# Mike the Gardener - Rambling Prose

Passionate, RHS qualified gardener and designer, garden writer and Amateur Gardening columnist, sharing his passion and knowledge of gardening and plants, and generally with a trowel-full of humour.

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## [Balmy Evenings, Bats & Why Meryl Streep is Waiting For Me!](https://mikethegardener.substack.com/p/balmy-evenings-bats-and-why-meryl)

_2026-08-05 · Mike the Gardener_

Audio version (above)

## [Phew! The Last Ring of the Landline](https://mikethegardener.substack.com/p/phew-the-last-ring-of-the-landline)

_2026-07-12 · Mike the Gardener_

Gardening in a heatwave, waving goodbye to the landline and Madonna mania

## [Mike the Gardener - Gardening Podcast - Clare Foggett](https://mikethegardener.substack.com/p/mike-the-gardener-gardening-podcast-ebf)

_2026-07-08 · Mike the Gardener_

Listen now | In this one off episode, I chat with the editor of the English Garden magazine, Clare Foggett, about her new book, Beauty and Abundance recently been published by Quadrille.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205736752/ca384118936ca6a6696cf49f5de7b3e9.mp3)

## [Nectar-rich plants for bees and butterflies](https://mikethegardener.substack.com/p/nectar-rich-plants-for-bees-and-butterflies)

_2026-06-26 · Mike the Gardener_

How you can help our fluttering pollinator friends

## [Faded Petals, Lasting Grace](https://mikethegardener.substack.com/p/faded-petals-lasting-grace)

_2026-06-03 · Mike the Gardener_

Let go of perfection and find beauty in decline

## [Chelsea Flower Show - Press Day Podcast](https://mikethegardener.substack.com/p/chelsea-flower-show-press-day-podcast)

_2026-06-02_

Listen now | Garden designers, growers, one talented artist, and a Bake Off winner

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200082718/268b012043a8bacd054a9e822cb3fed4.mp3)

## [The Chelsea Flower Show diary](https://mikethegardener.substack.com/p/the-chelsea-flower-show-diary)

_2026-05-22 · Mike the Gardener_

The best possible week ‘in the office’

## [RHS Malvern Flower Show blog](https://mikethegardener.substack.com/p/rhs-malvern-flower-show-blog)

_2026-05-13 · Mike the Gardener_

Hostas, a sprinkling of woodland magic and Dame Mary Berry

## [Was that Spring? Never Mind, Summer Beckons](https://mikethegardener.substack.com/p/was-that-spring-never-mind-summer)

_2026-05-03 · Mike the Gardener_

Lily beetles misbehaving, remembering childhood springs and wisteria criteria

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## [The Thrifty Gardener: Big Ideas, Modest Means](https://mikethegardener.substack.com/p/the-thrifty-gardener-big-ideas-modest)

_2026-04-17 · Mike the Gardener_

A chat with garden designer, presenter and author, Mark Lane