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AUTUMN 2023 SERIES STARTS SEPT 22nd . Each podcast covers an aspect of gardening or design or is about something we think you'd like to know. All the podcast topics can also be found at PlantPlots.com. PLUS - Watch our videos on YouTube: Read this amazing book "I Want to Like my Garden" by Rachel McCartain available on Amazon books. We'd also love you to tell us what you think too - just email [email protected]. You can also make a donation to help us make more and better podcasts too - our thanks if you have. Thanks for listening. PlantPlots.com
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 16 minutes
- Episodes
- 142
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2023
Oh no - It's almost Hanging Basket Season!
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Hanging Basket season is nearly upon us again.
We don't like hanging baskets. Even worse than hanging baskets are hanging baskets filled with bedding plants - they are no go…
How to Design your Garden if its a Narrow Space or Courtyard
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One of our 'little listens series' , here's 5 minutes of garden design advice on how to transform a small narrow courtyard into a tiny urban garden.
The problem of 'dead spa…
The Problem with Show Gardens.....
Show Gardens are amazing - but don't forget they are just that a show.
It's easy to be seduced by the gardens on show at places like the RHS flowers show at Chelsea, Hampton Court and around the UK. T…
Don't Plant a Problem - Beware of Grasses!
A bit of 2 minute Soapbox moment, but we always look to make gardening easier, we want people to have gardens they can easily look after. So it really get's our goat when plant labels don't give real…
Are Growers and Garden Centres really buying into sustainable gardening?
Gardeners are changing, a neat manicured bug free garden is now seen as one that is out of touch, creating gardens that are both beautiful but bee friendly are most definitely in. But is the horticul…
Garden Paths - all you ever wanted to know!
How's about this, a podcast on garden paths.... but we all need them so we thought they were worth talking about. So you can read about how to make low maintenance garden paths
It's easy to create a …
How to Deal with Plants that won't Behave!
Why do some plants grow so fast and others want to take over the world! - read more at PlantPlots.com
Advice on how to keep your garden behaving itself
See Plants to Avoid if you Don't Like Gardening
How to Design a Garden if it's all just Weeds
Where do you start when faced with an overgrown weed patch - it can seem a bit daunting. but you can start to turn this eyesore into a workable garden... and here's how.
For lots more great garden adv…
How to make your garden feel bigger - when it's not!
Garden Design is all about making the best of the space you have. But what if you haven't got much space in the first place. Well then we have to use a couple of simple design tricks to make the gard…
Low Maintenance Gardening - How to get your garden right from the start
Read more at PlantPlots.com or you can watch out little short YouTube video....on what a low maintenance garden actually is.
The truth is any garden will create work, the trick to creating a garden t…
Why tidying the garden in Spring is not the best idea!
We all want our garden to get get back looking it's best - but is a tidy garden really the best idea?
Remember Gardens aren't just for us
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A lazy gardeners guide to getting your garden ready this spring
4 simple quick and easy ways to start getting your garden back on track after the winter.
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Inside the Mind of a Garden Design
How do we go about redesigning a garden, what's the thought process used?
Listen to how we reshape a welsh garden into something much nicer in an affordable and practical way.
If you want to see pictur…
How to Design your Garden if it's a Small City Garden
Read more about designing really small gardens at PlantPlots.com
The space we need to use in a garden doesn't shrink just because the garden is small - so where you put your seating and how you get th…
How your Garden can help Save the World
Where do plants get grown these days and can your plant buying habits be contributing to the warming of our planets atmosphere. The answer may just surprise you...
Garden Centres buy in plants from al…
How to design a Small Garden - what plants really work?
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We really try to make gardening easier, and this podcast is one on our series of how hot design a garden if...
Small gardens ha…
Hedgehogs and why you need one
Have a Heart - Have a Hedgehog Hole!
Every animal, insect, plant species on earth link together. Just like the film Avatar, all life is connected (even us). If we break one link, it affects thousands …
Here's something you didn't know about Mushrooms
How the humble button mushroom can help save the world..... but it needs a few cyanobacteria a bit of graphene and a couple of nanocircuits.....
Amaze your friends with this little gem of ecological …
Banish Boring Borders!
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Garden designers make it look so easy - a few plants here and a patio there, so why does it never seem to work in your garden. Well aside from the fact that most of us don'…
Hide an Ugly View in your Garden - Garden Design Tips
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We don't all have beautiful views of rolling green countryside to look at in our gardens. So what can you do to improve the view in your garden; and is both effective and a…