Best RHS Podcasts (2025)

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A Year in the Garden: Hellebores, Hoverflies and Temperate Rainforests 29:38

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As 2025 comes to a close, host Nick Turrell looks back on a year of discovery in this special end-of-year edition of Gardening with the RHS. From the quiet resilience of winter-flowering hellebores with plantsman John Grimshaw, to the gentle industry of hoverflies with RHS entomologist Josie Stuart, and a summer journey into Britain’s rare temperat…

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Behind the scenes at RHS Wisley Herbarium, with Yvette Harvey 25:58

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How can a living library conserve and preserve gardening history and shape our understanding of nature? Step inside the quiet and fascinating world of the Herbarium at RHS Wisley to uncover a combination of beauty and science pressed between thousands of pages, along with ancient flowers, dried leaves and stories of where they came from with Yvette…

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Ep. 292 - It's the final episode! (of 2025, that is :-) This week, Saul prepares himself for life after Stonelands whilst Lucy performs some serious surgery on a mower. And what do the professional duo ... 40:34

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Winter is arriving in the UK, so while Saul and Lucy hunker down, don layers and fire up the kettle more frequently than usual, what do their minds turn to in the garden? This is the perfect season for clearance of 2025 growth, for establishing new designs and for de-cluttering stores and greenhouses. Any hours that you can put into the garden now,…

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The Thursday Show: Online scammers are targeting designers. Plus: RH's latest earnings call 37:45

13d ago37:45

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Host Dennis Scully and BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus discuss the biggest news in the design world, including the death of house-flipping, RH’s latest earnings report and a new online scam targeting designers. This episode is sponsored by Joon Loloi and Programa (use code BOH25 for 25% off) LINKS Business of Home…

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In Conversations at Kew with Frances Tophill and Adam Frost 54:18

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Recorded live in September at Kew Gardens, join Nicki Chapman as she talks all things gardening, and more, with Adam Frost and Frances Tophill. Discussing their love of gardening, there's practical advice and gardening confessions too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Ben Pentreath does it all [Rebroadcast] 1:05:22

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The Business of Home Podcast will return with a new episode next week. In the meantime, enjoy this conversation with designer Ben Pentreath, which originally aired in February. In an era when most designers pick a niche, Ben Pentreath is a proud generalist—his work spans everything from housing developments to private homes to a quirky retail opera…

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Moisture Probes, Apple Pruning, Terracotta vs Plastic & Urban Green Spaces with The Cloud Gardener 37:04

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We’re talking about what to do with your Christmas tree once you’ve finished with it, how to check the moisture levels in your pot plants, how to approach a monster apple tree & our special guest this week is Jason, the Cloud Gardener. The Cloud Gardener Website: https://cloudgardeneruk.co.uk The Cloud Gardener Instagram: @cloudgardeneruk Videos Me…

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What To Do Now - Houseplants To The Rescue 7:36

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When there’s hardly any green outside and it’s too early to start sowing seeds and growing plants, why not look to the refreshing shape, colour and stature of house plants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Immediate Media

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From The Archives: Seasons Greetings 42:36

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How do you remove mistletoe? How can you protect plants from frost damage? And why do brassicas develop clubbed roots? Kathy Clugston delves into the Gardeners’ Question Time archives to uncover timeless festive gardening wisdom. Drawing on decades of horticultural expertise, GQT panellists and chairs — past and present — share trusted, practical a…

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Growing Together: Christmas Special 2025 37:54

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Ann and Coxy have put on their Christmas jumpers and headed to the most festive place in the Petersphere...Wylds Farm! They immerse themselves in the festive surroundings and get involved with wreath making and finding out all about the 60 year history of the farm from cattle to Christmas trees! It's a Christmas treat! See omnystudio.com/listener f…

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A Quiet Beauty: Plants That Carry Us Through the Cold 39:19

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Oh the weather outside is frightful but there’s still plenty of wonder to be found out there. James Armitage, editor of The Plant Review, joins Gareth Richards to reflect on the quiet beauty of the resilient plants that carry us through the winter months, and on the quiet beauty of seeing familiar plants anew. We begin with writer and plantsman Phi…

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Monty Don's Christmas at Longmeadow 35:33

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With the festive season fast approaching, Christmas can be a busy time with no end of tasks to keep us busy on the run up to the big day, but what role can our gardens play in all of this? Whether it's homegrown veg for the festive table or garden gathered greenery and berries for a homemade door reef, our gardens can be a source of great bounty a…

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Wrexham County Borough: Rose Cuttings, Begonias and Hydrangeas 42:03

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Is there a foolproof way to take rose cuttings? Why have my hydrangeas turned from blue to pink? And do begonias have a lifespan limit? Kathy Clugston is in the vibrant Wrexham County Borough, where an enthusiastic audience puts their gardening dilemmas to an expert panel. Joining Kathy are celebrated garden designer and botanist James Wong, hortic…

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How did 2025 change the design industry? 56:59

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To look back on a busy year in the design industry, three members of Business of Home’s editorial team join the podcast this week: Editor in chief Kaitlin Petersen, retail columnist Warren Shoulberg, and Executive Editor Fred Nicolaus. Together with host Dennis Scully they go over the topics that mattered most—from tariffs to design centers to risi…

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Chinese Lantern Plant, Lily Growing Question, Sprout Recipe & Mr Plant Geek Michael Perry Joins Us 35:36

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We're having a controversial sprout conversation, answering a listeners' lily question and talking chinese lantern plants. Videos Mentioned: Rose Care: https://youtu.be/gaiRPeDhcIc Chinese Lantern Plant, Lily Growing Question, Sprout Recipe & Mr Plant Geek Michael Perry Joins Us Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episode…

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What To Do Now - Clean and service gardening tools 7:51

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Cleaning hand tools is not particularly glamorous, but it's one of those jobs that gives a lot satisfaction and maintaining your hand tools will reward you with more efficient and safer to use tools that will last for many seasons to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Episode 188: The Best Seeds We've Ever Started 1:08:29

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Sow something unexpected n next year's garden! The wonder of sowing seeds and watching tiny new plants emerging from the soil never gets old. In this episode, Danielle, Carol, and their guest compare notes on some of their favorite plants that can be grown easily (or not-so-easily) from seed. Whether you are an experienced seed propagator or a nerv…

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At the Turning of the Year: From Great Dixter to Tomorrow’s Gardens 25:53

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This week, we honour the stillness of winter and the returning promise of light as we mark the winter solstice. At this turning of the year, we reflect on the people, plants and initiatives that this new light brings into focus. We begin by stepping into the richly curious world of Christopher Lloyd, the influential gardener and visionary behind Gr…

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Festive traditions, with Frances Tophill 35:42

7d ago35:42

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For a lot of people, this time of year is all about cosying up indoors, but out in the garden there's still so much fun to be had from making natural wreaths and decorating with evergreens, to feeding the birds, sewing onions, and even bringing in a little magic indoors with some festive foliage. Join Frances for Christmassy folklore and the little…

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How to have a stylish and sustainable Christmas, with Arit Anderson 28:48

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It's the time of year when we start thinking about how to make our homes feel festive and, instead of reaching for tinsel and glitter, why not look to the garden for inspiration? Arit reveals how to decorate for a stylish and natural Christmas, combining sustainability with beauty, and explores what to gather from the garden, how to design with na…

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Jessica Helgerson has two clients on every project: The homeowner and the house 1:00:22

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Raised in Southern California and France, Jessica Helgerson had a unique upbringing—eventually she found her way to design and started her own firm in 2000, moving it to Portland, Oregon six years later. There, she’s built a reputation around her thoughtful, layered work, and her values—Helgerson’s 1% Project sees her donating a portion of the invo…

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Free Festive Display, Divide Raspberry Canes & Meet Helena of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture at Grow North 26:36

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How to Divide Raspberry Canes, sort yourself a free festive display from garden pruning and Martin chats to Helena Glassup of Chartered Institute of Horticulturalists at the Grow North event. Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes Email Questions to [email protected] Our weekly YouTube videos are here: Pots & …

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Ep. 291 - This week we're joined by northern gardener and star of the Pots and Trowels podcast - Martin Fish - as we talk about the gardening year gone by, the one coming up and his garden at home. 42:08

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Winter is arriving in the UK, so while Saul and Lucy hunker down, don layers and fire up the kettle more frequently than usual, what do their minds turn to in the garden? This is the perfect season for clearance of 2025 growth, for establishing new designs and for de-cluttering stores and greenhouses. Any hours that you can put into the garden now,…

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Christmas gift ideas from the GW team 12:42

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With Christmas fast approaching and the desire to find the right gardening present for the right person, why not look to source sustainable gardening gifts for your friends and family. Even if the recipients aren’t green-fingered, the Gardeners’ World magazine team have you covered with a selection of our favourite gifts. Learn more about your ad c…

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Dundee: Amaryllis, Monkey Puzzles and Australian Plants 42:41

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What is the best way to take cuttings of a monkey puzzle tree? What plants that are grown in Australia and would thrive in Dundee? Why hasn’t my Amaryllis flowered? Kathy Clugston brings together a perfectly curated panel of gardening experts at the V&A Dundee to tackle these questions from an enthusiastic, plant-loving audience. Joining Kathy on t…

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Garden Books We’re Obsessed With This Year 42:21

