Episode 105: Jo Malone at Chelsea, misbehaving wisteria, tomato questions answered.

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

As this year’s gardens take shape, we visit the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to meet the designers. These include the brand-new, sensory Feel Good Gardens, created in conjunction with BBC Radio 2 DJs and celebrities including Jo Whiley and Jo Malone. Plus we have seasonal expert advice on questions including poorly-looking tomato plants and a wisteria whose flowers have changed colour.

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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 five score free and under 16s of five pounds.
0:42.2	Hello and welcome back to the Royal Horticultural Society's gardening podcast.
0:47.1	I'm Tony Dickerson, one of the gardening advice team based here in the splendid laboratory building at the centre of the RHS garden, Wisley and Surrey.
0:50.4	And what a gorgeous month has been here in the garden.
0:52.6	The last of the cherries early on,
0:59.3	then the magnolias, and perhaps the wisteria's never looking better, and after the recent frost,
1:04.4	we've got now the flowering dogwoods to end the spring. If you've listened before,
1:09.4	you already know that these podcasts are made by people who love plants, for people who love plants,
1:11.6	and gardens and wildlife and the natural world. Each episode is packed with features and discussions about a wide range of horticultural
1:16.1	topics and practical seasonal advice. Coming up in today's edition, we go behind the scenes to
1:21.7	bring you an exclusive preview of the preparations for this year's spectacular Chelsea Flower
1:26.0	Show. We'll speak to internationally
1:27.6	renowned designers, nursery people and landscape teams that are working into the night,
1:32.3	pulling out all the stops in the hopes of securing a coveted RHS Chelsea Gold Medal.
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