Podcasts by The Garden Log
The Garden Log is an award winning podcast from Ben Dark, Head Gardener at an English country estate. Episodes begin with a review of events in the flowerbeds, meadows and woodland, before moving on to discuss horticultural matters more generally.
Ben is an ever-curious host who does not take himself, his job or gardening too seriously. A half-hour spent in his company is a half-hour spent far away from the myriad concerns of modern life.
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Hellos and Goodbyes from 2022-10-18T10:45
A fond farewell from Ben and directions to the new podcast Dear Gardener, where the Garden Log lives on in spirit.
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ListenHow to keep plants alive (and other mysteries) from 2022-06-16T04:00
In this excellent episode Ben finds roses like cats, lawns like dunes and flowers like clothes pegs. Also featuring a few simple tricks to stop things dying.
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Pine riots, wolf-vines and the joy of other people's gardens: A gardening podcast from 2022-05-20T06:14:51
Its a sultry spring day on the Garden Log. We muse on the kindness of strangers, advise on planting for a rubble-strewn drive and yearn for romance.
Underrated shrubs, sweet perfumes and the art of the Garden Room: A petal strewn podcast from 2022-05-12T20:04:37
In this recreation of a lost walk Ben visits the garden of G. N Brandt (deceased) who brought the arts and crafts movement to Denmark and whose modest orchard-watergarden-woodland sur...
Listen#100 Perfect mistakes, rhubarb, rollercoasters, tulips and timeslips: A gardening podcast from 2022-05-05T11:44:47
Its spring and Ben is gardening hard. In a special dispatch from the flowerbeds he reports on sparrows, cosmos and creeping jenny. Also featuring a trip to the fairground, tabloid lib...
Listen#99 Wildflowers, Tyrants and Sweet Magnolia: A Gardening Podcast from 2022-04-26T11:32:32
Ben discusses Ornithogolum, irises, poppies and golden fleece. Also featuring a trip to the Boboli gardens in Florence and a reading from The Grove: A Nature Odyssey in 19 1/2 Front G...
Listen#98 [On Location] The good, the mad and the hyggeligt: front gardens of Hellerup from 2022-04-01T19:15:44
In this special episode of The Garden Log Ben walks out one mid-spring morning in search of beauty and blossom. The pavements brings him plants, thoughts, birdsong and some sort of he...
Listen#97 Of oligarchs, snowberries and other shade lovers: A gardening podcast from 2022-03-18T12:32:38
The garden log comes out in favour of seed heads, weeds some beds, throws some droops, sees some shoots - you know, gardening stuff!
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Listen#95 Rose pruning with King Midas: A gardening podcast from 2022-02-10T10:47:01
What’s more tangled: a neglected climber or or human morality? The Garden Log sticks its head into thorns and finds out.
Listen#94 Sowing Eupatorium, seeing Sorbus and reverting Picea + The Grove, the wind, the snow and the seagulls from 2022-01-28T08:04:55
Ben takes to the seed compost, hunts cactus through the snow and talks about his new book, which, by the way, is available to buy here! https://li...
Listen#93 The surprising speed of Arum italicum: featuring Proust’s Asparagus, Mahonia x media and the Aucuba fertilisation frenzy of 1865 from 2022-01-19T16:59:12
Celebrate the return of the Garden Log with some of your favourite shrubs!
Plus mulch shovelling, cotinus and some dodgey but lovable carex
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#92 [On Location] Life in the Ruins: Mutant brambles and runaway figs in the deserted village of Campo di Brenzone from 2021-11-08T05:59:53
In this starling-squalled episode of the Garden Log Ben is turned away from the botanic garden and makes his way to the mountains of Italy to talk about vegetables, olives and the Vil...
Listen#92 [On Location] Life in the Ruins: Mutant brambles and runaway figs in the deserted village of Campo di Brenzone from 2021-11-08T05:59:53
In this starling-squalled episode of the Garden Log Ben is turned away from the botanic garden and makes his way to the mountains of Italy to talk about vegetables, olives and the Vil...
