Jun 30, 2026 · 29 min · 15 segments
Horticulturalist, Emily Hairstans, was the recent winner of Scotland's Home of the Year TV programme. Her garden featured heavily in the judges' praise for the 'Homegrown Hoose'. I met with Emily in…
Emily HairstansGuest
Angela CaseyHost
So with our last batch of hens, she was actually the lowest in the pecking order.

She does look a bit like a sort of Miss Marple figure, doesn't she? She's funny.

But one of the things I think that's really special about this garden in your house is that it is in the middle.

It's in a fairly built-up area and yet you've got a chicken running in and out of the house and you've got a feeling like you're not in the middle of the city, don't you?

Before I took out many of the raspberries, we had enough raspberries to keep us going for a year, just about.

So with our last batch of hens, she was actually the lowest in the pecking order.

She does look a bit like a sort of Miss Marple figure, doesn't she? She's funny.

But one of the things I think that's really special about this garden in your house is that it is in the middle.

It's in a fairly built-up area and yet you've got a chicken running in and out of the house and you've got a feeling like you're not in the middle of the city, don't you?

Before I took out many of the raspberries, we had enough raspberries to keep us going for a year, just about.
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