The Chelsea Physic Garden Podcast

Scroll down for episodes in our first two series, hosted by Ned Sedgwick and Jessica Regan, all about the Garden, its plants and people in its past, present and future!

The 350-year anniversary podcast

Listen to the latest episodes in our mini series below!

The podcast with Belvoir Farms

Listen to episodes released in January 2023, all about ginger, hibiscus, and orange.

Hosts

Jessica Regan is a RADA-trained award-winning actor and podcaster. She has worked extensively on television, mainly with the BBC (Doctors, Ill Behaviour, Call the Midwife, Silent Witness) and on stage in the UK (National Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, West End) and the U.S. (BAM New York, Wallis Annenberg L.A.). She is a prolific audio artist appearing in multiple computer games including Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt and Assassins Creed: Valhalla with three more games slated for release in 2023. She has also voiced numerous audio books mainly for Penguin. She co-wrote a book about the history of Hollywood through the lens of the Academy Awards called ‘Best Pick’, based on her hit podcast of the same name.

Ned Sedgwick is a podcast host, producer and consultant. He cut his teeth hosting the BBC comedy podcast GrownUpLand and producing the panel show Global Pillage with Deborah Frances-White.  He now works as creative director of the Spontaneity Shop where he has been a producer on the award winning podcast Media Storm and Absolute Power with John Bercow. He also consults with a range of companies on podcast and audio content strategy including with Chatham House, CrossBoundary and Google on a variety of projects.

Unlocking Our Collections

Join hosts Ned and Jessica as they plunge into the heart of the Garden, unravelling the secrets behind its existence.

A Physic Garden For The Future

Explore with them how a quirk of history safeguards Chelsea Physic Garden in an ever-changing world, and witness how the garden protects nature from some of its greatest scourges—from climate change…

Horticulture For Humankind

Join hosts as Jessica Regan and Ned Sedgwick they embark on a journey into the epoch-changing plants that have shaped our world.

03 Orange with Belvoir Farm

The final of our three-part mini-series in partnership with Belvoir Farms, hosts, Jessica and Ned, explore all things Oranges. They discuss, its significance in different cultures from a medicinal…

02 Hibiscus with Belvoir Farm

The second of our three-part mini-series in partnership with Belvoir Farm, hosts, Jessica and Ned, explore all things Hibiscus. They discuss, its significance in different cultures from a medicinal…

01 Ginger with Belvoir Farm

The first of our three-part mini-series in partnership with Belvoir Farm, hosts, Jessica and Ned, explore all things Ginger. They discuss, its significance in different cultures from a medicinal and…