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Bird Watching with Nadeem Perera - Pigeon
New Jan 10, 2026 8 min

Bird Watching with Nadeem Perera - Pigeon

The classic city bird. Chest puffed. Neck shimmering like slick oil on water. Moving through streets like a long term resident who knows every shortcut and has no interest in leaving. Learn more ab...

Control stress using birdsong, with Dr Natalia Zielonka
New Jan 08, 2026 46 min

Control stress using birdsong, with Dr Natalia Zielonka

Gardens and landscapes can deliver a wealth of shared benefits to wildlife and people but when was the last time you paused to consider the effect that nature-generated sound is having as part of t...

Adam Frost on how to find the magic in your garden
Jan 06, 2026 27 min

Adam Frost on how to find the magic in your garden

Adam discusses how the feel of a garden is as important as how it looks and the strong connection we can have to plants. How scent can aid health and wellbeing and the importance of soil health for...

Bird Watching with Nadeem Perera - Trailer
Jan 03, 2026 3 min

Bird Watching with Nadeem Perera - Trailer

This series is a love letter to the underloved the misunderstood and the birds humans get wrong every single day. These are not the glamorous documentary species filmed on the far side of the plane...

Wellness Series Trailer
Jan 01, 2026 3 min

Wellness Series Trailer

Give your mental and physical health a boost this January and February with a new Wellness podcast series from BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

In Conversations at Kew with Frances Tophill and Adam Frost
Dec 30, 2025 54 min

In Conversations at Kew with Frances Tophill and Adam Frost

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...

What To Do Now - Houseplants To The Rescue
Dec 27, 2025 7 min

What To Do Now - Houseplants To The Rescue

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 a...

Behind the scenes at RHS Wisley Herbarium, with Yvette Harvey
Dec 25, 2025 25 min

Behind the scenes at RHS Wisley Herbarium, with Yvette Harvey

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 combi...

Monty Don's Christmas at Longmeadow
Dec 23, 2025 35 min

Monty Don's Christmas at Longmeadow

 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...

What To Do Now - Clean and service gardening tools
Dec 20, 2025 7 min

What To Do Now - Clean and service gardening tools

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 tool...

Festive traditions, with Frances Tophill
Dec 18, 2025 35 min

Festive traditions, with Frances Tophill

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 feed...

Christmas gift ideas from the GW team
Dec 13, 2025 12 min

Christmas gift ideas from the GW team

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 ...

Gardening memories, with Carol Klein
Dec 11, 2025 43 min

Gardening memories, with Carol Klein

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, g...

Plant health matters, with Tracy Wilson
Dec 09, 2025 40 min

Plant health matters, with Tracy Wilson

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 ...

In my garden, with Lydia Millen
Dec 02, 2025 44 min

In my garden, with Lydia Millen

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...

What To Do Now - Mulch
Nov 29, 2025 8 min

What To Do Now - Mulch

 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 wa...

Staying fit in later life in the garden, with Jacqueline Hooton
Nov 27, 2025 38 min

Staying fit in later life in the garden, with Jacqueline Hooton

 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 bo...