
John Williams
Brighton-based gardener and National Garden Scheme garden owner who appeared on BBC Gardeners' World in 2026 with his husband Steve Bustin, opening their urban garden at 1 Belton Close for charity.
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Aug 3, 2026
Ep76: A Good Ol' Chit-Chat With... Steve Bustin & John Williams
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24:37BearHOST
Uh, so they can't squeeze it all in, but they certainly didn't talk about the Hardy Plant Society.

John WilliamsGUEST
No, which was, uh, was frustrating in a way because that's sort of how they came to us actually.

John WilliamsGUEST
They, every now and again, they contact, I think, a lot of the garden societies and say, "We're looking for this type of garden." So last year they were looking for Mediterranean gardens.

John WilliamsGUEST
Um, this year, well, last year now I suppose, it, they came looking for city gardens and, and the p- person who looks after our PR was like, "Steve, this is yours." So they came to us through the H- HPS, and then all the way through the, the, the sort of, you know, production, pre-production and, and discussions and things, they were like, "Yeah, yeah, we love the fact you're chair of the Hardy Plant Society." And then we filmed it, um, during the interview section, and we talked about it, and then I tried getting a second mention in-
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25:35BearHOST
They were onto you.

John WilliamsGUEST
We got an email from the production team a couple of days later, I suppose on the Monday after it was shown on the Friday, just saying, "Were you happy with it?" And I went back saying, "Lovely piece.

John WilliamsGUEST
Disappointed there was no mention of the charity because that's how you found me, and that was sort of the agreement." And I actually then got an e- an email from the editor, um, the, the, the, the whole series editor saying, yeah, um, she said it w- it was just a decision in the edit suite.