Spring Snowdrops with Graham Gough, Marchants Hardy Plants Nursery - Episode 50

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Sarah Raven

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4.7 • 843 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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As we get 2022 well underway, we’ll see a showering of Snowdrops begin to brighten the garden with their brave, early bloom. Not only do they provide a gorgeous lift to grass, but their scent is so delightfully sweet. You’d be hard pressed to find a greater advocate for the Galanthus than Graham Gough, an old horticultural friend of Sarah’s who joins her on ‘grow, cook, eat, arrange’ to share his love of Snowdrops in an episode laden with helpful tips and hilarious anecdotes in equal measure!...

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0:00.0	You can find more information, photos and advice sheets on all the plants and recipes that we talk about in this podcast by heading to the links in the show notes or on our website at sarahavin.com.
0:20.0	Welcome to GrowCook Eat Arrange, the podcast of me, Sarah Raven and my friend Arthur,
0:25.7	who's not actually here today, but instead I have got Graham Goff, who is an old horticultural
0:32.6	friend of mine who I first met at Great Dixter through Christopher Lloyd. We both did a bit of our training there,
0:39.5	me very short period of time, but Graham rather longer. And Graham shared a passion for music
0:45.9	with Christo and opera, particularly, and as well as being the most incredible horticulturalist,
0:52.3	Graham has got the most wonderful, wonderful voice.
0:55.5	We're not here to talk about opera today. We're here to talk about plants and particularly
1:00.3	about plants that are great for right now as we are in the middle of January.
1:15.8	January can seem like quite a tricky time.
1:18.9	I rather like January actually because it's sort of hibernating time and we're all trying to be healthy and not drink too much
1:22.2	and get over the Christmas excess.
1:24.4	And I rather like that.
1:26.2	But in the garden, it can be quite grey. But of course there
1:30.6	are plants that aren't grey and are beautiful that are just coming out now like snowdrops.
1:35.7	And the reason that I wanted to talk to Graham today is he is what's called a galanthophile.
1:42.0	And he has this wonderful nursery quite quite near me, between me here at
1:47.3	Purchill and Lewis, and it's called Marchant's Hardy Plants, and I couldn't more passionately recommend
1:52.8	it. But anyway, welcome, Graham. I'd love to get you to chat about why you love snowdrops,
1:59.3	what you love about snowdrops, which are the
2:01.9	favourites, you know, all things, Galanthus.
2:05.7	Well, Sarah, thanks for inviting me. It's lovely to be here at Perch Hill again.
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