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Dig It - Discussions on Gardening Topics

Chris Day and Peter Brown from Buckingham Garden Centre talk about their gardening experiences, what to do in the garden, seasonal gardening advice and interviews with horticultural experts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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49:25

August '22 in the Garden

Dig It - Discussions on Gardening Topics ·

2022/08/01

Make sure you’re ready for August in the garden with Dig It’s round-up of garden news, events as well as a look at those essential tasks to be getting on with top advice from Buckingham Garden Centre’s Peter Brown and Chris Day.What’s on 3rd-7th August RHS Hyde Hall Flower Show, Chelmsford, Essex 4th August Summer Cycle at the Royal Botanic Kew Gardens, Richmond, 5.30-8.30pm Wednesday 17th at 4pm and repeated Saturday 20th August at 3pm at Buckingham Garden Centre FREE Masterclass talk: Growing Your

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52:03

A Cherry on Top

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2022/07/15

July is traditionally the start of the cherry season so in this edition of Dig It, Peter Brown and Chris Day chat with Vikki Grainge from Horwood Cherries, to discover more about growing these delicious fruits famed for their wonderful flavour despite the short of season of cropping.Plants mentioned: Flowering ornamental cherries including ‘Amanogawa’ and ‘Kanzan’, Prunus avium (wild cherry, bird cherry) and Prunus cerasifera (the myrobalan or cherry plum).The cherry varieties ‘Morello’, ‘Stella’,

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51:14

July '22 in the Garden

Dig It - Discussions on Gardening Topics ·

2022/07/01

Make sure you’re ready for July in the garden with Dig It’s round-up of garden news, events as well as a look at those essential tasks to be getting on with, with top advice from Peter Brown and Chris Day.What’s On4th - 9th July RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. The world’s largest flower show.Wednesday 6th July at 4pm at Buckingham Garden Centre - FREE talk Tom Gadsby’s Garden Design Masterclass.16th - 17th July The Belvoir Castle Flower and Garden Show20th – 24th July RHS Tatton Park Flower

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1:02:49

The Queen of Herbs - Jekka McVicar

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2022/06/15

The Queen of Herbs – Jekka McVicarJekka McVicar talks with Dig It’s Peter Brown and Chris Day about the popularity in growing herbs, tips on growing them, plus a fascinating insight into her RHS show work Jekka shares her passion for growing and propagating herbs, organic growing, meeting the Queen and Jekka spills the beans on her exciting new herb garden project which opens next year.Plant mentions: Numerous Basils including Basil ‘Red Rubin’ for infusing to create pink gin, Coriander, Convallaria

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45:35

June '22 in the Garden

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2022/06/01

As we garden into June, so the priorities of tasks change with maintenance, planting and sowing still important along with tasks to keep our gardens moving onwards and upwards, including wildlife ponds, pondwater coverage tips, tomato growing and some essential pruning. After a busy May, Dig It hosts Peter Brown and Chris Day look at some of the topical news stories, happenings at the garden centre and around the UK.What’s on this monthWednesday 1st June – 31st August The Bugs Matter

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1:10:21

How to be a Better Wildlife Gardener

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2022/05/15

How to be a better wildlife gardenerIn this podcast Peter Brown and Chris Day chat with gardening expert and nature lover Martin Fish. Topics covered include invaluable advice on developing a wildlife friendly garden, lawn meadows, managing wildlife and how best to achieve the right balance of potential pests and wildlife, his thoughts, and observations on the new trends in re-wilding and his take on ‘No Mow May’. We also discover how Martin started in horticulture, his nursery growing days and

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39:01

May '22 in the Garden

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2022/05/01

Dig It hosts Peter Brown and Chris Day tackle the merry month of May with a look at some of the topical national horticultural news stories, including the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show, plus there’s gardening tasks galore to be getting on with as well as developing your flower gardens.What’s on this monthNo Mow MayWednesday 11th at 4pm and Saturday 14th May at 3pm FREE Masterclass Growing Perfect Perennials.Thursday 12th May World Topiary Day. Share your creations at hashtag #WorldTopiaryDay

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47:22

Cottage Garden Perennials with Rosy Hardy

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2022/04/15

From peeking over hedgerows to see flowers from a different viewpoint and scrumping apples on a horse, leading nursery expert Rosemary Hardy’s love of plants and gardening blossomed from a very young age. Rosemary chats to Peter Brown and Chris Day about the development of the nursery from a walled garden just down the road to their current beautifully nurtured 13-acre Hampshire Nursery in Freefolk.Painting with plants is Rosemary’s mantra and we find out about the fascinating perennial flower scene

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43:01

April '22 in the Garden

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2022/04/01

April is a busy month in the garden and after a relatively mild and dry March there’s plenty to be getting on with. Dig It hosts Peter Brown and Chris Day look at some of the topical news stories including the new listings of poisonous plants (potentially toxic to humans and our pets) from the HTA, the peat-free debate continues, the seaside town of Morecambe receives a 12-acre wildflower meadow as part of The Eden Project’s National Wildflower Centre, plus events and those essential gardening tasks

