The Scribehound Gardening podcast: Is Gardening Actually Fun?

In our brand new weekly podcast, hosts - and gardening buddies - James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift come together to discuss a different aspect of gardening, and to answer your questions.

In this episode they discuss one of the larger questions in horticulture - whether gardening is ‘fun’. You’ll find out which celebrity gardener hates the word ‘fun’ and hear James and Joe try to pin down the thorniest issue of all: what is fun anyway?

Plus - James and Joe tackle listener questions about how to tell the difference between a courgette and a marrow, choosing what plants to buy based on their names, and plants that give out ‘don’t talk to me’ energy.

Want to earn your very own Scribehound Gardening gnome? Submit your gardening queries to James and Joe at gardening@scribehound.com. We’ll send a gnome to anyone whose question gets read out on air. Just remember when you’re formulating your emails - James and Joe don’t do dead things!

James Alexander-Sinclair is a garden designer, writer and broadcaster. He is an RHS Vice-President and was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal for outstanding contribution to horticulture in 2022. He is the RHS Ambassador for Garden Design and a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers. Support James on Scribehound Gardening.

Joe Swift is a familiar face on television as a presenter of BBC TV’s Gardeners’ World and other gardening programmes. He is a garden designer, broadcaster, writer and design director of Modular. Support Joe on Scribehound Gardening.

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