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, Chris Kidd, Curator of Ventnor Botanic Gardens, discusses his pioneering low-intervention approach to horticulture. We meet entomologist Dr Richard Fox to find out why moths and butterflies are such important members of the garden community. And finally, we catch up with Gemma Burr at RHS Wisley to learn what you can sow right now to ensure your garden stays insect friendly throughout the season.
Useful links: Ventnor Botanic Gardens | Butterfly Conservation wild garden study | Wild Spaces | The Big Butterfly Count
After a deluge of questions relating to garden critters, RHS Principal Entomologist Hayley Jones makes the case for why you shouldn’t be too quick to eradicate slugs and snails from your garden. Artist and ‘accidental activist’ Paul Harfleet shares how he has been transforming sites of hate crime through guerilla gardening. Finally, RHS Rosemoor’s Peter Adams talks about the benefits of potager gardening, a style of ornamental kitchen gardens with roots in the formal gardens of the French Renaissance.
Useful links: The Pansy Project | Slugs and Snails | The Potager and Cottage Garden
In this episode, we pay a visit to the RHS Advisory team at RHS Wisley to answer some of your most asked questions this season. Plantsman Ed Cooper shines a light on the enigmatic delphiniums he’s been growing down at the Trials field, and horticulturist Verity Battyll shares some top tips on how to keep your rose garden looking stunning all year round.
Useful links: Bowes-Lyon Rose Garden | Delphiniums | RHS Plant Trials | Join the RHS | Search advice
In this episode, author and horticulturist Connor Smith uncovers the rich history of these remarkable plants, celebrated in food, medicine, and mythology for millennia. The Queen of Herbs, Jekka McVicar, shares her expert advice on cultivating your own herb garden. From RHS Wisley, Liz Mooney delivers a heartfelt love letter to her favourite herb. Plus, we’ll hear reflections from RHS Wisley curator Matt Pottage as he bids a fond farewell after 20 dedicated years with the RHS.
Useful links: How Herbs Healed the World by Connor Smith | 100 Herbs to Grow by Jekka McVicar | Jekka’s farm
In this episode, RHS Wisley’s Liz Mooney tells us about some of her favourite squashes with top tips on how to grow them. Roz Marshall talks us through the results of the RHS Hebe Plant Trial at RHS Wisley and RHS Harlow Carr, and Director General Clare Matterson reflects on the announcement of King Charles III as the new Patron of the RHS.
Useful links: Shrubby Veronica (Hebe) trial results | How to grow squash | RHS Patron
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