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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
In this episode, we investigate what exactly makes a plant hardy, how tropical plants survive British winters, and how what thrives here may be changing – especially in urban environments like London. Presenter Gareth Richards and RHS botanist James Armitage take a tour of weird and wacky tender trees that have survived here against all odds. And, Hillary Collins of Grafton Nursery gives us a behind-the-scenes look at what you can do to help your eucalyptus withstand British winters.
Useful links: Mediterranean garden plants | RHS hardiness rating | Hardy Eucalyptus (Grafton Nursery)
This episode is all about growing something new. We’re spreading the word about exciting plant species, cultivars, and hybrids from those that love them most. Legendary plantsman Roy Lancaster chats about shrubby honeysuckles, Canadian horticulturist Grahame Ware makes the case for a curious genus called Syneilesis, and Wisley horticulturist Jack Aldridge shares the stories behind flowering dogwood hybrids.
Useful links: Shrubby honeysuckle | Flowering dogwood | The Plant Review
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