Not Just a Garden

With the footie shunting Gardeners' World off the TV schedules this week, we have Not Just a Garden Bonus Episode 13 instead to take our minds off the injustice. Go sports.

In this episode we find out what Monty's up to next and the dilemma he faces at Longmeadow after filming stops.

We also learn about the hallucinations and fabrications of AI, how Q10 in a jar is a con, that lima beans can be a serious health hazard, how The Big Bang Theory has influenced entomology, what causes pyloric stenosis, how losing a remote caused chaos on the River Liffey, and how a pride of lions saved a girl from abduction.

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On Gardeners' World 2026 Episode 27 Recap, we talk about the dark side of the moon, med school exams, Russian Roulette Chillis, staff going AWOL, and thanks to a fellow super-sleuth listener, we have some more GW guest intel. We also make a very important PSA⚠️

On Gardeners' World this week, "global rockstar of planting design" Professor James Hitchmough shows Frances Tophill around his drought tolerant garden in Somerset, and Toby Parkin shares his secret garden in Bristol. Carol Klein gives us an update on progress in her mixed ornamental/veg beds, and Kendall Turner shows us the incredible and inspirational Bloom Sheffield at the Heeley and Meersbrook allotments.

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On Gardeners' World 2026 Episode 26 Recap, we ponder worse for wear pigeons, double down on centipedes versus slow worms, admire Sweetpea's latest houseplant purchase, investigate watering bags, and endorse a listener's views on Kim Wilde for Gardeners' World.

On Gardeners' World this week, Frances Tophill is at Exmouth Allotments with Cheryl Chessum, Sam Alford, Joy Simpson, Candice & Lyra Hartshorn, and Bruce. We meet Zahabia Naveed and Alan Wainwright on their Eccleshill allotment in Bradford, and Joe Swift chats with De-Graft Mensah on his Manchester allotment. Chloe Taylor gives us some top tips from her allotment plot in Scarborough and Tom Winfield shows us his wildlife haven on his allotment at the Pound Lane allotments in Exmouth. Finally Jeff Hordley and Zoë Henry, AKA Cain Dingle and Rhona Goskirk from Emmerdale, give us a tour of their hugely productive allotment in Yorkshire.

In our CCCUP, we congratulate Dwayne Black on his 1st Class Honours, Greg Anderton, Dan Stearne and Peter & Helleentje Walker on their Harrogate Flower Show Golds, and Patrick Smikle on his Best of Manchester Award 2026🏆

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On Gardeners' World 2026 Episode 25 Recap, we discuss sterile mosquitos, the perils of taking too many antibiotics, magic shampoo, Monty modelling, mountain ranges, and how we got on with Toby Buckland's efficient scything technique.

On Gardeners' World this week, Adam Frost shares the latest upgrades to his new garden, and Sue Kent shows us some jobs that need doing in her place in Swansea. We meet Fred Groom and Ronja Schlumberger at Vital Seeds in Ashburton in South Devon and Alex Crossman gives Frances Tophill a tour of his beautiful wildlife garden in Radstock, Somerset. Finally Steve Jenner and Chris Briggs show their pretty garden and meadow in Saltdean, Brighton.

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Awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic for his dedicated work in the field of Horticulture, and once dubbed "The Plant Messiah" (a name subsequently used by Sir David Attenborough), we were delighted that Señor Don Carlos could join us for a Chit-Chat.

Carlos had many a story to tell! We learn all about the smallest waterlily in the world, how it was discovered, and how Carlos brought it back from the brink of extinction - thanks largely to his tortellini Eureka moment. And we hear all the details about his work with the "living dead" Café Marron that we saw on Gardeners' World 2026 Episode 1.

We also find out about Carlos' unconventional route into Kew, Brits and their tea vs Spanish and their wine, his affection for Asturias, the disparity between plant and animal conservation, user-friendly cacti, the draw of "flowery powery", headless tortoises, rare plants being stolen and sold on eBay, what Carlos gets up to with the quince tree at Kew, and why grannies know best.

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Kew Gardens

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