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Through The Garden GateEpisode 99 : Allotment tour with Jamie and MarcTonight we had a chat and a walk around our plots to show what’s doing well and surviving the tricky growing conditions this year.Jamie has lots of fabulous tomato plants and the ones outside were growing better than the inside ones.Marc’s squash arch is the best ever and the new veg garden is full of all sorts of vegGeorge gave us his gardening fact of course.Thanks for watching and join us next week for episode 100!! 💚2025-08-081h 44
Through The Garden GateEpisode 98 with Louise’s Kitchen Garden 😍Fab chat with Louise about her journey in to gardening after starting a career in baking and falling in to creating cooking content whilst following her heart growing her own produce.George gave us a fab gardening fact about Bees And we talked as always what we have been up to this week and what we are havesting from the veg garden at the moment.Thanks everyone for watching join us next week for another guest from the world of horticulture.2025-08-011h 30
Through The Garden GateEpisode 97 : Andy Perry 🌶️We had some serious technical issues with this episode but thankfully we got there eventually but unfortunately it's not all in one place like usual. I have managed to piece it all together for the podcast release on Friday.But I think I have managed to post it in 15 minute sections so anyone who only watches it on here can see it all.Thank you so much to Andy for his time and patience, I have followed Andy for years and watched his herb empire grow from strength to strength. It was a pleasure to...2025-07-251h 38
Through The Garden GateEpisode 90 : Kate Dardis @pumpkins_etc 👍🏻❤️Fabulous to talk to Kate who managed to multitask being looking after an unsettled baby whilst talking to us about her gardening journey and her amazing garden at Hampton Court Flower Show in a few weeks time.Kate told us all about her origin story and how she got in to gardening and her love of growing pumpkins and houseplants.Marc and Jamie also talked about all the veg that’s growing in their garden allotment and what’s a doing well what’s not doing so well....2025-06-061h 31
Through The Garden GateEpisode 88 : Mena @menainthegarden 😅If you thought you knew everything there is to know about Daffodils I guarantee you Mena knows more. What a fantastic insight in to the world of growing Daffodils for competition!We also talked about Chelsea of course Marc talked about his experience from press day.George came on to chat about what he had been up to in the garden and to give us a gardening fact, this week all about water! Very topical.Join us next week when we...2025-05-231h 37
Through The Garden GateEpisode 87 : Mark from Buzz Box 👍🏻🐝If you ever thought about getting in to bee keeping listen to this episode! All the knowledge that Mark has about bees is fantastic!It’s so fascinating how intelligent bees are and how vital they are to everything in the world as we know it!Join us next week for another fantastic guest and a Chelsea debrief from Marc after a day at the press event 💚2025-05-161h 57
Through The Garden GateEpisode 86 : Marc and Jamie have a chatJamie and Marc show everyone around their gardens and we have our last guest back to show us her lovely garden as it was raining when we had her on.Sophia from @kellyhousedevon showed us some of here poisonous plants and her amazing Cryptomeria that’s over a 100 years old!2025-05-091h 36
Through The Garden GateEpisode 82 : Rosie Irving @rosieposieirving 🫠What another lovely Tuesday evening with the colourful (not colossal) Rosie! We all need some of her positive thinking and outlook on life. We loved hearing some of the behind the scenes happening on the garden make over show Garden Rescue.Join us next week when we will have another fabulous guest from the world of horticulture 💚Thanks for watching everyone as always #gardeningpodcast2025-04-041h 40
Through The Garden GateEpisode 81 : Becky Seale 🌱💚❤️What a pleasure to spend the evening with Becky, what she doesn’t know about growing isn’t worth knowing!Go check out her Seed saving kit it’s fab and pre order her great new book Grow A New Garden from your local bookshop 👍🏻We learnt so much this evening and answered lots of your questions I hope you everyone enjoyed it as much as us! Join us next week at the same time and place for another fantastic guest 🎙️2025-03-281h 49
Through The Garden GateEpisode 80 : Show & Tell with Jamie and MarcSo we had a last minute change of schedule so we decided to have a chat between ourselves and talking about what we have been up to.What seeds we have been sowing, what we still have to sow.Marc was live from his new potting shed. Join us next week for hopefully another wonderful guest. 2025-03-211h 35
Through The Garden GateEpisode 79 : Susy B @susybliving 😍Wicked chat with the awesome Susy! Fabulous to delve back in to Susys origins back in Australia and how she ended up in Lincolnshire growing her own food.It’s always a pleasure finding out someone adventure in to the world of gardening and this definitely didn’t disappoint.See you next week for another excellent guest!#gardeningpodcast #moongardening2025-03-141h 42
Through The Garden GateEpisode 78 : Charles Dowding @charles_dowding 🍃The man the myth the legend Charles Dowding graced us with and hour of his time to talk to us all about his well known methods and even some you may not of heard of before.I hope you have lots of inspiration from tonight’s episode, I can’t wait to read Charles new book which sounds enlightening.Thank you as ever for watching and listening and joining in if you watched live.Join us next week same time same place 💚2025-03-071h 34
Through The Garden GateEpisode 77 : Nic @collieflowers.co.ukLovely chat with Nic who saved our bacon as we had a guest pull out last minute.If you want to join in with Nic’s Christmas dinner grow along get over to her website grab the free guide and the seeds or use your own if you already have the varieties.How exciting that she is growing plants for a show garden again! I can’t wait to see that @bbcgwlive in Birmingham.@no12_garden_house popped on to say hello after her wint...2025-02-281h 34
Through The Garden GateEpisode 76 : Thomas Radford @eatthecountry 🫡We had a few sound issues tonight but I think it is still mostly okay, I’ll try to clean it up when I edit it for the podcast.Excellent chat with Thomas all about foraging and all his exciting plans with @planbeesuk Do check out his website for all his upcoming walks and you might see me and Jamie on one of them! . Thanks for watching see you next week at the same time 🤘🏻2025-02-221h 34
Through The Garden GateEpisode 75 : Matthew Wilson @matthewwilsongardensWhat an amazing chat with the incredible story teller Matthew. He has had some incredible experiences all made possible by being a gardener.I can’t wait to go an listen to the album that he said was his favourite Cherry Ghost - Thirst For Romance.We obviously talked @bbcgqt and his beautiful gardens at Chelsea. I love that @alantitchmarshcbe involuntarily made him tear up his plans and start again.Also what an diverse range of notable people went to the same school as hi...2025-02-141h 58
Through The Garden GateEpisode 74 : Melissa Heris @bluebellandbumblebeeTonight we had the wonderful Mel on to chat all things gardening and wildlife and of course we spoke about her first book she is currently writing.
