The Soul
Gardener

Gardening, Motown and
a perfectly made brew.

The Soul Gardener is thirty minutes of exactly what it says on the tin — practical, accessible gardening advice delivered with a love of classic soul music and the kind of straight-talking Yorkshire humour that makes the whole thing completely irresistible. Charlie Agar has been gardening all his life, and in this show he brings everything he knows into one joyful, inclusive and genuinely useful half-hour.

Charlie is an autistic and dyslexic gardener, and that perspective shapes the show in the best possible way. He approaches plants, soil and growing with a different way of seeing and thinking — one that leads to ideas and methods most gardening programmes would never consider. His message is clear: there is no wrong way to garden, and different minds make better gardens.

The show celebrates the full spectrum of growing — from the serious business of a veg plot in full production to the entirely legitimate act of sitting outside in your garden with a good brew, looking at the sky, and calling it a productive afternoon. Gardening is for everyone, and The Soul Gardener makes absolutely sure you believe that.