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Gardening with the RHS

Episode 43: Container-growing for winter interest and crops for the kitchen table

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4654 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2014

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

We’re at RHS Garden Wisley with the Advisory Team who are on hand to answer your seasonal gardening queries including: • How to grow a wildflower meadow from seed • How to ‘puppy-proof’ your garden • What type of slug pellets to choose Garden Manager, Matthew Pottage talks us through the jobs his team is doing right now, including lawn maintenance and planting bulbs. We also hear inspiration from expert growers on ideas for growing fruit and vegetables in containers. Plus, we have the latest news on forthcoming events across the four RHS Gardens.

Transcript

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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.

0:41.8

Hello and welcome back to the RHS gardening podcast.

0:47.7

Each fortnight, we bring you a mixture of features and discussions, exploring every aspect of gardening.

0:53.4

Pest control, plant care, garden design, container ideas, growing your own fruit and vegetables, plus expert seasonal advice

0:56.1

on what you should be doing in your garden right now. I'm Jenny Bowden, one of the team of

1:01.6

horticultural advisors here at RHS Garden Wisley and Surrey. Coming up in this edition, How to Raise

1:08.0

Tasty Crops, from pears to peppers in tubs and containers, allowing you to grow your own whatever the size of your outdoor space.

1:17.1

H.S experts answer your seasonal gardening questions, including puppy-proofing your garden, growing a wild flower meadow from seed and choosing the right kind of slug pellet. And as always,

1:29.9

we'll have the latest news on RHS events across our four gardens. But first, let's head outside to

1:36.4

find out what jobs the teams at RHS Garden Wisley are tackling this month. My name is Matthew Potage.

1:42.6

I'm the garden manager here at Wisley. So despite

1:44.8

being the end of summer now, we're into autumn, the teams are still just as busy as they were

1:49.2

earlier in the year. And some of the main jobs that we're getting on with now are preparing the

1:53.4

garden for the wintertime. So if you've got herbaceous plants, you've got things that are finished

1:57.3

flowering, they're dying back, they're collapsing, you don't want to look at them, you can get in there and tidy up and have a good old spring clean. It's also a good

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