Episode 102: Easter treats, Angell Town revisited, Wisley under the (jack) hammer and win a Chelsea garden!

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Hear the latest on the redevelopments at Wisley with Curator Matthew Pottage and find out about the huge range of events at RHS Gardens over the Easter holidays. We visit Angell Town to find out if the residents are still enjoying their relocated 'Greening Grey Britain' Chelsea Show Garden from last year, and discover how you can win plants from a garden at this year's Chelsea Flower Show.

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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.
0:53.7	Hello and welcome to the Royal Horticultural Society's gardening podcast. I'm Guy Barta. I rejoice in the title of Chief Horticulturist and I provide horticultural information within the RHS and beyond. And I, for one, am delighted it's now officially spring. If you're a regular listener,
0:56.0	you'll know that our podcast is a one-stop shop for all things horticultural, from propagating pansies
1:01.2	to growing perfect potatoes, pest and diseases, to plants to pollinators and much more. Later today,
1:08.0	we'll be giving you some ideas of what you and your family can see and do in our four gardens during the Easter holidays, including the ever popular Lint Gold Bunny Trails.
1:17.4	Plus we've got exciting news of how you can wind plants from one of this year's gardens at the world-famous RHS Chelsea Flower Show for your neighbourhood.
1:26.6	Stay tuned for details.
1:28.6	April is a stunning time here at Wisley.
1:30.5	We're reaching peak tulip and most important of all in our orchards.
1:34.4	The pears are in full blossom and the apples are just about to come into blossom
1:38.1	and we've got an amazing collection of plums and cherries that will also be in flower
1:42.2	and buzzing with bees during this lovely spring weather.
1:46.2	This spring is even more exciting than usual as the whole garden undergoes an enormous multi-million pound
1:51.5	rejuvenation and investment programme, which will see stunning new planting areas, new facilities and new
1:58.3	buildings for the library. We joined the garden curator to find out how these developments are progressing.
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