Best Maxwell Frost Podcasts (2025)

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Creating a sunken garden, how to grow asparagus and the bush with a froggy smell? 57:01

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In Magherafelt, David Maxwell visits Yew Cottage garden where Philip Stewart is turning his pond into a sunken garden. He hopes to turn a ‘frost pocket’ into a place for tender plants including bananas. In County Clare, Karoly Torok takes us on a tour of Vandeleur Walled Garden, which is now a thriving community space after years of neglect. Colin …

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How to ripen your pears, the magic of the moving Mimosa plant, and Kumquat curiosity 57:00

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This week, David Maxwell heads to County Antrim where he meets a Canadian couple gardening in the shadow of Slemish. Judith and Hugh Jackson moved to the area from Vancouver after they both retired. They built a house in a rural area and they quickly realised that gardening at 300 metres above sea level meant they needed plants that can look after …

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Greening the grey in The Burren, Adam Frost’s shrub of the month and have you got Ireland’s smallest mammal in your garden? 56:26

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Carl Wright never intended to make a garden when he bought an old cottage in The Burren. Had he known he’d become smitten with plants he wouldn’t have chosen to live in an area famous for it’s limestone rock covered by a thin layer of soil. But after importing hundreds of tons of topsoil over 25 years he has created a garden like no other. It’s a s…

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Grow your own fly trap, Isaac Newton’s apple and the allotments with a view 56:35

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David travels to the award winning Farmyard Nurseries in Carmarthenshire where Richard Bramley shows him the large collection of fly eating Sarracenia. Greg Sachno reveals how he’s created a small garden orchard on the windswept Ards Peninsula. It includes an apple unique to the local area called Ecklinville seedling and an apple genetically linked…

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Getting a garden wedding ready, plants to cut down on the strimming, and Adam Frost’s shrub of the month 57:07

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What do you do when your son says he forgot to booking a venue for his wedding ceremony? You offer your garden of course and call in the Gardeners’ Corner experts for a bit of help. This week presenter David Maxwell and garden expert Rosie Maye get their gardening kit and head to Bangor to help mum and dad, Nicola and Sheldon Hinds, get their garde…

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Watershed Voice Staff Writer Maxwell Knauer joins Keep Your Voice Down hosts Doug Sears Jr. and Alek Haak-Frost for what might just be the most chaotic conversation in KYVD history. Alek goes "full Larry David" over his counterparts' use of their full first names in some settings (professionally, on social media, etc.), while almost no one refers t…

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Abdul El-Sayed 52:32

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Keep Your Voice Down hosts Alek Haak-Frost and Doug Sears Jr. are joined by Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed. The former Rhodes Scholar and Michigan gubernatorial candidate fields questions about civil liberties, affordable housing, Medicare for All, and automation's impact on the economy. El-Sayed is running for Michigan's soon-…

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How to get golf worthy grass with The Open’s greenkeepers, Is there an Ash come back? Foraging for micro nutrients 56:38

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With The Open championship taking place on County Antrim’s north coast, David Maxwell gets some top tips on grass keeping from those who prepared the Royal Portrush course for the world’s top golfers. With Ash dieback now present across the country, a question from a caller prompts the team to look at the latest research suggesting there may be som…

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Tickling your weeds away, Brockagh Woods wildlife garden and what to do with the kids in the garden this summer 56:40

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With the summer holidays here Gardeners’ Corner gets some inspiration on what to do with the kids in the garden from Amy Kelly. Presenter David Maxwell visits Shaun Boyd’s wildlife garden at Brockagh woods near Ballymoney and is tickling the solution to tackling some of the worst weeds? Ann FitzSimons is deploying a special weeding tool to keep one…

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Artist Showcase lineup drop 1:03:05

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Keep Your Voice Down hosts Alek Haak-Frost and Doug Sears Jr. reveal the lineup for the fifth annual Watershed Voice Artist Showcase, which will take place later this month at The Huss Project in Three Rivers. The duo also explores the role of AI in content creation and journalism, what is lost in the over reliance of such technology, and what soci…

