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by Ben Dark
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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- 4 weeks ago24 min
The Secrets Gardens Keep
From Venice to Plumstead, remarkable stories lurk behind ivy-covered walls.This episode of the Garden Log leaps the wall of an abandoned garden on the island of Giudecca to tell of gout, roses, princesses, pills, Gertrude Jekyll's sister and tioletless Austrian.It also visits South London where behind closed doors a secret slice of Mesoamerica is growing.Here are some remarkable picture of The Garden of Eden in Venice to look at while you listen.
- Oct 1, 202633 min
Is the Cottage Garden Dead?
Can the English Cottage Garden survive in the new world of scorching summers and blasted borders?Is there still a place for higgledy beauty and perennial favourites in our strange new world? Find out in this 500 year history of the nation's most beloved garden style.https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/463428/green-kingdom-by-dark-ben/9781847928337
- Sep 24, 202632 min
Abutilon, Abutilon!
Celebrating the beauty and strangeness of plants.This week we lope into the half-shade with graceful Magnolia kobus, elegant Abutilon 'Patrick Synge' and the monstrous Hydrangea aspera 'Bellevue', before bursting into the light with golden Acacia pravissima (the sawtooth wattle), duskyVitis vinifera 'Incana', and the tiny-leaved Myrtus communis subsp. tarentina.Also featuring one of the finest accounts of plant hunting The Mountains of the Moon and a recommendation of what to read in gardening this this week.https://www.thegardencollective.uk/ben-dark/https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/463428/green-kingdom-by-dark-ben/9781847928337
- Sep 17, 202631 min
Sisyphus on the Lawn
An existential defence of high maintenance gardening. Why should we strive for ease when working outside feels so good? With some carex, some meristems and some plant morphology for good measure. And thank you for preordering Green Kingdom! https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/463428/green-kingdom-by-dark-ben/9781847928337
- Sep 10, 202625 min
So farewell Monty Don
In this post-rain episode of cult gardening podcast The Garden Log we say goodbye to the universal uncle Monty Don who is to retire from Gardeners' World.But our Gardeners' World keeps turning, so also enjoy introductions to the gorgeous autumn snowflake (Acis autumnalis) and the Corsican knotweed (Polygonum scoparium) a must-have evergreen perennial for the dry garden.
- Sep 4, 202627 min
Plants for problematic places, paths for ponderous people: a gardening podcast
In this late summer sunset of an episode Ben visits Down House, home of Charles Darwin, considers the hybrid geranium and praises the Michaelmas daisy. Any emails to thegardenlogpodcast@gmail.com
- Aug 27, 202619 min
Heavenly Dishevelment
Are the best gardens designed or created? Why are there beetles crawling on my World of Interiors magazine? What cut flowers would go with my collection of pornographic postcards? These and other important questions answered in the guide to effortless good taste.For more of this sort of thing join me at https://www.thegardencollective.uk/ben-dark/
- Aug 21, 202636 min
Flight of the aspidistra
Two very different 3am trips to the garden this week as heat gives way to rain. Also, using soft cuttings and plastic cups to make plants from plants, some Musa basjoo, some Clerodendrum trichotomum, some Solanum laciniatum and some flower crab spiders, plus of course, aspidistra: ‘They’re a dashed important subject,'And here's the link to the How to Academy event: https://tickets.howtoacademy.com/the-epic-family-history-of-plants-tickets/worldwide-live-stream/2026-10-27-18-00 Love to all you gardeners and gardening people
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About The Garden Log
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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