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2021-03-2603 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowCon Traas 2019, Part 2, The Apple Farm TipperaryPeter Donegan returns to chats with Con Traas' Apple Farm in Tipperary. It is an apple farm. But it's also a lot more than just an apple farm.
It's worth noting maybe that Peter was on holidays working whist camping, again; surrounded by all that the fruit farm has to offer. The old buddies chat practices that were then acceptable, what is done now, changes in presentation over the eons and just what the supermarket will want to see and what is logic in growing and being responsible.
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2019-10-0929 minThe Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowCon Traas 2019, The Apple Farm Tipperary, Part 1Peter Donegan returns to chats with Con Traas' Apple Farm in Tipperary. It is an apple farm. But it's also a lot more than just an apple farm.
It's worth noting maybe that Peter was on holidays working whist camping, again; surrounded by all that the fruit farm has to offer. The old buddies chat practices that were then acceptable, what is done now, changes in presentation over the eons and just what the supermarket will want to see and what is logic in growing and being responsible.
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2019-09-2529 minThe Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowTaina Suonio, RHS Chelsea 2019
Peter Donegan chats with Taina Suonio, designer of The Roots in Finland garden at RHS Chelsea 2019.
Whilst Taina's garden was sponsored by the Kyrö Distillery Company, this episode could not have happened without the support of Tim Howell (pictured above) who has for ever been unwavering in his support of this thing I do and, CED Natural Stone who have made this and the entire series of 2019 RHS Chelsea episodes possible and supported Taina's garden. Thank you !
Built by Conquest Creative Spaces, Taina and Peter together chat living away from home, whilst show garden bu...
2019-08-2830 minThe Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowTalking Gardens and, Garden TalksThis episode references the following:
The Landscape Show 2019 at Battersea Park, London
Peter Donegan speaking at RHSI Garden Show
Agents of Field and the wonderful Ade and Sophie
The Gardens of Peace, France
The Sodshow is available every week in iTunes, sotify and all good podcast stores.
For garden talks, speaking and MC duties contact Peter Donegan at www.DoneganLandscaping.com
2019-07-2329 min
Peter DoneganJust A FlowerPeter Donegan 'Live' recorded in front of an audience at the old Decca recording studios, London. In 'Studio 2' where Peter's late father, the 'Godfather of British Rock n Roll' - Lonnie Donegan, recorded is first industry changing hit, Lead Belly's 'Rock Island Line' 65 years ago.
This album captures the raw energy of Peter's live performances while he goes through his own original Country and Americana songs together with the songs he performed on The Voice UK '19 with an added 'Skiffle' session to pay homage to his late father, Lonnie.
2019-07-1904 min
Peter DoneganWalking ManPeter Donegan 'Live' recorded in front of an audience at the old Decca recording studios, London. In 'Studio 2' where Peter's late father, the 'Godfather of British Rock n Roll' - Lonnie Donegan, recorded is first industry changing hit, Lead Belly's 'Rock Island Line' 65 years ago.
This album captures the raw energy of Peter's live performances while he goes through his own original Country and Americana songs together with the songs he performed on The Voice UK '19 with an added 'Skiffle' session to pay homage to his late father, Lonnie.
2019-07-1904 min
Peter DoneganSoldierPeter Donegan 'Live' recorded in front of an audience at the old Decca recording studios, London. In 'Studio 2' where Peter's late father, the 'Godfather of British Rock n Roll' - Lonnie Donegan, recorded is first industry changing hit, Lead Belly's 'Rock Island Line' 65 years ago.
This album captures the raw energy of Peter's live performances while he goes through his own original Country and Americana songs together with the songs he performed on The Voice UK '19 with an added 'Skiffle' session to pay homage to his late father, Lonnie.
2019-07-1903 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowRiver of FlowersRiver of Flowers is a non-profit eco-social enterprise founded by rewilding strategist and botanist Kathryn Lwin and musician songwriter Peter Lewinson, which works in diverse partnerships to create trails or 'rivers' of wildflowers and wild flowering trees through cities for bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
River of Flowers co-designed the Honeycomb Meadow Bee Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018 with Studio SuperNatural in partnership with Urban Bees, which achieved a Silver Medal.
With very much thanks to CED Natural Stone, on todays episode, Peter Donegan chats with landscape architects Gabrielle Shay and Kerrie Mckinnon to...
2018-11-2928 minThe Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowLinda Petrons, GreenfingersLinda Petrons, better known to me as Lou, is the Director of Communications at Greenfingers. As they word it, they are a national charity dedicated to supporting children who spend time in hospices around the UK, along with their families, by creating inspiring gardens.
On todays episode Peter Donegan sits with Lou to chat working with some of the UK's top garden designers, why they do what they do and just what it means to be a child or a member of their family with a photosynthetic outdoor place to be just that, if only but for a m...
2018-11-0829 minThe Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowMisti Little, The Garden Path PodcastMisti Little is an biologist and environmental consultant based out of Houston, Texas by day, and gardener, podcaster, and outdoor enthusiast when she can fit them in the other hours of the day.
On todays episode, Peter Donegan also a long time fan of Misti's ramblings and conversation chats about all of the why's than invariably pop up in gardening more hours than one could shake a stick at and also exist in one day.
As Misti notes it, she founded The Garden Path Podcast in 2015 to fill a niche in the American gardening podcast g...
2018-10-1829 minThe Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowCon Traas, The Apple FarmCon Traas is an apple farmer with a difference.
Based just in Cahir, Co. Tipperary just outside Clonmel, he is the son of an apple farmers son again, with a difference. On this episode of The Sodshow Garden Podcast Con and Peter Donegan sit in a field to talk, on 2 tree stumps to chat just that.
From cider, lemonade and vinegar making to pruning, good husbandry and the future bearing in mind one section of apple trees was removed to make way for wildlife habitat. The list is pretty much endless the amount of hats he...
2018-09-1229 minThe Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowLee Connelly, Skinny Jean GardenerLee Connelly first appeared on The Sodshow December 2016. From that interview a rebirth was given to that stage name and, almost 2 years later Peter Donegan and Lee meet up to chat just why, what happened since and where the future lies for horticulture media and what needs to be done to change it, for the future.
There's obviously a little bit more to it than that.
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The interview was recorded at The Distillery, Bankside, London and it should...
2018-09-0529 minThe Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowMaddy Harland, Permaculture, Part 2Maddy Harland is the co-founder of Permaculture Magazine International (1992) and book publishing company Permanent Publications (over 80 books inc. former guest Charles’ Dowding and Stephanie Hafftery’s Award winning, No Dig Home and Garden, 1990).
