The Thousand Year Old Garden Inside The Secret Garden at Lambeth Palace. Former Head Gardener and now also author, Nick Stewart Smith talks to the Our Plant Stories podcast about the Lambeth Palace garden which features in his new book. He shares his thoughts on gardening not just in a 1000 year old garden but in all our gardens, working with nature.

Propagation - learn how to take a greenwood cutting from a Magnolia plus advice on which Magnolia trees and shrubs are best in small gardens and spaces.

Our Plant Stories features Camellias; japonica, reticulata, amplexicaulus, sasanqua and 2 horticulturalists in Australia and the UK discuss the history and the merits of this plant.

Why are Fig trees so precious to some gardeners that they’ll go to great lengths to protect them from the cold?

Bridget’s grandmother grew an ‘exotic’ plant and it was love at first sight for her granddaughter.

Lynne’s mum grew a beautiful scarlet peony - can Claire Austin help us to find its name?