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the happy garden podcast

Come and join our happy garden community. Features, interviews, competitions and a whole lot of laughter and positivity along the way. We are Mollie Green and Darren Rudge, come join us... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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18:20

A brief Christmas get together at Corley services

the happy garden podcast ·

2025/12/26

Well we couldn't not say a quick hello at Christmas! We hope you had a gorgeous day. Darren and I met up to exchange gifts and have a coffee on Christmas Eve. The only place we were both passing was Corley Services on the M6. Yes, there was a sing song! Merry Christmas. Mollie xFollow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you have, drop us a line at

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1:00:21

A festive hour with Mollie and Darren

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2025/12/19

An hour of merriment! Mollie meets Dani from Bunches.co.uk and talks about festive flowers and the ethos of the business. We also find out why some roundabouts are called "A Titchmarsh". Darren teaches us how to propagate mistletoe, and we have a jolly good Christmas sing song and plenty of smiles along the way. Come and join us...xFollow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions

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51:48

Convincing Pete Waterman to do a Chelsea garden...

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2025/12/12

A festive catch up with Pete Waterman. Lots of tips for keeping poinsettia and a guide to extending the life of your Christmas tree once it's in your house too. Beer and vodka are both involved! Festival giggles and a sing song are a given.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you have, drop us a line at thehappygardenpodcast@gmail.com. It would be fab if you could rate

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44:05

Is Tony Hadley a gardener?

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2025/12/05

The fabulous Tony Hadley joins Mollie for a pre Christmas chat. Find out about his Christmas tree, his favourite flower and how much he loves his garden lights! What do you think about Tesco removing the work Christmas from some of their trees? Darren gives us his view. Darren also has his gardener's gift guide, which this week will leave you speechless...Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any

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1:03:34

Winterbourne House and Gardens

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2025/11/28

Back in the summer, lovely listener Coral won "An experience with Darren Rudge" on the podcast! Join us as Darren takes Coral, Leslie and Mollie on a guided tour of the fabulous Winterbourne gardens in Birmingham.Originally designed as a small country estate with rustic outbuildings and large gardens, Winterbourne followed the style of the Artsand Crafts movement with examples of local craftsmanship throughout the house. Margaret Nettlefold designed the garden, inspired by the books and garden

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52:20

James May and his shed

the happy garden podcast ·

2025/11/21

James May joins Mollie for a chat about his new TV series 'James May's shed load of ideas'. Darren explains the world of elecroculture and why some people interestingly think it's nonsense. Also, it's that time of year! We have the first instalment of Darrens crap Christmas present gift guide...Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you have, drop us a line at

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43:49

A mixed garden bag!

the happy garden podcast ·

2025/11/14

An all sorted bag of topics on today's podcast! Are cyclamen indoor or outdoor? Can you use human ashes in the garden? Why did Darren get in from the Collegiate social club gardening evening at 2.30am? So many things to discuss!Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you have, drop us a line at thehappygardenpodcast@gmail.com. It would be fab if you could rate us and leave

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1:09:28

A bumper year for mushrooms!

the happy garden podcast ·

2025/11/07

Lovely Fergus the forager joins Mollie for a cosy Autumn chat. Who would have thought acorn ASMR was a thing?! Paul from Buglife gives us our final chat of the year, looking at a bit of entomological news. Lots of advice from Darren about planning for spring and getting the garden ready for a winter nap. Oh, and of course, a ridiculous amount of laughter...Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any

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1:10:08

A scream of a podcast!

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2025/10/31

Join us for Halloween garden giggles. Darren has lots of advice on putting the garden to bed for the Autumn and winter, along with making preparations for the Spring to come. Reality royalty Gemma Collins joins Mollie for a chat. She loves her garden! An inordinate amount of laughter comes as standard. Press play...if you dare...Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you

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50:16

A guide to composting those leaves!

the happy garden podcast ·

2025/10/23

Join us for a cosy Autumn podcast. If you have leaves everywhere, Darren gives us his composting guide as well as talking us through saving seed for next year. Mollie meets Eco Crops, an award winning company that offer a range of woodland management and perennial SRC Willow wood crop services & products throughout the UK.Laughing and singing is a given...Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any

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1:28:58

Green fingered Kevin McCloud!

