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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 bring the garden indoors and welcoming in the Christmas cheer. RHS Horticultural Advisor Jenny Bowden shares her love letter to the tradition of the Christmas wreath, and Freddie Garland – founder of Freddie’s Flowers – shares his tips on how to make your own (among many other seasonal crafts to get stuck into). And finally, we learn all about our favourite festive parasite, mistletoe, with Oxford PhD student and mistletoe expert Oliver Spacey.
Useful links: Christmas with the RHS | Home-grown Christmas wreath ideas | Mistletoe | AGM Christmas greenery plants
In this episode, we’re decking the halls with seasonal foliage, as RHS Hyde Hall’s Sarah Wilson-Frost shares her ideas for natural decorations foraged from your own garden. Gareth Richards is here to inspire you to try a different type of Christmas tree and consider bringing a potted plant indoors for the festive season. And we’ve got the perfect gift idea to brighten up a dreary January day, as Chris Lane of Witch Hazel Nursery explains why he fell in love with these winter gems.
Useful links: Deck the Halls at Christmas | Grow your own Christmas | Witch hazels | Christmas with the RHS
With the festive gift giving season just around the corner, this week we turn our attention to the botanical wonders awaiting us on the bookshelf. We invited journalist, author, and gardening enthusiast Ann Treneman and horticultural hero and authority on all things plants, Guy Barter to join host Fiona Davison, Head of Libraries and Exhibitions at the RHS, to chat about some of their favourite garden reads from the past 12 months.
Useful links: Visit the RHS Bookshelf | Top 10 gardening books to gift | Christmas with the RHS
In this episode, we team up with The Plant Review magazine for a houseplant special. Jenny Laville talks to Rebecca Hilgenhof of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to learn about the exciting prospect of growing passionflowers on the windowsill. James Armitage is in conversation with former RHS Director of Horticulture Jim Gardiner to chat all about his favourite houseplant, Begonia masoniana, and the famous plantsman who it is named for. Plus, Kevin Mann shares his love of the miniature Christmas cactus.
Useful links: The Plant Review | Growing passion flowers | Begonia masoniana | Houseplants
In this episode, we’re marking National Tree Week, an annual celebration at the start of the tree planting season. We hear some fascinating stories about the art of tree collecting and the human connection to our woodlands from author and artist Amy Stewart. We catch up on the latest news from RHS Rosemoor, Devon, as they set out on a conservation project to protect one of our most rare but little known native trees. And if you’re feeling inspired to get outside and start digging, Bob Askew brings us his thoughts on the best trees for small spaces.
Useful links: National Tree Week | |How to plant a tree | Trees for small gardens | Amy Stewart | Visit RHS Gardens
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