If you want updates from Mel about her book follow @meltriestowriteastory
Also check out Melissa’s regular articles in @gardenfolkmag
Thanks for listening and everyone, come join us live next Tuesday at 19:30GMT on instagram 🎧2025-02-071h 37
Through The Garden GateEpisode 73 : Lucy Chamberlain 👍🏻Lucy’s new book Grow Food Anywhere is out now at all good book shops and even some bad ones!
What a delight to have Lucy on our podcast as we have been a fan of The Talking Heads podcasts for years.
Lucy is definitely an oracle of grow your own and is so happy to impart that knowledge to anyone who asks.
It was fantastic to delve deeper in to Lucy’s back story and how she ended up where she is now.
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Through The Garden GateEpisode 72 : Jenny @jennywren_in_the_garden and Daniel @danielpuicarWe went from no guests to two guests! Marc was out on Tuesday so I we had to move to Wednesday and our original guest couldn’t make it.
So we chatted first to Jenny about her amazing garden her and her family have created. I loved some of the ideas she has incorporated, especially the Indian mint and planting oaks as a hedge.
Second up we had Daniel Puicar head gardener at Middleton Hall this is the second time Daniel has been on and since his first appearance he...2025-01-241h 47
Through The Garden GateEpisode 71 : Chay & Laura @allotmentdiariespodcast 👀🫶🏻Podcast cross over episode, it was wonderful to chat to fellow podcasters @lauras_allotment_dream and @chayallotment talk about podcasting and definitely lots of gardening and allotment chat.
Chay even managed to get some football chat in before the end ⚽️
Make sure you give Laura a follow so that she can realise her Quail dream, by reaching the goal her husband set her of 3000 followers.
Thanks everyone for watching, keep an eye out for our next episode on instagram on Tuesday night 19:30 GMT 💚2025-01-171h 43
Through The Garden GateEpisode 70 : WE’RE BACK! 🫀After our Christmas hiatus we are back, Jamie shares his health update after his surgery and we chat about my flooded garden and what we are looking forward to growing next year!2025-01-101h 01
Through The Garden GateEpisode 69 : Christmas Gardening QuizSo we thought we would do something different and do a quiz for you all, there are 25 Christmassy garden related questions to answer.
We do not give the answers in the episode but I will release them with the podcast on Friday. If you want to win a prize DM me or Jamie with your 25 answers, we will trust you not to google all the answers. (Santas watching 🎅🏻)
Then the person with the most correct answers will win a prize 🏆
1. Legoland in California has a Christm...2024-12-2754 min
Through The Garden GateEpisode 68 : Noah Mabey @noahs.gardens 👍🏻We’re back! After Jamie’s operation got cancelled we thought we would come back and do a few more episodes before Christmas 🎄
In this episode we chat to Noah a gardener at @thornbridge_estate and what he gets up to at work and his quirky garden and house.
Highlights from the episode ⬇️
🛞 Noah told us about his Wheel done that he made out of bicycle wheels
🏰 Why his house is quirky.
🐥 What was special about the fo...2024-12-201h 22
Through The Garden GateEpisode 67 : Last one of the Year?! 🤷In this episode, George gave us his gardening fact of the week! Which involved 🌷and 🏅
I did a quiz for Jamie about the guests we have had for the past year he got 6 out of 9 correct (or 5 if we take his first answer 😂)
The guests who were mentioned from the year were @groovygardeninguk, @alex.grows.food, @adesellars, @cmcollins_hort, @twogirlsoneplotpodcast, @my_little_patch_of_earth , @life_on_the_lot , @plot_27b_bristol, @sunshineandgreen, @roots_ed, @parkers_patch, @growing.with.steff
Jamie also told us all his n...2024-12-061h 38
Through The Garden GateEpisode 66 : Fiona & Hugh @engcountrylife 😄😉The longest ever episode and it’s a good one! Fiona and Hugh are living off the land trying to be as self sufficient as possible.
