harvesting beyond the summer. And regular columnist Frank Ronan encourages us to savour 'growing' our gardens rather than buying them 'ready-made'. |
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May Podcast - Download Now
A busy month in the garden and in the podcast with our first outside broadcast from the new Shirley Sherwood Gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, with Dr Sherwood showing us round the gallery's display of botanical art. Then there's an interview with author Christopher Stocks about his latest book Forgotten Fruits, and Frank is mesmerised by the colour blue. Don't forget to visit our new forum and get involved in the various discussions. |
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April Podcast - Download Now
Springtime favourites with ideas for seeing magnolias in bloom and spotting the delicate Fritillaria meleagris. Interviews include a chat with designer Helen Dooley, who is creating a Gardens Illustrated vegetable garden at the Gothenburg garden festival this summer. And then we hear from editor Juliet Roberts who picks her highlights from the Fête des Plantes Vivaces at Saint-Jean de Beauregard just outside Paris. |
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March Podcast - Download Now
Inspiration for spring with co-owner of nursery Secret Seeds, John Langston, giving tips on successful seed sowing. And you can start with your salad seeds given free with the March issue. Then we talk to the head gardener at Hever Castle in Sussex to find out more about the garden's connection with the recent release of the film The Other Boleyn Girl. And our regular columnist Frank Ronan gives his own sound prediction for the weather this year. |
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February Podcast - Download Now
A short podcast this month that follows up on our passion for snowdrops with a talk to gardens manager Dr John Grimshaw from Colesbourne gardens in Gloucestershire. He talks about the collection and the best times to visit. Juliet Robert enthuses about the Royal Horticultural Society's London flower shows and columnist Frank Ronan talks about the pleasures of weeding. |
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January Podcast - Download Now
Highlights of the January issue plus tales from daring plant hunters.There's also an interview with author Tim Richardson, flagging up the series of discussions he is hosting together with Noël Kingsbury at the Museum of Garden History. He talks about the recent event with landscape designer Kim Wilkie and you can hear his talk by downloading the exclusive podcast below – see Exclusive Audio Content. Finally there's columnist Frank Ronan's comments on the glories of composting. |
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December Podcast - Download Now
Florist Neil Honor of the Original Wreath Company takes us through making our own Christmas wreath using plants from the garden, plus he tells us about the exclusive wreath he has created for GARDENS ILLUSTRATED readers; and Matthew Wilson curator of the RHS garden at Harlow Carr gives advice on a more sustainable approach to gardening. Finally, regular GARDENS ILLUSTRATED columnist Frank Ronan reads his December column - delighting in those unexpected wisps of scent in the winter garden. |
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November Podcast - Download Now
Forester Geoff Sinclair talks about the campaign to encourage the use of native-grown hazel poles in the garden, instead of bamboo from China; and in the wake of the publication of the late Christopher Lloyd’s last book Exotic Planting for Adventurous Gardeners, Great Dixter’s head gardener Fergus Garrett talks about the bold Exotic Garden they created together. Finally, regular GARDENS ILLUSTRATED columnist Frank Ronan reads his November column – a feisty response to the work of nomenclature experts. |
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