In 1995 Maddy helped set up The Sustainability Centre in Hampshire, a former Naval base and now a thriving educational centre and is the author of The Song of the Earth, Fertile Edges and the Biotime Log (August 2018).
Over 2 episodes, Maddy talks with Peter Donegan about permaculture. What is it ? How does one do a little, on their balcony, small back garden in thei...
2018-08-1529 minThe Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowAscot Garden Show, 2018Early 2018 Stephen Bennett was a guest on The Sodshow. Stephen had, he told Peter Donegan, started a new journey working alongside Royal Ascot. Better famed for their race meetings a new garden show was about to give birth and the voices you hear are just 20 of the growers, nurserys, designers and trades that were there over that weekend.
If I'm honest, I ddn't have to do this but I've personally felt the pinch and the knock on effect of 2018's adverse weather and it's important if only to me, that new garden shows and those who smile a...
2018-08-0829 minThe Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowMaddy Harland, PermacultureMaddy Harland is the co-founder of Permaculture Magazine International (1992) and book publishing company Permanent Publications (over 80 books inc. former guest Charles’ Dowding and Stephanie Hafftery’s Award winning, No Dig Home and Garden, 1990).
In 1995 Maddy helped set up The Sustainability Centre in Hampshire, a former Naval base and now a thriving educational centre and is the author of The Song of the Earth, Fertile Edges and the Biotime Log (August 2018).
Over 2 episodes, Maddy talks with Peter Donegan about permaculture. What is it ? How does one do a little, on their balcony, small back garden in their t...
2018-08-0129 minThe Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowAlec White, Primrose Hall PeoniesAlec White formerly worked in a garden centre, studied law, became a barrister and, for the last 12 years has grown Peonies and since then has exhibited in the floral pavillion at RHS Chelsea. On todays episode Peter Donegan chats the beast from the east, how did that pasion end becoming the living income, Bronwynne Britt and how we came to chat with each other in the first place and the dream of living the horticultural dream (?) and staying in business.
With thanks to Catherine and the team at CED Natural Stone for organising this one and making...
2018-07-1829 minThe Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowClaudia de YongPeter Donegan sits with Claudia de Yong to chat everything from the lonely life of a garden designer and landscaping your garden, the highs and the unseens of show gardening to where it all began and why a person who is nervous at times of speaking about oneself ended up chatting with Peter in the first place.
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Claudia de Yong’s late father Neville Labovitch, was one of the greatest impresarios of special occasions in 20th-century London and following hi...
2018-07-1129 minThe Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowMark DiaconoThe last time Peter Donegan spoke with Mark Diacono was 2015. Where does the time go. And honestly don't even answer that question. Anyhoo. At that time, Otter Farm hadn't really got off the ground or, was not yet a structure if that makes better sense.
Back to this episode; I'm at Chelsea, in the floral pavillion. Former guest, fellow Arsenal fan and absolute legend The Rob Hardy comes running out and throws his arms around me and when I turn around The Diacono is there.
With thanks to Catherine and the team at CED Natural...
2018-07-0429 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowJohn Anderson, Windsor Great ParkJohn Anderson assumed the role of Keeper of the Gardens in June 2016 and has responsibility for 120 hectares across the Windsor Estate, including The Savill Garden and The Valley Gardens as well as the private garden at Frogmore House. In addition to his work at Windsor Great Park John is also Vice-Chairman of the RHS Plant Comittee and an RHS Judge.
Peter Donegan sits down with John to chat not just how achieved this most unique of titles and roles, but also what it involves, what makes a great park, how the greats (parks and gardens) are worth v...
2018-06-2629 minThe Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowAn Impromptu Thank YouMuch thanks for listening, always X
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2018-06-1209 minThe Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowWoburn Abbey, Garden Show 2018Martin Towsey is the Estates Gardens Manager of The Bedford Estates, responsible for all horticultural matters on The Bedford Estates across the UK and, is also show producer of the Woburn Abbey Garden Show.
On this episode of The Sodshow Peter Donegan talks with Martin and also former guest Stephen Bennett about this years remastered Woburn Abbey Garden Show taking place 23rd/ 24th June 2018, now in its 9th year.
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Stephen Bennett was for 28 years the Shows Director...
2018-06-0529 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowMalcolm Dickson, UK Herb SocietyPeter Donegan chats with Malcom Dickson, Chairman of The Herb Society UK.
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The Herb Society UK:
The Herb Society is an educational charity dedicated to encouraging the appreciation and use of herbs. It was founded in 1927 by medical herbalist, Hilda Leyel, with the aim of supporting the practice of herbal medicine in Britain.
Today it ai...
2018-05-1029 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowCharlie Hart, SkymeadowCharlie Hart read Theology at Cambridge University before working in a number of roles in London. He now lives and gardens on the Essex Suffolk border with his family.
On todays episode of The Sodshow Charlie talks with Peter Donegan about that journey, which has more turns than one consider possible.
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What resulted post the passing of both Charlie's parents, some ill health, anxiety and much family turbulence was a point of a new journey, with much wi...
2018-04-1929 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowJames Basson, part 2James Bason has designed and won medal for show gardens at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the Gardening World Cup Japan and the Singapore Garden Festival to name but a few. He is a member of the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) in the UK.
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On this episode of the garden podcast Peter Donegan sits down with James Basson to chat pretty much everything from walking the walk and being James Basson to the garden at RHS Chelsea 2017 which, despite winning...
2018-03-2129 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowMiranda Janatka, Kew GardensMiranda Janatka is a botanical horticulturist at Kew, based in the Temperate Unit of the Tropical Nursery. Working with one of the most diverse collections of plants in the world, she propagates and provides plants for scientific research as well as the display glasshouses at Kew.
On this weeks episode Peter Donegan chats with Miranda about what she is currently doing, in this case - cultivating plants to go into the Temperate House, the largest Victorian glasshouse in the world and very soon to be reopened following at £41 million restoration project.
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2018-03-1429 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowJames BassonJames Bason has designed and won medal for show gardens at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the Gardening World Cup Japan and the Singapore Garden Festival to name but a few. He is a member of the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) in the UK.
On this episode of the garden podcast Peter Donegan sits down with James Basson to chat pretty much everything from walking the walk and being James Basson to the garden at RHS Chelsea 2017 which, despite winning almost Gold and Best in Show, was compared to a graveyard and took what I can only...
2018-03-0729 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowCharles DowdingCharlsea Dowding's latest book, Veg Journal - Expert No-Dig Advice, Month by Month - published by Frances Lincoln, dropped on Peter Donegan's desk about 3 or 4 weeks ago, fresh off the printing press.
A fellow member of the Garden Media Guild, on this weeks episode of the garden podcast Peter and Charles chat pretty much everything that is a cliché, a something you don't know why you garden that way but you do.
