Episode 80: Springing into action; seasonal tasks and Jekka McVicar talks gardening for health and happiness

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2016

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Expert advice from RHS Garden Wisley on what to do in your garden this week, including controlling bindweed and preparing your pots. Our Horticultural Advisors answer listeners' questions on fig trees, repairing lawns and watering succulents. Also, herb expert and RHS Ambassador Jekka McVicar explores how to improve health and wellbeing through plants.

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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 16 to five pounds.
0:41.6	Hello and welcome back to the RHS gardening podcast.
0:46.3	Now April's well underway and the whole garden is bursting into life.
0:48.1	I really love this time of year.
0:53.5	The air at Wissley is scented with hyacinths and many of the woodland plants that they're in full flower now and they're making
0:54.3	the most of the spring sun before the trees leaf out above them. There's a lot to do in the
0:59.2	garden and right now, luckily it's all the exciting tasks like seed sewing and planting. It puts
1:05.4	winter firmly behind us and brings optimism and hopefully bountiful gardens full of flowers and produce.
1:12.2	I'm Jenny Bowden, one of the RHS's team of horticultural advisors, based here at RHS Garden
1:18.2	Wisley and Surrey. Coming up in this spring edition, health, happiness and horticulture,
1:24.4	new RHS ambassador, Jekka McVicker, talks to us about her role and her ambitious plans for this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
1:33.3	RHS advisors answer your seasonal gardening questions and, as always, the latest news on RHS garden events across the UK.
1:42.7	But first, let's hear about some of the key tasks you can be
1:46.1	tackling in your garden this month. Hi, I'm Peter Jones. I'm the team leader of the glass
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