S1 Ep339: Stephanie Mahon, Editor, Garden Design Journal, Part 1
Stephanie Mahon started out as a journalist in Ireland before moving to Italy, where she discovered a passion for horticulture. She worked on The English Garden magazine for seven years, and now edits the Garden Design Journal, and works freelance as a garden writer for newspapers, magazines and websites across the UK.In 2012, she won the Garden Media Guild Journalist of the Year Award. Togeth...
30m Oct 19, 2017
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S1 Ep338: Live, Salt Lake City: Ann Torrence, Robert Marc, Stray Arrow Ranch. Thyme and Place
Peter Donegan chats with Ann Torrence and Robert Marc of Stray Arrow Ranch, Live from Salt Lake City Utah. @sodshow on twitter - facebook The Sodshow Live from Salt Lake City Utah, brought to you by Thyme and Place, this is the first show from the first night of The Sodshow Live. Peter Donegan was there for a little over one week were 6 guests in total, over 2 nights either side of St Patrick...
28m Oct 12, 2017
28m
S1 Ep337: Live, Dublin Castle: Space Engagers, Sara Venn, Bloom Fringe 2017
Peter Donegan hosts The Sodshow Live from Dublin Castle, as part of Bloom Fringe 2017. Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter or facebook The Sodshow. And If you have a minute, you might leave a rate and review in iTunes. This series from Bloom Fringe 2017 is with very much thanks to The Church Bar and Restaurant Dublin - thanks lads. Voice you will hear: Philip Crowe, CEO and Co-Founder ...
29m Oct 05, 2017
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S1 Ep336: Michael McGarr, Warnes McGarr
At RHS Tatton 2017 Warnes McGarr were awarded not just a Gold medal, but also the award for Best Construction in Show and Best Future Spaces garden for their Cactus Direct #2101 garden. The Sodshow is available every Friday in iTunes, all good podcast stores and The Sodshow website. Together Peter Donegan and Michael talk, music, a love for you do, a journey into horticulture and the passion ...
29m Sep 28, 2017
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S1 Ep335: Lara Behr
Just one year in business under her own name Lara Behr designed the Macmillan Legacy Garden at The Royal Horticultural Society RHS Tatton Park 2017 show were she won Gold Medal and The People's Choice Award. The Sodshow is available every Friday in iTunes, all good podcast stores and The Sodshow website. Twitter: @sodshowfacebook: The Sodshowinstagram: sodshowTogether Peter Donegan and Lara c...
30m Sep 20, 2017
30m
S1 Ep334: Styal Prison, RHS Tatton 2017
Peter Donegan talks with Eddie Tarry, Community Engagement Manager at HMP Styal Prison and Horticulture Instructor Audra Bickerdyke. Of note, there's a bit of noise tapping in the background, entirely down to inclement weather and the fact that this was recorded in the speakers marquee / tent at Tatton Park. The team and ladies of Styal Prison designed and built the Stop Think Change garden a...
29m Sep 13, 2017
29m
S1 Ep333: Live, Dublin Castle: Laura Russo TCD, Aarhus Denmark, Bloom Fringe 2017
Peter Donegan hosts The Sodshow Live from Dublin Castle, as part of Bloom Fringe 2017. With much thanks to The Church Bar and Restaurant Dublin and the entire team for their fantastic support. And of course you for listening. Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter. Facebook, The Sodshow. If you have a minute a rate and review in iTunes would be grand. The voices you will hear are: Laura...
30m Sep 06, 2017
30m
S1 Ep332: Live, Salt Lake City: Dr Paul Twigg, University of Nebraska Kearney. Thyme and Place
On This Weeks Garden Podcast: Peter Donegan chats with Dr Paul Twigg, Professor at the University of Nebraska Kearney, Live from Salt Lake City Utah. We talk Paul about how he grew up and into the world of biology and plants, how he originally wanted to become a chemist, his work at the University of Nebraska where he teaches and has over 25 years mentored 160 undergraduate projects and 40 gr...
29m Aug 30, 2017
29m
S1 Ep331: Mark Gregory
Peter Donegan talks with Mark Gregory, the most medalled RHS builder, and designer, of gardens. In fact Mark has never not won a RHS Chelsea medal. In total, he holds over 90 RHS Chelsea medals, in excess of 35 of them are Gold, 3 personal Gold's as a designer and 1 silver-gilt on Main Avenue and 150 Gardens for The Royal Horticultural Society over 28 years - which roughly equates to 3 years o...
