Phil Honey at Caisson House Garden

Annie visits Caisson Garden in Somerset to speak with Phil Honey, who together with his wife Amanda have for the past 15 years been restoring and creating an extraordinary garden.

Caisson Garden is located in Combe Hay, south of Bath and features no fewer than 15 locks, revealing it’s industrial heritage, the Somerset Coal Canal once flowed through the garden.

Phil talks about how and why they created the garden and what their aims are for the greater landscape. Phil is passionate about biodiversity and creating a landscape that not only looks wonderful but provides food and shelter for a diverse range of creatures.

If you have come to this via the website, we’d like to remind you that we have two dedicated podcast channels! One is here on Substack where we try to provide a weekly opportunity to listen to someone in the garden, botanical or landscape world; these might be the audio channel of our regular Thursday Garden Chat series, or they may be interviews we have recorded specially, with Annie, Noel or Claire Greenslade.

We also have a channel for members only, which is more information heavy, an opportunity to listen and learn whilst weeding, potting, driving, cooking, all those opportunities where the hands are busy but the brain likes to be engaged.