Episode 6: RHS Edible Britain campaign, Chef Raymond Blanc discusses GYO veg, plus climbers for scent, fighting Lily Beetle, and wildflowers for containers.

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2013

⏱️ 30 minutes

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We celebrate Britain in Bloom and the RHS Edible Britain Campaign, which aims to help build more than 2,000 edible gardens in public spaces around the country. How can you get involved? We talk to Edible Britain’s ambassador, chef Raymond Blanc, and get growing advice for beginners. Seasonal advice by RHS experts includes: - garden pests - fighting Lily Beetle - wildflowers for containers - restricting rampaging bamboo - choosing climbers for scent

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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.
0:54.4	Hello and welcome back to the RHS gardening podcast. I'm Tony Dickerson, one of the horticulture advisory team here at the RHS Garden, Wisley and Surrey. Each fortnight, we bring you a mixture of features and discussions exploring every aspect of gardening, as well as expert seasonal advice on what you should be doing in your garden right now. Plus, we bring you behind the scenes reports from the stunning RHS flower shows
0:59.8	and give you exclusive guides to beautiful gardens to visit. Coming up in today's podcast, we celebrate
1:05.5	Britain in bloom as we focus on the RHS's Edible Britain campaign, which aims to help build over
1:10.5	2,000 edible gardens in public spaces around the country. We'll beHS's Edible Britain campaign, which aims to help build over 2,000 edible gardens
1:11.9	in public spaces around the country. We'll be talking to Edible Britain's ambassador,
1:16.2	chef Raymond Blanc, and visiting the launch event in Berman Z, South London. As always, we
1:21.4	have essential tips on what you should be doing in your garden now from the team here at
1:25.3	RHS Garden Whistley. We'll be concentrating on common problem
1:28.4	pests, clematis wilt and sewing annuals. Plus, I'll be joining my colleagues in the advisory
1:33.3	team to answer your gardening questions. But first, we head down to the white ground estate in
1:37.9	London to find out more about this year's Britain in Bloom campaign, Edible Britain.
1:42.9	Hello, I'm Sue Biggs, Director General of the RHS,
1:45.8	and we're here today to launch Edible Britain at the launch of Britain in Bloom.
1:50.1	It's a fantastic campaign, really Britain in Bloom itself,
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