The Underground
autor: The Underground Pod
Nejnovější epizoda
Real progress or just ticking boxes? | Angie Lloyd & Jayne Hickling
Real progress or just ticking boxes? | Angie Lloyd & Jayne Hickling
O tomto podcastu
Exploring the future of garden care.
The underground podcast is a place where the disparate worlds of horticulture and marketing collide. Kate Turner, the Gardener Guru and Phil Wright, co-founder of creative agency WrightObara, team up to discover the trailblazers and innovators shaping the future of garden care in the UK.
With content that’s as relevant to start-ups as it would be to established players, we look to cover the hottest topics and trends you need to know. From plants to products, environmental concerns to legislation, we’ll dig deep to bring you the inside story.
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- Real progress or just ticking boxes? | Angie Lloyd & Jayne Hickling · 33 min · Řada 7 Epizoda 1The garden industry has made progress in recent years, but how much has really changed? Recorded live at Glee 2026, Kate Turner is joined by freelance marketing consultant Angie…
- Hi-Tech vs Hi-Touch: Automation Without Alienation | Glee 2026 · 34 min · Řada 7 Epizoda 7Can garden centres embrace automation without losing the personal touch that customers value? Recorded live at Glee 2026, Phil Wright is joined by Paul Pleydell (Pleydell…
- Growing when the tailwinds are gone | Alan Roper, Blue Diamond · 29 min · Řada 7 Epizoda 6After 43 years in business, Alan Roper believes the trading environment has fundamentally changed. The tailwinds that once helped retailers grow have disappeared, and he doesn't…
- What's holding peat-free back? | Dan Durston & Simon Blackhurst · 34 min · Řada 7 Epizoda 5Peat-free compost has come a long way, so why is the industry still struggling to move forward? Recorded live at Glee, Phil and Kate are joined by Dan Durston and Simon…
- Finding profit hiding in plain sight | Josh Novell, Polhill Garden Centre · 29 min · Řada 7 Epizoda 4Where could profit be hiding in the everyday workings of your garden centre? For Josh Novell, a sandwich arriving 10–15 minutes before his coffee prompted a closer look at how…
- Green-fingered to clean-fingered: meeting the changing garden customer | Natalie Boynton & Ed Hill · 21 min · Řada 7 Epizoda 3What does the next generation of garden customers actually want from us? Recorded at Glee 2026, Kate Turner is joined by Natalie Boynton, Sales Director at Happy Plants, and Ed…
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall: Why Grow Your Own Matters More Than Ever · 37 min · Řada 7 Epizoda 2What happens when growing your own food becomes about much more than what ends up on the plate? Recorded live on stage at Glee, Phil Wright and Kate Turner are joined by Hugh…
- Michael Perry on Gardeners’ World, AI and the Future of Garden Retail · 45 min · Řada 7 Epizoda 1Whenever Michael Perry joins The Underground, the conversation is unlikely to follow a predictable path. Recorded at Glee 2026, this relaxed and wide-ranging chat sees Michael…
- Houseplants, Chelsea and Knowing Your Worth, with Gemma Haigh · 50 min · Řada 6 Epizoda 1Gemma Haigh’s route into horticulture hasn’t exactly been conventional. After starting her career in museums and heritage, she turned a lifelong love of plants into The Plant…
- How to Survive Glee: The Garden Industry’s Best Tips · 37 min · Řada 6 Epizoda 7Glee is one of the biggest dates in the garden industry calendar. It’s also three very long days of walking, talking, networking, discovering new products and trying to remember…
- The Future of the Garden Industry: One Year On · 31 min · Řada 6 Epizoda 6With Glee just a month away, we’re heading back to Birmingham, as well as the conversations we recorded there last year. At Glee 2025, we asked every guest who joined us one…
- Plants, People and the Growth of Perrywood Garden Centres · 34 min · Řada 6 Epizoda 5From a four-acre smallholding growing strawberries and potatoes to three award-winning garden centres, Perrywood’s story is one of family, plants and steady growth. In this…
- How People Choose: Emotion, Strategy and Creative Marketing with Phil Wright · 48 min · Řada 6 Epizoda 1This week, the tables are turned as Kate interviews The Underground co-host Phil Wright, co-founder of creative marketing agency WrightObara.Phil recently wrote an in-depth…
- From Dig for Victory to AI: How Gardening Is Changing with Ross Pearson · 52 min · Řada 6 Epizoda 3Garden writer and horticultural lecturer Ross Pearson joins Phil and Kate to talk about his ambitious Dig for Victory allotment project and what wartime growing advice can still…
- Why Print Still Matters in Garden Retail – Nick Trachillis, The Garden Centre Magazine · 29 min · Řada 6 Epizoda 2At a time when so much marketing is measured in clicks, what can a physical magazine still offer garden centres, suppliers and their customers? In this episode of The…
- Dr Ana Attlee on Seedball, Wildflowers and Pollinators · 49 min · Řada 6 Epizoda 1We're back for a brand new season of The Underground Podcast!In our first episode, Phil and Kate are joined by Dr Ana Attlee, co-founder of Seedball, to talk about wildflowers…
- The Next Five Years of Garden Retail – Voices from Glee 2025 · 30 min · Řada 5 Epizoda 12What’s the one change you’d most like to see in garden retail over the next five years? At Glee 2025, we put that question to all 20 of our guests who joined us in The…
- Soil Health, Plant Food & Profit: The Future of Plant Nutrition with Grass Gains & Empathy - Glee 2025 · 50 min · Řada 5 Epizoda 11The science of plant nutrition is moving fast, and it is reshaping everything from peat-free compost to profit margins on the shop floor. In this Glee 2025 special, Phil and Kate…
- Loyalty, Ads & Footfall: Modern Marketing for Garden Centres - Glee 2025 · 1 h 0 minMarketing for garden centres is changing fast. In this Glee 2025 episode of The Underground, Phil Wright and Kate Turner sit down with two specialists to explore how loyalty data…
- Tony Kersey, GIMA & Belle Richardson, Seal Stop: Live from Glee 2025 · 42 min · Řada 5 Epizoda 7Recorded live on the show floor at Glee 2025, this episode of The Underground discovers how the garden sector is nurturing innovation, supporting newcomers and helping customers…