30m Aug 24, 2017
30m
S1 Ep330: Paul Cook, Cooks Garden Centre, RHS Tatton
Peter Donegan chats with Paul Cook of Cooks Garden Centre. Better known as Cookie or Cookie Boy, Peter and Paul met in the Floral Pavillion at RHS Tatton after former guest of The Sodhow Rob Hardy suggested we'd be a good partnership. He was not wrong. Over the course of the next 30 minutes the two plant lovers chat Cookies garden centre - one I should add that survives surprisingly so in thi...
29m Aug 16, 2017
29m
S1 Ep329: Nikki and Caroline, Bus Stop Boulevard, Tatton
Nikki and Caroline, Bus Stop Boulevard, Tatton
29m Aug 10, 2017
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S1 Ep328: Matthew Soper, Hampshire Carnivorous Plants
Peter Donegan chats with Matthew Soper of Hampshire Carnivorous Plants. A first for The Sodshow, but no ordinary first Matthew and his team have been awarded in excess of one hundred RHS gold medals including 19 consecutive Chelsea Gold medals. Take a breath and get ready for the next bit. They have also won The Witan and Anthony Huxley Awards (1998); since 2000 they have won 'Best in Show' aw...
28m Aug 02, 2017
28m
S1 Ep327: Toby Buckland
Peter Donegan chats with Toby Buckland. Toby Buckland has presented BBC Gardeners World, the BBC's coverage of RHS Chelsea Flower Show, The Great British Garden Revival and also on Channel 4 and ITV. He has written 5 gardening books, is a regular voice on Radio 4's BBC Gardeners Question Time, writes regularly for The Daily Telegraph and amongst many things is also the Festival Director and h...
30m Jul 27, 2017
30m
S1 Ep326: Christopher Woodward, London Garden Museum
Peter Donegan chats with Christopher Woodward, Director of The Garden Museum, London. From Christopher's background, the history of the museum building and how it was set to be turned into a car park to atrracting garden designer Dan Pearson to design the courtyard area, the 1000 plus pieces of a somewhat changing collection featuring Charlie Dimmock, a cucumber straightener and how there is l...
30m Jul 20, 2017
30m
S1 Ep325: Manoj Malde, RHS Chelsea 2017
Peter Donegan chats with Manoj Malde, Silver Gilt medal winner at RHS Chelsea 2017. This was his first time to design there. It's worth noting maybe, that this interview was recorded before medals were awarded. Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter or on facebook as The Sodshow Inspired by the work of architect Luis Barragan, Beneath a Mexican Sky garden was sponsored by Inland Homes Pl...
29m Jul 13, 2017
29m
S1 Ep324: Andrea Jones, The Garden Photography Workshop, Timber Press
Peter Donegan chats with Andrea Jones author of The Garden Photography Workshop. Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter or on facebook as The Sodshow Of Andrea her bio notes: For over twenty years Andrea Jones has built an international reputation photographing landscape architecture, gardens and plants. The latter being the subject of Andrea's critically acclaimed book "Plantworlds" (20...
30m Jul 05, 2017
30m
S1 Ep323: Ballycommane House and Gardens, West Cork Garden Trail
Peter Donegan chats with Ballycommane House and Gardens owners Ingolf Jungmann and Andy Stieglitz. With very special thanks to Bev and Miriam of West Cork Garden Trail this was a little bit of a treat. Set on a landscape of about 4 acres, Andy and Ingolf hold around 1000 exotic native shrubs and trees chosen from literally the world over. In context, they include subtropical palms, bananas, t...
30m Jun 29, 2017
30m
S1 Ep322: The Story: The Sodshow Live, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Thyme and Place
March 2017 saw Dublin based Landscape Garden maker and Designer Peter Donegan travel to Salt Lake City, Utah for a myriad of reasons; one of them was to do The Sodshow Garden Podcast, The Live Show. Fair to suggest Donegan did a little more than that. Over his nine days there either side of St Patrick's Day, the Dublin based horticulturist made his US TV debut on ABC4 Utah, the front page of ...
30m Jun 21, 2017
30m
S1 Ep321: Gavin McWilliam and Andrew Wilson, RHS Chelsea, 2017
Peter Donegan chats with Gavin McWilliam and Andrew Wilson. Wilson McWilliam designed and built their first Gold medal winning garden on main avenue Chelsea this June 2017. This interview took place before they were awarded this medal. Considering their first gold post three silver gilt medals at RHS Chelsea, it really makes this interview, for me, quite an insight - because I guess the futur...
