# Joe Swift

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Ep72: A Good Ol' Chit-Chat With... Nic Howard

https://notjustagarden.co.uk/nic-howard/ Award winning garden designer Nic was on Gardeners' World 2023 episode 3 when he was visited by Joe Swift at his beautiful 1/4 acre plot in Surrey - the one with the very pink wall! In this episode we learn more about Nic's garden, some of his favourite gard…

Garden Parties: Glorious Fun or a Disaster Waiting to Happen?

Is the only reason anyone has a garden now… to throw a party in it? This week James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift take on the great British garden party — and James goes full grumpy old codger about outdoor kitchens, outdoor rugs, and the terrible idea that a garden is just an extra room with a …

Snoozing in the Garden

Is a nap in the garden the highest form of horticulture? James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift are prepared to argue yes — provided you've had a decent lunch first. This week the boys abandon anything resembling actual gardening to become world experts in the ancient art of the garden snooze. Joe …

Question Time: Killer Bindweed, Bus Stop Trellis & What RHS Judges REALLY Eat

Which garden plant is most likely to achieve sentience first — and should you be locking the letterbox? Cue a deep sigh. James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift are back with a mailbag full of your questions, and this week they manage to answer nearly all of them while agreeing on almost nothing. In…

Hanging Baskets: A Party in a Basket or a Crime Against Gardening?

Are hanging baskets a joyful party in a basket… or a drought-stricken relic dripping brown water onto your pint? This week James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift end up on opposite sides. Joe declares the hanging basket dead: unsustainable, un-waterable, a whole summer of annuals frying fifteen fe…

Question Time: Feeding an RHS Judge, Time Travel & the Lords of Landscape

An RHS judge is coming to lunch on Saturday. You have one afternoon. Do you tidy the garden, or cook something delicious? Cue a deep sigh — the answer turns out to have almost nothing to do with gardening. James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift are back in the mailbag, answering the questions that …

Question Time: Spiky Plants, Lazy Car Park Gardens & a Gnome on the Razzle

Is jungle planting a bloke thing? And more importantly, does a man who wants a garden that requires no gardening actually deserve one? James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift throw the horticultural handbook out of the window again, this time for a full mailbag. What starts as a reasonable question …

What's the Point of WASPS? (And Ticks, Midges and Chicken Mites)

What's the point of a wasp? Or a midge, a horse fly, a tick, or a chicken mite the size of a full stop that gets into your ear while you're cleaning out the hens? Cue a deep sigh. James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift agree that biodiversity is a good thing. They are less sure about the bits of it…

Question Time: Dying Birches, Dying Magazines, and James's Retirement Plan

Where would you go to see great landscape architecture, and is there any difference between that and a good garden? James thinks there is, and his definition is not going to win him friends. James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift are back on mailbag duty. Hannah in Dorset is starting a Masters in L…

Should You Put a Swimming Pool in a British Garden?

Is a swimming pool in a British garden a brilliant idea or a very expensive mosquito pit? With summers getting hotter, the phone is ringing with people who suddenly want one. Cue a deep sigh.James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift wade in on pools versus natural swimming ponds: what they cost, why w…