Episode 79: Growing healthily, National Gardening Week and all change at the Lindley Library

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2016

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

We venture into the fruit and vegetable gardens at Wisley to learn what to do in March to ensure the best performance from your fruit and vegetables in the year ahead. We also hear about plans to keep gardeners fit during this year’s National Gardening Week and we have the latest on new additions to the RHS Lindley Library - an Aladdin's cave of rare books and exquisite botanical art which is now more accessible than ever before. All of that plus the latest news on Easter 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.
0:43.4	Hello and welcome back to the RHS gardening podcast. Throughout the gardening year, we bring you seasonal advice and tips from RHS experts, plus features and discussions about all aspects
0:48.7	of gardening, plant care, growing your own fruit and vegetables, pest control, garden design,
0:56.6	ideas for small spaces and much more.
1:02.7	I'm Tony Dixon, one of the RHS's team of horticulture advisors based at RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey.
1:07.5	Coming up in this edition, Greening Grey Britain, Health and Happiness and Horticulture.
1:11.6	Find out about this year's National Gardening Week and the RHS campaign to improve the nation's physical and mental well-being through gardening. A behind-the-scenes
1:16.6	look at the Linley Library which has just reopened its doors after a major refit and redevelopment.
1:21.6	And as always we'll give you the latest news on RHS events across the UK.
1:26.6	But first with official British summertime nearly upon us, there are plenty of jobs to
1:31.5	be getting on within the garden.
1:33.5	And this time of year is especially busy for those who like to grow their own fruit and
1:36.5	vegetables.
1:37.5	Let's hear about some of the key tasks you've been tackling in your garden now.
1:41.3	I'm Jim Arbery, horticultural specialist at the IHS Garden Wisley.
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