Episode 30: How to make your garden wildlife-friendly and the best performing seasonal plants

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2014

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

On this edition of The RHS Gardening Podcast, author of The Wildlife Gardener Kate Bradbury, shares her suggestions on how to make a garden more attractive to wildlife. Features Editor of the RHS members’ magazine The Garden Phil Clayton, selects his RHS Award Of Garden Merit plants of the month. There’s advice on what you should be doing in your own garden now from the RHS Wisley Garden team including: • Mulching flower beds • Sowing and harvesting vegetables • Pruning shrubs such as Forsythia and Camellia Plus, as always, we have the latest news on events across the 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.
0:05.0	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 fives go free and under 16 to five pounds.
0:30.2	Visit Wales are proud to sponsor the RHS gardening podcast.
0:34.6	To find out more about Wales's beautiful and historic gardens, go to visitwales.com
0:40.3	slash gardens.
0:45.3	Hello and welcome back to the RHS gardening podcast sponsored by Visit Wales. Every fortnight,
0:55.8	we bring you a mixture of features and discussions exploring every aspect of gardening.
1:00.3	Plant care, garden design, pest control, container ideas, growing your own fruit and vegetables.
1:06.0	Plus expert seasonal advice on what you should be doing in your garden right now.
1:16.6	I'm Sean Thomas, Garden Visits Editor of the RHS Monthly magazine for Members, The Garden. Coming up in this edition, an expert guide to how to make your garden wildlife friendly,
1:20.6	our pick of top performing seasonal plants to brighten your patch,
1:24.6	and as always, we have the latest news on RHS events across the UK.
1:29.6	But first, let's go to RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey to find out what jobs the horticultural
1:34.1	teams are tackling this month.
1:36.9	My name's Ollie Wilkins.
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