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Gardeners’ Corner at 40 55:48

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Gardeners’ Corner celebrates 40 years of the programme with a garden party at Ballyrobert Cottage Garden in County Antrim. Among those attending former presenters and contributors with fond memories of the programme. Presenter David Maxwell chats to Libby Hunter who presented the first programme in June 1985 and to Julie Brown who produced the show…

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Taking the work out of weeding, Portnoo Market Garden, and creating community in Culmore 56:42

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On the day of the summer solstice, Gardeners’ Corner heads to a market garden known across the globe on social media. Barrie Quinn has created Portnoo Market Garden in Donegal over the last 5 years. He tells presenter David Maxwell why he’s so passionate about producing organic veg on his hillside plot. In Culmore, just a few miles from Londonderry…

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Three Rivers Pride Preview 45:06

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Keep Your Voice Down hosts Alek Haak-Frost and Doug Sears Jr. are joined by Three Rivers Pride Board Secretary Lexi Jacobs, President Chuck Lepinski, and Volunteer Coordinator Sarah Apwisch to preview the third annual Three Rivers Pride Festival. This year's festival will take place Saturday, June 21 in downtown Three Rivers from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. …

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Chef Neven Maguire’s kitchen garden, reliable roses and a last visit to Kilcoan 56:42

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This week David Maxwell heads to the kitchen garden behind chef Neven Maguire’s restaurant in Blacklion, County Cavan. There his grower Kevin, produces micro-greens, herbs and edible flowers just a few steps away from the award winning restaurant and cookery school. Neven chats about his mission to inspire everyone to produce home grown gourmet foo…

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How to keep your plants watered while you’re away, Secret Gardens of Loughgall and Adam Frost’s Shrub of the Month 56:34

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With many people counting down the days to summer holidays, presenter David Maxwell gets a question from one listener who wants to know the best way to water her pots when she’s away. Also on the programme, a visit to two of the 20 gardens opening as part of ‘Secret Gardens of Loughgall’ weekend. In County Fermanagh, Dougal Dorman explains how the …

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Gardeners’ Corner live from Bord Bia Bloom 2025 56:22

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Join David Maxwell and his guests live from Bord Bia Bloom in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. He catches up with designers, Linda McKeown, James Purdy and Leonie Cornellius who all picked up medals and visits the postcard cards which are constructed in just one day. Claire McNally chooses her stand out plants from the show and chef Neven Maguire brings a ta…

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Gardeners’ Corner at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 56:00

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Highlights from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025. David Maxwell explores the show gardens including the gold medal winning ‘The Glasshouse Garden’ by Jo Thompson and an alpine garden for the British Red Cross inspired by the Giant’s Causeway. In the great pavilion, David chats to plant experts on peonies, sweet pea and unusual heirloom vegetables. …

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Dominic West, Nigel Slater and Fergus Garrett kick off show season and a birthday bloom for Gardeners’ Corner 56:28

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At the Festival of Gardens and Nature in County Laois, David Maxwell chats to actor Dominic West, food writer and broadcaster Nigel Slater and world renowned head gardener at Great Dixter, Fergus Garrett. Ahead of the 40th birthday of Gardeners’ Corner, a new daffodil is named for the programme. Internationally recognised breeder, Brian Duncan join…

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The garden lost under a car park, taking on a mature garden and Adam Frost’s shrub of the month 56:14

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With the arrival of an early summer, David heads to Bangor where a non-gardening couple took on a beautiful mature garden 9 years ago. Janet and her husband Carl had lived in South Africa, Germany and England, but it was only in taking on their garden near Ballyholme Beach that they got into all things green. David tours the suburban plot and finds…

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What to do in the garden this Easter, grow your own soap and the sensory garden in an industrial estate? 56:31

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In this Easter edition of Gardeners’ Corner, there is double the gardening inspiration and know-how as two expert guests join David Maxwell in studio. Rosie Maye will be singing the praises of home grown rhubarb and Colin Agnew’s Easter basket is not full of eggs but succulent plants. Also on the programme, a San Francisco listener on how to grow y…

