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Growing Cut Flowers

Join Flower Friends Nicole and Sarah on their journey to growing beautiful blooms! Interviewing experts, discussing their own successes and failures, and revealing the mysteries behind incredible cut flowers

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Bulbs, bulbs, bulbs with Linda & Marlies from Fam Flower Farm from 2023-05-21T21:25:50

In this week’s episode, we chat bulbs, bulbs, bulbs with Linda and Marlies from Fam Flower Farm! The lovely ladies from the Netherlands tell us about what to do with your spring tulips now they’ve ...

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Dahlia sales madness & exciting sweet pea news with Marryn from The Farmhouse Flower Farm from 2023-05-12T11:33:03

Our Director of Enabling is back for another fabulous episode! Marryn tells us all about the madness of her recent dahlia tuber sale and then gives us the scoop on her exciting sweet pea news! Don’...

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Garden gossip: the one with no guest from 2023-04-21T18:54:57

This week we’re coming to you with just us to go over the gossip: where the two of us are growing this year, what we’re growing, and lots more. Lets Grow Girls links Follow the podcast on Instagra...

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Perennials for cut flowers with Rachel from a Green & Gorgeous from 2023-04-14T09:00:32

We are incredibly excited to welcome Rachel and her endless knowledge onto the show to discuss an important topic: growing perennials for cut flowers. Which are the best cultivars? What couldn’t...

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How to care for Roses with Liam from David Austin Roses from 2023-04-07T09:00:33

It’s Nicole’s favourite week of the season so far: it’s rose week! The team from David Austin roses are back to give us some important rose care tips as we all prepare to care for our roses this...

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Planning your Flower Farm (+ Eucalyptus secrets) with Rebecca from Silver Grey Foliage from 2023-03-31T18:52:51

*After recording we have realised an unexpected tech issue has caused some unusual audio on this episode but we hope you are still able to hear all of Rebecca’s insights!*


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Growing Dahlias from cuttings with David Hall from Halls of Heddon from 2023-03-25T19:07:34

We are kicking off season 8 with a dedicated dahlia episode with dahlia extraordinaire David Hall of Halls of Heddon, a specialist dahlia nursery here in the U.K.  

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How To Grow Bare Root Roses with Becki from David Austin Roses from 2022-10-15T18:03:13

It’s rose time!

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Ranunculus (are the best) with Galena from Micro Flower Farm from 2022-10-07T19:23:34

It’s ranunculus time!

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Reflections of a First Year Flower Farmer with Michaela from Planting With Michaela from 2022-09-30T16:47:19

This week Michaela comes back to tell us about what she learned in her first year flower farming

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Gardening for your Mental Health from 2022-09-24T15:03:09

This week we have something a little bit different for you! We are joined by Tom Leonard, aka Daisy Desire the Drag Queen Gardener, who is here to bring a bit of couture to our manure! We chat to T...

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Peonies, Peonies, Peonies with Alec White from Primrose Hall Peonies from 2022-09-16T18:41:26

This week we are joined by the peony master Alec White from UK peony specialists Primrose Hall. Their website: https://primrosehallpeonies.co.uk

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Growing & Breeding Zinnias with Kori from Dawn Creek Farm from 2022-09-12T17:57:04

Zinnias have a reputation for being a bit of a difficult flower but this week’s guest, Kori from Dawn Creek Farm, tells us all her secrets to getting the best out of them especially when growing fo...

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Urban Flower Farming with Marianne and Camila from Wolves Lane Flower Co from 2022-09-02T16:48:12

Ever wondered what it was like to be a grower in a big city like London? Well, wonder no more because Marianne and Camila from Wolves Lane Flower Co are here to tell us! We talk about what it’s lik...

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Hardy Annuals with Cel Robertson from 2022-08-19T18:26:14

It’s time to sow your hardy annuals and we are joined by Cel Robertson of Forever Green Flower Co to tell us all her favourites and how she does it! We’ve also got a sponsor for this first episode,...

