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Our Plant Stories

by Sally Flatman

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Latest episodes

Sam's Gooseberries

July 23, 2026 · 28 min

This week's plant story began when Sam Turner mentioned gooseberries to me and a collection of bushes that might still be hiding in the undergrowth of a long-abandoned botanical research station in the shadow of Britain's largest radio…
Paul's Bananas

June 16, 2026 · 30 min

In 2017 Paul Oldroyd bought a Japanese banana plant. He got it home in the passenger seat of his car. He didn't have a lot of money to spend on plants but he had a very large space to fill. He had taken on a one acre former commercial…
Just Say Compost!

May 26, 2026 · 10 min

Try saying "compost" to gardeners and see what happens. Inspired by a recent episode - Compost Tales - that's what I did for this short 'Just Say Compost' bonus listen. I hope these stories of waste and worms will inspire you to share with…
The Garden Reveal

May 19, 2026 · 26 min

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, opens its doors to the public today - this is one of the gardening world's great horticultural moments - drawing around 157,000 visitors to the 23 acre grounds of the Royal Hospital. First held in 1913, Chelsea…
Compost Tales

May 5, 2026 · 31 min

In this episode we are focused on compost and listen out because there will be a chance for you to get involved and tell us about your compost journey. Liz Elton is an artist whose work looks at waste and the recycling of matter. She…

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The Chair Farmer

April 21, 2026 · 24 min

Gavin Munro describes himself as a chair farmer. In his orchard he grows trees and meticulously shapes them into chairs. As the trees grow, their branches are carefully trained, pruned and grafted, gently guided to form a back, seat and…
Jess's Buddleja

April 7, 2026 · 36 min

Buddleja davidii is Jess's 'spirit' plant and I think if you listen to this episode it will be obvious why. Also known as the Butterfly Bush it's the purple buddleja that you see growing in the cracks of pavements and walls, along the…
Missing Collector Garden Part 2

March 24, 2026 · 24 min

We're following the charity Plant Heritage as they take their first show garden to the RHS Chelsea flower show. This charity was formed almost 50 years ago and for those of us who are plant lovers, it is as important today, if not more…
Luke's Harakeke

March 10, 2026 · 32 min

For this episode we are in New Zealand. Luke Gardner wrote to me saying he had been listening to Our Plant Stories since day one and he had a plant story he wanted to share. Luke's childhood memories are of a cottage garden with roses and…
Missing Collector Garden Part 1

February 24, 2026 · 26 min

Our Plant Stories has its first mini series. I love following journeys - a venture undertaken over months even years. If you are a regular listener you will know this from my return visits to the Castlefield Viaduct and the proposed Camden…
Clematis - Searching for Miriam

February 10, 2026 · 27 min

In this first episode of a new series of Our Plant Stories we are searching for Miriam. To be a bit more precise since this is a podcast filled with plant stories, we are searching for Clematis 'Miriam Markham'. Our search will take us…
Series 4 - Our Plant Stories

January 6, 2026 · 9 min

Happy New Year. The Royal Horticultural Society have just announced that this year in the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 - the charity Plant Heritage has an All About Plants garden. It is sponsored by Project Giving Back and supported by the…

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About the show

The Times Newspaper described this podcast as: ‘Innovative and fascinating… a deep dive into the stories about all things plant-related.’ A finalist in both the Independent Podcast Awards and the Garden Media Guild Awards, 'Our Plant Stories' explores how plants often root us to a place or a person, or perhaps a time when we needed the healing power of plants in our lives. Hearing another's passion for a plant, can leave us wanting to grow it and so we always learn how to do this. So whether your passion is for flowers, trees, shrubs, vegetables or houseplants - you will find a story in this podcast. Our Plant Stories is produced and presented by a former BBC Radio Producer: Sally Flatman. If you have a plant story you would like to share, then do contact: sally@ourplantstories.com and take a look at the website www.ourplantstories.com This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy