🚀 From Google Podcasts to Moon FM in No Time: Your Hassle-Free Migration Guide
👉

The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod Show

Peter Donegan, Sodshow.com

Garden podcast. Weekly, all good podcast stores and www.sodshow.com - Hosted by horticulturist Peter Donegan

  • 29 minutes 59 seconds
    439: John O'Connor, Sculptor
    With much thanks to CED Natural Stone, we bring you the last in the series on the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 episodes and today Peter Donegan chats with the great British artist and sculptor John O'Connor.
    From day dreams and counting snowflakes, to how John left landscaping, his first attempt at sculpting and art school to becoming one of the most talented sculptors that I have ever had the honour to sit and chat with.

    The Sodshow is available every week in iTunes, spotify and all good podcast stores. Spotify Tim Howell. Spotify !

    The Sodshow:
    16 October 2019, 4:59 pm
  • 29 minutes 33 seconds
    438: Con Traas 2019, Part 2, The Apple Farm Tipperary
    Peter Donegan returns to chats with Con Traas' Apple Farm in Tipperary. It is an apple farm. But it's also a lot more than just an apple farm. 

    It's worth noting maybe that Peter was on holidays working whist camping, again; surrounded by all that the fruit farm has to offer. The old buddies chat practices that were then acceptable, what is done now, changes in presentation over the eons and just what the supermarket will want to see and what is logic in growing and being responsible. 

    Subscribe to The Sodshow in iTunes, all good podcast stores and via www.sodshow.com

    Show Links:

    Further information:

    9 October 2019, 11:26 am
  • 29 minutes 55 seconds
    437: Jilayne Rickards, RHS Chelsea, 2019
    With thanks to CED Natural Stone, on this episode Peter Donegan speaks with Jilayne Rickards, designer of the CAMFED Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019.

    To quote CED Stone:

    The CAMFED garden was just one of the gardens that we were lucky enough to work on. The charity is fantastic and works to help women obtain the education they need in order to prosper. Thank you so much to CAMFED, Jilayne Rickards and Cormac from Conway Landscapes for letting us join in on this fantastic garden!

    Garden Details: The CAMFED Garden: Giving Girls in Africa A Space To Grow
    Designer: Jilayne Rickards
    Contractor: Conway Landscapes
    Materials: Red Sandstone Rockery & Sandstone Boulders
    Awards: Gold Medal
    Find out more about CAMFED and their amazing work here: https://camfed.org/

    Visit our website: https://cedstone.co.uk/

    The Sodshow is available every week in iTunes, spotify and all good podcast stores. Spotify Tim Howell. Spotify !

    The Sodshow:

    2 October 2019, 4:59 pm
  • 29 minutes 50 seconds
    436: Con Traas 2019, The Apple Farm Tipperary, Part 1
    Peter Donegan returns to chats with Con Traas' Apple Farm in Tipperary. It is an apple farm. But it's also a lot more than just an apple farm. 

    It's worth noting maybe that Peter was on holidays working whist camping, again; surrounded by all that the fruit farm has to offer. The old buddies chat practices that were then acceptable, what is done now, changes in presentation over the eons and just what the supermarket will want to see and what is logic in growing and being responsible. 

    Subscribe to The Sodshow in iTunes, all good podcast stores and via www.sodshow.com

    Show Links:

    Further information:

    25 September 2019, 4:59 pm
  • 29 minutes 34 seconds
    435: Derreen Gardens, West Cork Garden Trail

    Jamie Bigham is the person in charge of Dereen Gardens based in Kenmare and speaks with Peter Donegan. 

    Derreen Garden covers more than 60 acres of garden and has over 12 km of paths which wind through mature and varied woodland full of rare and exotic plants. The garden is also a haven for wildlife and a habitat for Sika deer, Irish hares and red squirrel. Seals can often be seen from the shore and there have been sightings of otters and Kerry’s rarest mammal, the pine marten. By the shore there is an abundance of bird life, including cormorants, oyster catchers, gulls, great northern divers, guillemots, and sea eagles.

    Website: www.derreengarden.com

    West Cork Garden Trail: www.westcorkgardentrail.com

    The Sodshow:

    Twitter: @sodshow

    facebook: The Sodshow

    instagram: sodshow

    18 September 2019, 4:59 pm
  • 29 minutes 56 seconds
    434: Garden Podcast: Helen Boem, RHS, Floral Marquee Manager
    With thanks to CED Natural Stone, on this episode Peter Donegan speaks with Helen Boem, Floral Marquee Manager for The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

    From volunteering for RHS shows to her actual job now, her career before as a garden designer and meeting her Mammy at RHS Chelsea to just how much it takes to fill a floral marquee at Chelsea Flower Show, the work that goes in behind the scenes for the growers and nurseries and of course everything else that manages to run through Peters brain.

    The Sodshow is available every week in iTunes, spotify and all good podcast stores. Spotify Tim Howell. Spotify !

    The Sodshow:

    11 September 2019, 4:59 pm
  • 29 minutes 46 seconds
    433: Neil Grant, part 2
    Peter Donegan chats with Neil Grant.

    When Neil Grant asked his careers master about horticulture as a career during his O levels he was told not to waste his time. Being stubborn he applied to RHS wisely gardens to train he was also advised to go back to school and take his A levels and go to college. Destiny took him to Writtle College where he met his future (and still) wife Linda.

