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BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

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 Listen to gardening inspiration from some of the UK’s most loved and well-respected gardening experts in the award-winning BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine podcast. Enjoy growing advice throughout the year with our Conversations series. Join Monty Don, Frances Tophill, Adam Frost, Arit Anderson, Carol Klein and more for friendly gardening chat and informative discussion with the magazine team, perfect for everyone who enjoys gardening. Hear Alan Titchmarsh solve your gardening problems in Ask Alan, find advice for what to do in the garden in our What To Do Now series, and travel the globe with the BBC Gardeners’ World magazine team in Travel Tales: Gardens of the World. With new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday and bonus episodes every Saturday, subscribe now, wherever you get your podcasts, and never miss an episode. Find out more at GardenersWorld.com/podcastImmediate Media Biological Sciences Science
Episodes
  • What To Do Now - Sowing seeds, smartening up the lawn and stopping the Great Flop!

    What To Do Now - Sowing seeds, smartening up the lawn and stopping the Great Flop!
    May 2 2026
    Practical May gardening - sow seeds at the perfect moment, get your lawn looking sharper with less fuss, and stake perennials early to stop the dreaded ‘great flop’ before summer hits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • From plot to planet: De-Graft Mensah on allotment growing and Make a Metre Matter

    From plot to planet: De-Graft Mensah on allotment growing and Make a Metre Matter
    Apr 30 2026
    BBC Newsround presenter De Graft Mensah reflects on his “baptism of fire” into allotment growing, sharing honest lessons from successes, failures and the joy of community gardening. He discusses how small, imperfect spaces can reconnect us with food, nature and biodiversity, and explains why the Make a Metre Matter campaign proves that even a single square metre can make a meaningful difference for people and the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    27 mins
  • Inside the weird world of bugs, slugs and more, with Dr Hayley Jones

    Inside the weird world of bugs, slugs and more, with Dr Hayley Jones
    Apr 28 2026
    Join Dr Hayley Jones, principal entomologist at RHS Wisley, to find out more about why insects and other invertebrates are vital to ecosystems. Discover the garden-focused collection, how it is stored, how it has evolved since it was started in 1911 and the importance of tracking and reporting new or regulated pests. A UK-wide 2020 Slugs Count project created a preserved slug collection and informed advice on slug identification, non-chemical control, and the beneficial roles they play in our gardens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    36 mins
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Some great beetle info, I didn't know most of this and loved the relaxed interview style

Great info

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With a broad range of interesting content the Gardeners World podcast are brilliant for all gardeners

brilliant resource

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Fantastic information, calming listens and must-know learning opportunities if you like growing/gardening. Also brilliant to drift off to sleep too as a bedtime setter (although some episodes are too interesting to always to this to!).

The OG gardening programme.

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