World Radio Gardening
733 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe world’s first streamed #gardening radio station providing advice, interviews and music for all #gardeners anywhere.
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Episodes
Autumn lawn care tips
September 22, 2022 17:10 - 3 minutes - 7.64 MBKen Crowther gives some useful advice on caring for your lawn during autumn.
Jonny Garrett On Beer
August 30, 2022 22:35 - 14 minutes - 33.5 MBYouTuber and beer writer, Jonny Garrett talks to Oliver Rogers about his book, 'A Year in Beer'. The book is available now: t.ly/XMrf
Lilies for your summer patio
August 07, 2022 23:15 - 14 minutes - 26.4 MBLilies produce stunning summer displays and are so easy to grow in pots if you follow Adam Pasco's advice. Watch the accompanying video at "Adam's Gardening Guides": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crJ2xiwVxU8&t=512s
Apricot pruning tricks and tips from Ken
August 07, 2022 23:07 - 2 minutes - 5.69 MBFind out about how to best look after your fruit trees with Ken Crowther.
Beat the heat - Summer watering guide
July 30, 2022 12:58 - 31 minutes - 72.6 MBAs summer heats-up join Adam Pasco for watering tips for pots, baskets, crops, greenhouses and more. Watch the accompanying video from Adam here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-SafsTOoVU&t=1302s
Greenhouse gardening with Adam Pasco
July 19, 2022 14:51 - 15 minutes - 28.8 MBJoin Adam Pasco in his greenhouse for advice on tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries, ventilation, watering and more. Watch the accompanying video from Adam here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krygo5i7q1U
Ken talks a lot of rot about his fruit trees!
July 14, 2022 22:40 - 1 minute - 4.57 MBKen looks at how to prevent brown rot from getting your fruits this season.
Jobs for the garden in June 2022
July 14, 2022 22:33 - 1 minute - 4.54 MBKen looks at some of the jobs in the garden to look after your flowers.
Steve Bradley and Ken talk about pests and diseases
July 10, 2022 20:59 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MBKen talks to the Sun newspaper columnist, Steve Bradley about some common pests and diseases.
Tim's allotment - Blackfly on beans
July 03, 2022 22:13 - 2 minutes - 4.81 MBTim's beans come down with a dose of blackfly.
Plant of the month for June: roses
July 02, 2022 09:22 - 2 minutes - 3.78 MBGeoff Hodge looks at roses and how to get the best from them.
House plant jobs for June
July 02, 2022 09:19 - 2 minutes - 2.22 MBGeoff Hodge looks at what needs to be done around the home for your indoor plants.
Keep the colour coming - More than just bedding! - Part 3
July 02, 2022 07:44 - 14 minutes - 20 MBAdam Pasco continues his look at summer flowers for his patio and talks about Hostas in pots. For more advice check out Adam's Gardening Guides on his YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/AdamPascoMedia
Keep the colour coming - Part 2
June 29, 2022 23:19 - 8 minutes - 11.4 MBAdam Pasco encourages you to get hands on with your plants as summer starts.
Keep the colour coming - Part 1
June 28, 2022 23:04 - 16 minutes - 22.5 MBJoin Adam Pasco, former Editor of BBC Gardeners' World Magazine, as he provides tips and ideas to keep the colour coming through summer and into autumn around patios and borders. For more advice check out Adam's Gardening Guides on his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AdamPascoMedia
Care for your apricots by selective thinning
June 25, 2022 18:30 - 1 minute - 2.36 MBKen updates us on his apricots and finds out that he should have been a bit more ruthless with the fruits!
Freddie's Flowers stylist Victoria Fisher talks floral deliveries
June 23, 2022 20:30 - 4 minutes - 1.7 MBFind out about cut flowers and creating wonderful floral displays. Freddie's Flowers use bikes to deliver their flower boxes to people's homes. Find out more: https://uk.freddiesflowers.com/
Vegetable planting ideas
June 22, 2022 22:44 - 2 minutes - 5.34 MBKen is starting to pull radishes and pick lettuce leaves from his small plot. Get some great planting ideas for small gardens.