30m Jun 15, 2017
30m
S1 Ep320: Paul Stone, BBC Gardeners World, Live
This year BBC Gardeners World celebrates 50 years on television. And to coincide with that celebration, BBC Gardeners World Live are marking this milestone in broadcasting history with the commission of two feature gardens by two of the country most exceptional garden designers. One of those is Paul Stone and on todays episode, with thanks to BBC GWL, Peter Donegan chats the multi gold medal w...
30m Jun 08, 2017
30m
S1 Ep319: Esther Gerrard, Bloom Fringe 2017. The Sodshow Live. The Church Bar, Dublin
Peter Donegan chats with Esther Gerrard of Bloom Fringe Dublin, 2017. Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter or on facebook as The Sodshow Formerly a molecular biologist now a landscape architect based in Dublin and Esther is one of the very merry Bloom Fringe ladies that are set to take over Dublin City Centre this weekend Saturday June 3rd and Sunday June 4th 2017. As part of the 2 day...
30m May 30, 2017
30m
S1 Ep318: AnnMarie Powell, Part 2
Part 2 as Peter Donegan returns to chat with garden designer, tv presenter Ann Marie Powell. Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter or on facebook as The Sodshow. On this weeks episode, we talk being patron of Green Fingers Charity. A charity that works to make garden spaces better for childrens hopice's. We chat show garden building, relationships with those you love and with those who ...
29m May 24, 2017
29m
S1 Ep317: Ann Marie Powell
Peter Donegan chats with garden designer, tv presenter and pretty much one of the finest ladies you may ever have the pleasure to meet, Ann Marie Powell. Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter or on facebook as The Sodshow The last time Ann Marie was on The Sodshow Garden Podcast was March 2016, just before she went to RHS Chelsea Flower Show to build The RHS garden there; an accolade gre...
30m May 17, 2017
30m
S1 Ep316: Ed Hick, Foraging, Slow Food and Bloom Fringe. The Sodshow Live
Peter Donegan chats with Ed Hick, Live. @sodshow on twitter - facebook The Sodshow The Sodshow Live Show took place at Powerscourt Townhouse Centre, Dublin. This episode was one of the days series and was just one part of the very beautiful Bloom Fringe 2016 Festival. To Ed, he is the man behind Hick’s Sausages, Hick’s Bacon Jam and Hick’s Butchers of Dun Laoghaire. He is a staunch member of...
29m May 11, 2017
29m
S1 Ep315: Karen Chapman, Gardening With Foliage First, Timber Press
Peter Donegan chats with author Karen Chapman. Alongside Christina Salwitz and published by Timber Press they have written Gardening With Foliage First. On that note, huge thanks to the very wonderful team at Timber Press for their help in making this interview happen. Incidentally, Gardening with Foliage First is a recommended title by The Royal Horticultural Society, The RHS. Thoughts or c...
30m May 04, 2017
30m
S1 Ep314: Marybeth Janerich, Wasatch Community Gardens, The Sodshow Live, Salt Lake City, Thyme and Place
Peter Donegan chats with Marybeth Janerich (pictured above on Peter's left), of Wasatch Community Gardens, Live from Salt Lake City Utah @sodshow on twitter - facebook The Sodshow Live from Salt Lake City Utah, brought to you by Thyme and Place, this is the first show from the second night of The Sodshow Live. Peter Donegan was there for a little over one week were 6 guests in total, over 2 n...
30m Apr 27, 2017
30m
S1 Ep313: Zenaida Sengo, The Sodshow Live, Salt Lake City, Utah. Thyme and Place
Peter Donegan chats with Zenaida Sengo, Live from Salt Lake City Utah. @sodshow on twitter - facebook The Sodshow Live from Salt Lake City Utah, brought to you by Thyme and Place, this is the first show from the first night of The Sodshow Live. Peter Donegan was there for a little over one week were 6 guests in total, over 2 nights either side of St Patricks Day 2017 were interviewed in front...
27m Apr 19, 2017
27m
S1 Ep312: Ian Price Part 2
@sodshow on twitter or facebook The Sodshow Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter or on facebook as The Sodshow
29m Apr 13, 2017
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S1 Ep311: Ian Price Part 1
@sodshow on twitter or facebook The Sodshow Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter or on facebook as The Sodshow
29m Apr 06, 2017
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S1 Ep310: Philip Turvil, Programme Manager, Grow Wild UK
Peter Donegan chats with Philip Turvil, Grow Wild UK, Programme Manager based at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter or on facebook as The Sodshow This isn't Philip's first time on The Sodshow garden podcast; and fair to suggest that when he was last on the discussion was very much about his back story, his career in horticulture to date and his evolutio...