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Propagating Plants for Beginners with Fionnuala Fallon from 2022-06-03T17:41:11

Ever wondered what propagating is or where to start with it? Well wonder no more, we have the episode for you! With our first ever Irish guest, Fionnuala Fallon, we talk about seed collecting, divi...

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Exploring creativity through flowers with Marianne Slater from Frances & Rose from 2022-05-27T18:25:47

This week we’re joined by author Marianne Slater from Frances & Rose to hear about her journey to flower-queen and how she started her flower farm and flowery empire.

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A Flower Farm: Dream to Reality with Mel from The Real Bloom Co from 2022-05-13T20:57:21

This week we are joined by short term flower farmer but long term dreamer Melissa from The Real Bloom co in the North of England. We learn all about how she dreamed up her new life as a flower farm...

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Lovely Lilacs with Naomi Slade from 2022-04-22T21:07:47

They smell the best when stolen from someone else's garden.. this week we're talking all things lilacs. Naomi Slade, author, lilac fan, gardening extraordinaire joins us to bestow much lilac relate...

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Hybridising Dahlias with Kristine Albrecht from Santa Cruz Dahlias from 2022-04-15T18:25:56

We're fan girling over this one a little bit today... especially Nicole! We are joined by the one, the only, Kristine from Santa Cruz dahlias. Dahlia breeding extraordinaire with over 16 years expe...

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Spring Bulb Update with Marryn from The Farmhouse Flower Farm from 2022-04-08T17:40:55

We’re joined yet again by our resident Director Of Enabling who heard that we were in need of a shopping list update…

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Bearded Iris Obsessions from 2022-04-01T18:08:24

Back with Season 6, we speak to India Hurst of Vervain Flowers all about her floral obsession, bearded irises. If you ever wondered how to grow these dramatic cut flowers then this is the episode f...

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Growing wonderful roses with Felicia Alvarez of Menagerie Farm from 2022-03-11T23:00:19

In our season 5 finale, we chat to Felicia Alvarez of Menagerie Farm. Felicia is a third generation farmer with 100 acres farming beautiful garden roses as well as other specialty flowers, French p...

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Seasonal check in with Nicole & Sarah from 2022-03-04T21:52:27

Surprise!! We're all on our own - and we're covering the past year's successes and our big plans for the year to come. Plus, a bit of an insight into us two - your mysterious hosts!

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Grow Your Own Wedding Flowers with Georgie Newbery from Common Farm Flowers from 2022-02-25T21:52:08

Calling all soon-to-be brides and grooms - it’s time to grow your own wedding flowers! This week Georgie returns to wow us again with her never ending flower knowledge to tell us how to grow our ow...

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Composting made simple with Compostable Kate from 2022-02-18T18:41:29

This week Kate, aka the Compost Queen, joins us to talk all things compost including her bokashi, ceramic impost and worm farm systems for at home composting. For more: https://www.instagram.com/co...

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Icelandic Poppy Secrets with Gemma from Green Rabbit Flowers from 2022-02-11T23:08:11

This week we are joined by Gemma from Green Rabbit Flowers again to talk about the mystery that is Icelandic poppies.

Her website: https://www.greenrabbitflowers.co.uk

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Growing Lovely Lilies with Loraine Hart from 2022-02-04T11:44:07

In this week’s episode we talk all things lilies with Loraine Hart from Harts Nursery. Ever wondered the difference between an Asiatic and a tree lily? Well wonder no more. We hope you all feel ins...

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Magical Floral Photography with Janne Ford from 2022-01-28T15:40:23

This week we are joined by talented floral photographer Janne Ford who shares some insight into how she found herself in this dream job, and tips for us all to improve our own floral photography.

