Episode 86: A day at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2016

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Renowned for its rose displays, fantastic shopping opportunities and innovative garden displays, the show is a wonderful day out for garden lovers of all ages and runs until the 10th July. We hear from garden designers at the show, speak to the winners of this year’s RHS and BBC Garden Design Competition, ’A Feel Good Front Garden’, and have some expert advice on creating gardens with man’s best friend in mind.

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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.
0:41.3	Hello and welcome back to the RHS gardening podcast.
0:45.3	I'm Tony Dickerson, one of the RHS's team of horticultural advisors.
0:51.0	This edition of our fortnightly podcast is brought to you from the RHS flower show at Hampton Court Palace.
0:56.4	Coming up later, seasonal advice from international nurseries. plus advice on creating a garden as enjoyable for your dogs as it is for human members of your family.
1:02.2	Hampton Court Palace is the world's largest annual flower show, which this year runs from
1:06.3	the 5th to the 10th of July. It's renowned for its rose displays, fantastic shopping opportunities,
1:12.4	innovative gardening designs, and of course its stunning location in the grounds of Hampton Court
1:16.9	Palace. It's a wonderful day out for garden lovers. We went to sample some of what's on offer
1:22.2	to visitors this year. My name is Sue Biggs and I'm Director General of the RHS and we're standing at Hampton Court
1:28.7	Flower Show right in front of the four beautiful feel-good front gardens and they're just such a joy.
1:37.2	They've actually been created by amateurs who've designed for the first time from a competition
1:41.1	run through BBC Local Radio and their results are stunning absolutely
1:46.1	stunning I think a lot of what we're doing this time is all around health happiness and
1:51.6	horticulture and I have to say just walking around makes me feel so happy with all the beautiful
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