Episode 71: Drought and flood advice and gardening icons

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Droughts and floods cause problems for gardeners - but what if your garden suffers from both? Our expert RHS Advisors offer tips and discuss their latest research in this area. We speak to plantsman Matthew Biggs about his latest book, ‘RHS Lessons from Great Gardeners: Forty Gardening Icons and What They Teach Us’; and as the festive period fast approaches, we have details of events across our 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 16s at five pounds.
0:41.1	Hello and welcome back to the RHS gardening podcast.
0:46.3	Every fortnight we bring you a mixture of features and discussions exploring every aspect of gardening,
0:52.1	growing your own fruit and vegetables, plant care, pest control, garden design and container ideas.
0:56.9	Plus, expert seasonal advice on what you should be doing in your garden right now.
1:00.7	I'm Tony Dickerson, one of the RHS's team of horticultural advisors.
1:05.6	Coming up in this edition, is your plot too wet, too dry, or both?
1:09.2	Don't despair finding plants that will survive such extreme conditions.
1:11.0	Our experts reveal new research into plants that can thrive in such harsh environments. Matthew Biggs delves
1:15.3	into the archives to tell the stories of 40 legendary figures from history who've changed
1:19.6	the art and science of how we garden today. And as always the latest news and events
1:24.5	across our four RHS gardens in Surrey, Devon, Essex and North Yorkshire.
1:29.8	Now, choosing plants for difficult places. Is your garden on a floodplain or a sun-baked terrace?
1:35.7	Or perhaps the conditions swing violently from one extreme to the other? Unfortunately, this is the case for gardeners in many parts of the UK.
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