    This romance led to the eventual title of Managing Director at Ferndale Garden Centre just south of Sheffield (or north Derbyshire if your allergic to northerners). Neil plays and active role in industry bodies such as the HTA, is BBC Radio Sheffields garden phone In expert every Sunday morning. Neil is the founder of National Children’s Gardening Week.

    Neil’s long involvement in the Ornamental horticulture industry gives him a broad view of current issues and he’s quite happy to tell anyone who will listen. He’s known in the industry as ‘the one who always wears flowery shirts’

    The Sodshow is available every week in iTunes, spotify and all good podcast stores. Spotify Tim Howell. Spotify !

    The Sodshow:

    4 September 2019, 4:59 pm
  • 30 minutes
    432: Taina Suonio, RHS Chelsea 2019
    Peter Donegan chats with Taina Suonio, designer of The Roots in Finland garden at RHS Chelsea 2019.

    Whilst Taina's garden was sponsored by the Kyrö Distillery Company, this episode could not have happened without the support of Tim Howell (pictured above) who has for ever been unwavering in his support of this thing I do and, CED Natural Stone who have made this and the entire series of 2019 RHS Chelsea episodes possible and supported Taina's garden. Thank you ! 



    Built by Conquest Creative Spaces, Taina and Peter together chat living away from home, whilst show garden building, that process, the amount of sponsors involved in this case including the Embassy of Finland, London, Roslings Manor Gardens, Finnish-British Chmabers of Commerce, UPM WISA Plywood, Loimann Kivi Ltd, Taimisto Huutokoski Ltd, Ru Runeberg Artist, Creepers Nursery, Sursum Ltd, Kekkitā BVB, Tapio Anttila and Artek.

    The Sodshow is available every week in iTunes, spotify and all good podcast stores. Spotify Tim Howell. Spotify !

    The Sodshow:
    28 August 2019, 4:51 pm
  • 29 minutes 57 seconds
    431: Neil Grant, BBC Radio Sheffield, part 1
    Peter Donegan chats with Neil Grant.

    When Neil Grant asked his careers master about horticulture as a career during his O levels he was told not to waste his time. Being stubborn he applied to RHS wisely gardens to train he was also advised to go back to school and take his A levels and go to college. Destiny took him to Writtle College where he met his future (and still) wife Linda.

    This romance led to the eventual title of Managing Director at Ferndale Garden Centre just south of Sheffield (or north Derbyshire if your allergic to northerners). Neil plays and active role in industry bodies such as the HTA, is BBC Radio Sheffields garden phone In expert every Sunday morning. Neil is the founder of National Children’s Gardening Week.

    Neil’s long involvement in the Ornamental horticulture industry gives him a broad view of current issues and he’s quite happy to tell anyone who will listen. He’s known in the industry as ‘the one who always wears flowery shirts’

    The Sodshow is available every week in iTunes, spotify and all good podcast stores. Spotify Tim Howell. Spotify !

    The Sodshow:

    21 August 2019, 4:59 pm
  • 29 minutes 51 seconds
    430: Rocky Coles, Shoe Plants
    Peter Donegan chats with good friend, all round legend and repected maestro of the horticulture world Rocky Coles.

    Rocky is a hands on professional horticulturist, maintaining and developing private gardens in Northamptonshire under the guise of Well Planted. A skilled gardener who loves wielding a sharp pair of secateurs, transforming shrubby blobs and wild wisterias allowing them to shine. Known to some as the dancing gardener, he is a firm believer of bringing joy and fun to the garden and making gardening accessible for all.

    Rocky is the brainchild behind the Northampton shoeplants project. 

    Originally set up in 2017 as a street entry in Northampton in Bloom, the campaign has gone from strength to strength. Supported the last two years by the council and Northampton BID, a small team has created around a hundred pairs of Planted shoes which decorate railings to high street shop fronts across the town centre. Celebrating the history of the town and supporting the high street, this horticultural project has brought curiosity, inspiration and smiles to many.

    The Sodshow is available every week in iTunes, spotify and all good podcast stores.

    Further info:

    The Sodshow:

    14 August 2019, 4:59 pm
  • 29 minutes 45 seconds
    429: Kate Gould and Keith Chapman, RHS Chelsea 2019, Greenfingers Garden
    With thanks to CED Natural Stone, on this episode Peter Donegan speaks with Designer Kate Gould and Keith Chapman who made the Greenfingers Charity Gardenat RHS Chelsea 2019. 

    According to The RHS: 

    Even experienced Chelsea designers face unexpected challenges, and for Kate Gould, it was creating a completely accessible garden.

    “I didn’t think it would, but it’s definitely changed the way I think about garden design,” said Kate, ahead of her appearance at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

    “It’s made me appreciate accessibility more – you can’t put a price on being able to go outside and feel the wind on your face and look up at the trees.”

    Sponsored by Greenfingers, a charity dedicated to supporting children in hospices through the creation of gardens, the Show Garden will be split on two levels, with a lift for access to the top floor.

    “This is a garden for times you come together as a family,” said Kate, “making memories in a beautiful, outdoor space.”

    The Sodshow is available every week in iTunes, spotify and all good podcast stores. Spotify Tim Howell. Spotify !

    The Sodshow:

     

    7 August 2019, 4:59 pm
  • More Episodes? Get the App
About The Sodshow, Garden Podcast - Sod Show
Links
Listeners Also Subscribed To
© MoonFM 2024. All rights reserved.