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.