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• Deep Dive: The Japanese garden nestled in a Scottish valley, with Advolly Richmond

  Every day in the month of August, Scribehound Gardening's team of experts are sharing their favourite gardens. Garden historian Advolly Richmond joins Jane Perrone to discuss the garden she selected: the Japanese Garden at Cowden in Scotland. We find out about its founder, the explorer Isabella ‘Ella’ Christie, who became obsessed with Japanese gardens after visiting the country in 1907. You can read the article we are discussing here. You can check out the other articles that are part of our favourite gardens theme month here. The other gardens mentioned in this interview are: Villa D'este, Italy Villa Lante, Italy Iford Manor, Wiltshire Hever Castle, Kent Buscot Park, Oxfordshire National Palace and Gardens of Queluz, Portugal Munstead Wood, Surrey Chartwell, Kent This week's guest Advolly Richmond is a plant, garden & social historian, BBC Gardeners' World presenter and the author of A Short History of Flowers: The Stories that make our Gardens. Support Advolly on Scribehound Gardening. Jane Perrone is head of inspiration at Scribehound Gardening. Support Jane on Scribehound Gardening. Find out more about ⁠Scribehound Gardening.⁠ Follow ⁠Scribehound Gardening on Instagram.⁠ Contact us: [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Can You Really Make a Living from Gardening?

  With barely an A level to rub between them, hosts James and Joe admit they fell into gardening as a career. They discuss their unorthodox routes into horticulture, why maintenance gardeners are underrated and what they'd do differently if they could have their time again. Plus our hosts discuss your gnome-worthy listener questions, including whether plants like being talked to, whether worm farming is worth the bother, and why an axe comes in handy for just one type of plant propagation. Support James and Joe by becoming a Scribehound Gardening subscriber. About the hosts James Alexander-Sinclair is a garden designer, writer and broadcaster. He is an RHS Vice-President and was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal for outstanding contribution to horticulture in 2022. He is the RHS Ambassador for Garden Design and a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers. Joe Swift is a familiar face on television as a presenter of BBC TV’s Gardeners’ World and other gardening programmes. He is a garden designer, broadcaster, writer and design director of Modular. About Scribehound Gardening Scribehound Gardening is a platform for garden writers to be supported directly by their audience. We are transforming garden writing by giving space for conversations that inspire, surprise, ignite joy and offer genuine human connections. Summer offer: Try one month for £1 followed by 40% off an annual subscription! ⁠Subscribe now.⁠ Follow Scribehound Gardening on ⁠Instagram.⁠ Contact us: [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Deep Dive: What's your favourite garden? With Laetitia Maklouf and Chris Young

  Every day in August, read about one of the best gardens in the world, chosen by our team of 30 experts. Want to give Scribehound Gardening a try for just £1? Click here to sign up now - offer ends on July 31. Writers Chris Young and Laetitia Maklouf join Jane Perrone to discuss their choices, how to make the most of a garden visit, and discuss some of their must-see gardens. The gardens we mention include: Easton Walled Gardens, Lincolnshire Caisson Gardens, near Bath, read Annie Guilfoyle's piece here. Bekonscot Model Village, Buckinghamshire Read James Alexander-Sinclair's article about 'kek' and garden visiting. Long Barn Gardens, Kent White House Farm, Kent Villandry, Indre-et-Loire department, France Plas Cadnant Hidden Gardens, Wales Plaz Metaxu, Devon Bodnant Garden, Anglesey, North Wales Stockton Bury Gardens, Herefordshire Overbeck's Garden, Devon The Butchart Gardens, Vancouver Island, Canada RHS Rosemoor, Devon About our guests Laetitia Maklouf Gardener is the Author of The Virgin Gardener, Sweet Peas for Summer and The Five Minute Garden. She lives and gardens in West London. Support Laetitia on Scribehound Gardening. Chris Young is a landscape designer, gardens consultant, author and editor of RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Design. Support Chris on Scribehound Gardening. Jane Perrone is head of inspiration at Scribehound Gardening. Support Jane on Scribehound Gardening. Find out more about ⁠Scribehound Gardening.⁠ Follow ⁠Scribehound Gardening on Instagram.⁠ Contact us: [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• No nudity, no bonfires: James and Joe's rules

  Even if your front garden is only the size of a postage stamp, there's always room for plants! From green roofs on bin stores to climbers up the walls, James and Joe discuss the challenges of greening up your front garden, and revisit some of their favourites. And the listener questions cover everything from herbs that dogs can eat and illegal pond plants, to the native plant debate and the pleasure of pulling weeds. Support James and Joe by becoming a Scribehound Gardening subscriber https://join.scribehound.com/gardening?ref=share&sharer=uu4ouXbbErgc54CBD&shareType=SbzpSgeEBK&channel=gardening About the hosts James Alexander-Sinclair is a garden designer, writer and broadcaster. He is an RHS Vice-President and was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal for outstanding contribution to horticulture in 2022. He is the RHS Ambassador for Garden Design and a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers. Joe Swift is a familiar face on television as a presenter of BBC TV’s Gardeners’ World and other gardening programmes. He is a garden designer, broadcaster, writer and design director of Modular. About Scribehound Gardening Scribehound Gardening is a platform for garden writers to be supported directly by their audience. We are transforming garden writing by giving space for conversations that inspire, surprise, ignite joy and offer genuine human connections. Summer offer: Try one month for £1 followed by 40% off an annual subscription!⁠ Subscribe now. ⁠Follow Scribehound Gardening on ⁠Instagram.⁠ Contact us: [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Deep Dive: The native plant debate, with Noel Kingsbury

  Thinking of creating a garden out of Britain's native flora? Noel Kingsbury talks to Jane Perrone about why he believes insisting on native plants in UK horticulture is only unrealistic but unhelpful. You can read the article Noel and Jane are talking about here. Noel Kingsbury is a garden designer and writer on gardening, plant sciences and related topics. Support Noel on Scribehound Gardening. Jane Perrone is head of inspiration at Scribehound Gardening. Support Jane on Scribehound Gardening. Find out more about ⁠Scribehound Gardening.⁠ Follow ⁠Scribehound Gardening on Instagram.⁠ Contact us: [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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