Listen#91 [On Location] Kitchen Garden Confidential from 2021-10-26T04:00
Ben tours the fruit trees of Bernstorff Slotshave, discovers a nuttery and uses it to muse on pruning, ivy, bees, wasps, dogs, figs, cliffs and trees.
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Listen#91 [On Location] Kitchen Garden Confidential from 2021-10-26T04:00
Ben tours the fruit trees of Bernstorff Slotshave, discovers a nuttery and uses it to muse on pruning, ivy, bees, wasps, dogs, figs, cliffs and trees.
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Listen#90 [On Location] Bernstorff Slotshave 1: A good walk foiled from 2021-10-14T12:29:33
In Ben's first ever outdoor recording for the Garden Log he is driven from a historic kitchen garden to wander in search of euonymus, yew trees and friendly dogs.
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Listen#90 [On Location] Bernstorff Slotshave 1: A good walk foiled from 2021-10-14T12:29:33
In Ben's first ever outdoor recording for the Garden Log he is driven from a historic kitchen garden to wander in search of euonymus, yew trees and friendly dogs.
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Listen#89 Copenhagen: city of roses (A gardening podcast) from 2021-08-02T04:30
In this northerly episode of The Garden Log Ben discusses lime trees, hollyhocks, hedge heights and salsify and is refreshed by the Scandinavian approach to Japanese Knotweed.
Listen#88 Goodbye to all that from 2021-06-30T08:29:02
In the last episode of the Garden Log’s three-and-half-year ‘season 1’ Ben reflects on the garden and looks forward a new chapter…
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Listen#87 Acer griseum, Crocus chrysanthus, frost reports and water fountains: a gardening podcast from 2021-03-12T06:49:29
Spring breezes blow the daffodils as Ben reports on the damage that winter hath wrought and the beauty of new growth
#86 New discoveries, old adversaries and very strong coffee: A gardening podcast from 2021-01-11T02:00
In this midwinter episode of the Garden Log Ben plays dice with the Gods of Winter, prunes ground cover roses and discusses the newty beauty of psuedopanax
#85 Russian sage, British mud, almond puddings: A gardening podcast from 2020-12-21T02:00
Ben discusses snowdrop planting, creates a forget-me-not dream screen and warns of the dangers of the plum bun.
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Listen#85 How to rehabilitate an olive, revive a flowerbed and restore a rockery from 2020-11-20T02:00
Hello! Ben here. It’s wet. The garden is half-flooded and really only good for eels and starfish. B...
Listen#83 Hard edges, cold winds and twelve thousand little droplets of hope: A gardening podcast from 2020-09-28T04:00
In this season-straddling episode of the Garden Log Ben discusses the art of horticultural gossip, rides a new machine, names many beetles and get the business of bulb planting under ...
Listen#82 Scything for beginners, rose pruning for experts and lawn mowing for everyone from 2020-08-10T02:30
n this hot and humid episode of Britain’s Best Gardening Podcast Ben deals with a rambling rose, learns a new technique and tries to hide the damage of midsummer heat.
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#81 Yellow trees, purple trees and Isabella Trees + naked calendars, shredded perennials and a new vegetable garden. from 2020-07-05T10:36:55
In this wind buffeted episode of the Garden Log Ben takes a risk in the compost heap, plants some very special trees and batters the hedges.
Listen#80 How to choose bog plants for dry gardens, plant a wild urn and massively amplify astrantias from 2020-06-10T06:47:44
This week the gardeners spread outrageous herbaceous perennials to all corners of the garden and report from the meadow.
Ligularia 'Zepter'
Centranthus ruber 'Albus'
Rodgersia...
#79 The economy of beauty: tree ferns, aconites, thermopsis and frost from 2020-05-15T06:50:19
In this daring episode of Britain’s favourite gardening podcast Ben comes up the wrong side of the weather, explains how to divide dahlias and encounters an exciting new plant.