30m Mar 30, 2017
30m
S1 Ep309: Jonathan Ward, Garden Photographer, Ginger Horticulture
Garden photographer Jonathan Ward chats with Sodshow garden podcast host Peter Donegan. The first ever garden photographer on The Sodshow, you may assume it would be as simple as it sounds. But and maybe as is always the case, this story is just that slight bit different. Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter or on facebook as The Sodshow From rose pruning and the influence from elders ...
28m Mar 23, 2017
28m
S1 Ep308: Brian Granahan, St Patricks BNS, Skibereen, Cork
Peter Donegan chats with Brian Granahan, a school teacher at St Patricks Boys National School based in Skibereen in Cork. Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter or on facebook as The Sodshow Whilst Peter and The Sodshow Live Show is off in the United States doing the live show, this is as close as one could get to St Patrick and Ireland, being the day that's in it and it is a fantastic st...
30m Mar 15, 2017
30m
S1 Ep307: Charlotte Harris, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, 2017
Peter Donegan chats with Charlotte Harris Designer of The Royal Bank of Canada Garden for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2017. Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter or on facebook as The Sodshow “When designing this garden, I spent time in northern Ontario exploring on foot and by canoe – navigating the waterways, pine forests, flora and granite of the Boreal,” said Charlotte Harris. “This time...
29m Mar 09, 2017
29m
S1 Ep306: Paul Hervey Brooks, RHS Hampton Court, RHS Chatsworth, 2017
Peter Donegan chats with Garden Designer Paul Hervey Brookes Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter or on facebook as The Sodshow Paul Hervey-Brookes is a well-respected designer who has built a strong reputation for landscapes and gardens that are classically English relying on planting schemes to create spaces and rich, multi-layered habitats. His plant-focused philosophy is rooted in h...
28m Mar 02, 2017
28m
S1 Ep305: Garden Podcast: John Bevan, Head Gardener, Lisselan House, West Cork
Peter Donegan chats with John Bevan, Head Gardener at Lisselan House, Clonakilty in West Cork. Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter or on facebook as The Sodshow John was born in Glengariff, but as a younger man spent most of his summers in Garnish Island where his love of plants grew. He went on to study horticulture at the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin. Post that he started an ap...
28m Feb 23, 2017
28m
S1 Ep304: The Sodshow: Melinda Meservy, Thyme and Place, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Peter Donegan chats with Melinda Meservy of Thyme and Place, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Thoughts or comments ? @sodshow on twitter or on facebook as The Sodshow Formerly a business and data analysis expert who rarely saw home and lived from pretty much all over the world, 3 months ago Melinda opened the doors to her new business Thyme and Place, a garden shop based in Salt Lake City, Utah. A...
30m Feb 15, 2017
30m
S1 Ep303: Juliet Roberts, Editor, Gardens Illustrated
Peter Donegan talks to Juliet Roberts, the Editor of Gardens Illustrated Magazine. @sodshow on twitter. facebook, The Sodshow Formerly in the film industry, in 2012 Juliet was listed as one of the top 30 most influential gardeners and since the now Bristol based (formerly London) Gardens Illustrated magazine, that at present now boasts its highest ever subscription rate. Peter and Juliet tal...
29m Feb 08, 2017
29m
S1 Ep302: Tara Moloney, White Dove Nurseries. The Sodshow, Live at Bloom Fringe
Peter Donegan chat with Tara Moloney of White Dove Nurseries, Limerick.@sodshow - twitter. facebook - The Sodshow Live from Powerscourt Townhouse Centre as part of Bloom Fringe, Tara does what was unknown to Peter pre that, her first interview ever. In this case it was live, in front of an audience. In late 2012, Tara moved to Co. Limerick from Surrey in the UK. Having both worked in the Sout...
28m Feb 02, 2017
28m
S1 Ep301: Philip Turvil, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
@sodshow on twitter - facebook TheSodshow On this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with Philip Turvil of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. If I'm really honest, Philips love of horticulture is infectious. And he's pretty wonderful not only at what he does - you can read his bio below - but more for how he sees horticulture and what that achieves. And honestly really honestly, if there were ...
28m Jan 25, 2017
28m
S1 Ep300: Annie Dellbridge, Part 2, Fullers Mill Garden
Part 2 as Peter Donegan returns to chat with Annie Dellbridge, Head Gardener at Fullers Mill Garden. @sodshow on twitter or on facebook as The Sodshow Released in two parts, this is the very amazing and very beautiful story of Head Gardener Annie Dellbridge, how she got to Fullers Mill Garden her journey there and also a little of who she is both in and outside of work. More than that it is ...
