The Organic Gardening Podcast

Join Fiona Taylor as she chats to Adam Alexander, aka the Seed Detective.

Spring is just around the corner and our Organic Gardening Podcast team are sharing their excitement at the gardening year ahead. Our head of horticulture Chris Collins chats to Fiona about his love of hardy annual flowers. He discusses how to prepare ahead and get the ground ready, and what to sow for a fabulous display in the summer. At his allotment, he’s making new plants from old by lifting and dividing herbaceous perennials. And Sarah Brown chats to Jack Wallington about his move from London to an exposed hillside smallholding in Yorkshire. The ecological grower, garden designer and author of A Greener Life, shares the challenges and joys of gardening in a new location. The focus of his new garden follows the same sustainable principles of his London garden and allotment, with nature at its heart.

The podcast team are looking back on 2022 in December’s episode, chatting about their triumphs and trials – and what’s on their Christmas wishlist.

Chris and Fiona share their highlights for the start of autumn, and what will be keeping them busy this month. Chris chats to Stephanie Slater, Founder and CEO of charity School Food Matters, and the team help out with queries on splitting tomatoes, No Dig green manures and organic playing field maintenance.

Shoes filled with dust, salads shrivelling, and a bad case of watering can elbow - it’s certainly been one of the most challenging summers for gardeners!

This month sees the return of the National Allotment Week, an initiative let by the National Allotment Society, so we’ve got an allotment special for you. Chris and Fiona chat about life on what's happening on Chris's allotment, Fiona is treated to a tour around Rekha Mistry's allotment, and Anton and Chris help with some tricky allotment challenges

Chris & Fiona chat about planting out, feeding and weeding. We hear learn all about slugs, plus answer questions on durable lawns, what to do with excessive grass clippings and planning to grow throughout autumn and winter.

It's too early to sow outdoors, but now is the perfect time to get your soil in top shape before the growing season. Bird lovers get a rare treat as RSPB's Adrian Thomas explains why and how birds sing. Prepare to be ravished.

Creating and maintaining public gardens is Deb's skill. But here we get the chance to see what her own garden is like, as she and Chris walk and discuss those tips that make an organic garden so special.

This month we cover a range of topics from houseplants to dung, Monet's garden to woodlice!