Highlight from the episode 👇🏻
🦵 Fiona told us about her awful leg break that she is only just recovering from.
🐓The was lots of Chicken chat for all the chicken keepers out there.
🍬 Hugh told us about his sugar making experience
🥔 They told us their favourite variety of potatoes is Sharpes Express p...2024-11-301h 55
Through The Garden GateEpisode 65 : Greg Harrison @sunshineandgreen 💪🏻An organic veg grower in Suffolk growing in a 4 acre farm 🚜
Awesome chat here are some highlights
🗺️ Great to hear Greg’s journey in to farm life
🚤 An unexpected former career
🧪 Great to hear Greg’s experience with contaminated manure and how he dealt with it and how he plans to avoid it happening again
🌳 Why fruit tree and bushes were the first thing he planted
🌱 Fantasic to hear more about Agro Foresty...2024-11-221h 44
Through The Garden GateEpisode 64 : Ed Morrison @roots_ed 🙌🏻🌞Wow what a chat I think we put the world to rights in that hour and a half! Ed incredibly passionate about making sure that everyone who wants to grow can grow after being told the waiting list for his local allotments was 28 years!
Highlights from the episode
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🏢 From marketing to confounding @rootsallotments
💚 Convincing his family to let him grow food in the garden during lockdown.
🍺 Instead of going to the pub they came up with the idea to grow fo...2024-11-151h 28
Through The Garden GateEpisode 63 : Steff @growing.with.stuff 🙄Tonight we talked to the lovely Steff who is in her first year of having an allotment and is also fairly new to instagram, so if you don’t follow go give her a follow 👍🏻
Highlights from tonight’s episode 👇🏻
🍆 The Italian name Steff calls Aubergines is so much nicer that the English or American.
🌳 We spoke a lot about @rootsallotments
🌱 Steff told us about her successes this year
🫛 What she is hoping to grow more of next year
...2024-11-081h 26
Through The Garden GateEpisode 62 : John Butcher @_thebeegardener_ 😛Wow what a fascinating adventure in gardening John has had over the last few years!
Highlights from the episode
🐝 We obviously covered Bees a lot!
🏡 John told us all about his renovation journey since buying his new home.
🚚 The fact he had more plants when he moved that furniture 😂
🦌 John told us about the biggest threat to his new garden.
🧠 John’s day job as a Professor of Neoscience.
...2024-11-011h 30
Through The Garden GateEpisode 61 : Ben Cross @crosslandsalstroemeria 🤘🏻George took over the start of the episode to tell everyone about his charity walk again and to give an update of the total raised which is £511 thank you to everyone who has donated so far it’s so kind of you, the link is on Marc’s profile.
Todays guest was Ben who has been flying the flag for British flowers for 10 years with over 650 talks throughout the UK.
Highlights from the episode
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🧹Ben told us how he helped tidy up the damage f...2024-10-251h 31
Through The Garden GateEpisode 60 : Greenfingers Charity SpecialWe thought we would do a Greenfingers charity special with Jamie and Marc both being ambassadors of the charity we wanted to share a few exciting fundraising updates
First we had Marc’s son George on to talk about his fantastic fundraiser where he will be doing a 8 mile walk from a local park all the way in to Lincoln and up Steep hill ending up at the Castle, he came up with this all on his own. George has Cerebral Palsy which affects his entire right side of his body me...2024-10-181h 29
Through The Garden GateEpisode 59 : Chris Collins @cmcollins_hort 🍄
Really sorry about the rain during this episode, Marc did mute his mic to stop the noise.
What an amazing and unique journey in horticulture Chris has had 🤯
Here are some of the highlights 👇🏻
🌳 The story of the tree he planted on his first day at work that he can now sit in.
🇯🇵 Selling Roses to the Japanese
🐵 Sharing a bedroom with a Chimp
🪱 Bringing 10000 worms in to Westminster Abbey2024-10-111h 37
Through The Garden GateEpisode 58 : Julia Parker @parkers_patch 😂What an absolute treat to have Julia on the podcast tonight, the hour flew by.
Highlight of the episode ⬇️
🎙️Julia turned the tables and asked us some questions
📚We talked all about her wonderful book
💚 Julia told us how she got in to gardening
🍿Marc may of asked Julia to do a crazy experiment regarding her popping corn.
🥫 Listen to find out why Julia regularly visits @pizzaexpress
Make sur...2024-10-041h 36
Through The Garden GateEpisode 57 : Preservation special 🫙Tonight me and Jamie had a good chat about what we have been up to and what we have been growing what’s been successful what’s been a failure.
Highlights from the episode ⬇️
🥜 Jamie tells us all about spreading his seed
🫣 Everyone is also jealous of his giant warty p….. umpkin
🌊 We talked about the crazy weather the uk has had this week
📖 We even talked about books with @home_at_springcottage
🫙 @norfo...2024-09-271h 24
Through The Garden GateEpisode 56 : Ade Sellars 💩Absolute pleasure to be graced with Ades company for an hour this evening, we could have talked all night!
