Trowels and Tribulations

In this episode we are live at the Harrogate flower show and we are talking to the head gardener Ben Preston.York Gate is a magical one-acre garden created by the Spencer family between 1951 and 1994. Frederick and Sybil Spencer along with their son Robin, laid out and nurtured what is now one of the finest small gardens in the country. The design of ‘rooms’ interlinked through

In this episode we are live at the Harrogate flower show and we are talking to Jason Daff from the University of YorkProfessional horticulturist specialised in plant production for research and development purposes.Particular interests include seed biology and technology, import and export of seed/plant material and plant husbandry within controlled environments and glasshouses.He

In this episode we are live at the Harrogate flower show and we are talking to Alistair BaldwinAlistair qualified as a landscape architect in 1992, and following a 12 year spell as an academic at Leeds Metropolitan University and a 5 year term as director of a landscape design firm in York he established his own practice outside Ripon, North Yorkshire. His passion for planting desi

In this episode we are live at the Harrogate flower show and we are talking to Leilah Vyner from Dragon WillowLeilah is a traditional craft business aiming to encourage others to enjoy willow weaving and green wood working. She fosters an environmentally minded ethos in all my activities and her workshop is near Tadcaster in North Yorkshire. She have been weaving willow since 2000

In this episode we are live at the Harrogate flower show and we are talking to Jonathan Moseleyhttps://www.jonathan-moseley.com/Since early childhood a fascination with flowers and nature have inspired Jonathan to become one of the UK’s leading designers within the floral art world. For over 25 years he has inspired and entertained audiences and individuals with his love of flowe

In this episode we talk to Nicholas Edward Fryer, Garden Design and Landscaping based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.Award winning garden designer and landscaper based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Nick takes on projects nationally, pulling together teams of industry leaders in construction and planting to fulfil any sized project to the highest standard. Nick has built gold medal

In the episode we talk to Peter from Wacks wicked plants.They are a small, North-Yorkshire based, nursery, and they grow, display and sell Carnivorous Plants at Shows and Fairs. They started as a backyard nursery in Knaresborough, and moved to the beautiful village of Scampston in 2015 to enable them to grow the nursery. When they started up, the shows were mainly in Yorkshire, but

This was recorded live at the Harrogate flower show. In this episode with talk to Anna from The Urban Worm CIC. https://theurbanworm.co.uk/Urban Worm is a social enterprise committed to raising the profile of worm farming as the ecological and economical solution for organic waste management and organic agriculture. We support schools, communities, businesses, farmers and families

This was recorded live at the Harrogate flower showIn this episode we talk to Megan and Linda from https://www.aquaticfinatic.co.uk/#gardening #trees #gardening-podcast #horticulture #nature #flowers #podcast #herbs #vegetables #herbs #pondplants Support the show

This was recorded live at the Harrogate flower showThe group was formed in November 1995 by a group of like-minded people with a passion for fruit growing. Our membership has since grown to over 400 in number with a wide range of expertise from novice to professional growers. Geographically the group covers a large area, along with our members in Yorkshire, our membership spreads a