The Gardener Ben Podcast

Gardener Ben
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The Gardener Ben Podcast, honest conversations from the heart of the garden. Join Ben as he explores the world of gardening with real people sharing real experiences – from horticulture pros to passionate home gardeners, and sometimes stories far beyond the garden gate. Each episode is anchored with seasonal insights and updates from North Lodge, giving you a window into ongoing projects, tips, and observations in real time. Whether it’s English roses, modern cottage gardens, or everyday gardening challenges, expect practical guidance, authentic stories, and open, relatable conversations about what really goes on in gardens… and in life.

  1. 1d ago

    S5E7 Sam Outing Designs

    S5E7 @the_gardenerben_podcast is available to listen to now on Apple, Spotify, Amazon and my YouTube channel. This week, I have the absolute pleasure of sharing with you a relaxed and informal conversation with the incredibly talented garden designer @samoutingdesigns. Sam is not only an accomplished garden designer in his own right, making his debut at the Sandringham Flower Show with his very first independent long border design, but is also part of the dedicated team of horticulturalists responsible for beautifying the areas around the Chelsea Flower Show, which many of us take completely for granted, ensuring that they not only look exceptional during the show itself but also can be enjoyed all the way through the year by the Chelsea Pensioners who are resident at the world-famous hospital. With beauty and plant sustainability at the heart of his work, I hope you enjoy the conversation and head over to his media channels and show his account some love. The Gardener Ben Podcast is proudly brought to you in association with @peterbealesroses, winner of 31 Chelsea Gold Medals and creating timeless roses since 1968. Go online and shop at www.peterbealesroses.com, and make sure that you’re following along on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. The Gardener Ben Podcast is edited by @my_home_is_my_altar. Next week, join me for the second of my conversations recorded in Bristol, this time with the team at @creative.opportunities.bristol, a small independent charity offering meaningful and engaging horticultural work opportunities for disabled people. So, join me again next week, and until then, happy gardening! #gardenerben #podcast #podcaster #gardeningpodcast #listennow

    S5E7 Sam Outing Designs

  2. Oct 19

    S5E6 Spouts of Bristol

    S5E6 of the @the_gardenerben_podcast features an informal conversation with @sproutsofbristol, an award-winning independent houseplant and homeware shop based in Bristol, which has just celebrated its sixth birthday. To celebrate this lovely episode and @sproutsofbristol’s sixth birthday, you can now go online and use code THEGARDENERBEN15 for 15% off your first online purchase. This code can be used at any time until the end of 2026 but can’t be used in conjunction with any other online or special offer, so don’t miss this great opportunity to add just a few more special houseplants to your collection. The Gardener Ben Podcast is proudly brought to you in association with @peterbealesroses, winners of 31 Chelsea Gold Medals and creating timeless roses since 1968. Go online and shop at www.peterbealesroses.com, and make sure that you’re following along on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. The Gardener Ben Podcast is edited by @my_home_is_my_altar. Next week, I have the pleasure of sharing with you a conversation with the incredibly lovely @samoutingdesigns, who is an independent garden designer who debuted his very first beautiful border at the Sandringham Flower Show 2026. He’s also part of the very talented team responsible for landscaping and planting all of the public areas we see around the Chelsea Flower Show, ensuring that each of the many areas people take for granted is not only beautiful, sustainable and planted to stand the test of time, but can also be used and enjoyed by the Chelsea Pensioners on a day-to-day basis. So, join me again next week to listen to that conversation. Until next week, happy gardening! #gardenerben #podcast #gardeningpodcast #listennow #growwithme

    S5E6 Spouts of Bristol

  3. Oct 12

    S5E5 Brad, Select Roses Revisited

    S5E5 of the @the_gardenerben_podcast is revisited this week for a relaxed and informal conversation with rose-breeding legend Brad Jalbert of @selectroses. Brad, who was recently inducted into the @americanrosesociety Rose Breeders Hall of Fame, is just the second Canadian ever to have been awarded this incredibly prestigious accolade! Brad is a rose retailer and lifelong rose hybridiser, and many of you may have seen me in front of some of his absolutely beautiful creations during the review season of 2026. Brad joins me to once again talk everything roses and to share his wonderful news. The Gardener Ben Podcast is proudly brought to you in association with Peter Beales Roses, winner of 31 Chelsea Gold Medals and creating timeless roses since 1968. Go online and shop at www.peterbealesroses.com, and make sure that you’re following along on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. The Gardener Ben Podcast is edited by @my_home_is_my_altar Next week, the podcast heads to Bristol, and I get to speak to an award-winning independent business, @sproutsofbristol, who have recently celebrated their sixth birthday. So, catch me again next week, and until then, happy gardening! #gardenerben #podcast #gardeningpodcast #listennow #streamingnow

    S5E5 Brad, Select Roses Revisited

  4. Oct 5

    S5E4 Dans Plants

    S5 E4 of @the_gardenerben_podcast is available for you to listen to now on YouTube Spotify Amazon and Apple Music This week I have the pleasure in bringing to you a conversation with Dan from @dansplantsuk who I’ve had the pleasure in bumping into several times during the show season of 2026 his captivating use of colour form and texture really inspired me to bring you this conversation and I hope that once you’ve listened to the episode you head across his channels and show his account some love The Gardener Ben Podcast is brought to you proudly in association with Peter Beales Roses winner of 31 Chelsea gold medals and creating timeless roses since 1968 go online and shop at www.peterbealesroses.com The Gardener Ben podcast is edited by @my_home_is_my_altar next week I have the pleasure in welcoming back to the Podcast Brad from @selectroses we have so much to talk about and lots to share with you so I hope you join us again next week Until then, happy gardening #gardenerben #podcast #podcaster #listennow #gardenersofinstagram

