BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

About BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Listen to gardening inspiration from some of the UK’s most loved and well-respected gardening experts in the award-winning BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine podcast. Enjoy growing advice throughout the year with our Conversations series. Join Monty Don, Frances Tophill, Adam Frost, Arit Anderson, Carol Klein and more for friendly gardening chat and informative discussion with the magazine team, perfect for everyone who enjoys gardening. Hear Alan Titchmarsh solve your gardening problems in Ask Alan, find advice for what to do in the garden in our What To Do Now series, and travel the globe with the BBC Gardeners’ World magazine team in Travel Tales: Gardens of the World. With new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday and bonus episodes every Saturday, subscribe now, wherever you get your podcasts, and never miss an episode. Find out more at GardenersWorld.com/podcast

Publisher

Immediate Media

Category

leisure · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Nov 2020

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

385 of 626 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The secret world beneath your garden, with Dr Frank Ashwood

   Soil ecologist Dr. Frank Ashwood reveals the hidden biodiversity beneath our gardens and explains why healthy soil is crucial for plants, wildlife, and the planet.

2. 

   3 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What To Do Now - Bulbs, Squash and Bees

   Claire Vennis explores early October gardening tasks for spring bulbs, extending squash harvests, and attracting bees to a vibrant garden.

3. 

   1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Frances Tophill: The secret to a garden with year-round structure

   Horticulturist Frances Tophill shares her secrets for designing a garden with year-round structure and enduring beauty.

Inside a recent episode

The secret world beneath your garden, with Dr Frank Ashwood

Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So if you roll over a log and you start to look, it takes a little while sometimes to get your eye in. But suddenly this whole world is revealed to you of all these creatures moving. some fast some not so fast i prefer those ones because you can take your time uh but yeah it's it's a real sort of uh scattergun approach as well um you know i don't get a perfect photo straight away you have to it's a bit of a numbers game and you have to get your eye on but yeah it's an incredible hobby and it's an incredible way of sort of familiarizing yourself with this life that might be in your garden or in the soil and just take you don't have to take photographs you can just take a little hand lens i encourage everyone listening to roll over a rock or a log or even lift up a plant pot that you might have in your garden. […]

Who has been a guest on BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Frank Ashwood
• Frances Tophill
• Pamela Ferns
• Claire
• Andrew Jackson

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

6,707,490

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

260 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

349 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 86 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

96

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

99

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