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2025/10/16

We speak to the fabulous Kevin McCloud as Grand Designs Live came to Birmingham and this year there was a giant garden hub. Kevin himself loves his garden and he's a dab hand at jam making!Mollie went to both the National Hedge laying and the National Ploughing Championships, showcasing the best in vital country skills. Hear about both this week. As always there's a few giggles and a sing song along the way...Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have

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1:28:34

Plants for arthritis, robot mowers and reviewing...

the happy garden podcast ·

2025/10/09

So much to cover this week! Darren reviews Genus gardening wear and Mollie talks to Sue O'Neil, founder of the company. Sue couldn't find decent gardening wear but instead of moaning, she started her own business! Buglife Paul joins us to talk about the insects we'll see in October both in the house and out in the garden. Darren looks at the pros and cons of robot lawn mowers and we have a jolly good giggle along the way. Come and join us...Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from

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1:34:16

Is it a mast year for oak trees?

the happy garden podcast ·

2025/10/02

It's a mast podcast! A super abundance of fascinating people. Our good friend Paul Woods AKA The Street Tree joins Mollie for a chat about 2025 being a mast year, especially for our oak trees. If you don't know why trees do it, listen in, you will be blown away by Mother Nature. Darren answers a bumper crop of your gardening questions and Mollie has lots of results from last week's giant veg shed at Malvern. We meet more giant veg growers too. Get that kettle on...Follow us on Instagram and

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40:16

Meet Neil Hands, a giant vegetable grower

the happy garden podcast ·

2025/09/25

Mollie has the pleasure of chatting to Neil Hands, a world champion giant vegetable grower. We get some tips and tricks should you want to have a go at it yourself! Jane Edwards from the three counties show ground also joins us as we look ahead to the Malvern Autumn Show.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you have, drop us a line at thehappygardenpodcast@gmail.com. It

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1:07:51

Would you buy artificial grass?

the happy garden podcast ·

2025/09/18

A really interesting episode this week - as always! We meet Adam who sells artificial grass. Many people hate the stuff, many people love it. We talk through some of the pros and cons. Darren brings us a bulb special, it's a great time to be planting them for spring colour. Mollie meets Leigh from the Bedworth seed swap. Oh and there's a great get together idea brewing...Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to

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1:04:14

The terrible 2's!

the happy garden podcast ·

2025/09/11

We forgot to celebrate last week, so here is to another year of hilarious horticultural podcasting! Buglife Paul joins us to talk about the abundance of wasps this year and the onward march of the Asian hornet. Another chat with Pickling Paul, this time about his cucumbers. Listener Dave asks about mood lifters and Darren talks us through how plants can help through sight, smell, touch and taste. Come and join us!Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have

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46:54

Picking the harvest in a heritage plum orchard

the happy garden podcast ·

2025/09/04

Join Mollie in the fruit basket of England. We head to Pershore to pick plums in a heritage fruit orchard with fabulous farmer Steve. Find out how independent fruit farmers cope in an ever changing world and hear about some of the old varieties and how they were used. The Shit Smock plum caused a few giggles!Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you have, drop us a line

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58:58

A chat with Frances Tophill

the happy garden podcast ·

2025/08/28

Gardener's World presenter Frances Tophill chats to Mollie about how the garden has coped with the weather so far this year and also looks ahead to the fabulous GWL event at Kew Gardens on the 6th September. Darren profiles 5 things to do with basil, should you have a glut on your hands. We also meet the lovely Anna who is head gardener at Weston Park in Staffordshire. What a passionate lady! Your chance to win tickets to Weston Park and gardens too. Listen in to find out how!Follow us on Instagram

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54:47

Could you get a community grant from NGS?

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2025/08/21

Lots of bits on the podcast this week! One of our last conversations with the wonderful George Plumptre, CEO of the National Garden Scheme. (he steps down next month) He tells us all about applying for a community grant. Mollie met a lovely man at a boot sale we have loving called Pickling Paul, you can find out more about his pickles. Steve Backshall also has some advice on getting kids involved with nature on car journeys, oh and he advices jotting down notes on Darrens life. Before he dies.Follow

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47:46

Mollie and Darren meet Mr Fothergill!

the happy garden podcast ·

2025/08/14

We had the pleasure of a lunch invite from Fothergill's. Fothergill's has become one of the most successful seed companies in the UK, known for the high quality of their seed and huge range of vegetables, herbs and Flowers. We were shown the trial fields and polytunnels where thousands of varies are grown and tested every year before coming to market. We also had the great pleasure of becoming firm friends with Bob Flowerdew over lunch. Hop in the back seat and come along on our road trip!Follow us

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