Diving into ponds! And why you should get one

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Let’s take a break from soil and jump into the world of water. With expert advice from award winning garden designer Nicola Oakey on how to introduce a pond to your space and top tips from author Martyn Cox on managing the practicalities of pond life. Plus we get the lowdown on water butts with RHS Chief Horticultural Advisor Guy Barter. RHS advice on ponds https://www.rhs.org.uk/ponds RHS advice on managing water in your garden https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardening-for-the-environment/water The Gardener's Yearbook by Martyn Cox https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/martyn-cox/the-gardeners-yearbook/9781784728151/ Nicola Oakey Design https://nicolaoakey.com/

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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.
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.
0:43.3	There's no more soothing sound than a steady stream of water. There's been many a sunny afternoon during which I've sat back in a garden with no greater
0:47.9	intention than to relax into the sounds of a burbling water feature.
0:51.6	And researchers have a name for this calming physiological shift.
0:54.3	They call it the diving response or the diving reflex. They say that the heart rate slows
0:59.2	and certain blood vessels constrict to help the mammalian body conserve oxygen when underwater.
1:04.2	So what started out as an evolutionary response to survive now just helps us relax, or so
1:10.4	the theory goes.
1:12.9	The sounds incitable to in the home garden are so delicious that today's show is dedicated to
1:17.3	exactly that. We'll be talking to garden writer and broadcaster Martin Cox about how to return an
1:22.2	overgrown swamp back into a glorious, shimmering pond, along with some exotic aquatic
1:26.8	plant recommendations.
1:28.2	And my friend and colleague Guy Barta will be talking us through water butts
1:31.6	and how to seize this time of year to ensure you've got plenty of water stored up
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