We talk Charles latest book, his popularity, where it all began and of horticultural methods - how views and our knowledge of why we...
2018-02-1529 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowKate GouldThis year Kate Gould will design at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the new Royal Ascot Spring Show and also Singapore Garden Festival. And on todays episode of The Sodshow, Kate and Peter Donegan sit down to chat. Usually, I'd say "Peter and Kate sat down to chat about X", or something specific. But this it transpired, was not one of them. Enjoy.
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Kate Gould has been...
2018-02-0729 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowPaul Hervey Brookes, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, 2018Paul Hervey Brookes returns not only to The Sodshow but also to RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018 with his artisan garden sponsored by Viking Cruises.
Though they have worked together before, this garden should prove to be quite different and together Peter Donegan and Paul chat medals and just what they mean, sponsors and the ethos required to build a better garden with medals almost thought of as an added bonus.
Peter and Paul talk life, holding hands with the right person, what it means to be at Chelsea once again and how over the last 10...
2018-01-2529 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowIan Thwaites, British Cactus Succulent SocietyIan Thwaites is passionate about the Cacti and Succulents and he's a stalwart of The British Cactus an Succulent Society.
Honestly, I didn't even know this plant society existed until leaving the Garden Media Guild awards 2017. There was a copy of their magazine in my bag, which is crazy considering I know Ian as long as I'm a member of the GMG.
That, led me to put out a question ( see below) on plant and garden society's, perceptions held, why some plant society's fail and, equally succeed. The response was surprisng, in how passionately people...
2018-01-0629 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowLive, Salt Lake City: Fritz Kollmann, Red Butte Garden. Thyme and PlaceLive from Salt Lake City Utah, brought to you by Thyme and Place, this is from the first night of The Sodshow Live. Peter Donegan was there for a little over one week were 6 guests in total, over 2 nights either side of St Patricks Day 2017 were interviewed in front of a live audience.
For those who may not be aware, Red Butte Gardens are a botanical garden, arboretum and amphitheatre run by the University of Utah. The gardens are about 100 acres of botanical gardens and several miles of hiking trails.
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2017-12-1429 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowBarbara Segall, Secret Gardens of East AngliaBarbara Segall alongside good friend and genius photographer Marcus Harpur had been working on the 2017 just published book, Secret Gardens of East Anglia for about 10 years. Although Marcus did get to see a draft of the book, he never got to see it published and passed away August 6th 2017.
Together Peter Donegan and Barbara, sitting in Peter's kitchen talk about the 22 secret gardens of East Anglia, their owners and gardeners, the garden media guild, life as a garden writer, just what it means to drink Guinness, sing lines from Oklahoma as you walk through the front door and r...
2017-11-2029 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowJill AndersonJill Anderson has designed and won award for 2 gardens at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. She has written books, taught horticulture, designed for a business and lived pretty much all over the world. On this episode of The Sodshow Garden Podcast, together Peter Donegan and Jill chat literally everything, from her new home and starting a new garden to how a pile of something at Hampton won her a medal and everything in between.
Part way through we stop and Peter takes a moment to chat about Perennial GRBS, the naked Grubby Gardeners Calendar for 2018 which feat...
2017-10-2629 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowLive, Salt Lake City: Ann Torrence, Robert Marc, Stray Arrow Ranch. Thyme and PlacePeter Donegan chats with Ann Torrence and Robert Marc of Stray Arrow Ranch, Live from Salt Lake City Utah.
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Live from Salt Lake City Utah, brought to you by Thyme and Place, this is the first show from the first night of The Sodshow Live. Peter Donegan was there for a little over one week were 6 guests in total, over 2 nights either side of St Patricks Day 2017 were interviewed in front of a live audience.
That story is most probably better told by The Salt Lake T...
2017-10-1227 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowMichael McGarr, Warnes McGarrAt RHS Tatton 2017 Warnes McGarr were awarded not just a Gold medal, but also the award for Best Construction in Show and Best Future Spaces garden for their Cactus Direct #2101 garden.
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Together Peter Donegan and Michael talk, music, a love for you do, a journey into horticulture and the passion that fuels it as well as turning what it is you love doing into a business and being the favourite son.
They speak about the build at Ta...
2017-09-2829 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowLive, Salt Lake City: Dr Paul Twigg, University of Nebraska Kearney. Thyme and PlaceOn This Weeks Garden Podcast:
Peter Donegan chats with Dr Paul Twigg, Professor at the University of Nebraska Kearney, Live from Salt Lake City Utah.
We talk Paul about how he grew up and into the world of biology and plants, how he originally wanted to become a chemist, his work at the University of Nebraska where he teaches and has over 25 years mentored 160 undergraduate projects and 40 graduate projects. and just
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Live from Salt Lake City Utah, brought to you by Thyme and Place, thi...
2017-08-3029 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowPaul Cook, Cooks Garden Centre, RHS TattonPeter Donegan chats with Paul Cook of Cooks Garden Centre.
Better known as Cookie or Cookie Boy, Peter and Paul met in the Floral Pavillion at RHS Tatton after former guest of The Sodhow Rob Hardy suggested we'd be a good partnership. He was not wrong.
Over the course of the next 30 minutes the two plant lovers chat Cookies garden centre - one I should add that survives surprisingly so in this day and age; on plant sales. We chat Cookie who is very famed for his plant breeding specialising in hydrangeas and his wife...
2017-08-1629 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowMatthew Soper, Hampshire Carnivorous PlantsPeter Donegan chats with Matthew Soper of Hampshire Carnivorous Plants.
A first for The Sodshow, but no ordinary first Matthew and his team have been awarded in excess of one hundred RHS gold medals including 19 consecutive Chelsea Gold medals. Take a breath and get ready for the next bit. They have also won The Witan and Anthony Huxley Awards (1998); since 2000 they have won 'Best in Show' awards at Gardening Scotland, Malvern Autumn, BBC Gardeners world live, RHS Tatton Park and the National Amateur Gardening Shows; The Tudor Rose Award (2004, 2010 and 2011) at Hampton Court Palace flower show.
2017-08-0227 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowChristopher Woodward, London Garden MuseumPeter Donegan chats with Christopher Woodward, Director of The Garden Museum, London.
From Christopher's background, the history of the museum building and how it was set to be turned into a car park to atrracting garden designer Dan Pearson to design the courtyard area, the 1000 plus pieces of a somewhat changing collection featuring Charlie Dimmock, a cucumber straightener and how there is literally something there for all ages.
Peter also chats with Press and Marketing Officer Nicola Price and Emma House Curator.