#78 Creative weeding, lily beetles and impossibly clashing shades of tulip from 2020-04-28T09:05:23
In this episode of the Garden Log Ben returns after three weeks in lockdown to find the grounds more beautiful than ever. Also: aphids, cleomes and the hart’s tongue fern.
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#77 How to argue about tulips, judge front gardens and appreciate euphorbia from 2020-04-09T01:30
In this locked-down edition of the Garden Log Ben takes a horticultural stroll, makes a case for blowsy tulips and reconsiders the London amelanchier.
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Listen#76 How to make a very new tree look old and beautiful, plant a heather canyon and measure a life in rosebuds from 2020-03-11T02:00
Ben modifies a large pinus sylvestris, plants green mondo grass and develops a nostalgic new form of gardening. All this and more in horticultures most discursive podcast.
Listen#75 How to select hardy geraniums, fake the wild look and survive two storms in a week from 2020-02-19T01:30
In this blustery episode of the Garden Log Ben and the team carry out some subterranean demolition, find a tree corpse, and plant 458 herbaceous perennials
Listen#74 Training figs, burying barns under clematis montana, and cutting back hybrid hellebores: A gardening podcast from 2020-01-31T02:30
In this January episode of The Garden Log Ben ties in fruit trees, makes a bet on a daffodil and rescues some asters from a heap of dumped clay. Also, musings on the season to come, g...
Listen#73 Twenty-three thuja, two-hundred-thousand worms and one almighty disaster - happy new year everybody! from 2020-01-14T11:22:56
In this episode of the Garden Log Ben celebrates very happy news, makes some awful horticultural mistakes, plants roses and talks of irrigation.
Listen#72 How to lift dahlias, grow summer fruiting raspberries, naturalise scilla and be a horticultural vigilante from 2019-12-09T01:30
In this early December episode of the Garden Log Ben plants bulbs at three per second, worries about citrus trees, looks into the rooting capacity of autumn soil and encounters mob ju...
Listen#71 Gardeners’ wages, frozen toes and martagon lilies: A horticultural podcast from 2019-11-19T02:00
In this November episode of the garden log Ben rescues a flopped wisteria, plants vast quantities of spring bulbs, starts the mulching and discusses the best technique for clearing le...
Listen#70 Agapanthus and autumn flowering snowdrops from 2019-11-06T02:00
In this blazing autumnal episode of the Garden Log Ben takes a trip to Mottisfont Abbey and RHS Wisley. Also, hellebores, peonies, variegated yew, mud eating and much much more
Listen#69 Hot tea and rainclouds: a week in an English garden from 2019-10-23T02:00
Head Gardener Ben Dark considers the dock, rejects time travel, splits bananas and plants cyclamen
Listen#68 Slug life, magnolia death and a ground elder invasion: A gardening podcast from 2019-10-01T02:00
This week the Garden Log gets into the weeds. Barrowloads of brambles, some nettles, wood avens, ground elder, dandelions and purple cherry plum.
Also! Dog's tooth v...
Listen#67 Three-thousand true blue pansies, playing with epimedium and finding the right path for candelabra primulas: A gardening podcast from 2019-09-24T01:30
In this sun-kissed episode of the garden log we mix bedding plants with grasses, plant up an ancient stone trough and slander Edwardian sailors. A podcast for people who like gardens ...
Listen#66 The trouble with dahlias, meadow mowing and stylish underplanting for the stylish gardener from 2019-09-04T01:30
In this episode of the Garden Log we scythe the last sweet grass of summer, spread fine mulch and sings a cricket’s song.
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Listen#65 Planting a pagan yew grove, playing the delphinium blues and preaching the wallflower gospel: a gardening podcast from 2019-08-23T01:30
In this episode of the Garden Log Ben summons the Elder Gods, meets a canary fancying diamond magnate and trims the wisteria.
