DIRT with Diarmuid Gavin and Paul Smyth

About DIRT with Diarmuid Gavin and Paul Smyth

DIRT is a GoLoud Original Podcast. Join the nation's favourite garden designer Diarmuid Gavin, along with horticultural hero Paul Smyth as they dish the dirt on everything you need to know about the gardening world. There's something for every green fingered flora fan be they a novice or a seasoned gardener, this podcast will inform and entertain.

Publisher

GoLoud

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Jun 2021

Latest episode

20 Dec 2021

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Dec 2021

   The DIRT Christmas Special

   The lads are back for a Christmas special episode, with talk of Christmas trees (and the debate over tasteful vs exciting decorations), Christmas movies and traditions, the decline of tinsel, and of course plenty of nonsense.

2. 

   15 Nov 2021

   Ep 21: Look to the future (season finale)

   Diarmuid and Paul predict what the gardens of the future will look like. It's likely fewer people will own cars so perhaps driveways will be reclaimed as green spaces. Will VR and the metaverse mean we can travel back in time to see the likes of Hadrian's gardens at Tivoli? Diarmuid also tells the story of his balcony bath. Yes, he actually is bathing outside even though it's winter. And as a follow up to last week's episode, we hear how Diarmuid interpreted the story of Mary Eleanor Bowes in garden form. This is the series finale of DIRT. We'll be back next month for a Christmas special with more episodes in the New Year.

3. 

   8 Nov 2021

   Ep 20: Tyranny of the leaf blower

   Diarmuid and Paul are urging you not to be overzealous with your raking of leaves. If you want to get rid of them from outside your home you can collect them in a refuse sack, punch holes in the bag, leave it for a year and you'll have brilliant compost for potting plants. Diarmuid tells the amazing tale of Mary Eleanor Bowes who was the original (unintended) feminist hero and who's story he has interpreted for a National Trust garden in England.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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