Daring to be different

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Rakes and rhinestones, wigs and water butts... Daisy Desire the Drag Queen Gardener explains how she's bringing a touch of glamour to the potting shed and hopes to attract new audiences to gardening. Back at Wisley, RHS Gardening Advisors Chris Taylor and Michaela Freed give a seasonal update on how to get your garden looking great for the season ahead. Plus our resident history expert Fiona Davison tells the story of the mysterious Miss Harrisson, a horticultural high-achiever who, over a century ago, helped pave the way for women to break through into the world of professional gardening. For links to more information please see our show notes or visit 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	Add an RHS garden near you.
0:25.5	Book tickets online for discounts, plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.
0:30.1	Well, hi.
0:31.1	I'm Daisy Desire the Drag Queen Gardner, and I'm adding couture to your manure.
0:39.2	Later in the show, we'll hear how and why
0:41.9	Daisy's been bringing glitz to gardening.
0:45.1	And also...
0:46.4	We tend to remember the Land Army and the First World War
0:49.5	and the Second World War as being the big moments
0:52.3	when women were able to enter the workplace.
0:55.5	But actually that generation before, the Edwardian generation, were also really interested in
1:01.1	crafting a career in gardening. We'll hear the story of one of these early women of gardening.
1:07.8	Plus, we're catching up with our advisory team to find out what should be on our garden-to-do lists this autumn.
1:14.4	So let's get gardening with the RHS.
1:24.1	I'm Guy Barta.
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