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This week, RHS Head of Libraries Fiona Davison, garden designer Zoe Claymore and RHS Gardening Advisor Nick Turrell gather to share their must-read gardening books of 2025. Along the way, they explore what really makes a garden waterwise, dive into the astonishing world of fungi, demystify regenerative gardening, and get to the root of soil science…

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The Thursday Show: What's the future of design centers? Plus: Pantone's controversial Color of the Year 1:13:41

20d ago1:13:41

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Host Dennis Scully and BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus discuss the biggest news in the design world, including another rate cut from the Fed, Pantone’s controversial pick for Color of the Year, and what matters more for designers—their portfolio, or their personality? Later, Michael Phillips, the president of Jamestown, joins the show to discuss…

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Gardening memories, with Carol Klein 43:44

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Carol Klein has had an interesting, illustrious, and often surprising life and career from jobs as varied as a bus conductor cleaner and art teacher to gardener and TV presenter. She's travelled, got herself into and out of many precarious situations often, but not always in search of plants, and she's met fascinating people along the way. Join us …

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Plant health matters, with Tracy Wilson 40:19

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Tracy Wilson, MBE from the Animal and Plant Health Agency, the government department on the frontline of protecting our plants from pests and diseases, discusses what biosecurity means and what we can do as gardeners to help stop threats before they spread to keep our gardens and countryside safe and thriving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi…

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Dan Fink takes design seriously 52:03

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Dan Fink’s career began in Silicon Valley—after graduating from Stanford, working as a personal assistant for a tech executive led to design projects, which led to more design projects. Since officially starting his firm in 2010, Fink has been one of the industry’s rising stars, meticulously executing high-profile work across the country and appear…

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What To Do Now - Gather nature for natural Christmas decorations 8:45

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There's something genuinely magical about heading out into your garden or local woodland on a crisp winter morning, secateurs in hand, gathering armfuls of evergreen foliage. It connects us to those ancient midwinter traditions which go back thousands of years to when our ancestors celebrated the winter solstice. They understood that bringing everg…

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Winterize Your Garden, Plus: Climate-Proof Gardening & Growing Tropicals in the UK with Lucy Chamberlain & Saul Walker 39:00

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This week we're joined by Lucy Chamberlain and Saul Walker from the popular Talking Heads gardening podcast to discuss how UK gardens are adapting to changing weather patterns. Lucy gardens on sandy soil in dry Essex, while Saul works with clay soil in wet Devon - their contrasting experiences offer fascinating insights into regional gardening chal…

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Ep. 290 - It's the custard cream episode! Lucy sandwiches some genuinely exciting gardening conversation in between two beautifully decorated vanilla biscuits this week - while Saul does his best to clear ... 33:49

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Winter is arriving in the UK, so while Saul and Lucy hunker down, don layers and fire up the kettle more frequently than usual, what do their minds turn to in the garden? This is the perfect season for clearance of 2025 growth, for establishing new designs and for de-cluttering stores and greenhouses. Any hours that you can put into the garden now,…

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Waltham Forest: Coriander, Sow-By-Date and Perennials 42:28

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How do you grow coriander successfully from seed? Do seeds have a sow-by-date? And will your treasured perennials thrive in the challenging Scottish climate? Kathy Clugston hosts from the beautiful St Mary’s Church in Walthamstow, where a lively audience puts their gardening dilemmas to an expert panel. Joining Kathy are renowned garden designer an…

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Atomic Gardens and Other Remarkable Histories 32:30

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December is the perfect time to take stock of the garden and dream of the seasons ahead. With this in mind, this week we’re bringing you some extraordinary stories from horticulturists past and present. Fiona Davison kicks things off with the astonishing tale of Muriel Howarth, who passionately advocated for the potential of atomic energy in garden…

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The Thursday Show: Are four out of five designers using AI? Plus: The state of home retail 57:29

27d ago57:29

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Host Dennis Scully and BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus discuss the biggest news in the design world, including a surprising AI study, why Zillow is walking back a climate risk feature, and what happens when decor scares away home buyers. Later, columnist Warren Shoulberg joins the show to talk about the state of home retail. This episode is spon…

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Adam Frost's garden heroes and the people that have impacted his gardening life 23:32

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Discover Adam's early gardening influences and the people who have helped him throughout his career - from his younger years with Scruffy Nan in the garden, to his informative years in Devon and with landscape gardener Geoff Hamilton. This podcast was recorded at Gardeners’ World Live with Nicki Chapman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc…

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In my garden, with Lydia Millen 44:15

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Lydia Millen has amassed millions of devoted followers across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, showcasing her idyllic life in the countryside and her gorgeous garden. Yet such fame is not without its price. Lydia shares her experience of the darker side of social media, how gardening and nature have transformed her outlook on life, and helped her be …

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Thomas Pheasant's guide to a long, happy design career 1:14:56

