Here at Country Life, we love the Chelsea Flower Show — and we know you do too. So we're absolutely delighted to bring you this very special edition of the Country Life Podcast, recorded live in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, with Clive Nichols and Kathryn Bradley-Hole.
Kathryn was Country Life's gardens editor for 18 years until moving on to concentrate on writing, and has a lifetime of experience in the horticultural world — and it's also the 40th anniversary of her first trip to the Chelsea Flower Show.
Coincidentally, Clive has also been coming to SW3 for exactly 40 years. The man dubbed 'the king of garden photography' is a regular contributor to Country Life, and we're thrilled that he's not only taken all our pictures from the show this year, but also appeared on this episode of the Country Life Podcast.
Kathryn and Clive talk about their favourite bits of the Chelsea Flower Show, the gardens they'd most like to have back at their own homes, why the King's garden wasn't given a fair crack at having the impact it should have done, and what they'd do themselves if they were designing their own showpiece at SW3.
Episode credits
Host and editor: Toby Keel
Guests: Kathryn Bradley-Hole and Clive Nichols
Music: JuliusH via Pixabay
Back next time: James Fisher
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