Master My Garden Podcast

In this weeks episode of Master My Garden podcast I am joined by Fred Townsend horticultural lecturer in Kildalton College to talk about the subject of horticultural education and career paths within…

In this weeks episode of Master My Garden podcast I talk to Fiann O Nuallain The Holistic gardener. We look at the health benefits of gardening, both physical and mental. We examine the science behin…

In this weeks episode of Master My Garden podcast I talk to Gerry Daly about the re-launch of the Irish Garden magazine. Publication of the magazine suspended last year at the start of the pandemic w…

In episode 070 of Master My Garden podcast which is a short solo episode I talk about the sweet potato plugs that I have just received and will be growing in the tunnel for the first time which is re…

In this weeks episode of Master My Garden podcast I talk to Seamus O Donnell Cluain na dTor garden Donegal. Its a great chat with Seamus where he talks about his garden and how he has started the gar…

In episode 068 of Master My Garden podcast I talk to Greg Peterson of Urban Farm. It's a great chat with Greg and we cover a broad range of topics. We talk initially about urban farming and how someb…

In episode 067 of Master My Garden podcast I am covering a topic which is not strictly speaking gardening but often goes hand in hand with gardeners, keeping chickens!

A requested episode from a long…

In this weeks episode of Master My Garden podcast I talk to Jill Jones from The Irish Flower garden. Jill runs her own garden podcast which is called the IFG Irish Flower Garden podcast which is a di…

In this weeks episode of Master My Garden podcast I am joined by Dr Una FitzPatrick, Senior Ecologist with the National Biodiversity Data Centre and project co-ordinator of the All Ireland Pollinator…

In this weeks episode of Master My Garden podcast I talk to Angela Jupe. In this really interesting chat we talk all about peonies, architectural salvage, her love of snowdrops and much more. Angela …

In this weeks episode of Master My Garden podcast I talk to Hester Forde from Cosheen Garden, Co Cork. In this chat with a superb plants person we talk all about Hester's passion for spring bulbs inc…

In episode 061 of Master My Garden podcast which is a solo episode have a look at my latest gardening book called "Moon Gardening" by Matt Jackson. Moon gardening is a subject that I have little know…

School gardening should be part of the school day in my opinion the benefits are many and the skills learned have positive affects on students and teachers alike. In this weeks episode of Master My G…

This weeks episode 060 is part 2 of a two part episode on companion planting in the garden with Tanguy country school. 
 Dunmore Country School is the home and garden of Tanguy and Isabelle de Toulgoë…

This weeks episode 059 is part 1 of a two part episode on companion planting in the garden with Tanguy country school. 
 Dunmore Country School is the home and garden of Tanguy and Isabelle de Toulgoë…

In this weeks episode I talk to Peter Stam from Stam's Bamboo Nursery all about bamboo's. Bamboo's really are a super garden plant but have suffered with bad press and misinformation over the years. …

In this weeks episode of Master My Garden podcast I talk to Marie Hourigan office foreman in the National Botanic gardens in Dublin. Marie was previously Craft Gardener in the gardens looking after t…

In This weeks episode of Master My Garden podcast I talk to the superb Charles Dowding No Dig Gardening expert.

Charles has been practising no dig gardening for 40 years and has become the go to expe…

In these weeks episode of Master My Garden podcast I talk to Robert Miller from Altamount plant sales all about snowdrops. We talk about species snowdrops, snowdrop varieties, how to plant and much m…

This weeks episode is an answer to a listener question on how to start a vegetable garden from scratch. 

Question: 

We are thinking of digging a vegetable patch in our back garden.

We have ½ Acre out th…