    S5E4 Dans Plants

  5. Sep 28

    S5E3 Manoj Malde

    S5 E3 of @the_gardenerben_podcast is available for you to listen to now, featuring a wonderful conversation with award-winning garden designer, TV presenter, author and RHS ambassador @manoj_malde_garden_design. Who I bumped into at Chelsea 2026. Together, we formed a plan to bring you this lovely conversation during our chat. He shares with us how he approaches design, building meaningful relationships with his clients, and walks us through his process, and extends the offer of help to other, less experienced designers on their road to designing and building show gardens at the world-famous RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The Gardener Ben Podcast is brought to you proudly in association with Peter Beales Roses, winner of 31 Chelsea Gold Medals and creating timeless roses since 1968. And is edited by @my_home_is_my_altar. Next week, I’m joined by Dan @dansplantsuk, a real up-and-coming star of the horticultural world who’s making a real name for himself up and down the country with his beautiful colour combinations and planting schemes, and has won multiple RHS awards over the last few years. So tune in again next week on Spotify, Apple, Amazon and, of course, my YouTube channel. Until next week, happy gardening! #gardenerben #podcast #podcaster #listennow #streamingnow

    S5E3 Manoj Malde

  6. Sep 21

    S5E1 Caley Brothers

    Series 5 and episode 2 of @the_gardenerben_podcast podcast features a conversation with Jodie and Lorraine, fondly known as the Mushroom Sisters of @caleybrothers. I have had the pleasure of bumping into them several times during the 2026 show season. Their simply jaw-dropping displays of their beautiful homegrown mushroom kits are enough to stop you in your tracks and make your mouth water. Hugely passionate about the food that they grow and eat, they supply home-growing mushroom kits, have written a book called Project Mushroom, and have unbelievably created a mushroom-based gin. I hope that you enjoy the conversation and feel inspired to grow mushrooms of your own at home, as Mark and I have. Mainland UK customers can go online and get 15% off when ordering using the code MUSHROOMBEN. Why not give it a go yourself? The Gardener Ben Podcast is brought to you proudly in association with @peterbealesroses, winner of 31 Chelsea Gold Medals and creating timeless roses since 1968. Go online and shop at www.peterbealesroses.com. The Gardener Ben Podcast is edited by @my_home_is_my_altar. Tune in again next week for an informal conversation with award-winning garden designer, TV presenter, writer and RHS ambassador @manoj_malde_garden_design. Until next week, happy gardening! #gardenerben #podcast #podcaster #growwithme #listennow

    S5E1 Caley Brothers

  7. Sep 14

    S5E1 Winchester Cathedral, Reverend Canon Tess

    The Gardener Ben Podcast returns for season five and episode one for a very special episode featuring the Reverend Canon Dr Tess Lawton, Canon Missioner of @winchestercathedral. For a conversation around the Wild Festival of Flowers and Nature, hosted by Winchester Cathedral from the 15th to the 19th of September, the event sees floral installations packed into this incredibly impressive, humbling and beautiful space, with themes spiralling around biodiversity, well-being, sustainability, climate, creativity and hope. During the event, the outside will be very much brought in to the heart of the cathedral, with multiple floral installations, hands-on workshops and unexpected performances. You can get the tickets for the Wild Festival of Flowers and Nature directly from Winchester Cathedral’s website and via their social media channels. The Gardener Ben Podcast is brought to you proudly in association with Peter Beales Roses. Winner of 31 Chelsea Gold Medals and creating timeless roses since 1968, go online and shop at www.peterbealesroses.com and make sure that you’re following along on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. Next week, I’m joined by Jodie and Lorraine from @caleybrothers, multiple RHS medal winners and self-confessed mushroom fanatics, to talk about their exceptionally easy home-growing mushroom kits, their RHS-endorsed book and mushroom gin, of all things. So join me again next week and, until then, happy gardening.

    S5E1 Winchester Cathedral, Reverend Canon Tess

  8. Jun 22

    S4E9 Open Garden Special

    S4E9 of The Gardener Ben Podcast is streaming now. This week is a very special episode, not featuring very much of me. In fact, the episode has been brought together by some of you who visited the garden during our open weekend a few weeks ago. The episode has been recorded by my husband, Mark, and captures some of your thoughts and impressions of the garden here at North Lodge, featuring: And others. The podcast will be taking a short break but will be back with you on Monday, 6th July. The Gardener Ben Podcast is proudly brought to you in association with Peter Beales Roses, winner of 31 Chelsea Gold Medals and creators of timeless roses since 1968. Go online and shop at www.peterbealesroses.com, and make sure you’re following along on Instagram and TikTok. The podcast is edited by @my_home_is_my_altar. #gardenerben #podcast #podcaster #listennow #gardener

    S4E9 Open Garden Special
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The Gardener Ben Podcast, honest conversations from the heart of the garden. Join Ben as he explores the world of gardening with real people sharing real experiences – from horticulture pros to passionate home gardeners, and sometimes stories far beyond the garden gate. Each episode is anchored with seasonal insights and updates from North Lodge, giving you a window into ongoing projects, tips, and observations in real time. Whether it’s English roses, modern cottage gardens, or everyday gardening challenges, expect practical guidance, authentic stories, and open, relatable conversations about what really goes on in gardens… and in life.

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  • Creator
    Gardener Ben
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    70
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Gardener Ben
  • Show Website
    The Gardener Ben Podcast

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