PODCAST: Behind the scenes at Great Dixter – one of Britain's best-loved gardens

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Great Dixter’s garden has got to be one the most famous in the country, so it was with great difficulty that the podcast team dragged itself away from its stunning borders, flower-filled meadows and iconic features to focus on its less trumpeted achievements: its scholarship, its compost and its success in increasing biodiversity. https://www.greatdixter.co.uk/ Film Ellen Hancock With additional footage by Conor Higgins Produced by The Modern House CHAPTERS 00:16 An introduction to Great Dixter 00:57 A fabulous loam pile 01:05 Sieving the loam 01:51 Sterilising the soil 02:27 Creating the perfect mix 03:24 "Just like a giant cake" 03:28 Potting up 03:50 Peat-free for 20 years 04:28 Throwing the soil 05:00 Exploring a lesser-known part of Dixter 05:11 Exploring the sand beds 05:15 Meeting nursery scholars Isabel and Lex 05:39 Experiments with planting in sand 06:12 What is it like to work at Dixter? 07:28 A tour of Isabel's sand bed 07:46 Matthiola sinuata, a plant native to Greece and the UK 08:25 Crambe, a familiar plant on UK beaches 08:53 Mediterranean plants in Lex's sand bed 09:23 Growing Australian plants in the UK 09:36 A Tasmanian lomatia 10:01 Seseli gummiferum, AKA "the moon carrot" 10:27 Scleranthus uniflorus, a "sweet little pincushion plant" 10:58 What is biochar? 11:24 Visiting the biochar kiln 12:24 Meeting assistant head gardener Coralie Thomas 12:36 A ginormous habitat pile 13:16 A haven of biodiversity 14:51 Visiting Dixter for yourself 15:03 Coming soon on How My Garden Grows During our visit, the scholars were wearing a range of garden clothing designed in-house to be sold at the Great Dixter shop. Please contact alice@greatdixter.co.uk for enquiries. Listen to our latest podcast, How My Garden Grows: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-my-garden-grows/id1837703535 Never miss a new film, subscribe here: https://bit.ly/36I7z8y Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themodernhouse/ & https://www.instagram.com/inigo.house/ Selling design-led homes in the UK: https://www.themodernhouse.com Selling historic homes in the UK: https://www.inigo.com/ Like us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/34BKO3x & https://www.facebook.com/inigo.house Home and interior inspiration, delivered to your inbox: https://www.themodernhouse.com/newsletter/ & https://www.inigo.com/#newsletter/ Garden clothing Best interiors Instagram accounts (Vogue) Best homes accounts (Guardian) Ultimate interiors accounts (Telegraph)