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the happy garden podcast — 158 episodes

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We're 3!

2

Using your courgettes!

3

Still no rain...

4

Mollie's trip to Mr Fothergill's

5

Giant vegetables with Neil Hands

6

Plums, polyculture and an appearance from The House Plant Band!

7

Explaining Hügelkultur

8

Flying Any Day soon!

9

Gardening in a heatwave

10

Meet Joffrey Watson The Chainsaw Bloke

11

Gardener' World Live debrief

12

Behind the scenes at Gardener's World Live

13

An eclectic pod! John Edward and Aquaculture seaweed

14

Akuna Tomata! The beautiful tomato

15

You might find a praying mantis in your garden soon!

16

The Chelsea Flower Show

17

Gardening on a balcony

18

No Mow May

19

Chris Baines and International Dawn Chorus Day

20

More on human composting

21

A busy time in the garden

22

Terramation - human composting

23

The humble carrot

24

Giant veg grower Neil Hands

25

The Evolution garden at Gardener's world Live

26

Finding solace in your garden

27

Toad Patrol

28

Why NOT to tidy your garden at this time of year

29

The beautiful snowdrop

30

Garden Folklore - Don't trust the Fairies!

31

Happy Hour

32

You won't hear this on any other gardening podcast...

33

The Big Garden Birdwatch

34

Let's go wassailing!

35

Eating your Christmas tree?

36

Happy New Year!

37

A brief Christmas get together at Corley services

38

A festive hour with Mollie and Darren

39

Convincing Pete Waterman to do a Chelsea garden...

40

Is Tony Hadley a gardener?

41

Winterbourne House and Gardens

42

James May and his shed

43

A mixed garden bag!

44

A bumper year for mushrooms!

45

A scream of a podcast!

46

A guide to composting those leaves!

47

Green fingered Kevin McCloud!

48

Plants for arthritis, robot mowers and reviewing Genus gardening clothes...

49

Is it a mast year for oak trees?

50

Meet Neil Hands, a giant vegetable grower

51

Would you buy artificial grass?

52

The terrible 2's!

53

Picking the harvest in a heritage plum orchard

54

A chat with Frances Tophill

55

Could you get a community grant from NGS?

56

Mollie and Darren meet Mr Fothergill!

57

Celebrating 100 episodes of gardening and giggles!

58

Four candles!

59

What happens to worms in a drought?

60

Louie Spence and his massive bougainvillea

61

Billy Idol joins us for a chat about his garden!

62

Talking trees with Paul Wood and celebrating flying ants!

63

Mark Lane chats about our gardens of the future

64

We're live from Gardeners World Live at the NEC

65

How your garden can add thousands of pounds to the value of your house!

66

The Caley Bros. are coming to town! Let's talk mushrooms...

67

Win tickets for Gardeners World Live! A natter about the Seawilding garden at Chelsea and why the Bugs matter survey is so important.

68

Mollie and Darren are back together! Mollie reports on the Chelsea Flower Show and has a chat with David Austin.

69

Meet Nick Bailey, designer of this year's headline garden at Gardener's World Live

70

Biddulph Grange Stumpery in Staffordshire

71

A catch up with Professor Chris Baines

72

An epic achievement to announce...

73

The world's first mushroom coffin

74

A garden catch up with Chesney Hawkes

75

A sunny week in the garden. At last!

76

Meet the Heritage Seed Library

77

Adam Frost is on tour!

78

Meet Thrive, the gardening for health charity

79

Gibraltar Botanic Gardens

80

Laughter in the garden

81

Have you tried lunar gardening?

82

A whole lot of love in the garden...

83

The RHS looks at gardening trends for the year ahead

84

Meet Andy Lound!

85

Could you start a community garden?

86

Looking for signs of Spring

87

Reusing your Christmas tree in the garden

88

How are the National Trust gardens coping with the changing weather?

89

Celebrating Winter solstice

90

It's our Christmas party!

91

Competition episode! Win an experience with Darren at Winterbourne Gardens!

92

Choosing your Christmas tree

93

Feeling festive!

94

The Cannock Chase candle!

95

Chatting with The Nation Vegetable Society and allotment Dan

96

Icon alert! Chesney Hawkes talks gardening

97

The Bat Conservation Trust join us for some bat chat

98

Smashing Pumpkins

99

Hedgehogs and conkers - the latter turns bonkers!

100

The World Conker Championships!

101

Giant vegetables at the Malvern show!

102

Where to start with a new allotment

103

Let's welcome Autumn

104

We talk sunflowers and chickens, what could be nicer?

105

It's our first birthday! A celebration of silliness...

106

Where are the wasps this year?

107

How trees could just save our planet

108

A bumper summer episode!

109

The Sycamore Gap Tree regrowth!

110

Don't get your hose in a twist!

111

Flying ants and Butterfly counts!

112

Could you hold a national plant collection?

113

Meet Roger Parsons from the Sweet Pea Society

114

Meet James Carnell, head gardener at Wightwick Manor National Trust

115

A walk around David Austin Roses

116

Tools with a Mission

117

Gardeners' World Live Special! Adam Frost talks show gardens

118

All about allotments

119

Opening your garden for NGS for the first time!

120

Chelsea Flower Show 2024

121

Chris Baines on his wildlife show garden at Chelsea and Darren has a hanging baskets masterclass

122

No Mow May, but why stop at May?

123

Chris Baines on International Dawn Chorus Day

124

Staying safe in your garden

125

Big Garden Birdwatch results!

126

Meet Jimmy the Mower!

127

Human composting

128

Happy Easter to the garden gang

129

Spring is officially here...and the garden is OPEN... Hooray!

130

The Daffodil Society are bringing the sunshine!

131

Getting ready for this year's flower shows!

132

Caroline Quentin joins us to talk about her new gardening book

133

Kaleb, Monty and Plumptre - a bostin trio

134

Pete Waterman talks gardens - including that of King Charles!

135

Professor Alice Roberts talks garden archeology finds

136

Is it too late for garlic planting?

137

How to open your garden for NGS

138

Celebrating the snowdrop

139

Adam Frost talks mental health and well being

140

Happy New Gardening Year!

141

Darren has covid...

142

How to keep your butt safe and clean

143

The garden and the cycle of life...

144

Choosing and caring for your poinsettia and Christmas tree

145

How about hiring a Christmas tree this year?

146

No dig...for victory!

147

Amazing what you can do with a mushroom!

148

Incy Wincy Spider

149

Remember, remember...check for hedgehogs!

150

Ha Ha Halloween!

151

Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home!

152

Apples, conkers and a little bit bonkers

153

Trod on chipmunk...

154

Ian's massive marrow

155

The worm is turning

156

Did Darren actually just say that??

157

The first one

158

A warm welcome to the happy garden podcast