I almost forgot, there's also a 131 step journey to what are...
2017-07-2029 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowManoj Malde, RHS Chelsea 2017Peter Donegan chats with Manoj Malde, Silver Gilt medal winner at RHS Chelsea 2017. This was his first time to design there.
It's worth noting maybe, that this interview was recorded before medals were awarded.
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Inspired by the work of architect Luis Barragan, Beneath a Mexican Sky garden was sponsored by Inland Homes Plc.
Together Peter and Manoj chat first time everything at Chelsea, finding a sponsor, being bold, the confidence to go there and walk that walk. The garden...
2017-07-1328 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowBallycommane House and Gardens, West Cork Garden TrailPeter Donegan chats with Ballycommane House and Gardens owners Ingolf Jungmann and Andy Stieglitz.
With very special thanks to Bev and Miriam of West Cork Garden Trail this was a little bit of a treat.
Set on a landscape of about 4 acres, Andy and Ingolf hold around 1000 exotic native shrubs and trees chosen from literally the world over. In context, they include subtropical palms, bananas, tea trees, tree ferns and myrtles. They further specialise in growing their own collections from the southern hemisphere (Gondwana flora) and the Azores.
But Ballycommane is a little...
2017-06-2929 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Story: The Sodshow Live, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Thyme and PlaceMarch 2017 saw Dublin based Landscape Garden maker and Designer Peter Donegan travel to Salt Lake City, Utah for a myriad of reasons; one of them was to do The Sodshow Garden Podcast, The Live Show.
Fair to suggest Donegan did a little more than that.
Over his nine days there either side of St Patrick's Day, the Dublin based horticulturist made his US TV debut on ABC4 Utah, the front page of The Salt Lake Tribune, hosted two live shows over 2 nights, marched in their St Patrick's Day Parade, gave 2 master garden classes, 3 radio interviews, 1...
2017-06-2129 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowAnnMarie Powell, Part 2Part 2 as Peter Donegan returns to chat with garden designer, tv presenter Ann Marie Powell.
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On this weeks episode, we talk being patron of Green Fingers Charity. A charity that works to make garden spaces better for childrens hopice's.
We chat show garden building, relationships with those you love and with those who you work alongside; show garden medals, working with DIY and garden store, UK based Homebase; TV, Chelsea Flower Show and so much more.
My thanks to...
2017-05-2428 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowAnn Marie PowellPeter Donegan chats with garden designer, tv presenter and pretty much one of the finest ladies you may ever have the pleasure to meet, Ann Marie Powell.
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The last time Ann Marie was on The Sodshow Garden Podcast was March 2016, just before she went to RHS Chelsea Flower Show to build The RHS garden there; an accolade greater in horticulture I really don't believe exists. And not only that but post the build, she then presented for the BBC and their coverage of...
2017-05-1730 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowEd Hick, Foraging, Slow Food and Bloom Fringe. The Sodshow LivePeter Donegan chats with Ed Hick, Live.
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The Sodshow Live Show took place at Powerscourt Townhouse Centre, Dublin. This episode was one of the days series and was just one part of the very beautiful Bloom Fringe 2016 Festival.
To Ed, he is the man behind Hick’s Sausages, Hick’s Bacon Jam and Hick’s Butchers of Dun Laoghaire. He is a staunch member of Slow Food Ireland, a caver, a potholer, a wild food expert, and a guy who really loves showing kids how to make s...
2017-05-1129 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowMarybeth Janerich, Wasatch Community Gardens, The Sodshow Live, Salt Lake City, Thyme and PlacePeter Donegan chats with Marybeth Janerich (pictured above on Peter's left), of Wasatch Community Gardens, Live from Salt Lake City Utah
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Live from Salt Lake City Utah, brought to you by Thyme and Place, this is the first show from the second night of The Sodshow Live. Peter Donegan was there for a little over one week were 6 guests in total, over 2 nights either side of St Patricks Day 2017 were interviewed in front of a live audience.
That story is most probably better told by The...
2017-04-2729 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowZenaida Sengo, The Sodshow Live, Salt Lake City, Utah. Thyme and PlacePeter Donegan chats with Zenaida Sengo, Live from Salt Lake City Utah.
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Live from Salt Lake City Utah, brought to you by Thyme and Place, this is the first show from the first night of The Sodshow Live. Peter Donegan was there for a little over one week were 6 guests in total, over 2 nights either side of St Patricks Day 2017 were interviewed in front of a live audience.
That story is most probably better told by The Salt Lake Tribune.
Zenaida Sengo quite literally wrote the...
2017-04-1927 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowBrian Granahan, St Patricks BNS, Skibereen, CorkPeter Donegan chats with Brian Granahan, a school teacher at St Patricks Boys National School based in Skibereen in Cork.
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Whilst Peter and The Sodshow Live Show is off in the United States doing the live show, this is as close as one could get to St Patrick and Ireland, being the day that's in it and it is a fantastic story to hear.
Brian has set up what some may call a school garden but this one has a difference...
2017-03-1529 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowJuliet Roberts, Editor, Gardens IllustratedPeter Donegan talks to Juliet Roberts, the Editor of Gardens Illustrated Magazine.
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Formerly in the film industry, in 2012 Juliet was listed as one of the top 30 most influential gardeners and since the now Bristol based (formerly London) Gardens Illustrated magazine, that at present now boasts its highest ever subscription rate.
Peter and Juliet talk gardens, garden shows, James Alexander Sinclair, former guest of the show Noel Kingsbury, life in London and a history of veg plots. We chat life in Bristol, a life not always in the...
2017-02-0828 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowTara Moloney, White Dove Nurseries. The Sodshow, Live at Bloom FringePeter Donegan chat with Tara Moloney of White Dove Nurseries, Limerick.
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Live from Powerscourt Townhouse Centre as part of Bloom Fringe, Tara does what was unknown to Peter pre that, her first interview ever. In this case it was live, in front of an audience.
In late 2012, Tara moved to Co. Limerick from Surrey in the UK. Having both worked in the South East in professional horticulture, for more than 15 years, we had an idea that we might pool all of our green experience into one resource, and...
2017-02-0228 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowLee Connolly, Skinny Jean GardenersOn this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with Lee Connolly of The Skinny Jean Gardeners.
Currently working with Blue Peter (bbc tv) and Jimmy Doherty (channel 4), they have also worked as part of the Jamie Oliver Food Revolution, designed a garden for the Gardening World Cup, Japan ; and from music festivals to BBC Gardeners World Live (alongside such names as Alan Titschmarsh) - Lee Connolly alongside his brother Dale, have litterally been there and done it all - all, in the space of just 4 years.
Not trained in horticulture and an electrician by trade...