If you haven’t already go check out his Down the Garden Path series on You Tube
Highlights from our chat 👇🏻
🚰 The story of the secret tap was epic
💚 I adore the relationship between Ade and his wife enjoying growing food together.
🫛 We need to invite Ade back to find out why he thinks a Trombonchino perf...2024-09-201h 40
18 Summers: Podcast for ParentsGratitude, Grounding, and Good Sleep: The Daily Trio for Total Wellness with Marc FussellEver felt overwhelmed by anxiety or struggled to get a good night's sleep? In this episode, we sit down with Marc Fussell to uncover the secrets to a healthier, happier mind. He shares his inspiring journey and practical tools for overcoming anxiety, including the power of gratitude and the importance of sleep hygiene. Join us as we learn how to incorporate these simple yet effective techniques into your daily life. Key takeaways to listen for How Marc's journey to help his son led to the creation of Take 2 Minutes The role of gr...2024-09-1825 min
Through The Garden GateEpisode 55 : Emma Atkinson 😂Great chat with Emma about her wonderful boarders at the two garden shows and her journey in horticulture.
Some of the highlights 👇🏻
💚 Why Emma chose Landscape Architecture.
🏠 What it’s like being involved with the design of a new estate.
📰 We tried our best to get an exclusive from Emma whether she would do another show garden.
💚 Emma shared some exciting news with us!
🌳 Lots of behind the scenes chat about creating sho...2024-09-131h 13
Through The Garden GateEpisode 54 : Amy West @amys_allotment_adventure 🤣This weeks episode we chat to Amy West a former allotment holder and gardener who has created a vegetable garden in a rented property.Marc and Jamie have had busy weeks, Marc attended Gardeners World Live Autumn Fair at Audley End and Jamie has been to a course with the legend that is Charles Dowding! Highlight from this episode 👇🏻🧢 Marc has a special hat especially for the Lightening round🥅 Amy has nets over her veg plot to protect it but not from who you would think...2024-09-061h 40
Through The Garden GateEpisode 53 : Sarah Wilson host of Roots and All Podcast 🫣In todays episode we chatted to Sarah Wilson who is the host of Roots and All podcast which has just passed 300 episodes!
We got a bit podcasty but there were some fab highlights 👇🏻
💚 We found out how Sarah finds her guests
🌱 What she would change about the world of horticulture
🌺 How therapeutic she found deadheading pansies
🌳 How Sarah got in to horticulture
💰Why she doesn’t call herself a gardener.
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Through The Garden GateEpisode 52 : Jo @norfolkbluedoorflowers 😀Todays episode is with friend of the podcast Jo, a cut flower grower from Nortfolk growing cut flowers in a modest back garden.
What Jo doesnt know about cut flowers isn’t worth knowing!
Highlights of todays episode 👇🏻
🌸 Jo’s top perennials for cut flowers
🪴 Find out what she grew up her washing line
💼 Why she bags her dahlia buds
🧪 Why Vaseline isn’t a good idea if
growing organically
🏴 Marc isn’t in his usual podcast location
Remember the only w...2024-08-231h 26
Through The Garden GateEpisode 51 : Sam Frederick Taylor ✌🏻Another career changing gardener learning their craft in the most inspiring place imaginable @belmondlemanoir
Great chat with Sam such a passionate thoughtful gardener
Highlights from the episode 👇🏻
🪴Sam tells us about his love for herbs and his plans to enhance the herb garden at work.
💚 From insurance broker to gardener taking the leap of faith!
🙋♀️ What it’s like working with @augusts_garden
👨🍳 Growing exceptional vegetables as a vital ingredient to the chefs masterp...2024-08-161h 34
Through The Garden GateEpisode 50 : Jenny Winnard @jenny_ourfamilyallotment 🥰We finally got the wonderful Jenny on! What a wholesome chat!
Here are some highlights 👇🏻
🍑 We open our mystery packages and were surprised at what we found!
🧅 Jenny told us all about her Mammoth Onions.
👩⚕️ We also chatted about Jenny’s day job helping people control their ADHD.
🌺 Dahlia might have been mentioned
💚 We also got her gardening origin story
Check out wherever you harvest your pods 🫛 on Friday...2024-08-111h 34Through The Garden GateEpisode 49 : Carole Edward’s @compostcarole 😀Tonights episode marks a year of us doing Through The Garden Gate, we did our first live on the 1st August 2023 where we toured Marc garden back when there was 3 of us! We did 22 lives before deciding to convert each live to a podcast.
Episode 23 with Chris Jesson @groovygardeninguk was our first episode to be converted to a podcast.
This week we had the former Great British Bake Off contestant Carole on here are some of the highlight 👇🏻
🥮 We found out some behind the scenes in...2024-08-021h 20Through The Garden GateEpisode 48 : Niall Radford @niallradford 🤣 & Lance Turner @tomatorevolutionseeds 🌱🍅💥If you like growing tomatoes tonight is the episode for you 🍅
The undisputed kings of tomatoes are our guests
Some highlights 👇🏻
☠️ We spoke at length at the best way to reduce blight risk.
