Tales From The Potting Bench
By Adam Kirtland
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Description
A weekly ramble with the most diverse folk from our world of green fingers, green thumbs and dirty knees.
Flowers, vegetables, trees, shrubs, herbs and more - it’s bound to be covered. On your commute, or in the garden of your choosing - we’ll be here to keep your ears busy.
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Katy Watson - From Opera to Plants
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Questions From The Potting Bench - Episode 5
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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James and Joe - The Best Garden Biscuits!
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Questions From The Potting Bench - Episode 4
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Richard Bowman - Northern Horticulturalist
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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Questions From The Potting Bench - Episode 3
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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Jamie Butterworth - What Grows Together!
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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Questions From The Potting Bench - Episode 2
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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Michael Perry - Mr Plant Geek
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Questions From The Potting Bench - Episode 1
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Steve Newland - King Of The Tomatoes!
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Andy Wain - The Fully Charged Gardener
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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Lydia Mantella - Your Organic Lydia!
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Georgina and Tori - Gardening For Wellbeing!
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May 17, 2025 |
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Jordan Weston - The Bearded Botanist
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May 10, 2025 |
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Rob Smith - Grow To Eat!
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May 03, 2025 |
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Anya Lautenbach - The Money Saving Gardener!
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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Simon Akeroyd - Grow Your Groceries!
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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Joseph Clark - From Tomatoes to TikTok
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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Louise's Kitchen Garden - Bake, Cook, Grow!
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Thomas Radford - Foraging for Food!
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Kevin Smith - Editor of Gardener's World Magazine!
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Ben Newell - Terrific Terrariums!
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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David Domoney - Plants with Superpowers
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Ashley Edwards - Plants For Wellbeing
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Kim O'Brien - Dahlias For Days!
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Roz Chandler - Farming For Flowers!
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Frances Tophill - How To Grow A Garden!
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Matt Spracklen - Rock and Roll....and Birds!
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Kate Bradbury - One Garden Against The World
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Huw Richards - The Permaculture Garden!
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Mitch McCulloch - The Seed Hunter
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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Rosy Hardy - Plantswoman extraordinaire!
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Carmen Rosten .... from Stihl!
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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Jonny Balchandani - The Bearded Plantaholic!
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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Lucy Chamberlain - The Life Of A Former Head Gardener
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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Becky Searle - Lets Talk About Soil!
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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Leigh Johnstone - The Beardy Gardener!
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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Niall Radford - King Of The Tomatoes!
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Daisy Payne - Start Growing!
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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Hannah Shaw - Co-founder of 'Hota'
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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Kelly-Jane Leach - Dirty Garden Hoe!
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May 25, 2024 |
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Anne Swithinbank - Gardening Royalty!
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May 17, 2024 |
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Katie Rushworth - Love Your Garden!
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May 11, 2024 |
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Kim Stoddart - Resilient Gardening!
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May 04, 2024 |
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Alice Hare - Fabulous Florals!
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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Sophie Van Gerwen - Floral Days In The Shires!
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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Lucy Hutchings - She Grows Veg!
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Nicola Hope - Gardening Organically!
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Advolly Richmond - History and Flowers!
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Rosie Irving - Garden Rescue and Beyond!
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Pippa Greenwood - Grow Your Own!
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Jekka McVicar - Queen Of Herbs
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Keith Weed - President of the RHS
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Faye Whitley - To BEE or not to BEE?!
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Tom Coleman - Sip, Sow...Grow!
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Alan Gardner - The Autistic Gardener!
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Dave Goulson - Where to Begin with Bees!
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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JP Clark - Life, Loves and Gardening!
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Helen Cross - Grow, Cook, Inspire!
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Joe Bagley - The Houseplant Doctor!
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Sue Kent - Gardener's World and Beyond...
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 18th October 2023
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Chris Jesson - Make Gardening Groovy Again!
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Lizzie Schofield - A Garden On A Cliffside In Scotland
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries is back!!
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Ramona Jones - Living In A World Inspired by Beatrix Potter...
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Jenny Williams - Creating 'The Laundry Garden'
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Kim Stoddart - How Climate Change is Effecting Our WHOLE Garden
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Gil Melham - Plants....aplenty! And some huge news...
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Arthur Parkinson - Gardening, Hens, Bees and Flamingos?
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 30th August 2023
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 23rd August 2023
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 16th August 2023
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 9th August 2023
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 2nd August 2023
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 19th July 2023
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 5th July 2023
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 28th June 2023
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 20th June 2023
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Alan Titchmarsh at Gardener's World Live!
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 14th June 2023
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 7th June 2023
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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James from Plant Surge - Harnessing the Power of Lightning
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 31st May 2023
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May 30, 2023 |
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Charlie from Leon Boots - Why These are Boots are Different!
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May 25, 2023 |
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Alice Vincent - 'How Gardening Creeps in When We're Least Expecting It'
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May 21, 2023 |
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Adam Frost and Arit Anderson at RHS Malvern Spring Festival
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May 18, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 17th May 2023
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May 16, 2023 |
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Danny Clarke - 'The Black Gardener'
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May 15, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 10th May 2023
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May 09, 2023 |
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Patrick Vernuccio - The Frenchie Gardener!
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May 07, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 3rd May 2023
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May 02, 2023 |
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Andrew Timothy O'Brien - Hands In The Dirt!
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 26th April 2023 (with Farmer Gracy)
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Emma Jo Real-Davies - Gardener, Presenter and Instagram Legend!
