The James & Joe Garden Show

Should You Put a Swimming Pool in a British Garden?

Is a swimming pool in a British garden a brilliant idea or a very expensive mosquito pit? With summers getting hotter, the phone is ringing with people who suddenly want

Question Time: Dying Birches, Dying Magazines, and James's Retirement Plan

Where would you go to see great landscape architecture, and is there any difference between that and a good garden? James thinks there is, and his definition is not going

What's the Point of WASPS? (And Ticks, Midges and Chicken Mites)

What's the point of a wasp? Or a midge, a horse fly, a tick, or a chicken mite the size of a full stop that gets into your ear while you're cleaning out the hens? Cue a d

Question Time: Spiky Plants, Lazy Car Park Gardens & a Gnome on the Razzle

Is jungle planting a bloke thing? And more importantly, does a man who wants a garden that requires no gardening actually deserve one? James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe S

How Private Does Your Garden Really Need to Be?

How much of your garden is actually yours? And how much of it belongs to whoever's peering over the fence? James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift take on garden privacy,

Question Time: Feeding an RHS Judge, Time Travel & the Lords of Landscape

An RHS judge is coming to lunch on Saturday. You have one afternoon. Do you tidy the garden, or cook something delicious? Cue a deep sigh — the answer turns out to have a

Hanging Baskets: A Party in a Basket or a Crime Against Gardening?

Are hanging baskets a joyful party in a basket… or a drought-stricken relic dripping brown water onto your pint? This week James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift end up

Question Time: Killer Bindweed, Bus Stop Trellis & What RHS Judges REALLY Eat

Which garden plant is most likely to achieve sentience first — and should you be locking the letterbox? Cue a deep sigh. James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift are back

Snoozing in the Garden

Is a nap in the garden the highest form of horticulture? James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift are prepared to argue yes — provided you've had a decent lunch first. Thi

Question Time: Botanical Tattoos, Bribing the Judge & Which Gardener to Eat First

You send us the questions no other garden podcast will touch — and this week you've properly outdone yourselves.James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift dig into the mailba

Garden Parties: Glorious Fun or a Disaster Waiting to Happen?

Is the only reason anyone has a garden now… to throw a party in it? This week James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift take on the great British garden party — and James g

Question Time: Are You Killing Your Plants… or Just Buying the Wrong Ones?

Question Time is back! Which means James and Joe are once again diving headfirst into your gardening dilemmas—with absolutely no guarantees that the answers will be sensi

Feeling the Heat? Cool Off with a Garden World Cup

When temperatures soar and the football takes over the TV, what better way to settle one of gardening's biggest debates? In this week's episode, James and Joe take a tong

Question Time: Garden Marriages, Retired Gardeners, and Bent Cucumbers

This week, James and Joe tackle the big questions: Do TV gardeners ever actually retire, or are they just doomed to keep trundling on forever? We dive into the absurdity

Light Up Your Garden or Keep It Dark?

Garden lighting is a divisive subject, and James and Joe are owning the controversy this week. From the "feral" beauty of a well-lit tree to the absolute horror of bright

Question Time: Etsy Witches, Rainy Weddings, and Garden Etiquette

We’re back with another listener Q&A! As always, James and Joe are answering your most urgent (and slightly unhinged) gardening questions. This week, we tackle the "eleph

Garden Kitsch: Why Your Plastic Flamingo Needs to Go

Is it ever okay to have a plastic owl in your tree? What is the secret to placing sculpture without looking like you’re trying too hard? And why are some of you planting

Question Time: Local Judging Warfare, Angry Nurseries & the Power of the Clipboard

This week, the boys are diving deep into the listener mailbag to rescue a frustrated subscriber from a bureaucratic nightmare, investigate a neighbour utilising military-

Chelsea Flower Show POST MORTEM - with extra ducks

Fresh from the world's most prestigious showground, James and Joe are back to completely deconstruct the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026. After a week where national tabloid

Question Time: At What Age Do You Officially Become a Horticultural Bore?

James and Joe are back for another "unhinged" Q&A. With Joe calling in from a hotel room (and struggling with a single device for both recording and reading), James takes