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Listen#64 High summer meadows, the hottest day on record and falling in love with a saxifraga: A gardening podcast. from 2019-07-30T01:30
In liquidating heat Ben plants, digs, sweats and chops when he should be drinking in the shade - all in the name of Beauty! Also, how to look at a familiar garden in a totally new lig...
Listen#63 Poppies, roses, wood sorrels and willow herbs: A gardening podcast from 2019-07-18T01:30
Weeds take centre stage in high summer as Ben turns farmers wife and chops off their roots with a carving knife.
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Listen#62 Acanthus out, clematis up, lawns in a horrible yellow mess: A gardening podcast from 2019-07-09T02:00
In this week’s heat-drenched episode of the Garden Log Ben makes a terrible mistake, battles powdery mildew and coats himself in a layer of thorns, twigs and earwigs. No other half-ho...
Listen#61 Spent delphiniums, silver ragwort and prehistoric planting: A gardening podcast from 2019-07-02T07:34:08
In this episode of the Garden Log Ben cuts back the mint in preparation for mojito season, erects a rhomboid arch and talks extensively about stinging nettles. Enjoy!
Listen#60 Adventures in the cosmos hole: red thread, ranunculus, obelisks and chalk from 2019-06-25T07:52:18
In this weeks episode Ben ruins a York stone path, heaves some iron and reflects on horticultural lessons learned.
Listen#59 Houttuynia (tastes like fish) bracken (gets stamped on) and Uvdale Price (is full of regrets): A gardening podcast! from 2019-06-18T02:00
A full smorgasbord of horticulture - served rain-soaked and half-composted. In this episode we discuss when and why to cut back long-flowering perennials, look at some ferns and make ...
Listen#58 Pitching for TV, the cool green cave and fighting the orange fire: a gardening podcast from 2019-05-30T08:31:44
This week Ben completes the woodland garden, rediscovers a gardening archive and sends the herbaceous borders off in a blaze of glory
Listen#57 A week in the garden from 2019-05-24T02:00
Ben works on woods, weeds and walks. Also on his tan.
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Listen#56 Potting lemons, splitting day lilies, paranoia, drunkenness and burning down the Hyde Park Pagoda from 2019-04-11T01:00
In this Episode of the Garden Log Ben talks tulips, talks with two lips, walks with two hips, speaks of new tips and cuts the grass.
Also, optical illusions for lawnmowers, the family Ran...
Listen#55 How to take risks, unwrap ferns and apply for gardening’s most prestigious job from 2019-03-20T01:30
Welcome to Episode 55 of the garden log in which we shunt bulbs, buy trees and gossip about UK horticulture.
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Listen#54 Molasses lawn-soup, foaming scilla and how to hire a pliant gardener from 2019-03-07T10:32:39
Sap rises in this long anticipated episode of the Garden Log. We take a trip to see the gurus of grass, move a statue without the help of helicopters and get excited about spring bulbs.
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Listen#53 Frosted five fingers, Taxus soufflé and the sweet smell of sunrise from 2019-02-18T10:08:56
Sarcococca scented signs of spring to come. This week verges are repaired, hedges replanted and strange sights spotted in the trees.
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Listen#52 Magnolia grandiflora, mud soup and flowers from beyond from 2019-02-12T10:08:36
This week snow melts and rain pelts, trees rise and deer subside and we find thorny new ways to ornament walls
#51 Training a climbing rose, mistimed bulb planting and planning your perfect grave from 2019-01-28T09:29:10
This week on the Log we bring order to thorny chaos, yearn for the perfect snowdrop and careen down hills in the snow.
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Listen#50 How to prune an apple tree, date a horticulturalist and see compost in all you survey from 2019-01-21T10:06:27
For the Garden Log's half century we take a trip up a tree, visit Kew Gardens and look at the hosta bed. We also learn how prune fruit trees and how to live for ever. Happy listening!
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#49 Heretical hellebores, scarecrow grass and building a satellite compost heap from 2019-01-14T02:00
In this brave new podcast we discuss grass, gravel and the gardens of Queen Anne. Also horticultural drunks, what and when to cut back and a bumblebee.