🏆 The guys favourite varieties.
📏 How to get the strongest tomato plants.
🍅 How to avoid unripe fruit towards the end of the season.
💧 Regular watering is the key to success.
Thanks everyon...2024-07-261h 46Through The Garden GateEpisode 47: Natalie @home_at_springcottageThe episode we forgot! We recorded This episode towards the end of 2023, and somehow when we were transferring all our episode to podcast we forgot this one as it wasn’t numbered on instagram. 2024-07-211h 20Through The Garden GateEpisode 46 : Graham Hull @woolpots.ukFabulous chat with Graham about all things Wool Pots and his mission to get rid of plastic pots and save the British farming industry in one hit.
Things we learned in this episode ⬇️
🐑 Marc reels off some bad sheep puns
📺 Graham was responsible for some of televisions iconic kids shows
🧶 Woolpots grow better plants than need less water and heat
🥕 Some kids can’t identify vegetable and farm animals
🐌 Wool pots reduce slug damage
Thanks for watching everyone, this episode will be ready to harvest on Friday from wherever you pick your pods 👍🏻2024-07-191h 35Through The Garden GateEpisode 45 : Chris Jesson @groovygardeninguk 💚This week we have our first ever returning guest, Chris is such a wonderful interesting person we wanted to delve deeper in to Chris’s story.
5 highlights from today episode 👇🏻
💚 Marc and Chris talk about how they ended up working together
📖 Chris talks about his experience with the RHS qualifications
⚡️The lightening round
🌹Roses obviously!
🌳 We also got a tour of Chris’s garden, check out @throughthegardengatepodcast or Spotify for the video.
Thanks for listening 🎙️ See you next
week, don’t forget to like and follow 👍🏻2024-07-121h 52Through The Garden GateEpisode 44 : Marc and Jamie have a rambling chat 💚Marc and Jamie have a good chat what they have been up to in the last week and also have a Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival Debrief.
Talked about in this episode 👇🏻
1. Our favourite parts of Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 🌳
2. What we have been up to in our gardens 🌻
C. Jamie’s lack of peas 🫛
4. Lots of mower talk at the end, boys and their toys! 🧸
5. We also had a look around a few parts of our gardens and allotments 🥔
Thanks for tuning in this episode will be ready to harvest wherever you pick your podcast on Friday 👍🏻2024-07-051h 24Through The Garden GateEpisode 43 : Emmy @permieemmy 🦑🎙️Meet Emmy @permieemmy 🦑 (if you listen to the whole episode you will understand
the squid emoji)
Prepare to have your minds blown this is life changing stuff that was discussed in this episode.
Five things we learn in this episode 👇🏻
1. Permaculture isn’t just a growing method it’s a way of life 🤯
2. You can use this method even on something as small as a pot 🪴
C. Permaculture can help to stop your garden from flooding 💦
4. Chives and other herbs will keep the pests away! 🐜
5. Growing Marjoram along side fruit such as tomatoes will make them taste sweeter 🍅
If you have never heard of Permaculture...2024-06-281h 33Through The Garden GateEpisode 42 : Louise @our_little_veg_gardenThis week we had the wonderful Louise on for a quick tour of her veg garden before the rain came down to heavy. She has been creating amazing spaces within the local community to regenerate unused planting spots to brighten up and create wildlife pockets in the urban environment.2024-06-211h 34Through The Garden GateEpisode 41 : Gardener World Live Build SpecialMarc and Jamie have been doing involved with the building of 2 showcase gardens Kim O’briens @dahliafarmerama and Ben Shutler @plot27bristol
We also had an exclusive from Kim, Mario part of Kim’s build team also joined us. Leanne whose garden won a Platinum medal and Best Beautiful Boarder and Gardeners World Magazine readers choice awards!
2024-06-1443 minThrough The Garden GateEpisode 40 : Jen and Richenda @twogirlsoneplotpodcastHow did we get to episode 40 already!! That’s crazy!! What a way to celebrate the milestone by having our first double guest on the podcast, the wonderful Jen and Richenda of Two Girls One Plot Podcast.
I have recently found this podcast and binged it. It’s so great to follow their journey in creating there first allotment plot.
We had a great chat with them and such a good laugh make sure you listen until then end of the conversation to hear this weeks code word used back...2024-06-071h 33Through The Garden GateEpisode 22 : Lottie Newitt @lottienewittTodays episode is our final episode in our back catalogue so the final one with Ben, we talk To the wonderful Lottie Newitt about all things plants!
Her Gardening journey and much more! 2024-06-061h 13Through The Garden GateEpisode 21 : Jayne Hickling @allotmentcooksIn today’s episode we spoke to the wonderful Jayne about her journey in gardening. We spoke about flooded veg gardens/allotments. Jaynes You Tube Channel and much much more.2024-06-011h 19Through The Garden GateEpisode 39 : David James @melbhall_gardenerToday’s guest is the wonderful Head Gardener at Melbourne Hall gardens in Derby.
It’s was great to hear some of the history of the gardens and some of the exciting newer additions that have been made in the most recent history. We also talk about slugs and pests and the natural order of thing.
