Countdown to Chelsea, Great British Bee Count, seasonal vegetable growing advice and more (Ep 129)

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Hear behind the scenes interviews with award-winning garden designer Jo Thompson and Show Manager Katherine Potsides, who give a tantalising preview of the show and explore the increasing presence of women at Chelsea from designers to engineers and planting teams. Wildlife gardening expert Kate Bradbury shares a call to arms for gardeners to get involved in the Great British Bee Count, and we get timely advice from RHS experts on growing your vegetables – including how to avoid blossom end rot on tomatoes and how to grow a giant beanstalk! For more info and useful links see www.rhs.org.uk/podcast

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:05.0	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.
0:55.9	Vegetable question time, bee counting and a count down to the greatest flower show on earth yes it's nearly time for chelsea flower show all this and more coming up in today's r hs harking podcast i'm guy barter chief horticulturist at the RHS.
1:00.6	May is such an exciting time, not only are the plants and trees bursting into life,
1:06.4	but it's time for the star-studded annual gathering of garden lovers in the grounds of the Royal Hospital in London.
1:12.0	This year, I've been working on a health and well-being garden to be produced at Chelsea Flower Show in conjunction with the National Health Service. This garden is being designed by Matt Keatley,
1:17.7	a noted garden designer who has won many gold medals at Chelsea and other RHS flower shows in the
1:23.1	past. You can hear an exclusive interview with designer Matt Keatley about his well-being garden at Chelsea Flower Show in our Chelsea Shorts podcast coming soon.
1:33.3	There are a miniseries from behind the scenes at Chelsea Flower Show that you can download from our podcast page in the run-up to the show's public opening on the 22nd of May.
1:42.6	See rhs.org.org.uk forward slash podcast. Here you can also find links
1:49.4	to all the other items in this podcast. 2018 is going to be another stunning year. We went to the
1:56.8	show site during the excitement of Build Week when all the amazing gardens and displays are
2:01.6	being constructed to learn more.
2:04.9	My name is Catherine Pottsdies and I'm the show manager for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
2:09.5	We're here at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
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