Roots and All - Gardening Podcast

Do you want to know how to grow plants and get the best out of your outdoor space? Do you find traditional gardening media baffling and/or boring? Then you’re in the right place, because the Roots and All podcast is here to dig deep into how to create a successful garden.If you want honest information and insider knowledge about how to get results, join irreverent horticulturist Sarah Wilson as she chats to the best people from the world of plants and gardens. Sarah is on a mission to help you create your own beautiful green environment, with a focus on saving resources and working with nature.Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast to make sure you don’t miss an episode.

Episode 322: Garden Wildlife Ponds
Apr 21, 2025 – 26:36
Episode 333: Designing for Habitat and Biodiversity
Apr 21, 2025 – 25:05
Episode 331: Doug Tallamy Revisited
Apr 14, 2025 – 30:55
Episode 330: Ecological Art for the People
Apr 7, 2025 – 26:27
Episode 329: Wildlife Garden, Australia Style
Mar 31, 2025 – 23:59
Episode 328: Soil, Health and Nutrition
Mar 24, 2025 – 22:18
Episode 327: Following in the Footsteps
Mar 17, 2025 – 27:43
Episode 326: Glyphosate
Mar 10, 2025 – 23:02
Episode 325: Growing in the Garden
Mar 3, 2025 – 21:56
Episode 324: Kitchen Garden Living
Feb 24, 2025 – 22:48
Episode 323: Wildflowers, Community and Urban Nature
Feb 17, 2025 – 18:32
Episode 322: Trees and Crops Better Together
Feb 10, 2025 – 26:24
Episode 321: Weathering It All
Feb 3, 2025 – 18:42
Episode 320: Channelling Wild Gods
Jan 27, 2025 – 22:13
Episode 319: New Build Gardens
Jan 20, 2025 – 24:10
Episode 318: Care Not Capital
Jan 13, 2025 – 26:53
Episode 317: The Lawnmower
Dec 16, 2024 – 20:46
Episode 316: The Dry Exotic Garden
Dec 9, 2024 – 20:34
Episode 315: Interview with Mark Gregory
Dec 2, 2024 – 29:08
Episode 314: Nurturing Growth, Inside and Out
Nov 25, 2024 – 22:05
Episode 313: Plants for Shade
Nov 18, 2024 – 23:48
Gardening for Amphibians
Nov 11, 2024 – 23:24
Episode 311: Radical Rest
Nov 4, 2024 – 23:34
Episode 310: Designer Food Garden
Oct 28, 2024 – 22:49
Episode 309: The Seed Hunter
Oct 21, 2024 – 25:03
Episode 308: Gardening for Recovery
Oct 14, 2024 – 25:22
Episode 307: Trees and Humans: Intertwined
Oct 7, 2024 – 17:15
Episode 306: The Soil Habitat
Sep 30, 2024 – 20:24
Episode 305: Building on Nature
Sep 23, 2024 – 24:04
Episode 304: One Garden Changing the World
Sep 16, 2024 – 24:11
Episode 303: Slugs and Snails
Sep 9, 2024 – 25:34
Episode 302: Green at Heart
Sep 2, 2024 – 26:43
Episode 301: Gardening without Plastic
Aug 26, 2024 – 22:42
Episode 300: Best of the Best
Aug 16, 2024 – 27:59
Episode 299: Sowing Seed, Growing Culture
Aug 12, 2024 – 30:05
Episode 298: Why not use the garden?
Aug 5, 2024 – 30:54
Episode 297: Soil and Soul
Jul 29, 2024 – 25:04
Episode 296: Regenerative Design
Jul 22, 2024 – 29:21
Episode 295: Picture Perfect Gardens
Jul 15, 2024 – 17:58
Episode 294: Wood Meadows
Jul 8, 2024 – 25:14
Episode 293: The Rewilding of Molly McFlynn
Jul 1, 2024 – 23:20
Episode 292: Spiders
Jun 24, 2024 – 21:12
Episode 291: Inspiration from Nature
Jun 17, 2024 – 24:07
Episode 290: Saving Song Birds
Jun 10, 2024 – 24:48
Episode 289: Animal Friendly Fertiliser
Jun 3, 2024 – 25:54
Episode 288: Hosting Bees
May 27, 2024 – 26:20
Episode 287: Heirloom Vegetables
May 20, 2024 – 23:03
Episode 286: Natural Happiness
May 13, 2024 – 24:32
Episode 285: No Mow May
May 6, 2024 – 26:46
Episode 284: The Organic Nursery
Apr 29, 2024 – 21:02

Recent Reviews

Allie 🐊

New listener

I love hearing about your guest's relationships with animals and plants. It was amazing to hear about hedgehogs in the first episode I listened too. What a lovely ecological perspective across episodes and guests.
DailyKindleReader7458

Wonderful!

What a wonderful podcast. I love listening to every episode. As a fruit/veg/flower gardener and an animal advocate, I enjoy gardening for pollinators and wildlife, too. I love all that I’m learning from this podcast— and it always leaves me feeling inspired! Thank you for every episode!
Old-New Gardener

Informative and thought-provoking

Making a career change and returning to a field I studied long ago, I’m hungry for a wide variety of gardening information. This podcast is just what I need and one of the best I’ve found so far! It’s catching me up on the latest and the topics are highly interesting to me. Listening is helping me find my way, and along the way I’m learning a lot. Thank you and keep up the good work!
Dfsteed

Great show

This is a great podcast. Such a diverse range of subjects and guests. It is always filled with little gems of information. Many of the authors Sarah has had on have written really great books that I may otherwise not heard about. I look forward to listening every week.
Kurt in NWCT

Fascinating and practical

Sarah interviews the most diverse range of guests! Topics are useful and can be applied by home gardeners. I love this podcast.
Agatha Fan!

Fantastic!

Especially enjoyed the episode on wildflower meadows! Topics are very timely! Wonderful listening.
Honey Petal Plants

An intelligent, engaging podcast

This podcast is a wide-ranging overview of the human relationship to nature. It is filled with possibility and curiosity. I have learned so much and been introduced to so many people and thoughts around gardening, ecology, art, spirituality, science, and emotion in relationship to our beautiful, imperiled world. It is a calm, intelligent, and open crossroads where much comes together and if you like dirt on your hands, there is something here for you.
MN Ethan

Great patient conversation

The host has great guests and lets them talk at their own pace. She tends the conversation like a garden, with care and patience.
Misti L.

Love Listening

I've been really enjoying this podcast over the last year. Finding some different voices from across the pond and some interesting gardening conversations has pepped up my garden podcast feed! Love it!
Ksbuk76

Brilliant podcast - fun and lots of information

Loving this new to me podcast - brilliant information on a wide variety of gardening topics. Keeps me feeling excited about being outside and in the process I am learning more to improve my gardening.