100 episodes
The Garden Log Ben Dark
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- Leisure
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4.8 • 115 Ratings
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The Garden Log is an award winning podcast from Ben Dark, Head Gardener at an English country estate. Episodes begin with a review of events in the flowerbeds, meadows and woodland, before moving on to discuss horticultural matters more generally.
Ben is an ever-curious host who does not take himself, his job or gardening too seriously. A half-hour spent in his company is a half-hour spent far away from the myriad concerns of modern life.
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Hellos and Goodbyes
A fond farewell from Ben and directions to the new podcast Dear Gardener, where the Garden Log lives on in spirit.
I'm going to keep the Garden Log online for those who want to relisten or are finding it for the first time. I'm think ready to start again from the beginning!
Dear Gardener can be found on apple here: https://linktr.ee/deargardener
If you have enjoyed the Garden Log over the past 4 years or would like to contribute to its ongoing hosting fees consider buying me a digital coffee at https://ko-fi.com/bendark
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How to keep plants alive (and other mysteries)
In this excellent episode Ben finds roses like cats, lawns like dunes and flowers like clothes pegs. Also featuring a few simple tricks to stop things dying.
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Pine riots, wolf-vines and the joy of other people's gardens: A gardening podcast
Its a sultry spring day on the Garden Log. We muse on the kindness of strangers, advise on planting for a rubble-strewn drive and yearn for romance.
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Underrated shrubs, sweet perfumes and the art of the Garden Room: A petal strewn podcast
In this recreation of a lost walk Ben visits the garden of G. N Brandt (deceased) who brought the arts and crafts movement to Denmark and whose modest orchard-watergarden-woodland survives in the suburbs north of Copenhagen.
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#100 Perfect mistakes, rhubarb, rollercoasters, tulips and timeslips: A gardening podcast
Its spring and Ben is gardening hard. In a special dispatch from the flowerbeds he reports on sparrows, cosmos and creeping jenny. Also featuring a trip to the fairground, tabloid libel and a woman named X
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#99 Wildflowers, Tyrants and Sweet Magnolia: A Gardening Podcast
Ben discusses Ornithogolum, irises, poppies and golden fleece. Also featuring a trip to the Boboli gardens in Florence and a reading from The Grove: A Nature Odyssey in 19 1/2 Front Gardens - recently described by The Daily Telegraph as ‘the best gardening book of 2022’ and available to order from everywhere here: linktr.ee/bendark
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Customer Reviews
More please!
I’ve almost finished listening to all the back episodes of the garden log and I wait with baited breath for a new one!
Have you retired from gardening??
Or maybe just writing more books??
Looking forward to your return 😊
Thank goodness - you are back!
I was despondent when you announced that you were moving to pastures new, as this is one of my favourite podcasts, and I feared that it would cease to exist. However, what a delight that you are back 🙂 It will be fascinating to hear about plants and gardening in a new country, and I look forward to all the other amusing happenings along the way.
Looooovely
So tired of the vapid wittering of most podcasts - this one is heaven. Low key, serious, funny, like entering another world. I do wonder where Ben is riding his bike to work....Hampstead? St John’s Wood? I think we need a map please, Ben.
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