A Cumbrian garden gem, seasonal Q&A

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Out of more than 200 gardens nationwide, only one can take the coveted crown of RHS Partner Garden of the Year. The 2021 winner has just been announced as Larch Cottage Nurseries in Cumbria's Eden Valley – we meet owner Peter Stott to find out the story behind his piece of horticultural heaven. Back at RHS Garden Wisley, horticultural advisors James Lawrence, Nikki Barker and Julie Henderson get together to answer queries on compost-making, wildflower growing and how to get year-round fragrance in your garden. Plus we talk to Sui Searle, curator of the alternative gardening newsletter Radicle, to hear about her journey into gardening and the changes she hopes to inspire within the horticultural world. Useful links RHS Partner Garden of the Year Larch Cottage Nurseries How to make compost Radicle newsletter Join the RHS for free access to RHS Partner Gardens at selected times Scented shrubs mentioned Winter honeysuckles (Lonicera fragrantissima and Lonicera x purpusii) Osmanthus x burkwoodii and Osmanthus heterophyllus Elaeagnus x ebbingei Daphnes

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:05.1	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance.
0:09.3	The scenery changes many times in one season and our finest trees will happily play the part of...
0:14.7	The best hiding place ever.
0:17.4	Booth!
0:18.2	Put your day out of dreams in the hands of the experts.
0:21.6	It's the greatest show in Earth.
0:23.7	At an RHS garden near you.
0:25.5	Book tickets online for discounts plus under fives go free and under 16 to five pounds.
0:30.1	I'm Guy Barta.
0:31.5	Welcome to Gardening with the RHS.
0:35.7	Growth is surging as the day's lengthen. And planting and sewing are going ahead as fast as we can manage some weeds are starting to grow too so a bit of hoeing is needed to keep them down it's a good time to plant up greenhouses with tomatoes obergines peppers and chilies and high time to get the spuds in if you haven't already.
0:54.8	They benefit from having plenty of leaves in June when the sun is at the highest.
0:59.7	Bulbs too are finishing now and removing seed pods as the flowers fade will help bulk up the bulbs
1:05.3	for a good show next year. Winter containers are coming to an end, so out go the pansies and then go the fuchsias and
1:12.8	pelagoniums and petunias and all the other lovely summer flowering plants. And of course, birds are
1:18.1	feeding their fledglings, so keeping some water and bird food going will help them raise successful
1:23.6	broods. There's an endless amount to do at this time of year, but thank heavens the evening is
1:29.5	getting longer, so we can garden and garden and garden. As we approach May, it's a brilliant time
1:38.8	to get out and visit gardens as plants start to bloom. And one garden I would recommend is large cottage nurseries in
1:46.6	Cumbria, winners of last year's RHS partner garden of the year competition. Run by husband and
1:53.5	wife team Peter and Joe Stott, the gardens are bursting with more than 15,000 varieties of plants.
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