ListenGertrude Jekyll, Dianella and the Garden Media Guild from 2018-12-10T02:00
In this rain-drenched episode we discuss Arts and Crafts gardening, plant a happy-morning garden and plant a field of white camassia.
Listen#47 Tea, textiles and the wetting winds of winter from 2018-11-26T02:00
In this episode mulch is spread and coats are donned. Also, the philosophy of winter lawn care. Podcast best paired with some spiced herbal infusion.
Listen#46 Tasteful jackets for tender plants - distasteful cocktails for dissolute gardeners from 2018-11-09T11:38:57
In blazing autumn Ben plants an eccentric new foliage garden and worries if he has made a huge mistake. Also, massed ranks of hellebores, planting a hula-hedge and how to wrap your tr...
ListenNew plants for new borders, camellia sasanqua and next year’s hottest wildflowers from 2018-10-22T19:53:31
October 2018. A wet sunny week full of plants and talking about plants. We plan the new borders for 2019 and start sourcing herbaceous and woody material
ListenChilean guava, bulb migraines and hot benches - its season two of the Garden Log from 2018-10-15T04:00
Season two. The Garden Log celebrates its first birthday with wit, wisdom and a day trip to Hampton Court.
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#43 How to prune lavender with a tractor, plant a disease resistant elm and effectively ruin your lawn from 2018-09-27T12:30:27
In this episode we cut back on the lavender, discuss favourite plants and tragically find out why its never a good idea to rush things in the garden.
Listen#42 Melianthus cuttings, luxury weeding and the orchid factor from 2018-09-13T09:40:27
September arrives with cold mornings and new smells. We start propagating next year's superstars, indulge in luxury weeding and discuss why now is the time for new gardening projects.
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Listen#41 How to batter your hedge, break your mower and grow cabbages with George Orwell from 2018-09-06T09:25:54
In this literally groundbreaking episode of The Garden Log Ben experiments with home remedies for powdery mildew, cuts hedges, talks about flowers and drives into a fox hole.
#40 Attack of the box tree caterpillar, bright plants for brick walls and other gardening nightmares from 2018-08-30T09:29:41
This week the Garden Log is infested. Not that we let it stop us creating a beautiful new border or taking a trip to Oxford. No crying please, lets all talk about flowers
Listen#39 Sacrifice and scarification: A gardening podcast from 2018-08-22T02:00
In this episode of the Garden Log we drop in on a suave french landscape architect, rip out some grass, laugh in the face of ugliness and soak our eyes in beauty. Not since Eden have ...
Listen#38 Wisteria’s summer prune, ordering spring bulbs and heaps of steaming compost from 2018-08-15T21:04:45
In this episode wisteria is tamed, lawnmowers are ridden like chariots and rain falls like an upturned river. Also, advice on how to steal ideas and a discussion of the horticultural ...
Listen#37 Under the old oak tree: Forget-me-nots, enchanters nightshade and beetles everywhere from 2018-08-09T21:34:22
In this cheese-wine charmed episode of The Garden Log we talk meadows, short lived perennials, lilly-beetles, and acorns. We also pay a visit to a National Trust garden and travel bac...
Listen#36 Scything meadows, cutting dahlias and battling Cthulhu weed from 2018-08-02T06:55:12
This hottest day of the year coincides with the wildflower orchard's annual hay cut. I harvest dahlias for garish, smile-inducing vases of midsummer joy and we discuss whether its possible to im...
ListenDecorative grass, Edwardian fuss and sun-bright pots of summer zinnia from 2018-07-28T21:41:47
In this episode we go garish for a garden fiesta, learn how to use ornamental grass to soften harsh borders and go scrumping for black mulberries. All this and more in the latest epis...
