Become a Bee Walker, forest bathing and a native garden plant

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

To celebrate Bees Needs Week we're taking a walk with RHS wildlife experts Helen Bostock and Nick Tew, to help count Britain's bumblebees. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust are asking for volunteers to join Bee Walks across the country to help save these cute, furry and very important pollinators. Then we visit a forest bathing garden to discover how a trend that started in Japan in the 1980s is making waves here too. And finally, Ellie Mitchell from The Wildlife Garden Podcast shares her love of a rare native plant that's very much at home in gardens. Useful links: Bumblebee Conservation Trust BeeWalks Top tips to create a forest bathing garden Buy shrubby cinquefoil Visit RHS Flower Show Tatton Park

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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, at an RHS garden near you.
0:25.6	Book tickets online for discounts plus under fives go free and under 16 to five pounds.
0:30.6	Bees.
0:31.6	We all know that they're vital members of our ecosystem, but what can we do to help them? Well, that's where initiatives
0:38.9	like the Bees Needs Week come in. Awareness campaigns that encourage us all to do our bit at home
0:44.6	to care for these marvellous insects. And today's episode is sure to set you a buzz with inspiration.
0:52.2	We'll be going on a bee walk at RHS Garden Wisley with wildlife experts Helen Bostock and Nick
0:58.6	Chew to learn more about how to bee spot and contribute to conservation efforts.
1:04.3	Then we'll relax into a mindful exploration of forest bathing under a gorgeous canopy of trees
1:10.1	and flowers before discovering the
1:12.1	wonderful world of shrubby sink foil, a native shrub on the RHS plants to pollinators list
1:17.7	with organic landscape gardener Ellie from the Wildlife Garden podcast. Welcome to Gardening with the
1:24.7	RHS with me me Guy Barta.
1:38.3	By now, all of us will have heard the classic advice on how best to encourage bee populations in our green spaces, from cutting down on pesticides to letting our gardens grow wild.
1:43.3	But did you know that there's a way to help your local bees and the Bumblebee Conservation
1:48.0	Trust as you go on an hour-long ramble?
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