Not Just A Garden

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🌸Our Top Picks🌿

A selection of seeds, tools, books, events and resources most mentioned on the podcast

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All items have either:

  • been recommended by our Chit-Chat guests â€” all of whom have previously appeared on BBC Gardeners’ World, or
  • been personally used and trusted by us

For guest-recommended gardens or nurseries — visit our Gardens page

Some of our recommendations include exclusive listener discounts or offers, so look out for the 🌿!

Events & Experiences

Events & Experiences

Gardening events, festivals and experiences — including shows, open gardens and special offers

Previous Chit-Chat guest Tom Nielsen‘s CREATING WILDER GARDENS course is back by popular demand – Tom will be returning to The Sustainability Centre in 2027 – hurrah!

Harrogate Flower Shows

Harrogate Autumn Flower Show

🌿The good people at Harrogate Flower Shows are kindly offering one pair of free tickets to their Autumn Show on Saturday 19th September. Listen to our latest podcast episode here for details of how to enter! Good luck!🌸

Congratulations🥂 Jan is our lucky winner! Check your email!

BBC Radio 4 Gardeners’ Question Time at RHS Wisley

🌿Podcast Listener Giveaway: The RHS is offering our listeners 25 PAIRS OF FREE TICKETS, worth £16 a pair, to a recording of BBC GARDENERS’ QUESTION TIME at 2pm on Saturday 5th September at RHS Wisley Flower Show🌸

The tickets give you & your guest free entry to the GQT event, which takes place as part of the RHS Wisley Flower Show. (Standard admission to the show is £19 per adult & £6 per child; under-5s & RHS members get in free)

👀And if you’re really lucky, you may find yourself sitting next to 1 or 2 of our legendary Chit-Chat guests👀

It’s first come, first served, so contact us now if you want to be on the guest list!🥂

Southport Flower Show
Southport Flower Show

🌿Podcast Listener Giveaway: WE HAVE 3 PAIRS OF TICKETS TO GIVE AWAY!🌸

We’ve teamed up with Southport Flower Show and have three pairs of tickets to give away to our lovely listeners! 

Our website subscribers get early access Monday 10th August 2026

Otherwise listen to our next podcast episode, out Wednesday 12th August 2026, for details of how to enter

Good luck!🤞

CONGRATULATIONS!🥂 We have 3 lucky ticket winners – Cynthia, Claire & Samantha, check your emails!

Seeds & Bulbs

Seeds & Bulbs

Seed suppliers that come up regularly in conversations with experienced growers and garden designers

Seed Spells

Farida Sober’s Seed Spells, a beautiful heirloom seed collection. Find out more on her ep61 of Chit-Chats

Emorsgate Seeds

Emorsgate Seeds recommended on their Chit-Chats by Rajat Jindal (ep46), “they’re just brilliant” and Nate Moss (ep43), “for British natives, they’ve got a really good range”

Online Nurseries

Online Nurseries

Nurseries valued for plant quality, interesting collections and knowledgeable growers

Dan's Plants by Dan Stearne

Dan Stearne from Dan’s Plants joined us on the podcast and talked about the history and plans for the future of his RHS Gold Medal winning nursery. Find out more on Dan’s Chit-Chat ep35

🌿Podcast Listener Discount: Dan is kindly offering a 10% discount to our listeners on all online purchases; use code NJAG10 at checkout!🌸

Incredible Vegetables by Mandy Barber

Incredible Vegetables comes highly recommended by a couple of our Chit-Chat guests and we were very lucky to have Mandy Barber herself joining us on ep10. We heard all about the ethos behind Incredible Vegetables as well as her online nursery of wonderful perennial veg!

Pan Global Plants by Nick Macer

Nick Macer from Pan Global Plants was on ep50 of Chit-Chats but his plant nursery also comes highly recommended by 3 other guests on the podcast and counting!

Wack's Wicked Plants by Peter & Helleentje Walker

Peter & Helleentje Walker from Wack’s Wicked Plants joined us for ep60 on the podcast and gave us good insight into their RHS gold medal award winning carnivorous plant offerings

Elite Orchids by Mark Turner

Mark Turner, owner of Elite Orchids was on Chit-Chats ep24 and we heard more about his RHS gold medal award winning orchids. Available online, check out his website here

Tools & Equipment

Tools & Equipment

Practical, well-made tools and equipment that guests trust in their own gardens

Greenhouses & Garden Structures

Greenhouses & Garden Structures

Greenhouses, fountains, ornaments, and hardscaping recommended by our guests

Books

Books

Practical, inspiring and well-loved books that have come up repeatedly on the podcast

Under a Devon Sky by Delia May West

Delia May West was our lovely Chit-Chat guest on ep25, during which we talked about her writing a book and she hinted that it could be a possibility. Well, here it is – Under a Devon Sky, A Seasonal Diary of Blooms, Abundance and Vintage Charm!

Delia transformed a stony patch of Devon hillside into a floral paradise on a shoestring budget and this gardening diary captures every season of that journey. It also contains some of the hand-written recipes that Delia talks about on her episode including her delicious Wild Garlic, Caramelised Onion and Cheese Scones😋

Grasping the Nettle: Tales of a Modern Country Gardener, by Tamsin Westhorpe

As mentioned on Not Just a Garden Bonus Ep2. Grasping the Nettle, by Tamsin Westhorpe – a stocking filler for Sweetpea after hearing about it on Tamsin’s Chit-Chat episode. “It’s really, really funny… I found it really relatable and down to earth… I really recommend it”. We think Sweetpea really likes it

A Short History of Flowers, by Advolly Richmond

We’ve mentioned this book a few times on the podcast, it was a Christmas present for Sweetpea – A Short History of Flowers, by our Chit-Chat guest Advolly Richmond from ep62. Gorgeous illustrations by Sarah Jane Humphrey and interesting & funny stories behind many of our every day plants

A flower Garden for Pollinators, by Rachel de Thame

Sweetpea talks about A flower Garden for Pollinators, by Rachel de Thame on Gardeners’ World 2024 Winter Special Recap: Ep2, “it’s the best thing ever. I had a little trip to my favourite bookshop in the world… Waterstones… And I got a signed copy!… I must say, it’s a really, really good book. I absolutely love it”

Rekha's Kitchen Garden, by Rekha Mistry

Coir pellets are now a staple in our greenhouse after Rekha’s Kitchen Garden, by Rekha Mistry made it into our household, and it’s been Sweetpea’s veg growing bible since 2023!

Wildlife & Eco Products

Wildlife & Eco Products

Resources and products for gardeners interested in biodiversity and working with nature

🌿Podcast Listener Discount: Farida is generously offering 20% discount to all our listeners! Use code SWEETPEA at checkout!🌸

The Fermented Grass Method by Farida Sober – the book we talked about on Farida’s Chit-Chat – is now available!

“This new eBook brings together everything I have learned about fermented grass over the years: how I make it, how I use it safely, why it heats up, how it affects the soil, and the role it plays in producing healthy, productive plants.”

Eddie Bailey from RhizoPhyllia talked on his Chit-Chat about CompBucha: ready to use biocharged compost extract. Made by microbes

Biolife Compost

Biolife Compost Extract: Soil Food Web In A Bottle, the soil probiotic we talk about on Michael Kennard’s Chit-Chat

Gardening Gifts

Gardening Gifts

Some of the gardening and plant gifts Sweetpea & Bear have exchanged over the years that we can personally highly recommend!

Terrarium Starter Kit

The terrarium starter kit which Sweetpea talks about on Not Just a Garden Bonus ep1. “Students should get this because it looks like the most mindful thing ever!”

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