Listen#34 Mashed wallflowers, orange echinacea and the Willow of Babylon from 2018-07-20T20:27:09
In hazy midsummer Ben Dark tells stories about trees and recommends some border-filling plants for mid-summer swaps
Listen#33 Hot rocks, head gardeners and hydrangea vines from 2018-07-13T02:00
In this hot episode of Britain's favourite horticultural podcast we labour in desperate pursuit of beauty. Also, tips on how to NOT boil your plants, which bacopa is not worth the seed price and...
Listen#32 Weeds, wounds and weddings from 2018-07-05T01:00
In this episode we learn the subtle art of deadheading, learn when not to weed and eat some wild carrot. All in a week's work for The Garden Log
Listen#31 Wisteria standards, insect shoes and the woeful washing-line tree from 2018-06-15T12:45:45
Welcome to episode 31 of the garden log. This week we are firm but fair to wisteria, we are filling our boots with ants and we are dissing some bugle. An unmissable feast for your hor...
Listen#30 The hairiest flower bed in London from 2018-06-07T20:54:16
In this episode we visit a disgusting flower bed, learn how to start a hospital for orchids and wax on about oriental poppies.
Also, aphid control, plant buying and Derek Jarman
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Listen#29 Bad choices, royal molluscs and tree fern tips from 2018-05-31T02:00
In this episode we review some gardening mistakes I made in the first half of 2018.
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#28 Sharp hedges, red beetles and perfect compost from 2018-05-17T02:00
In this episode we lean how to pop lily beetles, prune box hedging and mix the perfect compost
Listen#27 Globe flowers, half-eaten hydrangeas and planning a cut-flower garden from 2018-05-10T02:00
Tonight I’m gonna garden like its 1979. We take a nostalgic tour of that decade's eccentric gardens and root up some tree stumps with a big digger
ListenTop class grass and brilliant Bartzella from 2018-05-03T02:00
In this episode we reveal the scientific secrets of the perfect croquet lawn and chuck a load of plants in on the compost heap for being the wrong shade of white. Also, weeding, feeding, reading...
Listen#25 Sun, slugs and soil from 2018-04-25T03:30
In this episode we consider the daffodil munching meadow slug, contemplate the effects of house-fires on wisteria vines and try out new stripes for the lawn
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Listen#24 Nerine dreams from 2018-04-04T17:46:51
In this episode we scoop holes in the mud and smear in fabulous summer bulbs
Also, how to pot nerines and writing better by knowing less
Listen#23 Snake oil, shams and the hell that man hath wrought: A week in the garden with The Garden Log from 2018-03-28T02:00
In this episode we do muddy battle with a pine tree, try some new shade lovers and take a trip to the nursery for coffee and carrot cake
Listen#22 Tree circles, espaliers for uninspiring spaces and how to build a rugged rockery from 2018-03-21T02:00
In this episode we explore the art of shrubby bondage, get bold with big boulders, take a trip to Kew gardens and cut some turf
A momentous week for gardening and gardeners alike
Listen#21 How to pot dahlias, protect your orchard roses and generally be a much better gardener from 2018-03-14T06:10:45
In this episode we learn the arcane arts of the dahlia fancier, build a wall around the Malvern Hills and sow seeds of coming summer's army.
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Listen#20 The Beast from the East from 2018-03-07T02:00
In which I talk about sweet peas, fall off my bicycle and get snowed on.
Listen#19 Designing with bulbous bedding, pricking out and dividing deciduous ferns from 2018-02-28T02:00
In this episode we talk out pricking out, split a male fern, prepare for artic blasts and admire a mushroom cloud of hazel. Its just bursting with info-microbes!
Listen#18 Cold Comfort from 2018-02-21T22:29:53
A blue fingered tale of citrus pruning and acer potting. Featuring Wilson 'Snowflake' Bentley and William 'Bury Me In My Tree' Lucombe
Listen#17 Shade grass, Nairn's London and semi-digested tulips from 2018-02-11T20:37:21
We’re getting shady with hakonechloa, geums and liriope. Also Nairn’s London, and a load of half eaten tulips
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Listen#16 To the treehouse from 2018-01-31T14:37:44
In this week's episode we discuss the Felco fetish, winter prune wisteria, plant parrotia and have a seedy talk. All plants, all gardens, all recorded in a treehouse.
