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Growing Together

Petersfield"s Shine Radio

The brighter gardening show from Petersfield in Hampshire. Advice and expertise from beautiful Petersfield gardens and our local allotments. Presented by Steve, Ann and Coxy from the Adhurst Estate allotments in Sheet. Growing Together is supported by De Mellow & Co. Financial advice for you, your family and your future. https://demellowandco.com/ Contact the show at team@shineradio.uk or call 01730 555 500.

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26:13

Growing Together - RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden...

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2022/07/06

The RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival is the world's largest annual flower show. Celebrating it's 31st anniversary, and the first to be held since the start of the pandemic, the emphasis this year is on the joy of wellness and mindfulness with nature being at the centrepiece. Shine Radio's Claire Vennis met Hampshire gardener Helier Bowling who, along with some new friends, had the opportunity to showcase a home-grown garden at the festival. Claire also spoke to the 4 designers of the Get

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Growing Together - For The Love of Lavender - July 2022

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2022/07/05

Paul Abbott at Durleighmarsh Farm used to run the Isle of Wight lavender farm to much success, winning an RHS gold medal. He still has a passion for lavender and is cultivating new varieties as he explained to Shine Radio's Claire Vennis. With tips for how to look after and prune lavender plants too! For more gardening tips, advice and chat tune in to Growing Together on shineradio.uk.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Growing Together - July 2022

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2022/07/01

Steve and Claire dodge the rain as they enjoy the growing surroundings at the Adhurst Estate Allotment on a summer's evening. This month there's advice on how to 'stop' dahlias to gain more flowers, what you can still plant to harvest later in the summer and which plants require a high nitrogen feed. Steve's Project Carrot is growing well, The Big Pumpkin Experiment is on its way, there are lots of cucumbers and chillies in the greenhouse and Claire has plans for her tired strawberry patch. Paul

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29:46

Growing Together - June 2022

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2022/06/10

This month, Claire and Steve are at the Adhurst Estate Allotment early in the morning along with lots of singing birds! Steve has so many dahlia plants he doesn't know what to do with them and is even trying out Claire's more 'relaxed' approach to gardening. With recommendations for specialist growers and advice for how to dry out tulip bulbs, look after roses, grow happy and healthy courgette and pumpkin plants and to help alleviate hay fever symptoms, they also talk about various growing

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36:25

Growing Together - Hampshire at the Chelsea Flower...

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2022/05/25

This year's Chelsea Flower Show is back in May for the first time since 2019. With 13 show gardens, 12 sanctuary gardens, 20 smaller designs and trade stands as well, the most anticipated flower show of the year is indeed in full bloom. And there's a lot of Hampshire green-fingered talent on display as well as Shine Radio's Claire Vennis discovered...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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30:54

Growing Together - May 2022

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2022/05/06

From their sunny spot on the Adhurst Estate Allotment, Claire and Steve update on what they've been growing, hardening off and planting out as the gardening season picks up pace. In this episode, there's dahlia advice, successional sowing to avoid a glut (hopefully!), uninvited badgers, risky brassicas, a thumbs-up for sphagnum moss in hanging baskets and various structures you can create for climbing beans. With additional interviews from Matt Biggs and Frances Tophill at the BBC Gardeners World

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32:45

Growing Together - mid April 2022

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2022/04/15

Steve and Claire are back for a second time this month as the growing season hots up - and so does the weather! From their sunny spot on Steve's Adhurst Estate Allotment, they update on what to sow now and what to pot on, various ways to get rid of slugs, the benefits of using vermiculite and making their own plant food. It could get very smelly. Growing Together is presented by Claire Vennis and Steve Amos and is recorded at the Adhurst Estate Allotments, twice a month during the growing season.See

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29:11

Growing Together - April 2022

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2022/03/31

April is a busy gardening month. Join Claire and Steve as they catch up on Project Carrot, share what they've sown and give advice on what to grow in pots. They also talk about growing lots of sunflowers, admit to their failings in growing brassicas and take part in some unusual mint tasting too. But beware - don't be in a rush to plant out; April can provide some shockingly cold frosts. Claire Vennis and Steve Amos recorded Growing Together at the Adhurst Estate Allotments in Petersfield.See

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Growing Together - March 2022

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2022/03/04

With luckily only a few casualties from February's storms, the Adhurst Estate Allotment is starting to come to life with vegetable and flower seeds sprouting - and the odd weed too. Claire plans to encourage more pollinators into her garden this year, Steve's Project Carrot is very much 'go' and if you want to plant bare roots get them in the ground this month. Claire also talks to guest tree expert Phil Paulo from Future Shoots about new tree initiatives taking place in Petersfield this month and

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28:31

Growing Together - February 2022

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2022/02/04

As the first signs of Spring colour start to emerge, Claire and Steve head to the Adhurst Estate Allotments for a February catch up from the comfort of Steve's allotment shed. There's lots of excitement as preparations start for the growing year ahead. Steve updates on his 'project carrot', Claire explains why she's wary of growing potatoes - and it's not for the squeamish - there's thrifty gardening tips and great advice for how to grow prize-winning dahlias. Presented by Claire Vennis and Steve

