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Gardening with the RHS

Episode 82: Expert tips on growing vegetables and climbers and a look at the RHS Community Allotment programme

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4654 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Get your garden into gear with professional advice on what to do now. We visit the RHS Allotment project at Wisley, and as always we have the latest news on events across our four RHS Gardens. The RHS Gardening Advice team answer listeners' seasonal questions on a wide range of topics including: • growing rainbow chard • how to prune early-flowering clematis • choosing the right jasmine for you • what to do if your daffodils didn't flower

Transcript

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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.

0:41.1

Hello and welcome back to the RHS gardening podcast.

0:47.3

I'm Guy Barta, Chief Horticulturist, based here at RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey.

0:56.3

As regular listeners will know, in our podcast, we bring you seasonal advice and tips from RHS experts throughout the gardening year.

1:01.4

Coming up in this spring edition, we visit the RHS Community Allotment Project. We find out how RHS experts are helping develop a network of grow your own expertise

1:06.7

to help increase the numbers of people growing their own fruit and vegetables across the UK.

1:13.6

RHS advisors answer some of your spring gardening questions, and, as always, the latest news on

1:20.2

RHS gardening events across the UK.

1:23.0

But first, let's hear about some of the key jobs you can be tackling in your garden this May.

1:29.1

Hello there. My name is Douglas Macai. I'm part of the propagation team at RHS Garden Wisley.

1:33.5

And we're here to talk about things going on in May.

1:35.9

Well, as you might be able to here, we've got the rotivator going on in the background.

1:39.3

Our next bedding display is about to go in, so we're just tidying up ready for that.

1:43.1

But the gardens are looking lovely at this summer year.

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