If you've never really understood what's going on in your compost heap - or cottoned on to why they are essential garden structures - this is the episode for you. James and Joe try to explain composting in terms a toddler would understand, and answer your questions, including how to have a harmonious relationship with a garden designer and where hawk moths like to hang out.

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About our hosts

James Alexander-Sinclair is a garden designer, writer and broadcaster. He is an RHS Vice-President and was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal for outstanding contribution to horticulture in 2022. He is the RHS Ambassador for Garden Design and a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers.

Joe Swift is a familiar face on television as a presenter of BBC TV’s Gardeners’ World and other gardening programmes. He is a garden designer, broadcaster, writer and design director of Modular.About Scribehound GardeningScribehound Gardening is a platform for garden writers to be supported directly by their audience. We are transforming garden writing by giving space for conversations that inspire, surprise, ignite joy and offer genuine human connections.

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