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  • Deep Dive: Arit Anderson talks to Nigel Dunnett about his Sheffield garden
    2025/08/21
    Nigel Dunnett is renowned for his large scale meadow planting in public spaces, but it was his own private garden that captivated Arit Anderson, who chose to write about the space for Scribehound Gardening's August theme month. Arit and Nigel join Jane Perrone to talk about this inspirational space that may look like a 'normal' garden, but incorporates a host of eco-friendly features. You can read Arit's article here. This week's guests Arit Anderson is a garden and landscape designer, writer and television presenter on BBC Gardeners' World. She is a passionate communicator of the environment & wellbeing through the lens of the garden. Support Arit on Scribehound Gardening here. Nigel Dunnett is Professor of Planting Design and Urban Horticulture in the Department of Landscape at the University of Sheffield and is one of the world’s leading voices on innovative approaches planting design. Nigel is a gold-medal winner at the Chelsea Flower Show and the author of several books: His new book with James Hitchmough The Dynamic Landscape is out this month. 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: gardening@scribehound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 分
  • Introducing ... The James and Joe Garden Show
    2025/08/19
    What better way to thrash out a new name for their show than holding a business meeting on the air? James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift kick off the James and Joe Garden Show and answer a clutch of listener questions, from why taming a drunk squirrel is a terrible idea, to why genius loci isn't just for posh gardens. Support James and Joe by becoming a Scribehound Gardening subscriber Want to win a Scribehound Gardening gnome?Submit your gardening queries to James and Joe at gardening@scribehound.com. We’ll send a gnome to anyone whose question gets read out on air: and the really good questions win a golden gnome. Just remember when you’re formulating your emails - James and Joe don’t do dead plants or dull questions! About our 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.⁠ Subscribe now.⁠ Follow Scribehound Gardening on ⁠Instagram.⁠ Contact us: gardening@scribehound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 分
  • The Golden Gnome Giveaway: Have You Asked a Winning Question?
    2025/08/12
    James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift love answering your questions, so Louis the producer has given them free rein this week to spend the whole episode tackling queries galore, from how to save a native orchid from a neat freak husband's lawnmower to whether there's a difference between a sunk garden and a sunken garden. One question even earns one lucky listener a new honour - the Scribehound Gardening Golden Gnome. Support James and Joe by becoming a Scribehound Gardening subscriber About our 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. ⁠Subscribe now.⁠ Follow Scribehound Gardening on ⁠Instagram.⁠ Contact us: gardening@scribehound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 分
  • Can You Really Make a Living from Gardening?
    2025/08/05
    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: gardening@scribehound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 分
  • No nudity, no bonfires: James and Joe's rules
    2025/07/29
    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: gardening@scribehound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • What makes a garden great?
    2025/07/22
    Throughout August, members of the Scribehound Gardening team are writing about some of the world's great gardens: James and Joe kick things off by introducing their own choices, and discussing the knotty issue of what makes a garden 'great' in the first place. Plus they answer listener question about 'sneak a zucchini day' and how to get drunken badgers out of your garden. And most important of all, they finally make a call on the name of the Scribehound Gardening gnome. 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. Special offer: Try one month for £1 followed by 40% off an annual subscription!⁠ Subscribe now.⁠ Follow Scribehound Gardening on ⁠Instagram.⁠ Contact us: gardening@scribehound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 分
  • Armadillo Invasions & ‘Worta Featchas’: What went WRONG?
    2025/07/15
    Water is a must-have in every garden, whether you've just got room for a pond in a pot or get to swim in your own backyard lake. Hosts James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift have installed their fair share of water features - or 'worta feetchas' as they like to call them - so they share their water-related wisdom (and anecdotes of course) in this episode. And as usual they answer a clutch of listener questions, tackling the vexed issue of garden versus yard, which evergreens to plant in a cottage garden, and how to stop armadillos making mincemeat of your lawn. Plus it's time for an unexpected confession from our hosts about a horticultural faux-pas. 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: gardening@scribehound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 分
  • Keep sh*te out of sheds
    2025/07/08
    Is your shed filled with the junk you can't bear to throw away, or is it a neat and tidy temple to all things horticultural? Hosts James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift chat about the world of garden structures, from how many sheds is too many, to the tricky topic of why men seem obsessed with them. Plus they answer your questions, including sage advice for people with new gardens; whether goldfish in a pond are bad for the environment, and why battery farming for fruit trees is ok. 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. Spring offer: Try one month for £1 followed by 40% off an annual subscription! ⁠Subscribe now.⁠ Follow Scribehound Gardening on ⁠Instagram.⁠ Contact us: gardening@scribehound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 分