Episodi

  • You thought they were back - they are now

    You thought they were back - they are now
    Feb 12 2026
    Jo and Nina are back to light up your February days. There's a lot about gardening and a little bit about the Winter Olympics. Will Jo bite the bullet with slugs, and is Nina really a garden ghoul magnet? And a new RHS Flower Show at Badminton...at Badminton...

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    45 min
  • Where have they been?

    Where have they been?
    May 30 2025

    Where have they been? Where will they go? It's as if they've never been away. Jo and Nina are back with the real gardening news - from Chelsea Flower Show Gold to funny foxgloves and a revolting cat story. Also, why we should bring back island beds, crazy paving and Bergenia (with a hard 'g').


    Show notes

    More about Jo's Glasshouse garden at Chelsea Flower Show - https://www.jothompson-garden-design.co.uk/chelsea-2025/

    More about the Butler and Parker garden - https://www.butlerandparker.com/garden-of-the-future


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    35 min
  • Perambulations round the park

    Perambulations round the park
    Jul 9 2023
    Jo and Nina are back with a vengeance as they take stock of this year's RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival. A pottering through gardens swerves into a conversation about manservants, the gowns of academics and the sleep-inducing qualities of The Lord of the Rings.

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    38 min
  • The One with the Druid - Part I

    The One with the Druid - Part I
    Jun 23 2023
    At the time of the Summer Solstice, Nina and Jo chat with an actual Druid and discuss why, actually, it’s all logical. Celebrating trees, plants, stones and skies, Dan Lobb takes us along on a journey of reconnecting with the wisdom of our ancestors.

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    32 min
  • The RHS Chelsea Flower Show

    The RHS Chelsea Flower Show
    Jun 3 2023
    Jo and Nina are back from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Listen in to hear their thoughts and reflections on one of the biggest weeks of the horticultural year.

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    38 min
  • A little bit of sunshine

    A little bit of sunshine
    Apr 30 2023
    A little bit of sunshine does us all the world of good as Nina and Jo catch up on what’s going on in the garden. There’s a lucky dip of horticultural information this week: why not stick a hand in and rummage around?

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    42 min
  • Trolley tours and trench coats

    Trolley tours and trench coats
    Apr 13 2023

    Jo is back and gives Nina a whistlestop tour through San Francisco, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Connecticut.

    Motorcades and Gwyneth Paltrow, expensive dressing Succession-style, best bookshops and booknooks, and is there any point at all to a eucalyptus, which Nina feels fairly strongly about.

    There’s a visit to a super-whizz tech headquarters in Silicon Valley, an homage to the Tales of the City novels and a scoot around gardens both botanical and communal. Groundhogs make yet another appearance, and Jo reveals why you don’t want to be standing behind her on an escalator on the Tube.



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    39 min
  • Pre-Easter special

    Pre-Easter special
    Mar 18 2023

    This week, the sap is rising in a pre-festive special. The Easter bunny and Gwyneth Paltrow, a new idea for a wellness book, and are Creme Eggs smaller than they used to be.

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    38 min