30m Jan 18, 2017
30m
S1 Ep299: Annie Dellbridge, Part 1, Head Gardener at Fullers Mill Garden
On this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with Annie Dellbridge, Head Gardener at Fullers Mill Garden. Released in two parts, this is the very amazing and very beautiful story of Head Gardener Annie Dellbridge, how she got to Fullers Mill Garden her journey there and also a little of who she is both in and outside of work. More than that it is also the story of Fullers Mill, how it bec...
30m Jan 12, 2017
30m
S1 Ep298: Garden Podcast: Ben Brace, London National Park City
Peter Donegan meets with Ben Brace of London National Park City. Of London National Park City, they say: Let’s make London the world’s first National Park City. A city where people and nature are better connected. A city that is rich with wildlife and every child benefits from exploring, playing and learning outdoors. A city where we all enjoy high-quality green spaces, the air is clean to br...
29m Jan 05, 2017
29m
S1 Ep297: Lee Connolly, Skinny Jean Gardeners
On this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with Lee Connolly of The Skinny Jean Gardeners. Currently working with Blue Peter (bbc tv) and Jimmy Doherty (channel 4), they have also worked as part of the Jamie Oliver Food Revolution, designed a garden for the Gardening World Cup, Japan ; and from music festivals to BBC Gardeners World Live (alongside such names as Alan Titschmarsh) - Lee C...
29m Dec 22, 2016
29m
S1 Ep296: Sara Venn, Incredible Edible Bristol
Peter Donegan chats with Sara Venn of Incredible Edible Bristol. A horticulturist by trade Sara studied first studied fine art and somehow or other fell into catering. Having realised she wasn’t working where she wanted to be she took a job in a local nursery and then completed a masters in garden history and conservation. On todays show we chat the next generation of horticulturists and gard...
29m Dec 15, 2016
29m
S1 Ep295: Noel Kingsbury
Peter Donegan chats with Noel Kingsbury, author of Garden Flora, published by Timber Press. Noel Kingsbury has been described as “the voice of authority with renegade undertones”. A gardener since childhood, he has run a nursery, designed gardens and public spaces and done doctoral research at the University of Sheffield’s Department of Landscape on competition amongst ornamental perennials. ...
30m Dec 08, 2016
30m
S1 Ep294: Kazuyuki Ishihara RHS Chelsea, Sean Conville Two Spots Coffee, Avril Hogan Dingle Gin
On this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with Kazuyuki Ishihara at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016, Sean Conville of Two Spots Coffee and the wonderful Avril Hogan of Dingle Gin and Distillery. That, alone should win award for being the most pretty jam packed and most varied garden podcast in world history ! But wait..... there's more. Because the very varied, varies a lot more than you m...
30m Dec 01, 2016
30m
S1 Ep293: Annabel Langrish, Heron Gallery and Garden
On this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with Annabel Langrish, Heron Gallery (and Garden), Cork. This episode is released the day before The Sodshow goes into the mix for The Garden Media Guild Awards (UK) at The Savoy Hotel in London. And so we chat a little about that, life, you and I guess what matters a little more. The Sodshow Garden Podcast airs every Friday and is available in...
30m Nov 23, 2016
30m
S1 Ep292: Marta McDowell, All The Presidents Gardens
On this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with Martha McDowell, author of All The Presidents Gardens, publshed by Timber Press. A teacher of landscape history and horticulture at New York Botanical Gardens, Martha also writes and gardens at her home in Chatham, New Jersey. The book, originally an idea of one of her garden history students Seamus Maclenan is as I have described it befor...
30m Nov 17, 2016
30m
S1 Ep291: Peter Donegan Interview, Moze Jacobs Clonline Radio
Some time ago Peter Donegan was interviewed by Moze Jacobs of Clonline Radio where The Sodshow airs every week. It was to be an intro to those who may not be so aware of Peter and the garden podcast / radio show and the upcoming stories that were to air. For those who don't know, Moze asks Peter about starting Donegan Landscaping, his journey into the horticultural industry, how The Sodshow st...
29m Nov 16, 2016
29m
S1 Ep290: Caitlin McLaughlin, RHS, Young Garden Designer of The Year 2016
On this weeks garden podcast Peter Donegan chats with garden designer Caitlin Mc Laughlin. Caitlin was awarded 2016 Royal Horticultural Society Young Garden Designer of The Year 2016, formerly worked at Kew Gardens, built designed and won Gold medal at RHS Tatton and won Silver medal Malvern Flower Show. As of now Caitlin has alongside her sister set up on her own as Thrift Landscapes of (jus...
30m Nov 10, 2016
30m