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The surprising secret to naturalistic planting…get the kids to do it and building community with big containers 56:47

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With the sunny spring continuing, Gardeners’ Corner visits a 19th century walled garden in Maghera. Once connected to the local rectory, it is now run by the council, and it features several distinct spaces including a large glasshouse and a wildflower meadow. Roy Clark, who knows the garden well, says their secret to planting spring bulbs in a nat…

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How to create your own spring spectacular, lessons from life with a living wall and Adam Frost’s shrub of the month 56:41

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David Maxwell heads to Hillsborough Castle and Gardens where nearly 20,000 spring bulbs are blooming. Head Gardener, Claire Woods shows off the large collection of daffodils bred in Northern Ireland and gives some tips on getting the best out of these bulbs. Ann FitzSimons explains what she’s learnt after living with a living wall for 2 years and A…

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The family adopted by bees, how to care for Camellias and what to grow under a hedge 56:49

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What do you do if you’re adopted by bees? That was the Watson family’s question when the insects started making honeycomb in their compost bin. Now with two hives, mum Julietta is always thinking how she can make her County Down garden a haven for both her family and the wildlife on the doorstep. With Magnolias and Camellias blossoming across the c…

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Colour combinations at Castle Ward, are heathers back in fashion? And plantsman Jimi Blake on his latest obsession with alpines 56:29

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Autumn planting is rewarded with Spring colour and at Castle Ward the formal bulb display of hyacinths and primroses is at its height. David meets gardeners Searcha Kelly and Judy Walsh who, with the help of volunteers, keep the gardens of this National Trust property looking good. Could heathers be coming back into fashion? Long lasting colour and…

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Gardeners’ Corner Spring Special from RHS Wisley 55:28

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Gardeners’ Corner celebrates spring with a visit to the world-famous RHS Garden Wisley. Covering 240 acres, it’s one of five gardens run by the Royal Horticultural Society and it attracts around one million visitors every year. Presenter David Maxwell visits several part of the garden that really come alive in spring, including the woodland areas a…

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Watershed Voice: An oral history 1:01:46

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Watershed Voice launched in 2020 only weeks after the COVID-19 pandemic had much of the country sheltering in place, and a short time before protests, the size and frequency of which the country hadn't seen since the Civil Rights movement, dominated the headlines. It was a tumultuous time in the history of the United States, and quite possibly the …

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How to grow Dahlias, the art of stone walls and Adam Frost’s shrub of the month 56:37

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With the temperatures edging up, it’s time to get those Dahlia tubers planted up for the season ahead and that’s what David Maxwell found Ann FitzSimons doing when he dropped into her country garden glasshouse near Killinchy. At the National Trust’s Downhill Demesne, students from the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) are le…

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Could you have hidden treasure in your garden? Why alpines are the ultimate no-fuss plants and early spring with Jimi Blake 56:34

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The hunt is on for long lost plant varieties – David Maxwell finds out why groups like the Irish Garden Plant Society and Plant Heritage want to find and save plants that can no longer be bought. In Bessbrook, Hilary McKelvey explains why alpines are the ultimate in no-fuss gardening. On a visit to renowned plantsman Jimi Blake’s garden in County W…

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Storm-proof trees, winter gems at Ardgillan Castle and getting your Amaryllis to flower again 56:44

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David Maxwell finds out about storm proof trees at the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Kilmacurragh where head gardener, Seamus O’Brien also has tips on creating a wind break with holly, hazel and mix of other native species. At Ardgillan Castle on the coast of north county Dublin, Dominica McKevitt reveals a garden for all seasons where relia…

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Lucky Fultz 58:21

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This week on Keep Your Voice Down Three Rivers singer-songwriter Lucky Fultz joins hosts Alek Haak-Frost and Doug Sears, Jr. to discuss his upcoming album "Riverside Drive," which is set to drop on February 28. Fultz details his musical influences and methodology, Tupac gets praise, Drake gets all the smoke, and male vulnerability is celebrated. Th…