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#15 Hangovers, horti-talk and hardy geraniums from 2018-01-25T01:00
We go shopping for specimen trees, drink lots of tea and cut back epimediums. There’s also info on dividing hardy perennials and advice on how to stop gardeners destroying gardens. Listen
#14 The Diet of Worms from 2018-01-18T08:24:16
In this episode of the gardening podcast Ben talks about worms, foxgloves and the art of the Japanese garden. A wriggly, wiggly horticultural treat.
Listen#13 Breaking new ground from 2018-01-10T11:33:06
In this episode we talk deadwood, Pope, bonsai and hope. With excitement and worry the ground is broken on a new area of the garden. Ben surveys the damage wrought by winter and fails to clean t...
ListenEpisode 12: There’s no business like snow business from 2017-12-21T08:02:10
It's bare root hedges with Philip of Macedon and thick-headed gardeners with Mr Kipling in this barnstorming episode of The Garden Log
ListenEpisode 11: Himalayan nutmeg, protecting tree ferns and freezing half to death on a small tractor from 2017-12-13T04:00
This wintery broadcast investigates how to put the garden to bed for winter and debunks some ancient Chinese wisdom. Also, green alkanet, blackbirds, foxgloves and hylotelephium.
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ListenEpisode 10: How to pot paperwhites, prune figs and scandalise your great great great grandmother from 2017-12-06T04:00
In this episode we take to the waves with a question from the canal-side. I’m talking the language of flowers and giving evergreen advice for early December.
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ListenEpisode 9: If dandelions were hard to grow from 2017-11-29T04:00
This was a windy, thrifty, rotten sort of week. I'm talking medlars, erotic Persian gardening, phytophthora and robin training. Just November things.
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ListenEpisode 8: Compost leeching, Iris psuedacorus and psychological tips for leaf collection from 2017-11-22T04:30
Now back in England, hands firmly in the soil, head high in the clouds.
Its time to talk compost. Also, I'll be flagging some issues with Iris pseudacorus and conducting a survey of the f...
ListenEpisode 7: Dystopian flower beds made easy! from 2017-11-15T14:04:42
This week’s special edition focuses on planting a spectacular, long flowering border to keep you radioactively warm all winter.
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ListenEpisode 6: Social learning in squirrels, the Ipomoea report and dairy farming with Richard Burton from 2017-11-08T04:30
Another wander through the gardening week. In this episode it’s time to talk tulips. I tell the story of my Morning Glory and commiserate with a listener over his dismembered tiarella.
ListenEpisode 5: High-speed hedges, flaming foliage and pruning properly from 2017-11-01T04:30
This week we focus on root-balled yew, how to get the best from your beautyberry and plan on transforming the garden into just the right sort of fiery hell-pit.
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ListenEpisode 4: A river of violas, bare-root wallflowers and planting daffodils in the week of the orange sun from 2017-10-25T04:30
In this episode find out how to bring joy to bare flower beds and discover which common weed has clove flavoured roots. Also, seasonal advice on biannual bedding and how to plant bulbs on a gran...
ListenEpisode 3: Flagging hostas, friendly beetles and appreciating the everyday green from 2017-10-18T05:00
This week focuses on mellow autumn tasks. I discuss moments of horticultural wonder and how give some tips on helping fruit trees 'capture' their space.
ListenEpisode 2: Flopping colchicums, balding Bhutan pines and funny writing about flax from 2017-10-11T10:00
We talk topdressing, evergreen defoliation, soft shield ferns and autumn bulbs.
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Episode 1: Introductions, withered chestnuts and the Professional Gardeners Guild from 2017-10-01T20:00:50
An introduction to The Garden Log
This episode focuses on the buttery tones of early autumn. Chestnut problems are solved and Ben discuses his ambivalent relationship with weeding.
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