Welcome to The James & Joe Garden Show - the podcast that rips up the horticultural rulebook and plants something far more entertaining. Join James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift every week where they tackle a garden topic, from the sensible to the completely ridiculous, armed with sharp opinions, 40 years’ worth of stories and a habit of wandering wildly off-topic.
Listeners can also send in their weird and wonderful garden questions for the chance to win our treasured mascot - the Scribehound gnome, Jekyll. Our only two rules? No dead plants and no dull questions.
As part of The Garden Collective - a place where leading experts share unfiltered gardening wisdom every single day - you can subscribe to get ad-free listening, bonus episodes, special access to live events, written articles from garden experts and so much more.
Got a burning garden question, or a bizarre problem you just need to share? Email us at gardening@scribehound.com and we’ll get stuck in.
Follow The Garden Collective on Instagram.
89 - Light Up Your Garden or Keep It Dark?
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Welcome to The James & Joe Garden Show - the podcast that rips up the horticultural rulebook and plants something far more entertaining. Join James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift every week where they tackle a garden topic, from the sensible to the completely ridiculous, armed with sharp opinions, 40 years’ worth of stories and a habit of wandering wildly off-topic.
Listeners can also send in their weird and wonderful garden questions for the chance to win our treasured mascot - the Scribehound gnome, Jekyll. Our only two rules? No dead plants and no dull questions.
As part of The Garden Collective - a place where leading experts share unfiltered gardening wisdom every single day - you can subscribe to get ad-free listening, bonus episodes, special access to live events, written articles from garden experts and so much more.
Got a burning garden question, or a bizarre problem you just need to share? Email us at gardening@scribehound.com and we’ll get stuck in.
Follow The Garden Collective on Instagram.
Episodes
89-
Light Up Your Garden or Keep It Dark?
Listened
Tue, 23 Jun 2026
88-
Question Time: Etsy Witches, Rainy Weddings, and Garden Etiquette
Listened
Tue, 16 Jun 2026
87-
Garden Kitsch: Why Your Plastic Flamingo Needs to Go
Listened
Tue, 09 Jun 2026
86-
Question Time: Local Judging Warfare, Angry Nurseries & the Power of the Clipboard
Listened
Tue, 02 Jun 2026
85-
Chelsea Flower Show POST MORTEM - with extra ducks
Listened
Tue, 26 May 2026
84-
Question Time: At What Age Do You Officially Become a Horticultural Bore?
Listened
Tue, 19 May 2026
83-
Chelsea Flower Show 2026: The Secrets the BBC WON'T Tell You!
Listened
Tue, 12 May 2026
82-
Question Time: Why Modern Sport is Ruined by Bad Grass (and Why Goalkeepers Hate Daisies)
Listened
Tue, 05 May 2026
81-
Are Robotic Mowers the Future?
Listened
Tue, 28 Apr 2026
80-
Question Time: The Great Horticultural Royal Rumble - who wins in a fight?
Listened
Tue, 21 Apr 2026
79-
Who decides what makes a truly great garden?
Listened
Tue, 14 Apr 2026
78-
Question Time: Is Gardening by the Moon Total Lunacy or the Future of Garden Trends?
Listened
Tue, 07 Apr 2026
77-
The Rise & Power of Healing Gardens
Listened
Tue, 31 Mar 2026
76-
Question Time: Killing Expensive Plants, Black Fences & Garden Guilt