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Hello and welcome back to the RHS gardening podcast. Every fortnight we bring you a mixture of features and discussions,

exploring every aspect of gardening,

growing our own fruit and vegetables, plant care, pest control, garden design and container ideas.

Plus, experts seasonal advice on what you should be doing in your garden right now.

I'm Jenny Bowden.

Coming up in this harvest edition, perfect pumpkins of all sizes.

How to grow them big in size and big in flavour.

Award-winning apple and pear trees to add to your garden,

delicious recipe suggestions to make them most of your autumn veg.

And, as always, the latest news on RHS garden events across the UK.

But first, over the past 50 years, declines have been noted in many

groups of British insects, including those that are vital for pollination. These include some

common butterflies, moths, hoverflies and bees. Insect pollination is vital to the production

of many of our wildflowers, ornamentals, fruit and vegetables. Domestic gardens are being increasingly recognised as vital habitats to promote and produce wildlife and biodiversity,

especially as wildflower habitats are on the decline.

The RHS has been campaigning to make gardeners aware of this issue and help them choose plants and gardening techniques

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