Two Good Gardeners Podcast with Rosy Hardy

Perennials are probably the most popular type of plant in the UK today — but that wasn’t always the case. In this episode of Two Good Gardeners, hosts Dan Cooper and Julia Parker sit down with Rosy Hardy to explore how that came to be.

Rosy is the Chelsea Flower Show’s most decorated female exhibitor, with 24 gold medals to her name. Over the past forty years, she has played a central role in making perennials the garden staple they are today — helping garden designers and colleagues win awards with plants grown at our Hampshire nursery, and championing varieties that genuinely perform in the real world.

In the episode, Rosy shares her advice on choosing perennial varieties that can handle the UK’s unpredictable summer weather — a subject close to our hearts at Hardy’s, where all our plants are grown peat-free and selected for reliability as much as beauty.

Listen to the episode here →