2016-12-2228 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowKazuyuki Ishihara RHS Chelsea, Sean Conville Two Spots Coffee, Avril Hogan Dingle GinOn this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with Kazuyuki Ishihara at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016, Sean Conville of Two Spots Coffee and the wonderful Avril Hogan of Dingle Gin and Distillery.
That, alone should win award for being the most pretty jam packed and most varied garden podcast in world history ! But wait..... there's more. Because the very varied, varies a lot more than you might think.
Peter chats with Gold medal Chelsea Flower show winner Kazuyuki Ishihara about how he was formerly a moto cross bike rider with Yamaha, the team of 30 people...
2016-12-0129 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowPeter Donegan Interview, Moze Jacobs Clonline RadioSome time ago Peter Donegan was interviewed by Moze Jacobs of Clonline Radio where The Sodshow airs every week. It was to be an intro to those who may not be so aware of Peter and the garden podcast / radio show and the upcoming stories that were to air.
For those who don't know, Moze asks Peter about starting Donegan Landscaping, his journey into the horticultural industry, how The Sodshow started and the garden media guild awards. Also discussed is the contrast between Ireland and the UK horticulturally speaking, Peters style of garden design and why he...
2016-11-1629 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowPip ProbertOn this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with garden designer Pip Probert of Outer Spaces Landscape Garden Design, UK
The Sodshow Garden Podcast airs every Friday and is available in iTunes, all good podcast stores and www.sodshow.com and is brought to you by CurrencyFair
Pip has an absolutely amazing story where at the age of 22 in 2005 she did her first show garden and started her own business designing and building gardens. 11 years and 24 show gardens and installations later, now aged 33 the business and Outer Spaces Landscape Garden Design is one very much...
2016-10-2729 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowTommy Tonsberg, Hagedrom, NorwayOn this episode of The Sodshow, Peter Donegan talks to editor, author, photographer, nurseryman, and Norwegian gardener Tommy Tønsberg.
The Sodshow Garden Podcast airs every Friday and is available in iTunes, all good podcast stores and www.sodshow.com
On this episode we delve back into how it all started, operating a horticultural business when there is snow and -30 celcius for 5 months of the year and just how Tommy started his own garden magazine. We also chat about the nursery that operates on just 500 sq metres, his 40 plus garden talks a year and j...
2016-10-2029 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowDavid Richardson, Commonwealth War Graves CommissionOn this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with David Richardson, Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Brought to you by CurrencyFair, The Sodshow Garden Podcast – every Friday – 4pm in iTunes and all good podcast stores.
David Richardson grew up in Dungannon, Co Tyrone and is Director of Horticulture at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. With a global workforce of over 850 gardeners and sites in all corners of the world, David leads the horticultural profession for the organisation.
In conversation Peter and David chat everything from remembrance and respect, differing sites globally, Edwin Lutyens and cons...
2016-10-1328 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowMatthew Pottage, Curator, The RHS, Garden WisleyThe Sodshow Garden Podcast - with CurrencyFair - Fridays, iTunes and all good podcast stores.
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On this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with Matthew Pottage, Curator at RHS Garden Wisley.
The youngest ever appointed Curator here and the youngest curator I have ever met, together we talk a 10 year rise from student to Head of, all before the age of 30. We chat young people in horticulture, Wisleys history, it's design and layout, just how (let's be frank about it) ruddy go...
2016-09-2228 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowRob Hardy, Hardys Cottage Garden PlantsBrought to you by Currency Fair, proud sponsors of The Sodshow - On this weeks episode of The Sodshow Garden Podcast, Peter Donegan chats with the legend that is Rob Hardy of Hardys Cottage Garden Plants.
From how Hardys started to how Rob actually started in the trade, what he was before he was one of the greatest minds behind one of the most successful nurseries in the world - we talk Arsenal Football Club, Liam Brady and the possibility of Peter ever being invited to the VIP section.
We delve into the flower show...
2016-09-1529 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowMark Francis, MKM Creations, UKThe Sodshow Garden Podcast - every Friday - 4pm in iTunes and all good podcast stores.
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On todays show Peter Donegan chats with Mark Francis of MKM Creations.
Peter first stumbled across Mark and the garden he made whilst at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016 where Mark had created a garden. Based in Sheffield however Mark is not of horticulture but more of steel and whilst the garden was daring (as it should be in the fresh category) it was also extremely be...
2016-08-1824 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowLive Dublin Castle, Part 2, Bloom Fringe 2016. Ron Finley, Ali Grehan, Fergus McGarveyThe Sodshow Garden Podcast - every Friday - 4pm in iTunes and all good podcast stores.
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The following was recorded live from Dublin Castle as part of Bloom Fringe 2016. The audio is split into two parts.
Part 1 - MC Peter Donegan welcomes and introduces the Irish Premier of The John Legend directed Ron Finley Film, Can You Dig This. The panel of guests are introduced on stage and explain what it is they do and then very special invited friends speak to Peter ab...
2016-08-0429 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowLive Dublin Castle, Part 1. Bloom Fringe 2016. Ron Finley, Ali Grehan, Fergus McGarveyThe Sodshow Garden Podcast - every Friday - 4pm in iTunes and all good podcast stores.
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The following was recorded live from Dublin Castle as part of Bloom Fringe 2016. The audio is split into two parts.
Part 1 - MC Peter Donegan welcomes and introduces the Irish Premier of The John Legend directed Ron Finley Film, Can You Dig This. The panel of guests are introduced on stage and explain what it is they do and then very special invited friends speak to Peter ab...
2016-08-0427 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowMichael Perry, Thompson and MorganThe Sodshow Garden Podcast - every Friday - 4pm in iTunes and all good podcast stores.
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On todays show Peter Donegan chats with Michael Perry, New Product Development Manager with Thompson and Morgan, the largest mail order plant company.
Michaels may be better known to some for his appearances on QVC Shopping Channel, but his career started something very, very differently indeed and is one that he very much has made and created his own path.
On todays garden po...
2016-07-2826 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowAnna Platoni, Royal Horticultural Society, EntomologistThe Sodshow Garden Podcast – every Friday – 4pm in iTunes and all good podcast stores.
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On todays show Peter Donegan chats with Anna Platoni. Anna is an entomologist with The Royal Horticultural Society and we met up for a chat at the butterfly dome installation at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2016.
Anna studies insects and normally works on garden pests and garden wildlife but on this occasion was one of the brains behind the butterfly dome at Hampton Court Palace. From Anna’s childhood and an at th...
2016-07-2120 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowCherry Carmen, RHS HamptonThe Sodshow Garden Podcast - every Friday - live 3pm - 4pm in iTunes and all good podcast stores.
