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Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast asks the great and the good of the horticultural world: if you could create your dream garden from pieces of all of your favourite places, and if you could grow any plants in the world, what would you choose? Who would you have as your imaginary head gardener, or garden designer?
Join the Talking Gardens podcast live with Nigel Slater and Sarah Raven
Join our special guests Sarah Raven and Nigel Slater for an evening of lively conversation about gardens and gardening at the Garden Museum in London
Talking Gardens podcast with Jimi Blake
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Jimi Blake on how he dodges bears while botanising and how going to train as a gardener was life-saving for him.
Talking Gardens podcast with Kate Humble
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Kate Humble on how she became a TV presenter, why she loves baobab trees and will never allow a gazebo in her garden.
Talking Gardens podcast Nigel Dunnett
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Nigel Dunnett on all the things he would include in his dream garden, from wildflowers to birdsong, and where Claude Monet and David Bowie would fit into his garden fantasies.
Talking Gardens podcast with Katy Merrington
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Katy Merrington on who would be on Katy’s ultimate fantasy gardening team and how she manages looking after an urban space that’s open 24/7, 365 days a year.
Talking Gardens podcast with Andy Sturgeon
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Andy Sturgeon on how he is designing his own new garden in the country, and the big question - will he or won’t he do Chelsea Flower Show again?
Talking Gardens podcast with Miria Harris
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Miria Harris on her personal experience of stroke and how it led to her designing a show garden for the Stroke Association at the Chelsea Flower Show.
Talking Gardens podcast with Ann-Marie Powell
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Ann-Marie Powell on what she would grow in her fantasy greenhouse and the inside scoop on her Chelsea Flower Show garden for the National Trust.
Talking Gardens podcast with Tayshan Hayden-Smith
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Tayshan Hayden-Smith on why he believes we need to rethink what we consider a garden to be.
Talking Gardens podcast with Alan Titchmarsh
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Alan Titchmarsh MBE on the gardens, places, people and plants that he would like to include in his dream garden.
Alan Titchmarsh joins line-up of season three of Gardens Illustrated's Talking Gardens podcast
The veteran gardener and broadcaster will launch the new series of Talking Gardens, which will run from Tuesday 30 April for nine weeks.
Talking Gardens podcast with Arit Anderson
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Arit Anderson on why she would love a bluebell meadow and the reason she would never allow leaf blowers in her fantasy space.
Talking Gardens podcast with Tamsin Westhorpe
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Tamsin Westhorpe on her dream garden and why she thinks gardening is vital for mental health.
Talking Gardens podcast with Isabel Bannerman
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Isabel Bannerman on her dream garden and where she would go in a time machine.
Gardens Illustrated wins podcast and publication of the year at this year's Garden Media Guild Awards
Gardens Illustrated picked up two awards alongside winners including Richard Bloom, Ade Sellars, Val Bourne and Monty Don
Talking Gardens podcast with Arthur Parkinson
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Arthur Parkinson on his dream of a walled garden with orangery, and all manner of plants and birds.
Talking Gardens podcast with Piet Oudolf
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Piet Oudolf on the projects that have shaped his career and why he has never had time to dream.
Talking Gardens podcast with Errol Reuben Fernandes
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Errol Reuben Fernandes on his fantasy garden and why some garden visitors would be banned from his dream space
Talking Gardens podcast with Marian Boswall
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Marian Boswall on her fantasy garden and why the first important ingredient would be love.
Talking Gardens: Chelsea edition with Tom Massey
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring designer Tom Massey on his Show garden for RHS Chelsea Flower Show, which he's hoping will show how important insects are
Talking Gardens podcast with Nigel Slater
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Nigel Slater on his fantasy garden and why fairies and soft serve ice-cream would have to be part of it
Piet Oudolf joins latest series of Talking Gardens podcast
Season two of the Gardens Illustrated podcast is launching next week, with guests including Nigel Slater, Arit Anderson, Piet Oudolf and Arthur Parkinson.
Listen | From the archives: Beth Chatto talks to Alan Titchmarsh
In her centenary year, we share a past podcast featuring Alan Titchmarsh talking to Beth Chatto in a public conversation, first aired on her 50th anniversary of being at her iconic Beth Chatto's Gardens
Talking Gardens: Chelsea edition with Harry Holding
Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring designer Harry Holding on his garden for RHS Chelsea Flower Show in the All About Plants category