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: A preview for the RHS Malvern Spring Festival!
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 19th April 2023
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Jane Perrone - Houseplant Royalty!
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Garden Book Review - 'The Seasoned Gardener' by Liz Zorab
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 12th April 2023
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Liz Zorab - The Seasoned Gardener
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Garden Book Review - 'Not Another Jungle' by Tony Le-Britton
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 5th April 2023
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Tony Le-Britton - Not Another Jungle??
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 29th March 2023
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Lee Burkhill - Garden Ninja's Assemble!
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 22nd March 2023
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Ann-Marie Powell - Creating a Real Garden...
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Garden Book Review - 'Ranunculus' by Naomi Slade
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 15th March 2023
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Naomi Slade - For The Love Of Plants!
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 8th March 2023
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Miranda Janantka - From Kew to Gardener's World
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 1st March 2023
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Ben Cross - British Flowers Rock (Back For More)
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Garden Book Review - 'A Plant For Every Day Of The Year’ by Philip Clayton
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 22nd February 2023
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Stephanie Hafferty - Myth Busting, No-Dig
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 15th February 2023
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Rekha Mistry - Growing Your Own Kitchen Garden
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 8th February 2023
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Andrew Perry - Urban Herbs, Urban Growing
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Garden Book Review - 'Rekha's Kitchen Garden' by Rekha Mistry
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 1st February 2023
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Garden Book Review - 'To Stand And Stare' by Andrew Timothy O'Brien
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 25th January 2023
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Garden Book Review - 'No-Dig Children's Gardening Book' by Charles Dowding
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 18th January 2023
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Garden Book Review - 'A Flower A Day' by Miranda Janatka
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 11th January 2023
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Garden Book Review - 'Grasping The Nettle' by Tamsin Westhorpe
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 4th January 2023
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Garden Book Review - 'Hortus Curious' by Mr Plant Geek
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 28th December 2022
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 21st December 2022
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 14th December 2022
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 7th December 2022
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Mark Lane - Broadcaster, Writer, Designer!
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 30th November 2022
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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James Smith - Young Designer!
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 24th November 2022
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Laetitia Maklouf - The Five Minute Garden!
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Garden Book Review - 'Pots' by Harriet Rycroft
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 16th November 2022
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Sarah Gerrard-Jones - The Plant Rescuer!
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 9th November 2022
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Jimi Blake - Gardening for yourself (and your mind)!
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 2nd November 2022
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Simon Lycett - Beautiful Blooms across the globe!
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 26th October 2022
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Lachlan Rae - Searching For The Best Gardens!
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 19th October 2022
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Tamsin Westhorpe - Grasping The Nettle?
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 12th October 2022
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Frances Tophill - The Modern Gardener!
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 5th October 2022
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Josie Lewis - Inside Sarah Raven's 'Perch Hill'!
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 28th September 2022
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Manoj Malde - From Fashion to Passion?
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 21st September 2022
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 14th September 2022
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 7th September 2022
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 3rd August 2022
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 26th July 2022
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 6th July 2022
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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1️⃣3️⃣ Charles Dowding - To Dig or Not to Dig...?
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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IT'S BACK! - (Mini Episode) - The Potting Bench Diaries - 29th June 2022
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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1️⃣2️⃣ Daisy Upton - Gardening with (or without!) kids!
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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BONUS - Joe Swift at Gardener's World Live 2022
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Jun 18, 2022 |
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(Mini Episode) - The Potting Bench Diaries - 15th June 2022
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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1️⃣1️⃣ Matthew Pottage - Wisley and beyond!
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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(Mini Episode) - The Potting Bench Diaries - 1st June 2022
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May 31, 2022 |
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🔟 Michael Marriott - The Rose Expert!
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May 30, 2022 |
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(Mini Episode) - The Potting Bench Diaries - 25th May 2022
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May 24, 2022 |
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9️⃣ Jean Vernon - Addicted To Bees!
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May 23, 2022 |
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(Mini Episode) - The Potting Bench Diaries - 18th May 2022
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May 17, 2022 |
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8️⃣ Kenny Raybould - Prince Of Plants
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May 16, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 11th May 2022
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May 10, 2022 |
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7️⃣ Sam Corfield - Sow, Grow, Gather
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May 09, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 4th May 2022
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May 03, 2022 |
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6️⃣ Chris Wiley - The Sustainable Alternatives
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May 02, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 27th April 2022
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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5️⃣. Jo Thompson - The Gardener's Palette
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 20th April 2022
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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4️⃣. Mitch Grows - The Science of Organic Growing
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 13th April 2022
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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3️⃣. Mr Plant Geek - How it all began...
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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The Potting Bench Diaries - 6th April 2022
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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2️⃣. Cloud Gardener - Growing in the Sky!
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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1️⃣. Claus Dalby - Bulbs, Books and Borders
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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9. Life is a Drag! with @dragqueen_gardener
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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8. The Joy Of Gardening with @ellenmarygardening
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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7. Legends Of The Leaf! with @j.l.perrone
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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BONUS - Gardening for Kids with @skinnyjeangardener
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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6. British Flowers Rock! with @alstroemeriaben
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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5. The Future Of Gardening with @matthewwilsongardens
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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4. An Allotment Chronicle with @allotment4life
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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3. Seeds, Seeds, Seeds with @therosepressgarden
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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2. Garden Beginnings with @mike_thegardener
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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1. Allotments and Teepees with @diaryofaladygardener
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Aug 23, 2021 |