Have you ever questioned why you garden and grow things? What drives you? What makes you keep returning to the soil year after year? Well, author and journalist Alice Vincent has pondered this and has been on a search for answers to discover more about why women in particular garden. In today’s show Helen talks to Alice about her third book Why Women Grow, as well as the creation of her debut podcast which is by the same name. ( 🪴 www.Alicevincent.co.uk) 📚 Plus Helen shares her top picks of new Cookery and gardening books, which have caught her eye this week (What’s for dinner? By Sarah Rossie, How to Grow a Herb Garden by Andrew Perry, The Flowerpot Forager by Stuart Overdon and A Year Full of Veg by Sarah Raven. 🌸 Finally there is also a reminder that snow drop season is upon us. You can find inspiration for walks from rhs.org.uk and also ngs.org.uk and scotlandsgardens.org.uk