Our Plant Stories
Sally Flatman
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S4E9 Just Say Compost!
Try saying "compost" to gardeners and see what happens. Inspired by a recent episode - Compost Tales - that's what I did for this short 'Just Say Compost' bonus listen.I hope these stories of waste…
S4E8 The Garden Reveal
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, opens its doors to the public today - this is one of the gardening world's great horticultural moments - drawing around 157,000 visitors to the 23 acre grounds of the…
S4E7 Compost Tales
In this episode we are focused on compost and listen out because there will be a chance for you to get involved and tell us about your compost journey.Liz Elton is an artist whose work looks at waste…
S4E6 The Chair Farmer
Gavin Munro describes himself as a chair farmer. In his orchard he grows trees and meticulously shapes them into chairs. As the trees grow, their branches are carefully trained, pruned and grafted,…
S4E5 Jess's Buddleja
Buddleja davidii is Jess's 'spirit' plant and I think if you listen to this episode it will be obvious why.Also known as the Butterfly Bush it's the purple buddleja that you see growing in the cracks…
S4E4 Missing Collector Garden Part 2
We're following the charity Plant Heritage as they take their first show garden to the RHS Chelsea flower show. This charity was formed almost 50 years ago and for those of us who are plant lovers,…
S4E3 Luke's Harakeke
For this episode we are in New Zealand. Luke Gardner wrote to me saying he had been listening to Our Plant Stories since day one and he had a plant story he wanted to share.Luke's childhood memories…
S4E2 Missing Collector Garden Part 1
Our Plant Stories has its first mini series.I love following journeys - a venture undertaken over months even years. If you are a regular listener you will know this from my return visits to the…
S4E1 Clematis - Searching for Miriam
In this first episode of a new series of Our Plant Stories we are searching for Miriam. To be a bit more precise since this is a podcast filled with plant stories, we are searching for Clematis…
S4 Series 4 - Our Plant Stories
Happy New Year.The Royal Horticultural Society have just announced that this year in the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 - the charity Plant Heritage has an All About Plants garden. It is sponsored by…
S3E20 Treacle and Twinning
I know it is a bit of a strange title. But bear with me this is the last episode of Series 3 (Series 4 will start in February 2026) and we have a couple of loose ends to tie up and an amazing idea to…
S3E19 Gardeners' Glees
If you find yourself in a gathering of gardeners today they are unlikely to break into a glee...a song, as their predecessors might have done. I think its a bit of a shame!As part of the Being…
S3E18 Propagating at Kew Gardens
Sal Demain has her dream job and in this Offshoot episode she shares why she loves it so much.Working as the Supervisor of the Arboretum Nursery at Kew Gardens, she has many plants to look after…
S3E17 Richard Hayden: story of the New York High Line
"If you grow plants you are inherently an optimist".I love this thought from Richard Hayden, shared as we wandered along the New York High Line, this summer. Richard is the Senior Director of…
S3E16 Natural Surroundings Offshoot
In the last episode Anne Harrap told us the story of how she came to build a series of wildlife friendly gardens on a field in Norfolk. At the heart of the plant story was a book - How to Make a…
S3E15 Anne's Natural Surroundings
Sometimes in life you come across a book that just speaks to you - you and the author are on the same page and they have articulated all the things you have been thinking.This plant story is about…
S3E14 Poppy Okotcha and Adam Frost at the British Library
I think we're in for a real treat. Listening to Poppy Okotcha and Adam Frost talking about their gardens, their 'safe spaces', their connections to nature. And in the best traditions of the…
S3E13 Poppy Okotcha and Adam Frost in Conversation Trailer
Back in July I was lucky enough to host a conversation at the British Library between Poppy Okotcha and Adam Frost. Hear a trailer for the episode which will be out next Tuesday. Poppy's new book…
S3E12 Daffodils in July with Taylors Bulbs
The joy of making this podcast is that sometimes I just get to be curious which Adam Frost says is key to our enjoyment of gardening. I know that any day now Autumn bulb catalogues will start to…
S3E11 Fay's Yucca Plant
In 1976 Fay Ballard had just finished her first term at university and heading home for Christmas she was looking for a gift for her father who was the author J.G. Ballard. This episode is the story…
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