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On todays show Peter Donegan chats with Cherry Carmen, designer of the Immerse Garden for Perennial GRBS at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2016.
From how whilst working in a garden centre Cherry home studied her RHS qualifications, to the setting up her own business, to her first ever show garden design and build under her own name - on one of the we...
2016-07-1527 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowMark Straver, Hortus Loci. The Sodshow, Garden PodcastThe Sodshow Garden Podcast - every Friday - live 3pm - 4pm in iTunes and all good podcast stores.
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This Friday, Peter Donegan chats with Mark Straver of UK nursery Hortus Loci.
Based in Hampshire on a 17 acre site, they are a nursery predominantly for landscape architects and garden designers operating at the very highest level. In context, Hortus provided plants for 6 out of 17 gardens at this years Chelsea Flower Show 2016, 3 in their absolute entirety, including the garden designed by Anne Ma...
2016-07-0724 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowCatherine MacDonald, Landform ConsultantsThe Sodshow Garden Podcast - every Friday - live 3pm - 4pm in iTunes and all good podcast stores.
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On this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with garden designer Catherine MacDonald.
Catherine was the designer of The Hartley Botanic Garden on main avenue at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016 which won silver-gilt and is also the designer of The Squires Garden at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2016 which celebrates 80 years of Squires Garden Centres.
A very fine and accomplished de...
2016-06-2323 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowLive, Ron FinleyOn this episode Peter and Ron chat everything from Ron's parents, his business and how the depression of 2008 really hit him, his business and essentially changed his life. We also chat his arrest warrant, how that actually happened and a day when things could only get better.
Peter and Ron also chat as Ron calls it operating from happy, depression, Ron's children, what does he actually do in his spare time, people turning up to Ron's house from Australia and amongst many many things his favourite music..... This a really fantastic chat with one absolute gentleman.
2016-06-1627 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowRosemary Hardy, Hardys Cottage Garden PlantsThe Sodshow Garden Podcast - every Friday - live 3pm - 4pm in iTunes and all good podcast stores.
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This Friday, Peter Donegan chats with Rosemary Hardy.
The designer of The Brewin Dolpin Garden - Forever Freefolk, this was Rosie's first show garden, designed and built on main avenue at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016. On this episode of the garden podcast we chat the now 21 consecutive RHS Chelsea gold medals - more than any other person in RHS Chelsea's history in th...
2016-06-0924 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowPaul Martin, RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016 - Part 1. The Sodshow Garden PodcastSodshow meets Paul Martin #RHSChelsea Garden Designer
With very special thanks to The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) on this weeks show Peter Donegan chats with Paul Martin.
Paul is due to create his Vestra Wealth sponsored 'Mindful Living' show garden at this years RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016. And as one could only expect of Paul, this is set to be another master class in how things should be done on the worlds largest garden design stage.
The RHS describe it as:
A contemporary modern garden owned by a busy city client...
2016-04-2226 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Sodshow Garden Podcast – 5th Birthday. Andrew Mangan asks Peter Donegan.The Sodshow Garden Podcast and radio show airs every Friday live at 3pm on Dublin City FM and is available in iTunes and all good podcast stores just after the same day.
Andrew Mangan chats with Peter Donegan to discuss where and how it all began and to what is now 5 years of The Sodshow on air. Our 5th Birthday.
From Peter’s vinyl collection and soldering speakers as a child, far too much borrowed equipment and people with such kind hearts who we are so eternally grateful to – to meeting genius that is Brian Greene, winning Ireland’s Best P...
2016-02-2525 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Sodshow meets Darran Jaques of Urban Creations, UKPeter Donegan and Brian Greene chat with Darran Jaques, an awarding-winning, passionate professional gardener well-known for his clean, simple approach to garden design and for a deep knowledge of plants, including the unusual and the exotic.
Clients describe Surrey-based Darran as straightforward, good humoured and friendly, always willing to solve gardening problems and challenges for them.
He has worked on medal-winning show gardens at Chelsea, Hampton Court, and Tatton Park, and, internationally, Philadephia and Malmo.
This summer Darran will debut with his first show garden at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, the world’s largest. Designed in collaboration wi...
2016-02-1819 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Sodshow. Andrew Mangan interviews Peter Donegan, Donegan Landscaping, DublinOn this weeks show Peter Donegan is interviewed by radio and podcasting legend Andrew Mangan. It’s a long story short as to why Brian isn’t doing it, but we’ll leave that there for another day.
In 5 years as The Sodshow, Peter has never actually been interviewed and this changes I guess everything. And so, from where Peter’s folks are from, his many homes and now 15 years as Donegan Landscaping by the age of 24 to shamrocks on pints of guinness (something very rarely a suggested to an Irishman in Ireland), a horrible start to growing seeds at 5 yea...
2016-02-1226 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Sodshow. Peter Donegan chats with Brian GreeneOn this weeks show Peter Donegan chats with Brian Greene.
In almost 5 years on air Brian and Peter have never really chatted, something that was recorded an put on air. And on this weeks show Brian in theory gets interviewed by Peter. Together we go back over the last 5 years, how Peter and Brian ended up together, how Brian has changed and the common denominator of a garden radio show.
Not to be missed. And a wonderful insight into the behind the scenes of Ireland's only full time garden radio show.
The Sodshow...
2016-02-0428 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Sodshow meets Eugene Higgins of The Irish Mail On Sunday - Part 2On this weeks garden radio show, Peter Donegan and Brian Greene chat with good friend, fellow landscape gardener and “The Irish Mail on Sunday” garden correspondent Eugene Higgins. Of note here, Peter and Eugene know each other since they were about 17 years young.... and this again is part 1 of a 2 part interview. We also chat the horticultural industry and Eugene's thoughts on Peter - we didn't even have to ask.
The Sodshow was awarded Ireland’s Best Podcast in 2012 and again in 2013. It’s also Ireland’s only full time garden radio show.
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2015-12-1724 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Sodshow meets Eugene Higgins of The Irish Mail on Sunday – Part 1On this weeks garden radio show, Peter Donegan and Brian Greene chat with good friend, fellow landscape gardener and “The Irish Mail on Sunday” garden correspondent Eugene Higgins. Of note here, Peter and Eugene know each other since they were about 17 years young…. and this again is part 1 of a 2 part interview. We also chat the horticultural industry and Eugene’s thoughts on Peter – we didn’t even have to ask.
We also chat again, (that’s 2 again’s) with former guest of The Sodshow the fantabulous Karen O’Donohue of Grow It Yourself International about their upcoming plans, the turning of the...
