Loving Your Garden - Better Gardening Podcast

Helping Wildlife Thrive in Your Garden - With Mary Porter

How can gardeners make a real difference for wildlife? Rod Whiting is joined by Boom Radio’s nature expert Mary Porter and resident horticulturist John Stirland to explo

Adapting Your Garden for a Changing Climate - With Alison Marsden

Hotter summers, wetter winters and increasingly unpredictable weather are changing the way we garden. So how should we adapt? Horticulturist Alison Marsden, who divides

The Productive Summer Garden: Growing More Food with Stephanie Hafferty

Food prices may be rising, but growing your own needn’t be difficult. In this episode of the Loving Your Garden podcast, Rod Whiting and horticulturist John Stirland are

Dahlias Made Simple: Growing, Feeding, Cutting and Storing with Kim O'Brien

Dahlias are bold, flamboyant, sometimes slightly outrageous - and one of the great stars of the late summer garden. But they can also feel a little intimidating. When do

A Journey through a Garden Designer’s Own Garden – with David Stevens

Take a walk through the personal garden of multi-award-winning designer David Stevens. In this episode of Loving Your Garden, I’m joined by Boom Radio’s gardening expert

Before You Plant Anything This Spring...

...Be sure to listen to this relaxed conversation with two fabulous gardeners: my co-host, John Stirland — Boom Radio’s gardening expert — and horticulturist, broadcaster

What Experienced Gardeners Wish They'd Known Sooner With David Stevens

In this special seasonal edition of the Loving Your Garden podcast, John Stirland and I sit down to reflect on the gardening year just gone – and look ahead to what comes

Growing Wildflowers The Easy Way - With Dr Ana Attlee

Struggling to get wildflowers growing in your garden? You’re not alone! 🌿 Gardeners are often surprised at how challenging it can be to grow wildflowers successfully, so

Summer's Done - Autumn's Here Early!

It's been an interesting Summer! It started with drought, then the rains came, and as the nights begin to draw in, it's turned unseasonably cool. Signs of Autum

Hot Tips for Cool Gardens - With Multi-Award Winning Designer David Stevens

As the sun turns up the heat, so do the challenges in our gardens. In this summer edition of the Loving Your Garden podcast, I’m joined by our resident horticulturist Joh

Lush Lawns & Palm Trees - In Cheshire! With Steve Fives

This might just be our best episode yet from LYG HQ! Steve Fives is officially Loving Your Garden’s most engaging member – with more views, comments, and conversations t

Spring Into Action: Gardening Tips with John Stirland & Martin Fish (Pt 2)

With UK gardens bursting into colour, this is a beautiful time of year — but it’s also a busy time, preparing the garden for the seasons ahead. In the second half of our

Spring Into Action: Gardening Tips with John Stirland & Martin Fish (Pt 1)

The new gardening year is well underway, and our Loving Your Garden Facebook group is bursting with colourful spring blooms and a real sense of excitement as our gardens

Growing Cut Flowers With Roz Chandler

If you've resolved to growing more cut flowers in '25 then you'll find Roz Chandler from Field Gate Flowers an interesting guest. Roz talks about starting

Better Gardening tips in 2025...With Two Badly Disguised Santas

It's become a thing for multi-award-winning garden designer David Stevens to drop in over Christmas with our resident horticulturist John Stirland over a glass of sh

Eight Steps To Your Dream Garden With David Stevens

11 Times RHS Chelsea Gold Medallist (and LYG member), David Stevens, has designed a few gardens in his long career (understatement). Enough to earn him 26 RHS medals and

Is Bamboo REALLY The Plant From Hell?

Recent press reports would have you believe Bamboo is the devil incarnate but does it deserve its bad reputation? While it's certainly true some varieties can be hig

John Stirland On Why Those New Plants May Not Be Thriving, Plus What The National Garden Scheme Can Do For You

Firstly, apologies for our silence over the past few weeks, we've been busy creating a brand new YouTube channel and subscription newsletter (links below) as well as

The Secrets And Pleasures of Herbaceous Perennials With Rosy Hardy

It's always a pleasure and a privilege to be in the company of one of the UK's foremost plantswomen, Rosy Hardy. With countless RHS gold medals to her name, Ros

No Wildlife, No Garden With Mary Porter

It’s always a pleasure to welcome our favourite Nature Watcher Mary Porter onto LYG. Spring in the UK is a great time for an update from Mary whose knowledge and experien