Find out how to turn a glass cabinet from IKEA into a stylish indoor greenhouse with my guests Camila Lohr and Vinny Araujo, plus I answer a question about preventative pest control and we hear from listener Zoe from New Zealand in Meet the Listener.
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I find out how you could become the guardian of a major houseplant genus, and answer a listener question about making terrariums.
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I talk conservatories with Ruth Kassinger, author of Paradise Under Glass, introduce part one of the On The Ledge sowalong, and answer a question about mould.
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Professional aquascaper George Farmer turned his hobby into a successful career. I get some tips on how to get started with your first underwater landscape, and find out how aquascaping helped George deal with PTSD. And I answer a question about a Peperomia with bumpy leaves.
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This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the RHS Urban Garden Show in London, with garden writer Alys Fowler and London-based horticulturist and garden designer Rob Stacewicz. Plus a question on how glass in windows and conservatories affects plant growth.
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Leslie Halleck, author of book Gardening Under Lights, explains what kind of light houseplants need and the options when it comes to choosing growlights for your plants. Plus a question about Venus flytraps.
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I check out James Wong’s incredible waterlily nano pond made from a glass fruit bowl, his Avatar-inspired aquarium and living wall, his fishbowl terrarium and more. Plus a question about springtails.
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Find out all of British-Malaysian botanist James Wong’s houseplant tricks and tips in this episode as I visit his London flat. Plus a question about a curly succulent.
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Mike Clifford's garden may measure up to just 65ft long, but it's absolutely packed full of wonderful plants: I get a tour, including huge American pitcher plants and iridescent Begonias. Plus a question about pest prevention measures.
Read MoreThe Temperate House at Kew Gardens reopened to the public last week after a five-year restoration programme, so I went along to see the transformation. In this episode you'll hear me getting excited about a gully of tree ferns and snagging an interview with Temperate House horticulturist and houseplant fan Jess Snowball.
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Conservatories have got an image problem... gardener Anne Wareham got so fed up with hers she had it knocked down and rebuilt. I talk to Anne about how she planned her new conservatory, and her cunning an thrifty solution to the issue of shelving.
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