David told us about his journey in to gardening from South Africa where it wasn’t a viable career to Pershore college then finally to Melbourne.
2024-05-311h 43Through The Garden GateEpisode 38 : Aileen Perolio-JonesIn todays episode of the podcast Marc and Jamie discuss their gardening week then we get our wonder guest in for a garden tour and a good planty chat.
We also use Aileen as a Guinea pig for our new lightening round of questions at the end.
Go over to Instagram to follow Aileen @plants_proseccoandparenting2024-05-241h 27Through The Garden GateEpisode 20 : 3 Grumpy Men Christmas EpisodeThis episode was recorded just before Christmas 2023
We discuss our favourite parts of the first 20 episodes of Through The Garden Gate, we keep it really about how Christmas is better when you have young kid. Also how we don’t have Christmas lists ourselves.
Who says you can’t have Christmas in May! There’s only 2 classic episode left after this one then we are only going to be doing 1 episode a week. 2024-05-221h 06Through The Garden GateEpisode 37 : Alexander Thompson ByerTodays episode we chatted to seaweed farmer Alexander who lives on the Outer Hebrides
2024-05-171h 14Through The Garden GateEpisode 19 : Kerry @lottie_thyme_On this episode we have the unofficial 4th member of our podcast Kerry @lottie_thyme_2024-05-161h 27Through The Garden GateEpisode 36 : Alexandra Ghemu @ivaplantsukTodays episode is with the self proclaimed Tea magician.
Great to learn more about Alexandra’s garden journey from Moldova to the UK working at the Palm Centre and being a Herbarian at the National History museum.
We shocked her by admitting we have never tried loose leaf tea.2024-05-111h 33Through The Garden GateEpisode 18 : Michael Perry @mr_plantgeekWith the one and only Michael Perry aka @mr_plantgeek recorded in December 2023
Hortpreneur, traveller, Author, Speaker, TV Presenter, Trend setter, Model, Podcaster, Influencer, Man in Pants, Sex Symbol, Car Lover, Plant addict, columnist, Celebrity Gardener, Blogger and Substacker, and many many more!
What a pleasure to have Michael’s time in what was our longest ever live!
You can get Michael’s book here https://mrplantgeek.com/ and with the code welcome10 he will sign the copy for you. Check out his awesome T-shirts also I have a couple.
2024-05-081h 31Through The Garden GateEpisode 35 : Leanne @my_little_patch_of_earthTonight’s episode Marc goes solo because Ben and Jamie both had Family emergencies. We had a tour of Leanne’s 3 allotment plots then talked about gardening in school and lots about Leanne’s Beautiful Border at Gardeners World Live in June.2024-05-031h 13Through The Garden GateEpisode 17 : Kim O’Brien @dahliafarmeramaToday’s episode was recorded at the end of November the guys are still trying to record the podcast in their gardens despite it only being 2 degrees outside.
Marc was wearing 3 hats to try and stay warm! Check out Spotify if you want to see the full video.
Kim is a dahlia growing expert so it was great to have her on the show.2024-05-011h 19Through The Garden GateEpisode 34 : Gemma @colourwheelgardenThis week we had the pleasure of talking to the effervescent Gemma about her journey in to gardening.
We talked about her awesome portable
cutting garden, made from plastic crates meaning if she had to move houses she can take it all with her.
We also talked about all things floral displays.
We also mention Higgledy Garden an awesome small British seed company that Gemma works for, Marc has also grown lots of their seeds this year and they are fantastic, go...2024-04-261h 22Through The Garden GateEpisode 16 : No guest just a good gardening chat between Jamie, Ben and MarcIn today’s episode we had a good chat between us no guest but we talked about allotment waiting lists and costs, we talked about what is going on in our garden, this episode was recorded at the end of November 20232024-04-241h 10Through The Garden GateEpisode 33 : August Bernstein Head of Raymond Blancs Gardening SchoolThis week we spoke to the brilliant August about her gardening journey from Air Hostess to the Head of Raymond Blancs gardening school.
After technical issues at the start we managed to crack on and have a wonderful chat the evening flew by!
We also discuss Augusts magical garden at home where she has secret doors and a fully kitted out caravan and regularly cooks on an open fire in the garden.
Make sure you follow August @augusts_garden
2024-04-191h 26Through The Garden GateEpisode 15 : Daniel Puicar gardener at Middleton Hall GardensNice to have a fellow full time gardener to talk to this week!
What an incredibly knowledgeable guy Daniel is and the enthusiasm he has for the history of the place that he works is awe inspiring.
This episode was recorded in November 2023
Thank you for listening make sure you give us a follow and rate the episode it helps to get us in the ears of like minded people 👍🏻
2024-04-171h 16Through The Garden GateEpisode 32 : Jen Howarth (George does the intro)This week we have the wonderful Jen from @life_on_the_lot
Marc’s son George starts the episode, I think that Marc may have some competition as the host.