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Flower-filled Gardens with Grace Alexander from 2022-01-24T21:06:07

Guess who's back?! After a nice winter break and a minor editing drama - we are back! And with the one and only Grace Alexander for company. See her website: https://www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk/ 

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Dahlias, Dahlias, Dahlias with Lorelie from Florelie Seasonal Flowers from 2021-11-05T10:22:41

This week we have our first ever Australian guest - and we are so excited to talk dahlias with Lorelie from Florelie Seasonal Flowers

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Sunflower Secrets with Steve Kaufer (AKA Sunflower Steve) from 2021-10-29T15:30:50

This week we are joined by the one an only sunflower Steve! The breeder of the most incredible double sunflowers - which have probably captured your attention via the magic of Instagram. Steve has ...

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Top Sweet Pea Varieties & Sowing Advice from 2021-10-22T11:04:30

This week we are joined by the LGG Director Of Enabling, Marryn! This is her third appearance on the show and our favourite (and only) repeat guest.

This week she's talking us through h...

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Flower Business Chat with Lynsey from Muddy Acres Flower Farm from 2021-10-15T16:28:49

This week we're joined by someone we've both admired for a long time - and she's covering a topic we haven't really covered yet. Muddy acres flower farm: https://muddyacres.com/ Instagram: https:/...

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Flower Business Chat with Lysney from Muddy Acres Flower Farm from 2021-10-15T16:28:49

This week we're joined by someone we've both admired for a long time - and she's covering a topic we haven't really covered yet.

Muddy acres flower farm: https://muddyacres.com/
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Regenerative Farming & Growing Lisianthus with Briana from Blossom and Branch Flower Farm from 2021-10-08T09:00

This week we're so excited to return from summer hiatus to bring you a highly anticipated flower that's very hard to grow.  

The wonderful Briana joins us to talk all about how she...

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Larkspur and Lupins with Sophie from Chatsworth House from 2021-08-13T19:21:53

This week’s episode is with Sophie, the head gardener of the cutting garden at Chatsworth House. We talk all things Chatsworth before getting stuck into the real flower chat about how to grow Larks...

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Soil Blocking & Cool Flowers with Lisa Mason Ziegler from 2021-07-09T19:57:44

This week we talk to the gardening legend that is Lisa Mason Ziegler from The Gardener’s Workshop. We talk all about growing successfully in soil blocks and the technique of growing cool flowers wh...

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How to make the most of your flowers with Natasha McCrary from 1818 farms from 2021-07-02T11:47:56

This week we are joined by Natasha from 1818 farms to talk all things dried flowers, soaps, wax sachets.

Check out her farm: https://1818farms.com/collections/most-popular-items

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Statice + Subscriptions with Heather from Petal Pink Flower Farm from 2021-06-25T16:49:15

In this week’s episode (the second of the second) we are joined by the lovely Heather of Petal Pink Flowers. We talk all about statice, a flower that we are predicted a big comeback for, and why/ho...

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Growing in Containers with Claus Dalby from 2021-06-18T14:40:49

Season 4 of Let’s Grow, Girls is back with a bang and we’ve got Danish gardener, photographer, broadcaster and publisher, Claus Dalby! Claus tells us all about his garden inspiration, his love of c...

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Korean Natural Farming + Alpacas (and flowers!) With Sarah from Bloom and Gray | Garden Notes from 2021-05-28T17:39

This week we are joined by the amazing Sarah Gray, of Bloom & Gray flower farm in Yorkshire aka Sarah #1 for the purposes of telling them apart!

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Zinnias, Confessions + Squished Slugs with Planting With Michaela | Garden Notes from 2021-05-21T19:00:50

Today we are joined by Michaela from @planting.with.Michaela

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Starting A Flower Patch with Niki from Flourish Flower Farm from 2021-05-14T14:36:16

This week we are joined by Niki from Flourish flower farm!

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Growing Wedding Flowers + Naked Gardening with Amy from Chicks and Veg | Garden Notes from 2021-05-07T18:02:35

This week we are joined by Amy from Chicks and Veg to talk all things wedding flowers, hornworms and Randy chickens

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Filling Flower Beds + Rain Dancing with Sophie from Old House In The Shires from 2021-04-30T21:42:29

Another week, another notebook full of garden notes! This week we are joined by Sophie, dialling in from Wiltshire in the UK to tell us all about what she's got going on in the garden right now!...

