Growing Together – October 2022

Claire and Steve meet at the Adhurst Estate Allotments to enjoy the autumnal sun and the last of the year’s blooms as they discuss their gardening year. There’s still work to be done in the garden with gathering dahlias and protecting the tubers, preparing...

Growing Together – September 2022

Enjoying their harvest, Claire and Steve discuss how challenging this gardening year has been. Steve’s passion for dahlias shines through as he gives advice for how to look after these late summer blooms and Claire preps her plots for the autumn with plans to...

Growing Together – August 2022

With the recent heatwave in July, Claire and Steve discuss the effect the hotter weather is having on the garden and gardeners alike. Claire has a mystery muncher in her garden, Steve muses over his rambling runner beans and they inspire each other with plans for...

For The Love of Lavender

Paul Abbott at Durleighmarsh Farm used to run the Isle of Wight lavender farm to much success, winning an RHS gold medal.  He still has a passion for lavender and is cultivating new varieties as he explained to Shine Radio’s Claire Vennis.   With...

Growing Together – July 2022

Steve and Claire dodge the rain as they enjoy the growing surroundings at the Adhurst Estate Allotment on a summer’s evening. This month there’s advice on how to ‘stop’ dahlias to gain more flowers, what you can still plant to harvest later in...

Growing Together – June 2022

This month, Claire and Steve are at the Adhurst Estate Allotment early in the morning along with lots of singing birds. Steve has so many dahlia plants he doesn’t know what to do with them and is even trying out Claire’s more ‘relaxed’ approach...