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Growing soft fruit without a garden, getting going with sweet peas, tomatoes and chillies, Adam Frost’s shrub of the month 56:39

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With spring just around the corner presenter David Maxwell, explores what we can all get growing in mid-February to get ahead of the game. Sweet Peas, Tomatoes and Chillies can all be sown right now on a warm windowsill for a summer full of scent and home grown goodness. Amy Kelly reveals how you can have a delicious crop of raspberries and strawbe…

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Keep Your Voice Down hosts Alek Haak-Frost and Doug Sears, Jr. are joined by Watershed Voice Staff Reporter Najifa Farhat to discuss her educational and professional background, the experiences in Bangladesh that propelled her toward a career in journalism, family dynamics, and her interest in climate vulnerabilities. The show’s theme is “Howling a…

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Why you should eat the rainbow, how to grow hellebores and easy hedging 56:37

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This week why it’s good for you to eat as many different coloured fruit and veg as you can grow. A visit to Mount Venus nursery where Oliver Schurmann has a great collection on hellebores that are putting on an impressive show when little else does. In Glenarm, Neil Porteous is pruning grapes and Maurice Parkinson recommends Lonciera nitida as one …

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Storm Éowyn, from rugby to raking, and searching for special snowdrops 56:54

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Storm Éowyn has changed the face of some treasured public gardens. This week David visits the National Trust’s Mount Stewart which was one of the worst affected. Rob Wilson tells David that with thousands of trees down, the garden on the Ards Peninsula has completely lost some of its shelter belts. Despite the destruction, Gardeners’ Corner finds h…

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How to have happy houseplants, pruning gooseberries and apples and taking the work out of gardening 56:33

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You don’t have to have a garden to enjoy plants and this week David Maxwell explores the plant world that prefers the indoor life. Roisin Horgan set up her houseplant business in east Belfast after years working in offices which lacked greenery. She reveals the best plants for different indoor locations including, the trailing Pothos or Parlour Pal…

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What to grow for winter wonder, summer down under and the tidy grow tunnel that gets vacuumed? 56:34

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Even on a cold or dull January day there is always some winter wonders to be discovered in a botanic garden. This week, David Maxwell heads to the National Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin, just a few miles from the centre of Dublin. Outdoors he finds flowering Japanese Quince (Chaenomeles japonica) and the striking bark of Chilean Myrtle (Luma apicula…

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What to do in the garden when the temperature drops, Adam Frost’s Shrub of the Month and dealing with invasive Bamboo 56:31

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As temperatures drop, David Maxwell is joined in studio by Ann FitzSimons to consider how to deal with snow and ice in the garden. He also heads to the National Trust’s Mount Stewart where despite the freezing weather work is continuing to reclaim areas of the garden lost to invasive bamboo. At the Chelsea Physic Garden in London, Emily Hazell expl…

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Season by Season with Gardeners’ Corner 56:37

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At the turn of the year David Maxwell takes us on a journey through the four seasons with highlights from 12 months of Gardeners’ Corner. From snow covered Downhill Demesne to clearing up after the storms at Hillsborough Castle Gardens, from the Kew Gardens of Connemara to Sarah Raven’s world famous Perch Hill garden – David brings lessons from a y…

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Tereasa Bellew & Sundos Hejazi 40:08

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Watershed Voice Short Story Contest winners Tereasa Bellew & Sundos Hejazi recently dropped by Keep Your Voice Down to discuss their winning pieces. Sundos, whose short story titled "One Man" won the 17 and under category, lives in Portage where she attends Portage Central High School. Tereasa, a grandmother of five and great grandmother of two, wo…

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Gardeners’ Corner at Christmas 56:08

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Get ready for a festive gardening get together as David Maxwell and the Gardeners’ Corner team head to Ballywalter Park on the Ards Peninsula. Gathered around a roaring fire outdoors, they’ll be celebrating the season with mince pies, mulled wine and plenty of practical gardening advice inspired by the contents of custom-made Christmas crackers and…

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Looking after your Christmas Tree, Perfect Pelargoniums at the Chelsea Physic Garden and Winter garden wildlife 56:45