Mick Lavelle on the seasons and climate change
June 13, 2022 23:45 - 5 minutes - 12.1 MBKen Crowther talks to Mick Lavelle from Writtle University College about the changing weather patterns and climate change.
Pest control: Cabbage White caterpillars some ideas
June 07, 2022 21:26 - 1 minute - 3.26 MBKen looks at the caterpillars of the Cabbage White butterfly and offers some tips on how to deal with this pest.
Mark Gregory on working at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
June 02, 2022 11:45 - 5 minutes - 13.6 MBKen talks to Mark Gregory from Landform UK about his previous experiences of building gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
Paul Hervey-Brookes on garden design and planting tips
June 02, 2022 11:25 - 3 minutes - 7.92 MBPaul Hervey-Brookes talks to Ken about his RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden for 2022 and gives some tips on planting around new gardens. For more information on this talented designer visit his website: https://www.paulherveybrookes.com/
Naming a rose after Dame Deborah James
May 29, 2022 19:04 - 3 minutes - 7.13 MBFrancesca White from Harkness Roses talks to Ken at the Chelsea Flower Show 2022. For more information visit their website: https://www.roses.co.uk/
Stella Exley from Hare Spring Cottage Plants talks about Camassia
May 29, 2022 18:51 - 4 minutes - 10.8 MBStella Exley from hare Spring Cottage Plants talks about Camassia with Ken at the Chelsea Flower Show 2022. For more information about Hare Spring Cottage Plants visit their website: https://harespringcottageplants.co.uk/
Ken catches-up with Adam Frost
May 29, 2022 18:27 - 4 minutes - 11.2 MBKen Crowther talks to BBC Gardeners' World TV presenter, Adam Frost.
20 million+ seeds have been sown in the moat at the Tower of London
May 22, 2022 22:16 - 5 minutes - 13.6 MBKen talks to Mark Gregory from Landform UK about a special wildlife garden being created in the moat at the Tower of London for the Platinum Jubilee. For more details on how to see this garden visit the Historic Royal Palaces: https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/whats-on/superbloom-at-the-tower-of-london/#gs.1khxs7
Pest control: Lupin aphids and how to deal with them
May 19, 2022 22:49 - 2 minutes - 5.35 MBKen looks at how to deal with aphids on Lupins.
Patio update - with Wayne Fiddes
May 19, 2022 22:21 - 5 minutes - 13.7 MB2: Ken talks to Wayne Fiddes of i Garden Vision about the installation of a large patio on a steel framework. For more information on i Garden Vision visit their website: www.igardenvision.co.uk/
Laying a large patio - Wayne Fiddes
May 13, 2022 06:50 - 5 minutes - 13.7 MBKen talks to Wayne Fiddes of i Garden Vision about the installation of a large patio on a steel framework. For more information on i Garden Vision visit their website: https://www.igardenvision.co.uk/
A warning about bamboo growing by ponds
May 02, 2022 23:40 - 2 minutes - 6.18 MBKen looks at a patch of bamboo he's been trying to control. It is located by a pond and so chemical pesticides are difficult to apply to the plant.
Remember to thin the clusters for bigger individual fruits
May 02, 2022 23:25 - 2 minutes - 5.5 MBKen gives some top tips on making sure your fruit trees provide the biggest and juiciest individual fruits. Also, remember to keep the plants well watered during the dry months.
Adam Pasco gives tips on planting Nemesia Wisley Vanilla
May 01, 2022 13:02 - 6 minutes - 14.7 MBThe former editor of Gardeners’ World Magazine and now the editor of Waitrose's Garden Magazine, Adam Pasco, provides tips on planting Nemesia Wisley Vanilla and looking after Fuchsias. For more information on Adam visit his website: www.adampascomedia.com/
Adam Pasco gets to grips with summer bedding plants
May 01, 2022 12:54 - 11 minutes - 26.1 MBThe former editor of Gardeners’ World Magazine and now the editor of Waitrose's Garden Magazine, Adam Pasco, provides tips on how to get your summer bedding plants flowering to their best. For more information on Adam visit his website: http://www.adampascomedia.com/
Protecting fruit against frost and producing great apricots
April 27, 2022 00:09 - 2 minutes - 5.5 MBCovering fruit trees such as apricot and peach is essential to avoid a frost affecting the fruit. Ken looks at how to protect fruit trees and gives some tips on the best way to produce the biggest and juiciest fruits as well!