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27:48

Growing Together - January 2022

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2022/01/11

As a new year begins, we bid a fond farewell to the amazing Ann-Marie Powell and welcome a new co-presenter to Growing Together - Adhurst Estate Allotment chair Steve Amos joins Claire for gardening chat, ideas and advice. We're optimistic for the 2022 gardening year as we gently start to prep the garden, sow a few seeds and discuss projects we'd like to try. Who's joining Steve in trying to grow 3 foot prize-winning carrots?! We also talk about the importance of vernalisation and Steve's 'secret

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28:42

Growing Together - December 2021

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2021/11/26

How are you planning to decorate your house this Christmas? Ann-Marie and Claire have lots of great ideas on how to bring the outside in this season. With gardening chat and advice - as well as a bulb-planting confession - this month's Growing Together also has Ann-Marie falling in love with her garden and our gardening wishes for next year. Happy Christmas!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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34:59

Growing Together - November 2021

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2021/10/27

After a short break, Ann-Marie Powell and Claire Vennis are back with seasonal gardening tips and chat. This month they re-cap September's Chelsea Flower Show - including celebrating all of Ann-Marie's recent awards, amazing! - prepare the garden for next year's Spring, give advice on how to take pelargonium cuttings, agree how delicious Autumn raspberries are and have a passionate discussion on re-wilding. Take time to enjoy your garden and enjoy the Autumn jobs. See omnystudio.com/listener for

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32:16

Growing Together - September 2021

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2021/09/02

We have a lot to celebrate in this month's Growing Together - it's our first birthday, a special birthday for Ann-Marie and we've been chosen as one of the top 25 gardening podcasts in the UK. Thank you so much for listening! With the RHS Chelsea Flower Show taking place in September this year, Ann-Marie tells us what her rural-refined, Hampshire-wild inspired garden will look like with Gaze Burvill's beautiful furniture and Arthur Parkinson's fabulous floral displays from Sarah Raven's gorgeous

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30:27

Growing Together - August 2021

Growing Together ·

2021/07/30

It's been a strange gardening year - freezing cold, soaking wet and then hot hot hot. This month, Ann-Marie and Claire talk about what can still be sown, collecting seeds for next year's growing or as gifts for friends and keeping your kit clean - while wearing a bikini in the sun preferably. They're encouraged by the growth of community gardens with the wellbeing that comes from it, so evident in our own Petersfield Community Garden. And Ann-Marie gives an insight to what delights the upcoming

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Growing Together - July 2021

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2021/07/02

This month Growing Together comes from the magical Petersfield Community Garden. Chair Sue Edberg and volunteers Alex and Linda warmly welcome Ann-Marie and Claire back to this amazing community space, even though it’s raining! With a new pond, plans afoot for a large wooden communal structure and an unusual but fantastic use for sheep wool, there’s lots of tips, advice and inspirational garden chat too. Everyone is welcome at the Petersfield Community Garden - to meet like-minded

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32:43

Growing Together - June 2021

Growing Together ·

2021/05/27

After the wettest May, Ann-Marie and Claire are hoping for the sun to shine in June - aren’t we all! With everything being slightly behind schedule, there’s a rush to get plants from seed trays into the garden. Ann-Marie has some great top tips from feeding plants to lining pots and Claire recommends hanging baskets for tumbling tomatoes and planting herbs in flower borders. They’re both also taking on the gardening design police!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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Growing Together - May 2021

Growing Together ·

2021/04/30

With April showers few and far between last month and so many frosts, the tulips are suffering but the daffodils have been amazing, as have the muscari and Ann-Marie's new favourite anemone Mr Fokker. Such a gorgeous blue! This month Ann-Marie and Claire break the rules, discuss how to prune and layer clematis and reveal a kind way to get rid of lily beetles. With Chelsea now scheduled to take place in September, Claire finds out what plans Ann-Marie has for her show garden and Ann-Marie gives us a

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32:38

Growing Together - April 2021

Growing Together ·

2021/04/02

After recording remotely for the last few months, Claire and Ann-Marie are happy to be back together in Ann-Marie’s garden again. April is a busy time in the garden and, accompanied by blackbird song, they share what seeds they’ve already sown and what they’re going to sow this month. Ann-Marie has new arches in her garden for cobaea and squash plants to grow up and Claire discusses what small tree could work well in her garden. With advice for colour, companion planting, seeds

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30:28

Growing Together - March 2021

Growing Together ·

2021/03/04

It’s March and there’s a lot to be getting on with in the garden as Spring begins and the days grow longer. Ann-Marie and Claire discuss what seeds they’ve started to sow and where they’ve sown them - let’s just say there’s not a lot of space in their kitchens. Ann-Marie announces news of her new book ‘My Real Garden’ and they remember a year ago when lockdown started and how important our green spaces have become. With tips on planting summer bulbs

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