In this episode, your hosts find out how Steve Edney and Lou Dowle of The No Name Nursery have created a stunning 3-acre garden-nursery that operates off the beaten track and entirely without mains services. The plant-loving partners share insights into how they garden off-grid and cultivate a wide variety of plants for sale as bare-rooted plants. Also in this episode, Julia describes how to grow your own ginger from supermarket-bought rhizomes, and Dan extols the benefits of Traditional Garden Growers, an innovative range of mulches and plant foods made principally from wool and straw. Your hosts round off with a list of jobs you can do in your garden over the next fortnight, and a reminder that the next Plant Fairs Roadshow event takes place at the Horniman Museum on Saturday, 4th April 2026.

Steve's 'must have' aster - "Doellingeria umbellata". Flat-topped aster

Website links:

• Dan Cooper Garden
• Traditional Garden Growers Range
• Parker's Patch
• The No Name Nursery

Expertly produced by Scott Kennett at Red Lighthouse Local.

This episode was sponsored by the Plant Fairs Roadshow, which brings beautiful British-grown plants to stunning venues across the South East of England.

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Two Good Gardeners is back with a new series, sponsored by Plant Fairs Roadshow. In this season opener, your hosts discuss daffodils with Neil Miller, Head Gardener at Hever Castle in Kent and find out how the Astors' legacy is being continued by planting thousands of new bulbs every autumn. Also in this episode, Dan highlights an innovative frost-protection fabric that's made from plants, and Julia explains how to start onion sets in modules. Your hosts round off with a list of jobs you can do in your garden over the next fortnight, with a reminder that the next Plant Fairs Roadshow event takes place at Hever Castle on Sunday, 22nd March, 2026.

Narcissus 'Hever Castle' will be available from Taylor's Bulbs in autumn 2026

Website links:

• Dan Cooper Garden
• Biofleece frost protection fabric
• Parker's Patch
• Hever Castle

Expertly produced by Scott Kennett at Red Lighthouse Local.

This episode was sponsored by the Plant Fairs Roadshow, which brings beautiful British-grown plants to stunning venues across the South East of England.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan and Julia look back on 2025 with a lighthearted New Year Quiz packed with laughs and unexpected revelations. Discover which fungus Dan would describe himself as, and what weed he would munch to treat gout - don't try this at home! Julia proves she knows her Niwaki, but not her onions and can't remember what lurked in her granny's drawers. Listen carefully, and all will be revealed! The episode ends with the announcement of an exciting new sponsor for Series 7, The Plant Fairs Roadshow. To find out where they'll be stopping this year, keep scrolling down.

Two Good Gardeners will return in late February/early March 2026 with eight additional episodes featuring brand-new guests and many brilliant gardening tips.

PLANT FAIRS ROADSHOW 2026

SNOWDROP & EARLY SPRING

• 1 February, 11am-3pm Hole Park, Rolvenden, Kent TN17 4JA

SPRING

• 22 March, 10:30am-3:30pm Hever Castle, Hever, Edenbridge TN8 7NG
• 4 April, 11am-4pm Horniman Museum & Gardens, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ
• 19 April, 10am-5pm Arundel Castle & Gardens, Arundel, W. Sussex BN18 9PA
• 26 April, 10am-3pm Ramster Gardens, Godalming, Surrey GU8 4SN
• 10 May, 10am-3pm Borde Hill Gardens, Haywards Heath, W. Sussex RH16 1XP
• 31 May, 11am-4pm NEW! The Inner Temple Garden, Temple/Blackfriars, London EC4Y 7HL

SUMMER

• 7 June, 9am-4pm NEW! Chiswick Flower Market, Old Market Place, Chiswick High Rd, London W4 2DR
• 14 June, 11am-4pm Benington Lordship Gardens, Stevenage, Herts. SG2 7BS
• 28 June, 10:30am-3:30pm EXTRA DATE! Hever Castle, Hever Rd, Hever, Edenbridge TN8 7NG
• 5 July, 12pm-5pm Parham House & Gardens, Storrington RH20 4HR
• 26 July, 11am-4pm ADVANCE PURCHASE ONLY The Serge Hill Project, Featherbed Ln, Herts. WD5 ORT

AUTUMN

• 5 September, 11am-4pm EXTRA DATE! Horniman Museum & Gardens, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ
• 13 September, 10am-3pm West Dean Gardens, Chichester, W. Sussex PO18 ORX
• 20 September, 10am-3pm Borde Hill Gardens, Haywards Heath, W. Sussex RH16 1XP
• 27 September, 11am-4pm Mount Ephraim Gardens, Faversham, Kent ME13 9TX

Website links:

• Dan Cooper Garden
• Parker's Patch
• Plant Fairs Roadshow

Expertly produced by Scott Kennett at Red Lighthouse Local

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.