Product review: Mountfield mowers's Typhoon 30
April 26, 2022 23:49 - 1 minute - 3.78 MBKen reviews a new mower from Mountfield. Watch the full review here: https://youtu.be/ttzb9CBZFrs
A robotic hand could pick fruit in the orchard of the future
April 17, 2022 23:36 - 8 minutes - 19.4 MBKen discusses some of the modern developments used in commercial orchards and how they might help gardeners.
Locating your Camellia's perfect spot
April 17, 2022 23:19 - 2 minutes - 5.12 MBA plant flowering at this time of year is the camellia and for this relative of the tea bush - it's all about location, location, location in your garden. As Ken explains how to get your camellia looking its best.
Do bats deserve a bad reputation?
April 15, 2022 11:04 - 15 minutes - 36.4 MBDr Kim Wallis from the Essex Bat Group talks to Oliver Rogers about conservation efforts to protect bats in the UK. For more information visit: http://essexbatgroup.org/
Send Ken your gardening questions
April 15, 2022 10:47 - 1 minute - 2.44 MBGet in-touch and send Ken your gardening questions [email protected]
Pippa Greenwood Talks To Ken Crowther
April 07, 2022 22:54 - 28 minutes - 65.8 MBKen Crowther talks to Pippa Greenwood about her career and also the range of pest control products available through her website: https://pippagreenwood.com/
Hannah Powell on her new book The Cactus Surgeon
April 02, 2022 05:55 - 21 minutes - 48.5 MBHannah Powell is the Communications and HR Director at Perrywood Garden Centre in Essex. Hannah talks to Oliver Rogers about suffering burnout and being diagnosed with a functional neurological disorder and how nature and gardening helped her to recover. She has now written a memoir called: ‘The Cactus Surgeon’ – Using Nature to Fix a Faulty Brain. It is available through Perrywood Garden Centre and online at https://thecactussurgeon.com/
Alternatives to peat for growing plants
March 23, 2022 20:31 - 4 minutes - 9.87 MBKen looks at the use of peat as a growing media and the potential alternatives, as the UK government consults on banning its use in England and Wales by 2024.
Spring bulb planting
March 16, 2022 23:10 - 2 minutes - 5.64 MBKen has some ideas for planting spring bulbs in your lawn and bringing some delightful snow drops into your garden.
Mob grazing for cattle
March 14, 2022 21:15 - 19 minutes - 44.3 MBEssex farmer, Sam Squier talks to Oliver Rogers about better environmental stewardship of the land and rearing beef cattle on a new technique called mob grazing. He's launched a new brand called Wild & Rooted Farming: https://www.wildandrootedfarming.co.uk/
Ken is strimming long grass
March 14, 2022 21:08 - 2 minutes - 5.6 MBSome advice on how to handle a strimmer and get the best results in your garden.
Covering peaches during the colder months
March 08, 2022 23:56 - 59 seconds - 2.27 MBKen looks at how to make sure you are protecting soft fruit blossom at this time of the year.
Garden trends 2022
March 01, 2022 21:29 - 4 minutes - 10.7 MBKen says that gardening is better than 'going to the gym' for exercise as he reviews the trends from the latest garden centre sales statistics.
Rescuing perennial geraniums
February 21, 2022 00:36 - 2 minutes - 5.23 MBPerennial geraniums can form a beautiful part of a herbaceous border, but at this time of year they look a little sorry for themselves. However, these plants can be rescued and used elsewhere in your garden as Ken explains.
Jobs for this week cutting grasses back
February 21, 2022 00:04 - 3 minutes - 8 MBJobs for this week: Ken looks at cutting back ornamental grass plants and hydrangeas.
Vertical farming at Writtle University College
February 20, 2022 23:42 - 9 minutes - 22.2 MBOliver Rogers talks to lecturer Dr Kami (Kambiz) Baghalian from Writtle University College about the science and technology used in vertical farming. Can vertical farming help the planet? Find out more about the crops that can be grown under lights indoors.