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, we’re rolling up our sleeves to look at how we can support our garden visitors, while also preparing for the burst of life that spring will bring. The RSPB’s Emma Marsh is back to share how monitoring projects like the Big Garden Bird Watch can make a real difference when it comes to helping our declining species. Gareth Richards pops in with his top tips for growing one of his allotment favourites (and a firm favourite with bumblebees too) the humble raspberry. Finally, Olivia Drake shines a spotlight on the RHS Wildlife Wonders plant for January, the shrubby honeysuckle.
Useful links: Birds in your garden | How to grow raspberries | Why you need a shrubby honeysuckle in your garden
In this episode, we’re joined by the RSPB’s Emma Marsh, who shares how she has made her garden into a haven for birds. We’ll also conclude Nick Turrell’s countdown of the most influential plants that have shaped human culture and history around the globe. Plus, now is the best time to get outside and prune your freestanding apples and pears – Jim Arbury gives us a masterclass on exactly what you need to do to keep your trees productive and in shape for the year ahead.
Useful links: Plants for birds |Popular plants | Apples and pears: winter pruning
The new year has arrived with an Arctic blast, and so it feels like the perfect moment to retreat indoors and let the garden live in our imaginations for a while. Nick Turrell joins us to continue his countdown of the most influential plants that have shaped human history. Guy Barter shares his practical ideas for making the most of your Christmas tree in the garden and Pru Murray takes us through some of the new RHS Partner Gardens members can enjoy visiting in 2026.
Useful links: Popular plants | Christmas trees: types and care | New RHS Partner Gardens
In this episode, host Nick Turrell looks back on a year of discovery in this special end-of-year edition of Gardening with the RHS. From the quiet resilience of winter-flowering hellebores with plantsman John Grimshaw, to the gentle industry of hoverflies with RHS entomologist Josie Stuart, and a summer journey into Britain’s rare temperate rainforests with designer Zoe Claymore, this reflective episode revisits three listener favourites that reveal how even the smallest patches of nature can support a much wider living network.
Useful links: Hellebores | Hoverflies | Gardening for all | 25 lessons from 2025
In this episode, James Armitage, editor of The Plant Review, joins Gareth Richards to reflect on the quiet beauty of resilient plants that sustain us through winter and on the pleasure of seeing familiar plants afresh. Writer and plantsman Phil Clayton recounts the extraordinary story of the Wollemi pine, tracing its journey from near extinction to gardens around the world. James then talks with Tom Christian about the remarkable diversity of the ivy family, plants rich in resilience, beauty and often underestimated horticultural value. Finally, we meet South Korean artist Seong Weon Ahn, whose delicate paintings capture plants with both botanical precision and a profound sense of presence and mood.
Useful links: Subscribe to The Plant Review | Wollemi pine | Hedera (ivy) | Artist in Residence: Seong Weon Ahn
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