2015-12-1125 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Sodshow meets Pat Lalor, Kilbeggan Organic FoodsOn this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with Pat Lalor, 4th generation farmer, now organic farmer, oat grower and head Don at Kilbeggan Organic Foods.
Now working with his son John (pictured above), Kilbeggan only use the oats sourced from only their own farm and on todays show today Peter and Pat chat how to make the perfect bowl of porridge, treating your soil like your fifth child when growing organically and how instinctively knowing how and when to harvest by appearance and touch from an ear of corn.
We also chat crop rotation, farmyard manure and a...
2015-12-0424 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Sodshow meets Professor Donal O’Shea. Obesity, Gardening and GIY IrelandOn this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with Professor Donal O’Shea.
“Donal is a consultant endocrinologist and physician based in St Vincent’s University Hospital and St Columcilles Hospital. He is the principle investigator in a research group that currently focuses on the study of the health consequences of obesity”.
You may recognise his voice a little better from RTE News, Primetime, The Saturday Night Show and RTE’s Operation Transformation and it is with thanks to the wonderful team from GIY Ireland that we have Donal on todays garden podcast.
Together Peter and Donal chat his being a ho...
2015-11-1224 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Sodshow meets Neil Crossan, Living Green Organic CompostOn this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan and Brian Greene chat with Neil Crosson of Living Green.
The largest grower of worms (17 million in total) on the island of Ireland, more importantly Neil is the maker of Irelands first organic compost (made with 80% worm casts and 20% peat).
Together Peter and Neil chat everything from why (seriously why ?) start this as a business, to what happens when your sister thinks she’s doing you a favour and turns all of the lights off in the sheds – to the moments you cried and the moment when after almost 15 years perfecting this prod...
2015-11-0625 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Sodshow meets Eoin Kearney of Glendalough DistilleryOn this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with Eoin Kearney of Glendalough Distillery, an Irish craft whiskey (they also make gin) distillery set up in 2011.
To the how this ended up on a garden podcast ?
Eoin was originally selected to take part in the Bord Bia (the Irish Food and Horticulture promotional board)/ Smurfit fellowship programme before he joined the team. The master distillers also produce a wild botanical gin – one for every season – the plants of which are hand picked (foraging, if you will) from the Wicklow mountains. Of note in that wild plant selecting department the team...
2015-10-3022 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Sodshow meets Jean-Pierre Lihou and Rodney Keogh of Bosch GardenOn this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with Rodney Keogh, Brands Manager DIY Retail and Jean-Pierre Lihou, Head of International Business Development Lawn and Garden Professional with Bosch.
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Over the last weeks over 3 shows (4, including this), we have tested and trialed approximately 3 pieces of Bosch equipment in bringing back into shape a one acre overgrowth of Peter’s own hedgerow. And though this interview possibly could have aired pre the start of that, I guess found it better to hear what the Jean-Pierre and Rodney ha...
2015-10-2324 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowKaren O’Donohoe, GIYOn this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan meets Karen ODonohue of GIY International.
For many the GIY (Grow It Yourself) movement needs no introduction, but it is logic enough to suggest that it is and has been the fastest growing collection of gardening folks this (or any) country has ever seen, over the shortest period of time (we get to the actual maths on that in an soon to be aired upcoming show with founder Mick Kelly) and, is showing no signs of slowing down. Over the next months this garden podcast will air a very mini collection of...
2015-09-3023 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Sodshow meets John Noonan of FlahavansOn this weeks Sodshow Peter Donegan chats with John Noonan of Flahavans; a 7th generation Irish family food business based in Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford.
On the go since 1785, according to Love Irish Food, Flahavan’s “is Ireland’s favourite porridge” with “over three million servings of Flahavan’s consumed nationwide each week”.
Together Peter and John chat everything from the sourcing of their oats from within 60 miles of their mill to how they now sell in South Korea, 1200 stores in the United States; and the United Arab Emirates and from how porridge is scientifically proven good for you to their involvem...
2015-09-2524 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe SodShow meets Fiann O’NuallainOn this weeks Sodshow Peter Donegan chats with good friend and fellow garden man Fiann O’Nuallain.
Better known as The Holistic Gardener, Fiann is the author of 2 very successful books, a regular speaker of the garden circuit, an award-winning garden designer (Peter and Fiann both built and designed gardens year 1 of Bloom In The Park 2007) and one of the finest gentlemen you will ever meet.
And on this jam-packed episode of The Sodshow the lads chat pretty much everything from studying horticulture, herbalism and aromatherapy to garden making, dock leaves and nettle stings. They al...
2015-09-1124 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Sodshow meets Finbarr OMahony of West Cork Secret – Part 2Part 2 of 2, as Peter Donegan returns to West Cork Secret, Kilbrittain. Part 1, embedded below.
There Peter met college friend, friend, colleague, fine gentleman and fellow horticulturist Finbarr O’Mahony of West Cork Secret.
And you probably wouldn’t believe us if we told you, or you would; but Peter was again, camping, in Cork, on his holidays, in the very stunning gardens of West Cork Secret. Whilst there, the former students took a little time out to chat together.
From college life before, during and after Kildalton were they studied together; to setting out...
2015-07-1624 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Sodshow meets Finbarr OMahony of West Cork Secret - Part 1On this weeks show Peter Donegan returns to Cork to meet college friend, friend, colleague, fine gentleman and fellow horticulturist Finbarr O’Mahony of West Cork Secret.
And you probably wouldn’t believe us if we told you, or you would; but Peter was again, camping, in Cork, on his holidays, in the very stunning gardens of West Cork Secret. Whilst there, the former students took a little time out to chat together.
From college life before, during and after Kildalton were they studied together; to setting out in business at younger than 25 years of age...
2015-07-1025 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Sodshow - A Day Late, St Patrick Day Week, Kevin Rowe and Inis Mór 2015A day late due to building gardens..... but this weeks podcast sees Peter Donegan and Kevin Rowe take a walk around the island of Inis Mór. This was recorded last year on almost the eve of Peter's return this year 2015.
The Sodshow was awarded Ireland’s Best Podcast in 2012 and again in 2013. It’s also Ireland’s only full time garden radio show and is brought to you with thanks to the very lovely Greensax.ie.
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2015-03-2128 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowEstelle Cornell, Allora Gardens Nursery, AustraliaPeter Donegan chats with Estelle Cornell owner of Allora Gardens Nursery, Darwin, Australia. A former trucker, Estelle set up the 5 acre Allora some 20 years and is now the largest garden centre in Australia’s northern territory. In 2011 she was crowned 2011 Northern Territory Telstra Business Woman of the year. Peter and the very lovely Estelle met [with thanks to the also very lovely Carol Marks of Bord Bia ] whilst on tour with the 2014 International Garden Centre Congress.
