It's so funny because when you look at the guys, that's never a topic of conversation. Yeah. What you look like? Yeah. Did you watch the football last night? It's never about, I'll watch your skincare routine. Whereas women walk into a room and because we've been taught to be pitted against each other. Yeah. Not always, but sometimes there's, oh my God, you know, I can't. It's a bit of a barrier. Yeah, yeah. and it shouldn't be there.

We should be trying to

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Hello and welcome to the BBC Gardner's World magazine podcast, brought to you by the team here at the magazine.

Join us as we chat all things gardening with the nation's favourite experts.

A garden that looks gorgeous with zero effort sounds too good to be true, and it probably is.

But it's certainly possible to create a fabulous flower-filled garden that's fuss-free and easy to look after.

Eminent garden designer and writer James Alexander Sinclair has designed gardens across the length and breadth of the UK,

and in many other countries besides.

I'm Catherine Mansley, digital editor at BBC Gardner's World magazine, and I caught up with James to get him to share some of his trade secrets. Hello, and welcome to the Gardner's World magazine podcast. Well, thank you very much for asking me. Yes, you've been writing your We Love column for the magazine, rhapsodising about the month's starplants for 15, 16 years.

It is quite a terrifying long time. In that time, I have thought of 16 different ways to love

February. It has its moment. It's astonishing. I mean, it's crazy that we haven't had you on

the podcast before now, so I'm delighted that we finally managed to pin you down. I mean, firstly, is it possible to create a garden that looks lovely and is actually easy to

look after? It rather depends on what you think of as easy to look after, and I spend quite a

time explaining to my clients that low maintenance is not the same as no maintenance, and no

maintenance does not exist.

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