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With Christmas just around the corner, David heads to a Christmas tree farm on the outskirts of Belfast where Tony Johnston is planning for the Christmas rush in 10 year’s time, as he plants trees for Christmas future. At the Chelsea Physic Garden, new head of plant collections Emily Hazell offers a look at the newly restored Pelargonium House. Oli…

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Brittni's back, book babes 1:20:29

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OK, Brittni Huyck was gone for a minute but she's back now, and she has a new story to tell, literature(ly). The local author, hairstylist, and Three Rivers native dropped by Keep Your Voice Down Thursday to promote the fourth (and possibly final) book in her Iron City Heat Series "Someone Like Him." Doug, Alek, and Brit discuss the obstacles she e…

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The best winter veg for small containers, bulbs lasagnes and Mount Stewart looks to the future 56:29

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As autumn officially ends and winter begins David Maxwell heads to a frosty Mount Stewart on the Ards Peninsula where the Sunken Garden is getting a refresh. Rob Wilson explains why they are emptying and replanting beds originally laid out by Lady Edith with a little help from legendary Victorian plantswoman Gertrude Jekyll. Ann FitzSimons on creat…

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Gardeners’ Corner Autumn Highlights 56:45

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Autumn highlights from the Gardeners’ Corner archive with David Maxwell including, a visit to the Savill Garden in Windsor Great Park, Jekka McVicar with her herb of the month for November, Neil Porteous is ‘heeling in’ rhododendron at Glenarm Castle and Reg Maxwell is planting bulbs for an indoor winter display. Claire Woods takes questions in stu…

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AG Andrea Campbell on Dem AGs Gearing up to Protect People in Trump’s America 48:05

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Democratic Attorneys General across the country are gearing up for what’s expected to be a busy and insane four years under Trump 2.0. Amongst those AGs is Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell who joined us for a chat on what this prep looks like. She walked us through what AGs do, how they protect constituents, and what is top of mind for her office. …

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Trees for small spaces, the magic of Medlars and the road to Chelsea begins 56:36

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What trees work well in small spaces? This week David Maxwell visits two experts who have the answer. Amy Kelly’s small suburban garden is full of fruit trees including the mysterious Medlar fruit. Once commonplace in Britain and Ireland, the fruit, which has to be left to over-ripen, has fallen out of favour. Amy thinks the tree still deserves a p…

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In our villain era – an election debrief with V Spehar’s @underthdesknews and BETCHES News, Sami Sage 1:19:13

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Four political podcasters, four mics, and loads of election takeaways on this episode featuring our friends from the American Fever Dream Podcast, V Spehar (@undethedesknews) and Sami Sage (@betches_news). Low key, high key this episode could’ve been over 24 hours long, but we wrapped it up into a digestible first look at what happened this electio…

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How to make leafmould? Tulip time and a visit to Trinity College Botanic Gardens 56:41

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As autumn leaves continue to fall, David Maxwell visits the Botanic Gardens of Trinity College Dublin. It’s moved a few times in its history but now can be found near Dartry in the south of the city. Dr Stephen Waldren takes David on a tour and shows him the seedbank preserving endangered Irish plants. Mick McCann, who has worked as a gardener at t…

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The lost gardens of Castlewellan? Blankets for bananas in Glenarm and how to do hardwood cuttings 56:52

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As the leaves continue to fall, presenter David Maxwell visits one of most important historic gardens on the island of Ireland. The arboretum and walled garden within Castlewellan Forest Park has dozens of champion trees and it’s a garden getting a facelift. Alwyn Sinnamon reveals the work going on to restore some of the gardens 18th century featur…

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IT’S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN: Election Week & Day Prep – GO VOTE! 47:54

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It’s just ya gals gabbin’ about the election and all the things we’ve been seeing in the final countdown. We give you our latest thoughts, feels, and tidbits of advice as we get down to the nitty gritty last bit of this wild election season ride. We’ll see you on October 13th for the post-election debrief – fingers crossed for good news bears. In t…