Rich Pickings

This episode - The Archers, scrumgeing and hedgehogs, and the hunt for a very rare daffodil.

The Rich Pickings duo are out and about. They go on a visit to the wonderful Badminton estate to check out how the land is lying for The Archers show garden at this years Royal Horticultural Society’s show there. Badminton leads to Tiddlywink(s), scrumgeing and scrimgeing, and the hunt for a very rare daffodil. Jo gets her Emma Stones and her Margot Robbies mixed up, while Nina narrowly avoids a slander case from Helena Bonham Carter.

Roses are on the menu once more, including the very fragrant appeal of Sir David Beckham.
And the sun is out! Could it really be that spring is here?! It turns out that hedgehogs are like dolphins, AND: how DO bumblebees take off?
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Jo and Nina are back to light up your February days. There's a lot about gardening and a little bit about the Winter Olympics. Will Jo bite the bullet with slugs, and is Nina really a garden ghoul magnet? And a new RHS Flower Show at Badminton...at Badminton... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Where have they been? Where will they go? It's as if they've never been away. Jo and Nina are back with the real gardening news - from Chelsea Flower Show Gold to funny foxgloves and a revolting cat story. Also, why we should bring back island beds, crazy paving and Bergenia (with a hard 'g').

Show notes
More about Jo's Glasshouse garden at Chelsea Flower Show - https://www.jothompson-garden-design.co.uk/chelsea-2025/
More about the Butler and Parker garden - https://www.butlerandparker.com/garden-of-the-future

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Jo and Nina are back with a vengeance as they take stock of this year's RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival. A pottering through gardens swerves into a conversation about manservants, the gowns of academics and the sleep-inducing qualities of The Lord of the Rings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the time of the Summer Solstice, Nina and Jo chat with an actual Druid and discuss why, actually, it’s all logical. Celebrating trees, plants, stones and skies, Dan Lobb takes us along on a journey of reconnecting with the wisdom of our ancestors.


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