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Filling Flower Beds + Rain Dancing with Sophie from Old House In The Shires | Garden Notes from 2021-04-30T19:42:29

Another week, another notebook full of garden notes! This week we are joined by Sophie, dialling in from Wiltshire in the UK to tell us all about what she's got going on in the garden right now!...

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Beginner Cut Flowers + Gardening Style with Lauren McDermott | Garden Notes from 2021-04-24T20:24:48

Are you a beginner gardener? Just starting out with your cut flower journey? Well this is the episode for you. We chat to new-grower, Lauren McDermott, about her first foray into the cut flower wor...

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Dahlia Planting, Seeds, and Chicken Chat with Charlie from The Home Gardener | Garden Notes from 2021-04-16T16:45:05

Another week of Garden Notes! This week we are joined by Charlie from @The_Home_Gardener on Instagram to hear how she's been getting on in her garden. 

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Sweet Peas, Spring Bulbs, and Flower Muscles with Marryn from The Farmhouse Flower Farm | Garden Notes from 2021-04-09T17:53:12

Marryn, an honorary Grow Girl is back and she has been promoted to Director of Enabling!! Marryn joins us for our garden notes series to tell us what's happening in her garden this week.... but ...

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100% Dahlia Chat with Philippa from Justdahlias | Garden Notes from 2021-04-09T10:17:19

Dahlias dahlias dahlias! This week we are joined by a UK dahlia legend, Phillippa from Justdahlias in Cheshire who grows to sell cut flowers for floristry. She also dries her dahlias to sell yea...

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100% Dahlia Chat with Philippa from Justdahlias from 2021-04-02T16:52:20

Dahlias dahlias dahlias! This week we are joined by a UK dahlia legend, Phillippa from Justdahlias in Cheshire who grows to sell cut flowers for floristry. She also dries her dahlias to sell yea...

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Roses, Direct Sowing and Kamikaze Irises with Lizzie from The Rose Press Garden | Garden Notes from 2021-03-26T18:54:34

We're back for season 3! This season, Garden Notes, will be a more laidback look into what is happening in our gardens each week: featuring a guest who can tell us about their garden or cut flow...

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Perfect Chrysanthemums with Sarah Raven from 2021-03-12T11:43:57

Mums the word! It’s the season 2 finale and have we ever got a good episode for you! 

The flower that has us the most flummoxed is one that seems to have most of you stumped too, the...

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Foliage and Filler Flower Faves with Brenna from Three Brothers Blooms from 2021-03-05T17:26:12

We get asked for foliage and filler recommendations all the time, so in this week’s episode we chat to Brenna from Three Brothers Blooms, a beautiful flower that she runs from her home in the Wa...

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Growing Organic Flowers with Jo + Wendy from Organic Blooms from 2021-02-26T18:52:26

You wanted to us to talk soil and your wish is our command! In today’s episode we have Jo and Wendy from Organic Blooms, an organic cut flower farm based in Bristol, U.K. Jo and Wendy were one of t...

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Snapdragon Secrets with Gemma from Green Rabbit Flowers from 2021-02-19T12:47:11

If you don't already have snapdragons on the list for your cut flower patch this year - that's about to change!! We are so excited to welcome Gemma from Green Rabbit Flowers who has been growing...

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Succession Sowing, Unpopular Opinions + More | Q&A from 2021-02-12T17:42:33

This week is a new one! We're bringing you a Q&A session with questions submitted from our Facebook group and Instagram page, covering a whole host of questions - everything from seed starti...

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Gladioli for Cut Flowers with Nicole from Flower Hill Farm from 2021-02-05T17:03:35

We're super excited to welcome Nicole from Flower Hill Farm (of YouTube fame) on to the show for a good old flower chit chat and so she can talk us all through the basics of growing gladioli for...

