Make it flourish with Cara Thompson

09/05/23 • 63 min

This week Tom is chatting to Cara Thompson, or you’ll probably know her as ‘make it flourish’ - After years being creative as a TV art director, working on the likes of Eastenders, Cara found herself in the middle of lockdown as a new mum, struggling with not seeing friends and family. She focussed on transforming her garden that Summer... and in the process fell in love with gardening. She caught the bug, and since then she’s been passionate about encouraging others to get growing... With sow alongs and instagram lives, Make it Flourish has become a movement! Connecting people, giving hope, and inspiring people of all ages and abilities to give growing stuff a go.
Now she finds herself with her biggest challenge yet as she creates a garden for BBC Gardeners’ world live, Audley End - listen on to find out how it all went...
This episode is also available to watch in full on Youtube.
Hosted by Tom Coleman, self taught gardener, creator and social media expert. Tom chats to those who are making huge strides in our sector and leaves listeners with even more ideas and motivation blossoming in their minds.
This podcast is brought to you with the support of Mr. Fothergill’s. As a thank you for tuning in to Sip & Sow, we want to give you a 25% discount next time you buy your seeds from Mr. Fothergill’s. Simply use the code TOM25 at checkout.
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This podcast is brought to you with the support of Mr. Fothergill’s seeds.

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Growing up gardening with Chris Hull

Growing up surrounded by hard workers and a family passionate about gardening, Chris caught the bug from a young age, working through any job going and grafting hard, Chris eventually launched his own business Greenbook Landscape Design.
In 2021 Chris answered a casting call to join BBC Garden Rescue, now on season 9, Chris stars alongside gardening legends like Charlie Dimmock, and Garden Ninja Lee Burkhill on the programme that sees the designers creating gardens for people in just two days.
Tom was lucky to spend a couple of days finding out more about what Chris does both on and off screen, before sitting down to record this very first episode of the podcast!
Listen on as they chat about how Chris got into gardening, how he landed the TV role, his passion for mental health, how handy Charlie Dimmock’s bag can be, the fun that can be had googling his name, the design process for his garden creations and so much more!
This episode is also available to watch in full on Youtube.
Hosted by Tom Coleman, self taught gardener, creator and social media expert. Tom chats to those who are making huge strides in our sector and leaves listeners with even more ideas and motivation blossoming in their minds.
This podcast is brought to you with the support of Mr. Fothergill’s. As a thank you for tuning in to Sip & Sow, we want to give you a 25% discount next time you buy your seeds from Mr. Fothergill’s. Simply use the code TOM25 at checkout.
Ludlow Distillery is the official 'Sip' sponsor of the Sip & Sow podcast - Visit www.Ludlowdistillery.co.uk to shop their range of award winning spirits, or book a distillery tour!
Get the latest news from Tom, including FREE tips on social media & marketing, exclusive gardening discounts and loads more, sign up for Tom's email newsletter here.
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Next Episode

Laying foundations with Andy Peasgood

This weeks podcast has taken me to Glasgow to meet Andy Peasgood. A gardener who’s passionate about new build homes coming with great foundations and garden spaces, to encourage those who buy them to grow and getting them off to the best start.

We also chat about what it’s really like gardening ‘up north’, with delayed seasons and tougher conditions and if there really is a gap in the horticultural community in Scotland that’s just waiting to be closed...

It was a pleasure to visit Andy and get to see his fantastic garden first hand and see just what can be done in a relatively small, new build space, some of the innovation and thinking is ingenious and I can’t wait for you to hear all about it!
This episode is also available to watch in full on Youtube. Just search for the Sip & Sow Podcast.
Hosted by Tom Coleman, self taught gardener, creator and social media expert. Tom chats to those who are making huge strides in our sector and leaves listeners with even more ideas and motivation blossoming in their minds.
This podcast is brought to you with the support of Mr. Fothergill’s. As a thank you for tuning in to Sip & Sow, we want to give you a 25% discount next time you buy your seeds from Mr. Fothergill’s. Simply use the code TOM25 at checkout.
Ludlow Distillery is the official 'Sip' sponsor of the Sip & Sow podcast - Visit www.Ludlowdistillery.co.uk to shop their range of award winning spirits, or book a distillery tour!
Get the latest news from Tom, including FREE tips on social media & marketing, exclusive gardening discounts and loads more, sign up for Tom's email newsletter here.
Follow Tom on Instagram @Imtomcoleman for more gardening & social media tips, and to hear more about the episodes including behind the scenes content.