The Sodshow airs every Friday and is available in iTunes and all good podcast stores around 3.30pm the same day. Thoughts or...
2014-09-1224 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowChris Beytes, Grower Talks Magazine, USAPeter Donegan chats with Chris Beytes, head Don and all round great guy at Ball Publishing. There Chris is the editor at two of the United States and horticultures greatest and longest established trade magazines, Green Profit and Grower Talks.
Peter and Chris met at O’Connor Nurseries, Wexford in one of their greenhouses whilst on tour with the International Garden Centre Congress. A Hat tip and thank you to the team at Bord Bia for getting Peter there.
The Sodshow is Ireland’s Best Podcast 2013 and only garden radio show and is very proudly spon...
2014-09-0526 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowJohn Van Der Horst, Acorn Nursery, AustraliaPeter Donegan chats with John Van Der Horst of Acorn Nursery, Melbourne Australia.
Originally from Holland John moved to Australia 50 years ago. He has been in business for over 30 years and was awarded Australia’s Best Garden Centre three years in a row. Acorn Nursery, according to John is an ‘inner surburban’ type garden centre. John is also the former chair of Australia’s IGCA Congress Committee.
Peter was there with thanks to Bord Bia – cheers lads ;)
The Sodshow airs every Friday and is available in iTunes and all good podcast stores around 3.30pm the sam...
2014-08-2924 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowJames Byrne, Countrylife, GlanbiaPeter Donegan meets with James Byrne of Countrylife Garden Centres.
Of note maybe, there's a teny bit of static in the audio. We're saving up to buy Peter a new microphone cable.
The Sodshow airs every Friday and is available in iTunes and all good podcast stores around 3.30pm the same day. Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter or on facebook as The Sodshow.
The Sodshow is Ireland’s Best Podcast 2013 and only garden radio show and is very proudly sponsored by our mates, the very lovely Greensax.ie
2014-07-2522 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowBrian Geraghty, Malahide Allotments, Epilepsy Care FoundationIt was March 2012 when Peter Donegan was invited to visit an overgrown field in Malahide and there to meet Brian Geraghty who had a vision of what would become Malahide Allotments. At the time, The Sodshow didn't even have it's own website or twitter account ! Allotments mildly to one side and epilepsy in mind, there was a greater motivation in mind with this project. Just over 2 years later Peter returns to find out just what, why and how it all happened.
Utterly amazing, inspirational and very wonderful. Not to be missed ;)
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2014-07-0427 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowTara Duggan, Celtic WormsPeter Donegan chats with vermiculturist [worm farmer...] Tara Duggan of The Celtic Worm Company based in Cork. Started just 2 years ago, The Celtic Worm Company is the first company to successfully commercialise vermicomposting in Ireland.
Peter asks why Tara chose vermiculture and why a collective of over 30 farmers and locals set up a community-owned company doing worm farming. It’s all a little different and it is a fricking great story.
You can catch it in podcast right here just after 3.30pm today. Or on your mobile phone or computer, of which the links for th...
2014-06-0626 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowPeter DowdallThe Sodshow meets Peter Dowdall
On This Weeks Show:
peter donegan, peter dowdall, carmin cronin, susan turner, Bernard Hanrahan, clare garden festival
Peter Donegan talks to Peter Dowdall, horticultural consultant based in Cork, journalist, author, tv and radio presenter, go-to gardening expert and generally all around great guy in Irish gardening circles. As our Peter describes him, he is a legend.
Talk to us: @sodshow or www.sodshow.com
It’s great to hear to somebody so enthusiastic about gardening and so willing to pass on the knowledge they’ve l...
2014-05-1621 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowCyril O’Flaithearta, Aran Islands Hotel, Inis MorOn The Sodshow today Peter Donegan is on the island of Inis Mor chatting with walking tour guide, islander, artist and farmer Cyril O’Flaithearta at Óstán Oileáin Árann, The Aran Islands Hotel.
Thoughts or comments @sodshow on twitter or www.sodshow.com
Peter was there with Temple Street Childrens Hospital to complete the annual half marathon. Also in Peter’s company is fellow marathon head Kevin Rowe. A big mahooosive thanks to the Niall Madigan, Manager of the Aran Islands Hotel for organising the interview with Cyril.
The sodshow is Ireland’...
2014-04-1826 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowTop 5 Garden Books, 2013This week Peter Donegan returns with his top 5 garden great outdoors books for 2013. And as always with The Sodshow, there's always a little than just what the title says.... Simon and Ruth return with their top 5 Christmas gifts and Peter chats with his local Christmas tree grower. That, so much more and the final show of 2013.
The Sodshow is Ireland's best podcast 2012 and only garden radio show and is brought to you by the very brilliant Greensax.ie
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2013-12-2028 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowThe Sodshow, Caitriona RedmondSaturday just gone, The Sodshow was crowned Ireland’s Best Podcast 2013. As it happened, we were in the company of a former guest of the show and down right lovely lady, Caitríona Redmond alias Wholesome Ireland.
The suggestion was made, the microphone was taken and for the first time in the history of the Sodshow Peter Donegan and Brian Greene became the interviewees. Where, why and just how did Brian and Peter end up working together ? God only knows. But we try to answer that question; and so much more.
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2013-10-1828 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowDonall Flanagan, TeagascThis week Peter Donegan talks with Donall Flanagan, a lecturer in horticulture at Kildalton College. Kildalton is also where Peter studied some years ago.
From how Donall ended up teaching horticulture and student life at Kildalton college today to changing trends in gardening and the mayhem legacy Peter left behind; you’ll find it all in this weeks garden radio show.
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The Sodshow is Ireland’s best podcast 2012 and only garden radio show and is brought to you by the folks over at Greensax.ie
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2013-09-2028 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowSam DenniganIt’s National Potato Day 2013 and this week Peter Donegan talks to Sam Dennigan Jnr.
The largest suppliers of potatoes in the country, Dennigans employ over 500 people and Sam Jnr is the third generation Sam of the business that began in 1976.
Take a listen as Peter and Sam talk everything from a national decline in consumption and coming home after a good session with a dose of the munchies to where it all began for Samuel Laurence Dennigan and how the product itself has changed over the years.
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2013-08-2328 min
The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod ShowChristine O’Flynn, Fuchsia and Pelargonium SocietyThis week Peter Donegan talks to Christine O’Flynn, President of The Fuchsia and Pelargonium Society.
note: A leprechaun wasd hiding in Peter’s microphone during recording…. hence the mild interference of sound. Don’t worry he won’t be there next week.
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2013-07-2630 min