About this episode

Chris Howell discusses winter gardening and shares various gardening tips and experiences.

Chris was on Gardeners' World 2025 Winter Special Episode 2 when Adam Frost joined him at John Massey's stunning gardens at Ashwood Nurseries near Kingswinford in the West Midlands. On this episode of Chit-Chats, Chris shares his passion for the winter garden and the important part scented witch-hazels play, and we learn about the enormous numbers in John's Garden as well as some of Chris' favourites. We also find out about mosaicing your meadows, using aspirin on the tomatoes, walking trees, what to look out for when buying Wollemi pine seeds, The fantastic Adam Greathead Award, grandma's elderflower champagne, and Chris' penchant for half-mooning. Some mentions from our guest, links can be found here: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/ Ashwood Nurseries Birmingham Botanical Gardens Winterbourne Garden Great Dixter Jardin Le Vasterival Witch Hazel Nursery Pan Global Plants West Dean Gardens Bluebell Arboretum More Not Just a Garden Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/NotJustaGarden/home Website: https://notjustagarden.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notjusta_garden/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notjustagarden/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustaGarden…

People in this episode

Host: Sweetpea and Bear

Guest: Chris Howell

Topics covered

• winter gardening
• scented witch-hazels
• mosaicing meadows
• Wollemi pine
• elderflower champagne
• gardening tips

Keywords

• winter garden
• scented witch-hazels
• mosaicing
• Wollemi pine seeds
• elderflower champagne
• gardening advice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gardeners' World, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Winterbourne Garden, Great Dixter, Jardin Le Vasterival, Witch Hazel Nursery, Pan Global Plants, West Dean Gardens, Bluebell Arboretum, Not Just a Garden

Places: Ashwood Nurseries, Kingswinford, West Midlands

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