We speak to Jen about her allotment journey, Strange things buried at her allotment site and JCBs abandoned next door to her plot, her partner being the allotment Chairman and her upcoming appearance at RHS Urban Show.2024-04-121h 33Through The Garden GateEpisode 14 : Francesca Chadwick @diaryofayorkshiregardenerIn this weeks episode we chat to the lovely Francesca who had recently appeared on a segment of Gardeners World showing people around her garden in Yorkshire.
This episode was recorded at the beginning of November 2023 it was great hearing the behind the scenes details on what happens on a recording for a tv show.
2024-04-101h 21Through The Garden GateEpisode 31 : Tamsin WesthorpeIn today’s episode recorded live on Instagram on Tuesday night we were joined by the amazing Tamsin Westhorpe gardener at Stockton Bury Garden.
Tamsin has had quite the career in horticulture starting working in the parks department, being an interior landscaper, a shop owner, a magazine writer and editor, an RHS judge and now a gardener at her uncles garden.
It was great to have a chat with Tamsin after admiring her work from afar for a number of years and having read both of her books.
2024-04-041h 17Through The Garden GateEpisode 13 : JJ from The Bearded GrowersThis weeks Wednesday episode of the podcast is one recorded on Halloween 2023 and Marc was dressed as Batman.
We were joined by our friend JJ from the Bearded Growers live from his pub shed in his garden.
If you haven’t listened to the Bearded Growers radio show check it out Mondays @ 19:00 on Cotswold Radio.
This was recorded the day after the Chilli eating competition that we joined JJ in the studio for you can go back and listen to that episode on their podcast of Spotify.
2024-04-031h 11Through The Garden GateEpisode 30 : Anjee HarrisonTonight’s guest is the Senior Edlitor of Garden Folk Magazine
What a great chat with Anjee about her journey in to horticulture, home educating her 4 kids, getting chickens during lockdown and so much more.
If you don't already follow @gardenfolkmag give them a follow and check out the latest edition of the magazine, and check out the website for the exciting new membership options.
https://gardenfolkmag.com/
Anjee also talked about her skincare range and workshops which you can find on the website below or give @fromanjeesgarden a follow on Instagram
https://fromanjeesgarden.bigcartel.com/?fbclid=PAAaYW-k5FMOKM-epUy1SNw2VW...2024-03-291h 33Through The Garden GateEpisode 12 : Arthur ParkinsonThis episode was recorded towards the end of October 2023 we were joined by Arthur to discuss the disgraceful practice of gangs going in to collect chickens from farms but the treatment of the animals during this process is horrendous.
We really need to get away from our reliance on factory farming and get back to sustainable, cruelty free, ethical, local chicken farms.
Toward the end of the episode we were Joined by last week guest Rachel who had got some fabulous news this week.
2024-03-271h 19Through The Garden GateEpisode 29 : Stef Haydon @homegrownwiththehaydons_Todays guest we have been wanting to get on for a long time, she is probably responsible for all of us doing what we do.
Stef is so encouraging so down to earth no nonsense what you see is what you get, not afraid to show the ugly bit and the fails, doesn’t try to preach just loves to share her knowledge years of growing her own.
If you are part of #gardengram you will have heard of #uglygrid #powerhour #instavillageshow #cofffeeinthegreenhouse all started by Stef.
This year she is stepping out of...2024-03-221h 17Through The Garden GateEpisode 11 : Rachel @grow_with_the_griffithsToday we talk to friend of the podcast Rachel
We chat chickens and allotments, how gardening helps your mental health. We also talk which tomato varieties we are growing next year.
This episode was recorded in September last year. 2024-03-201h 12Through The Garden GateEpisode 28 : Sophie Van Gerwen @floraldayintheshiresSophie is a career changer formally a teacher of primary kids now a teacher of the magical practice of growing your own cut flowers.
Lots of great tips of what seeds to sow now as well as an insight in to Sophie’s garden.
Also in the episode one of Bens chicks hatches during the recording of this episode!
If you don’t already follow Sophie give her a follow @floraldayintheshires
We also mention Flowers from the Farm, where you can find your local British Flowers, link below.
https://www...2024-03-151h 26Through The Garden GateEpisode 10 Question and Answer Special!!This weeks episode we asked previous guest and our listeners to send in questions for us to answer, a good way to learn a bit more about us and for the audience to get their gardening questions answered.
Marc drops a bombshell by saying that he doesn’t like one of Britain’s favourite gardeners.2024-03-131h 26Through The Garden GateEpisode 27 : Carly @the.green.analystIn this episode we talk to part time scientist part time mini small holder and new beagle puppy owner as well as a campervan owner and allotmenteer.
Marc tells the guys about the wonderful new herbal tea he has been drinking from @ivaplants
Ben gets banter from all angles including our guest, and possibly ends up spending the night in his greenhouse.
We also discuss who’s beaches are better Wales or Norfolk2024-03-081h 30Through The Garden GateEpisode 9 : Laura @myserenegardenTodays episode was another episode of technical difficulties as well as getting time zones wrong as our guest was from the USA again.
So we had bonus guests of JJ from the Bearded Growers radio show and Kerry @lottiethyme fill in until we got Laura on finally.
Jamie was in a dark field for this episode and Bens lights flicker on and off as we get further in to the episode.
Great chat with Laura nice to get another unique gardening journey and get...2024-03-0650 minThrough The Garden GateEpisode 26 : Charley @eggsandfluffWe’re back after 2 weeks off from recording live!
In todays episode we were joined by a chicken guru @eggsandfluff what Charley doesn’t know about chickens isn’t worth knowing.
We also talked to Ben about his garden that he is doing For Gardeners World Live this year.
There was also lots on innuendos! And lots of laughs2024-02-291h 22Through The Garden GateEpisode 8 : Amanda @theeverhopefulgardenerThis weeks episode, we are joined by a guest from the other side of the pond in North Caroline USA.
Amanda loves creating her own compost and the way us Brit’s say the word, she also creates the perfect habitat for the beautiful Monarch Butterfly’s.2024-02-281h 19Through The Garden GateEpisode 7 : Adam Marshall @greenfingeredcityboyTodays episode is from a rainy Tuesday in September last year, where we toured around Gold Medal winning garden designer of a Beautiful boarder at Gardeners World Live.
The audio and video at the start of the podcast is a bit glitchy but it does sort itself out after 10 minutes or so!
See if you can spot some elements of Adams medal winning garden in his home garden.
Great to chat with Adam about his garden and gardeners world live and see more of...2024-02-221h 14Through The Garden GateEpisode 6 : Gemma @rainbowdaysallotmentIn todays episode we tour the awesome wildlife haven that is Gemma’s garden.
Such an incredible space, with some fantastic wildlife sightings!
If your not already following Gemma go give her a follow on Instagram
2024-02-211h 06Through The Garden GateEpisode 5 : Sophie Valentine @lookinsidemygardenJoin us as we explore the fabulous garden that we have all seen in the squares of joy on Instagram, in real time with an exclusive guided tour from the gardener who created it!
Not only is it a beautiful garden it’s
a functional one with areas for her you family and husband to play.
If you don’t follow Sophie give her a follow on Instagram @lookinsidemygarden
Also check out her website for seed collections and more ⬇️
courses.thegrowc...2024-02-151h 06Through The Garden GateEpisode 4 : @kathryn_grows_stuff gardenThis week we explore the garden of @kathryn_grows_stuff part of the team organising the @gardengramball but this was before that was even dreamt up!
We put aside out technical gremlins from last week and got our first mystery guest!
Kathryn is all about the Veg growing and has an impressive veg garden.
Kathryn is going to be doing a Snake Bean grow along this year, which should be very exciting!
For tickets to the garden gram ball...2024-02-141h 09Through The Garden GateEpisode 25 : Alex Smith (Alex Grows Food)Our latest episode recorded on the 6th February, we were joined by the wonderful Alex Grows Food who has a wonderful following on You Tube.
Alex is an Garden Media Guild award winner in 2023 for his fabulous video about being able to grow your own food whilst doing a full time job.
If you don’t already follow Alex check him out at all of the places below ⬇️
Website address is alexgrowsfood.com youtube.com/@AlexGrowsFood and my @alex.grows.food on Instagram 2024-02-081h 21Through The Garden GateEpisode 3 : Ben’s garden and allotmentWhen we recorded this episode we had massive technical issues, Instagram would only let 2 of us in on the live. We struggled on regardless and had some good laughs as usual.
Ben started the episode in his hot tub then showed Marc around his garden before jumping in his car and drove to his allotment, where Jamie joins the live.
The sunsets during this episode plunging Ben and Jamie in to darkness, there are also lots of Top Gear references in this episode, we have Ben touted as gardening’s answer to To...2024-02-071h 10Through The Garden GateEpisode 2 : Jamie’s gardenIn this episode we take a tour around Jamie’s garden and Award winning veg garden (instavillagefair)
There is also a special appearance from @lottiethyme who designed Jamie’s veg garden.
This episode was recorded live On Instagram on the 8th August 2023 2024-02-051h 09Through The Garden GateEpisode 24 : Nicola HopeWhat an absolute privilege to have Nicola on the podcast, this year she is celebrating 30 years in gardening.
For a career that started working for the future King at Highgrove and has included being a Head Gardener, studying to be a RHS Master of Horticulture. Becoming a mum and being a Horticultural Hustler.
Nikki is also a trustee of @gardenorganic
We also got a few exclusives from bonus guest JJ of @beardedgrowers2024-02-051h 30Through The Garden GateEpisode 23 : Chris Jesson @groovygardeninguk3 episode in a week we are spoiling you, This episode is our most recently recorded episode from this Tuesday 23rd January 2023
Todays guest is a career changer, a rose collector, new build gardener, greenfinger ambassador, plant grow champion, charity walker, his voice has been compared to Alan Titchmarsh’s, former town planner, an Easton walled gardener, autism advocate, my real gardener, garden media guilder, Mini owner, car lover, Keeping up appearancer, Winner of the unofficial garden awards 2023 and a van driver.
If you don’t already follow Chris on on I...2024-01-261h 27Through The Garden GateEpisode 1 : We go through Marc’s garden gate!Here is our first full length episode, this episode was recorded on the 1st August 2023 as Marc showed the other two guys around my garden.
If you want to see the video for this episode check out our Instagram page @throughthegardengatepodcast2024-01-241h 06
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