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Gardening with the RHS

Bountiful Gardens: Edibles, Floral Bouquets & Homegrown Tea

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4654 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

With the right approach, your garden can give back just as much – sometimes even more – than you put in. This week, we’re finding out how to get the most out of our edibles plots with kitchen gardener and writer Lucy Chamberlain who will be proving you really can grow food anywhere. We’re also heading back to Roz Chandler’s Field Gate Flowers to discover the perfect mix of annuals, perennials, biennials and foliage plants for stunning arrangements year-round. And finally, how about a cup of tea? Jonathan Jones – head gardener of one of Europe’s largest and most diverse tea gardens – shares how to cultivate tea at home and take your plants from bush to brew. Host: Guy Barter Contributors: Lucy Chamberlain, Roz Chandler, Jonathan Jones, Jenny Laville Links: Grow Food Anywhere book How to plan a cut flower garden episode 1 Field Gate Flowers Tregothnan

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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 add an RHS garden near you.

0:23.6

Book tickets online for discounts, plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.

0:30.6

Gardens offer a sanctuary, places of peace, beauty and escape from daily stresses, but there are also

0:39.0

spaces of effort and reward where time and care transform into flourishing ecosystems.

0:47.3

With the right approach your garden can give back at least as much as you put in.

0:52.4

Step outside and you'll find a world of delights waiting to be

0:55.2

discovered. Now is the perfect time to start planning for a year of homegrown abundance. A thriving

1:01.2

vegetable patch is a fantastic way to nourish both body and mind. While not everyone has the ideal

1:07.1

sun-soaked spot for giant marrows or the juiciest tomatoes, that shouldn't hold you back.

1:11.6

This week we're diving into the edible possibilities that can flourish in any garden, regardless of its condition.

1:17.6

Gardener and writer Lucy Chamberlain is here to prove that you can grow food anywhere,

1:22.6

and she's launching a brand new series with us to show exactly what thrives in every corner of your space.

1:28.8

Of course gardens aren't just about what's on your plate. The flowers and foliage we cultivate

1:33.1

bring their own magic. Fragrant blooms, bursts of colour and the joy of creating homegrown

1:38.3

bouquets. We'll be checking in with Ros Chandler at Fieldgate flowers to discover the perfect

1:43.7

mix of annuals, perennials,

1:45.2

biennials and foliage plants for stunning arrangements year-owned. And if that's not enough

1:51.2

to peak your curiosity, how about a refreshing cup of tea? Traditionally imported from China, India and

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