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Plans for 2021 + a Flowery Catch Up with Marryn from The Farmhouse Flower Farm from 2021-01-29T15:32:23

One of our most loved guests from season 1 returns for an epic flowery catch up!

The wonderful Marryn in definitely part of our flowery tribe and when Nicole and I had a gap in our record...

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Adding Alstroemeria to your Cutting Patch with Ben from Crosslands Nursery from 2021-01-22T16:24:20

Our most requested guest thus far, please welcome Ben (AKA Alstroemeria Ben) to the show! Alstroemeria make wonderful cut flowers because they last incredibly well in the vase and are wonderful to...

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Making the Most of your Cut Flower Patch with Georgie Newbery from 2021-01-15T12:58:04

We are SO excited to be joined by one of the UK's OG flower growers, Georgie Newbery - and boy did her wonderful interview not disappoint! She turned the confusion and overwhelm into simple solu...

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Growing Perennials for Cut Flowers with Kara from The Blooming Joy Flower Co from 2021-01-08T13:10:56

For this first episode of 2020 we are joined by the amazing Kara to talk about her big move into perennials for cut flower production!

We’re learning about what prompted her move to peren...

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Bonus Bits & Bloopers - Season 1 from 2021-01-04T08:00

Ta-da!! Season 1 is over, and so is 2020 (hasta la vista!!) so we thought we'd celebrate by sharing our bloopers and funny bits from season 1

We started this podcast to share our love of ...

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2020: Reflections and Positivity with LGG + Friends from 2020-12-20T14:59:52

It's time to reflect on the year gone and look forward with hope to a year filled with flowers and joy! We're joined by a host of flowery friends to talk about what we've learned this year.
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Ranunculus, Anemones and Wisdom with Marryn Mathis from 2020-12-11T15:11:58

Ranunculus fans, unite! This week we're joined by Marryn from The Farmhouse Flower Farm in Washington, USA and she's going through the basics of growing amazing ranunculus and anemones for cut f...

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Mastering Dried Flowers with Bex from Botanical Tales from 2020-12-04T15:58:47

The episode lots of Growers have been waiting for! In this episode we’ve got dried flower expert, Bex Partridge, talking to us about modern everlasting blooms. She gives us all her tips on how t...

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Growing English Garden Roses with Katya from London Blooms from 2020-11-27T11:45:06

Do you stare at other peoples wonderful rose bushes in wonder?! Have no idea how to prune them or keep them healthy, or have you been too intimidated to grow them so far?

This is the ep...

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From Hobby To Business with Flowers From The Farm UK from 2020-11-20T17:12:17

In this week’s episode we speak to Carole and Justine, co-chairs if Flowers From The Farm, an organisation dedicated to helping those of us with cut flower patches turn their dream into a realit...

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No Dig Cut Flower Basics with Charles Dowding from 2020-11-13T13:25:10

This week Charles Dowding gives us the step-by-step to achieving a weed free cut flower patch with his No-Dig method. It's simple, easy and Charles is totally fascinating. So if you haven't star...

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How To Grow Super Sweet Peas with Roger Parsons from 2020-11-06T14:45:32

Oh boy, do we have an absolute king of a guest today! The man, the myth, the legend Roger Parsons is joining us to talk all the things sweet peas. They are such a staple in the cutting garden, a...

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Digging Up the Dahlias from 2020-10-30T13:40:56

It's that dreaded time of the year - time to dig up the dahlia tubers! Well, get your waterproofs on, and take us along with you for the ride. Talking through the ins and outs of the process for...

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Spring Bulbs with Fam Flower Farm from 2020-10-23T10:00

Marlies and Linda from Fam Flower farm join us in our flowery corner of the internet to talk all things bulbs! If you're hoping to add tulips or daffodils to your cut flower garden this year the...

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Autumn Sowing + Introductions from 2020-10-17T14:59:34

It's time to get growing, flowery girls and boys! Today's topic is autumn sowing, the process of sowing seeds and overwintering them for stronger plants the next year. What to autumn sow, what w...

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