Episode 21: Inspirational Books, expert seasonal advice and Christmas events at our four gardens

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2013

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

We visit the gardening team at Wisley for seasonal tips on what you should be doing in your garden right now, including… • Protecting your trees from winter pests • Winter pruning of acers • Preparing your hellebores Also we’re joined by editor Chris Young, from the RHS’ award-winning ‘The Garden’ magazine, for his pick of the best gardening books of 2013. And the RHS Advisory Team are on hand to answer your gardening questions including… • How to deal with frozen ponds in winter • Dealing with slugs and snails, outdoors and in. • How to spot and deal with Japanese Knotweed Plus, we have the latest news on Christmas events across all four RHS Gardens.

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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.
0:41.4	Hello and welcome back to the RHS gardening podcast.
0:47.9	Each fortnight, we bring you a mixture of features and discussions, exploring every aspect of gardening.
0:52.9	Plant care, pest control, container ideas, growing your own fruit and vegetables.
0:56.2	Plus, expert seasonal advice on what you should be doing in your garden right now. I'm Jenny Bowden, one of the team of horticultural
1:01.7	advisors here at RHS Garden Wisley and Surrey. Coming up in this December edition, books to inspire
1:08.9	and inform gardens of every level. The RHS Garden magazine editor
1:13.3	Chris Young gives his pick of the titles for Christmas. RHS experts answer your seasonal gardening
1:19.7	questions and as always we'll have the latest news on RHS events across our four gardens.
1:26.8	But first let's head outside to join the garden team
1:30.2	to find out what's happening in RHS Garden Wisley right now.
1:40.3	Hello there, it's Andrew Sonsbury here,
1:42.7	senior entomologist at RHS Garden Wisley.
1:46.7	Something that not all people remember to do during the winterments is that some pests are active,
1:51.7	and that includes the mammals such as rabbits and deer.
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