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Each week we talk to RHS experts, along with garden designers, scientists, growers, and the movers and shakers of the horticultural world
Our award-winning Gardening with the RHS podcast offers seasonal advice, inspiration and practical solutions to gardening questions.Trusted gardening professionals give you the latest horticultural advice, scientific research and tried-and-tested techniques to bring out the best in your garden.Listen to the lastest episodes or subscribe for all episodes.
In this episode, Piet Oudolf joins curator Matthew Pottage to talk about his new landscape at RHS Wisley. Helen Bostock introduces the Bumbles on Blooms project, and the plants you should choose to help support more than 250 species of bees in the UK – some with rather particular tastes. Plus, Sam Gallivan, Leader of the Nursery and Propagation team at RHS Wisley talks about propagating plants at scale.
Useful links: Bumbles on Blooms | Piet Oudolf landscape | Dividing perennials
Garden designer and writer Ann Treneman shares ideas from her new book RHS Greener Gardening: Containers, explaining how you can create sustainable ecosystems whatever size your space. Jenny Laville speaks with RHS botanist James Armitage to untangle taxonomy, and discuss why plant names keep changing. And Gareth Richards meets David Ford, the holder of the National Plant Collection of Chaenomeles in Surrey, to talk about his love affair with the plant and why they’re due a mainstream revival.
Useful links: RHS Greener Gardening: Containers | RHS Plant Finder | Plant Heritage: National Plant Collections
In this episode, Guy Barter and RHS Sustainability Fellow Chloe Sutcliffe react to a recent study published in the journal Nature Cities that claims that urban agriculture has a carbon footprint up to six times bigger than conventional agriculture. Entomologist and wasp defender Serian Sumner explains why spring is the perfect time to make peace with yellowjackets, as the queens emerge from hibernation. And the Adrian Thorne gives us a practical guide to pruning shrubby hydrangeas.
Useful links: Nature Cities | Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps | Shrubby hydrangeas | The Garden magazine
In this episode, we delve into tasty and blight-resistant tomato varieties. We explore how to build and renovate harmonious and colourful borders. And finally, to celebrate International Women’s Day and the 220th anniversary of the RHS, we turn back the clock to honour a few of the women who’ve shaped the organisation.
Useful links: How to grow tomatoes | Tomato blight | An Almost Impossible Thing | Gardening with colour at Coton Manor
In this episode, we explore small but useful nuggets of information that have the potential to change the way we interact with our surroundings this growing season. We get seasonal tips on GYO – like training and pruning apple trees and preparing allotments for the busiest time of year. And, we delve into plant names – and the system behind our classifications.
Useful links: Apples and pears: winter pruning | The Newt Garden | Allotment: getting started | Practical Latin for Gardeners
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