78: Garden Gnome Bans and the Joy of Drinking Less
Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
Persephonica
4.6 • 606 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
The big story on everyone’s lips this week is of course the lifting of the gnome ban at Chelsea Flower Show. But where do Jo and Zoe sit on such a hot topic? There’s also some nostalgia for wild 90’s nights, as well as appreciation for taking things a bit easier these days. Gno thank you, hangovers…
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Exec Producer: Jonathan O’Sullivan
Producer: Samantha Psyk
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Digit, Joe, we need to do that thing. Mom, what were you like in the 90s? |
| 0:04.9 | Because I keep seeing that. I do need to do that. Yeah. Sometimes I do look at them and think, oh my God, it was fun. When you get to a certain age, drinking is really challenging and it really hurts afterwards. So I just couldn't do the appraise ski. So I just take myself off and I'd go for a swim. The drinking is so full on. Now, where do you stand on? Garden Nones, Joe. I'm picking up a slight disdain. If it's okay for the King, it's okay for the King, but I will never, I never have, I never will have a gnome in my garden. All of that right after this. |
| 0:44.7 | This episode of Digit is sponsored by the Woodland Trust. |
| 0:48.0 | Zoe, what is the best gift you think that you've ever given? |
| 0:49.5 | Because you are an amazing gift giver. |
| 0:50.6 | But what's the best thing? |
| 0:51.2 | Do you know what? |
| 0:52.0 | It's such a good question. |
| 0:58.7 | One of my favorite things that you bought me was the rose. You bought me the lark ascending, which grows just outside where I'm sitting here. I think the best gifts aren't necessarily the expensive ones. They're the ones |
| 1:04.0 | that really mean something, something that lasts. Yeah, something that isn't just another thing |
| 1:09.7 | which will inevitably end up in a charity |
| 1:11.2 | shop where you'll give to somebody else. Exactly. That's why I absolutely love this idea and I |
| 1:16.7 | know you will, Joe. The Woodland Trust lets you dedicate a tree, a bench, even a whole area of woodland |
| 1:23.9 | in someone's name. It's such a gorgeous idea. My grandma and granddad have a tree in Abington Park in Northampton that my auntie organised. So every anniversary, whether it's their birthday or the anniversary of their passing, people can just go and watch this tree. And it's obviously it's getting bigger and stronger and more beautiful. And it just commemorates their lives. And we've always been looking for a way to commemorate our friend Tim, who passed. |
| 2:01.8 | And we used to spend lots of holidays in Cornwall with him and a bench on the headland, looking out of the sea, somewhere that we walked constantly, the sea that we used to be in, is a perfect way to commemorate him. So imagine for yourselves whether you would have a tree dedicated for your loved one or a bench in a woodland where you can just go and you can remember the person that you love that you've lost. It's just a wonderful |
| 2:06.4 | idea. Dedications start from a suggested donation of £20 for a single tree and you can |
| 2:12.6 | dedicate anything from trees to quarter acres of woodland, even personalised benches and mark posts. |
| 2:20.3 | And the lovely bit is you or your loved one will receive a special dedication pack. |
| 2:24.9 | There's a personalised certificate, a map of the woodland that you've chosen, and also some |
| 2:28.8 | information about the wood itself. Plus all of the woodland trusts sites are free to visit. |
| 2:33.2 | So you can go and see it any time. |
| 2:35.4 | It really is a gift that keeps growing |
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