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Thomas Pheasant has built his career in Washington D.C., and though projects now take him all over the world, his work still reflects the serene, classical style of the nation’s capital. Along the way, Pheasant has won several awards for his work, spent over a decade on the AD100, and designed blockbuster collections for Baker and McGuire On this e…

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Wintery Plant Suggestions, Tom Allen’s Questionable Cucumbers & Why Arit Anderson is Speechless! 28:10

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We've visited the Garden Media Guild to watch Arit Anderson be honoured - and backstage we spoke to the inimitable Tom Allen, self-confessed novice gardener plus actor and comedian on the side! Videos Mentioned: Secret Garden of Louth Video: https://youtu.be/QSH_GO96-kQ Grow Stunning Chrysanthemums: https://youtu.be/46mQR8i1UbE Visit potsandtrowels…

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Ep. 289 - Not much gardening going on - but that doesn't mean the #TalkingHeads pair don't have some big news about their lives in Horticulture...has Lucy finally tracked down those custard creams.... 32:46

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Autumn is here on the Talking Heads podcast - as the last vestiges of Summer in the garden dodge the wet and windy weather while trying to give the last hurrah before that inevitable but pleasantly seasonable slide into the hibernation of winter. But gardeners never sleep so Lucy and Saul are still out and about in their plots plying the horticultu…

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What To Do Now - Mulch 8:22

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Now is a great time to mulch. It's a chance to get out in the garden and do something practical when everything seems to be on the wane and dying down. It's also a good physical workout, a nice way to use a chilly but sunny day. You might think mulching is just about feeding the plants, but it's really about looking after the soil itself, the life…

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Henley-on-Thames 42:28

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What’s the strangest thing wildlife has whisked away from your garden? How can I prevent codling moth from spoiling apples? And how do I make reliably nutritious compost using horse manure? Peter Gibbs and a panel of green-fingered experts return to Henley-on-Thames, where a lively audience of passionate gardeners awaits answers to their most press…

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The Power of Trees: Wellbeing, Wildlife and the Future of Our Woodlands 34:29

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It’s National Tree Week, and we’re heading into the woods to celebrate the trees that shape our landscapes, enrich our lives, and quietly support the world around us. We’re joined by Sally Bavin from the Woodland Trust, who explains why woodlands are so powerful for both our physical and mental wellbeing. She also shares her fascinating research in…

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The Thursday Show: Why Williams-Sonoma is suing Quince. Plus: 1stDibs revises a controversial pricing tool 41:55

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Host Dennis Scully and BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus discuss the biggest news in the design world, including Stark’s latest acquisition, why Williams-Sonoma is suing Quince, and whether tariffs will have an impact on style. This episode is sponsored by Renewal by Andersen and Eichholtz. LINKS Business of Home…

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Staying fit in later life in the garden, with Jacqueline Hooton 38:45

28d ago38:45

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Gardening can provide us with many benefits, from being in fresh air, surrounded by nature, exposing us to sunlight and increased levels of vitamin D, bringing enjoyment from a colourful flower border, and dietary benefits too from the food we grow, to name a few. Being in the garden and in outdoor spaces can also be a fantastic way to stay fit an…

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Rainforest revealed, with Dr Rosa Vasquez Espinoza 33:54

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The Amazon may feel far away, but what happens there affects all of us. It's a storehouse of biodiversity and natural climate regulator and home to countless species that we've barely begun to study. Dr. Rosa Vasquez, Espinoza takes us into the amazing world of life beneath the rainforest canopy to explore what's at stake, what's still being disco…

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Jerry Pair proves showrooms are still vital 58:42

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Founded in Atlanta in the 1970s, Jerry Pair evolved alongside the design industry itself, starting as a small road rep operation and growing into a Southern institution. Current owner Dan Cahoon joined in the 1990s, helping to expand the business and bring it into the 21st century—navigating technological change, a recession, and a pandemic. On thi…

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Renewal Pruning, Root Stock Extravaganza, Now's the Perfect Time to Transplant/Move Plants & Meet New RHS Advisor Katy Merrington 38:20

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We meet the incoming RHS Harlow Carr garden advisor Katy Merrington, who looks after the Hepworth Wakefield Garden. We are talking renewal pruning, transplanting or moving plants around the garden and it’s almost a Root Stock Special as we have a detailed analysis of what root stocks are & what happens to the leftovers? Plus, we put the pot in Pots…

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What To Do Now - Plant bare-root trees, shrubs and hedging 8:01

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The time from November to March is ideal for planting bare root plants - whether trees, shrubs or hedging - and who doesn’t want more plants in their garden? Whether you’re planning to plant trees to your gardening space, adding some native mixed hedging or looking to increase your border with shrubs, choosing bare root plants is a great option. Le…