The Organic Gardening Podcast

Mar 04 2025 89 ep. 47 mins 701

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Inspiration to help you garden the organic way, with advice, tips and interviews from the UK's leading organic gardening organisation, Garden Organic. Hosted by Fiona Taylor and Chris Collins.

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S5 Ep3: March - Do we really have a problem with food waste? with Tristram Stuart

Mar 04 2025 63 mins

This month, Fiona speaks with Tristram Stuart, award-winning author and campaigner, about the positive trends in reducing food waste and his unique approach to sustainable farming. Hear how his cattle are "enhancing the wilderness," and discover his perspective on the global food system. Tristram also inspires us to connect with nature, whether through small garden projects or comm

S5 Ep2: February - What is going on underneath our soil? With Eddie Bailey from Rhizophyllia

Feb 01 2025 52 mins

In this month's episode, Fiona and Anton spoke with Eddie Bailey. Eddie has spent years studying the soil during his career as a geologist and now shares what he's learnt with gardeners and growers through his company, Rhizophyllia. "In my garden, the effect I had when I stopped digging was instantaneous, the following season, germination rates just dramatically improved and got

S5 Ep1: January - From suspicious strawberry piles to soil health, we look back on the postbag in 2024!

Jan 01 2025 42 mins

Join us as we recap an interesting year in organic gardening. From persistent rainfall and slug battles to delightfully late harvests, we've faced it all with a dose of humour and a lot of resilience. In this month's episode, we're looking back on your most intriguing questions from 2024, exploring everything from suspicious strawberry piles to the secrets of healthy soil. You may

S4 Ep12: December - Winter Wellness with Rachel Dethample

Dec 05 2024 59 mins

This month, Fiona visited River Cottage, to chat with Author, Chef and Fermentation Expert Rachel DeThample. Rachel breaks down how eating organically grown vegetables can have a positive impact on the gut microbiome, and dives in to how fermenting the produce from your garden can lead to better nutrition and a stronger connection to nature. “We’re a no dig garden, all organi

S4 Ep11: November: How Beth Chatto's Plants and Gardens continues a legacy - with Åsa Gregers-Warg

Nov 01 2024 56 mins

This month, Fiona meets Åsa Gregers-Warg, head gardener at Beth Chatto Plants and Gardens. They tour the gardens, and reflect on Beth Chatto’s legacy, discussing how we can adapt our gardens to promote resilience and withstand changing environmental conditions. “We haven't used any herbicides or pesticides for the last few years. And we all have to be water wise these days as

S4 Ep10: October: What is a resilient garden? With Sally Morgan

Oct 01 2024 58 mins

It's safe to say the weather has been incredibly unusual this year. A wet cold spring was followed by a slug-filled summer. And here in the Midlands, we’ve already experienced our first frosts! Sally Morgan, author of the Resilient Garden Handbook, has been tackling these challenges head on. She speaks with Fiona about what makes a resilient garden, and how we can overcome unus

S4 Ep9: September: It’s time to embrace the dark! – with Nick Dunn

Sep 01 2024 63 mins

As the nights draw in, Chris sits down with Nick Dunn, professor of urban design at Lancaster University. Nick is also the founding director of the Dark Design Lab, exploring the impacts of nocturnal activity on nature. Nick enlightens us about the role darkness plays in our gardens and artificial light's impact on the wider environment. “What light pollution basically does is

S4 Ep8: August - The pesticide problem with Nick Mole, PAN UK

Aug 01 2024 56 mins

Fiona chats with Nick Mole, Policy Officer from the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) UK who shares why pesticides should be banned from use in our urban spaces, and how communities can be affected by pesticide use. “Knowing that there are alternatives to pesticides that do work, pesticide use in our towns and cities is completely unnecessary. France has banned the use of all no

S4 Ep7: July - Ditch the plastic this Plastic Free July with Sally Nex

Jul 01 2024 65 mins

What do bed sheets, hessian and bacteria have in common? They might help us reduce the amount of plastic we use in our veg plots! Award-winning author, gardener, peat- and plastic-free advocate Sally Nex shares fascinating advice for reducing, reusing and recycling the 500 million pots, seed trays, and other bits of plastic we get through in our gardens every year in the UK. “

S4 Ep6: June - How to be water wise with Jo Osbourn and Sally Morgan

Jun 03 2024 62 mins

We’ve got a double bill this month to help you save more water in your garden over the summer. We’re joined by Jo Osborn from the charity Waterwise – who tells us that in England alone, we face a potential water deficit of close to 5,000 million litres of water every day by 2050. She shares how crucial it’s we conserve more of it in our homes and gardens. And climate chan