Episode 35: A focus on the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2014

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2014

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This week we bring you all the highlights from this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 8-13 July, including features on: • Hand-On potting bench demonstrations • Ocean Spray’s eye-catching garden display • John Wheatley’s celebration of 50 years of Britain in Bloom • The RHS Entomology team’s ‘Invisible Garden' • Tony Smith’s imaginative turf competition Plus the RHS Advisory team answer your July gardening queries including solutions for sloping and wet lawns, caring for tomatoes and ideas for July vegetable planting. In addition, we have news on the latest summer 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.
0:06.4	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.
0:41.7	Hello and welcome back to the RHS gardening podcast.
0:48.1	Every fortnight we bring you a mixture of features and discussions, exploring every aspect of gardening.
0:54.0	Plant care, garden design, pest control, container ideas, growing your own fruit and vegetables, plus expert seasonal advice
0:56.4	on what you should be doing in your garden right now. I'm Jenny Bowden, one of the team of
1:01.8	horticultural advisors based here at RHS Garden Wisley and Surrey. Coming up in this July edition,
1:08.6	we visit the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, which runs until the 13th of July, and share with you some of the highlights of this year's creative, informative and surprising displays, and, as always, the latest news on RHS summer events across the UK.
1:24.1	But first, as regular listeners will know, once a month on the RHS gardening podcast, members of our advisory team answer your gardening questions for around the UK.
1:34.4	So let's join my colleagues in the advice office to hear some of the queries that have been sent in this month.
1:40.3	My name's Rob Sterling and I'm one of the horticultural advisors here at WISly. I'm Guy Barta. I'm on the advice team here at WISley. My name's Rob Sterling and I'm one of the horticultural advisors here at WISley.
1:44.5	I'm Guy Barta and I'm on the advice team here at WISley.
1:47.7	My name's Tony Dickerson. I'm also a horticultural advisor here with the team at RHS Wissley.
1:53.5	Right, we have an inquiry here from Mr. Gettling from Hampshire. I have lots of tomato plants growing in pots, no flowers or tomatoes yet.
2:03.3	What should I do next? I've heard something about pinching the tops off. What do you do, please?
2:08.3	This is my first go at growing veg and I'm confused. Well, Guy, tomato is certainly a popular
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