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1:12:30

Swards of Grass

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2022/03/15

In this episode we talk to David Hedges-Gower, the UK's leading lawn expert. who has more than 36 years of lawn and turf experience. Dig It hosts Peter Brown and Chris Day learn how our lawns have evolved over the years, share practical advice on sowing and growing a new lawn from seed, the types of lawn seed available, the importance of feeding, aeration, scarification and irrigation, the process of overseeding, lawn troubleshooting, plus a look at those essential tasks to keep your lawn looking

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41:55

March '22 in the garden

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2022/03/01

March in the Garden As we celebrate our first year of Dig It, Peter Brown and Chris Day look at some of the topical news stories including changes in the garden centre world, a university led community gardening study and a new autumn plant fair.In the podcast we prepare the greenhouse for spring, start plants from seed indoors and out, share hints on spring bulbs and how to help our hedgehogs.In the newsGCA winners of awards New GC Chairman Tammy Woodhouse from Millbrook Garden CentreCherry Lane

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1:15:09

Composting

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2022/02/15

Home Composting with Rod WestonIn this podcast Peter and Chris chat with Rod Weston, a composting expert and pioneer in spreading the message of the value of composting techniques to amateur and professional gardeners. Rod explains the composting process from start to finish and the best approach to ensure great composting results. Rod discusses options for composting where space is limited, and we are guided on some of the best compost equipment on the market. Rod also highlights some of the common

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50:24

February in the Garden

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2022/02/01

February in the Garden show notesPeter and Chris look at some news stories of the moment. We delve into some of the plants and gardening tasks requiring attention this month and as the gardening season starts in earnest. Peter and Chris select some suggested events for you, including the Garden Centre’s Graft and Grow Day on Saturday 5th February.News stories discussedNational Garden Scheme raises over three million pounds for charities in 2021.The Ripple Africa Christmas tree campaign means over 20

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51:23

Heritage and Heirloom Seeds

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2022/01/15

Exploring the Heritage Seed Library Chris and Peter discover how the Garden Organic’s Seed Heritage Library is helping to ensure older, traditional seed varieties are maintained for future generations. We chat with Catrina Fenton, who is the Head of the Heritage Seed Library on it’s history, the fascinating processes of open pollination, seed capture, the work of the seed guardians and the workings of the library today in conserving and helping to protect varieties for the future.Seed variety

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49:28

January in the Garden

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2022/01/01

January in the GardenIn this episode Peter Brown and Chris Day welcome 2022 and the promise of a new gardening year! We chat to Andrew Peck, MD of Malvern Garden Buildings and discuss the massive rise of interest in outdoor rooms whether for business (home offices) or for pleasure. Andrew chats about the evolution of garden buildings from the humble shed (and who doesn’t love their sheds!) to more sophisticated buildings such as the Breeze House. In today’s everchanging world with home working

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1:19:42

Houseplants with Jane Perrone

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2021/12/15

Celebrating Houseplants with Jane PerroneIn this Dig It podcast we celebrate indoor gardening as we chat with top gardening journalist Jane Perrone about her lifelong passion for growing houseplants and how this has developed into one of the most popular gardening podcasts - On the Ledge.Jane provides great advice on growing indoor plants from keeping them healthy, selecting plants for the home, stories from Jane’s On the Ledge podcast, trends on what we are purchasing at the Garden Centre and the

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48:57

December in the Garden

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2021/12/01

December in the Garden In this episode Peter Brown and Chris Day herald the start of Advent by talking about the popular festive favourite, the Poinsettia and its special day in December. We chat to Pam Haigh, the UK general manager of the charity Ripple Africa in Malawi, a charity the Garden Centre is keen to support in its epic work in planting trees - over 17 million trees to date - in Malawi.It may be December but there are some gardening tasks to be getting on with including defrosting bird

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1:09:11

Trees For Small Gardens

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2021/11/17

In this special Dig It podcast we talk to Nick Dunn, managing director and top tree nurseryman of Frank P Matthews. Founded in 1901, Matthews are one of the UK's leading ornamental and fruit tree grower supplying trees to the Garden Centre trade. We discover the processes of growing in the field, containerising, budding and grafting, popular tree favourites, new trees coming to the market, top tips on growing them and much more. Nick brings his unique insight on trees and his words of wisdom are

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1:03:24

November in the Garden

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2021/10/27

November in the GardenIn this episode Peter Brown and Chris Day discuss topics including the new RHS planet friendly campaign, Malvern Garden Buildings collecting a well-deserved Gold Medal at Chelsea for their Houseplant themed Green Room and the Queen’s green canopy scheme in conjunction with the Woodland Trust. They also discuss essential jobs this month in the garden including final lawn mows and pruning for new hedges.Masterclass at Buckingham Garden Centre on Wednesday 10thNovember at 4pm

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56:44

Growing Apples

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2021/10/13

Apple growing and Orchards with Mike JonesIn this episode Chris Day and Peter Brown chat with local apple enthusiast Mike Jones. We learn about his apple growing journey from childhood memories to establishing a successful and productive 11-acre community orchard in North Buckinghamshire where they grow of plums, apples, pears and quince.Apples mentioned: ‘James Grieve’ , ‘Bramley Seedling’, ‘Laxton’s Superb’ and ‘Howgate Wonder’ Recommendations for Cider apples in North Bucks: ‘Winter Gem’, Mike’s

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