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Gardening with the RHS

Blight-Resistant Tomatoes, Harmonious Borders, and the Women Who Shaped the RHS

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4654 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re trying to honour March in all its glory. We’re delving into tasty and blight-resistant tomato varieties. We’re exploring how to build and renovate harmonious and colourful borders. And finally, to celebrate International Women’s Day and the 220th anniversary of the RHS, we’re turning back the clock to honour a few of the women who’ve shaped the organisation. Presenter: Guy Barter Contributors: Simon Crawford, Susie Pasley-Tyler, Fiona Davison Contact: [email protected] Links: How to grow tomatoes Tomato blight Gardening with Colour at Coton Manor An Almost Impossible Thing

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0:00.0

Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.

0:06.4

Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance to delight your senses.

0:13.2

Inspire your gardening adventures and entertain your own little stars.

0:17.4

Race you, let's go.

0:19.5

Catch Springs finest scenes while you can at an RHS garden near you, let's go. Catch Springs, finest scenes while you can,

0:22.1

at an RHS garden near you.

0:24.0

Book tickets online for discounts,

0:26.0

plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.

0:44.3

There's a poem by the American writer E.E. Cummings called Injust, and it's about spring. And there's this line within it that describes this time as, when the world is puddle wonderful.

0:50.3

It's lovely, isn't it? This is a time of hope and activity.

0:55.0

And really, it's my favourite time of year

0:57.0

because it's now that both the garden and gardener really get going.

1:01.5

So in this episode, we're trying to honour March in all its glory.

1:06.1

You're listening to Gardening with the RHSHS with me Guy Barta.

1:22.4

Today we'll be exploring how to build harmonious and colourful borders and turning back the clock to honour a few of the women who shaped the RHS. But first, it's prime tomato sewing season, so we fought it

1:31.1

the perfect time to explore exciting varieties that thrive in a UK environment and are resistant

1:37.4

to the bane of my existence, potato late blight. Simon Crawford has worked in plant breeding throughout his life, most recently

1:47.0

as managing director of the Burpee Company. He's now retired, but retains his passion for the latest

1:53.0

in the world of tomato breeding. So who better to turn to for this tomato officinado?

2:00.0

Well, I... to turn to for this tomato aficionado.

2:12.6

Well, I started work for a small UK seed company in the early 80s, and as a result of that, I became involved in a number of projects, tomatoes being one of them, and a major part of my time was spent with that.

2:20.3

And I came to appreciate the diversity and interest

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