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Hello and welcome to a wintery December edition of the Royal Horticultural Society's gardening podcast.

If you're a regular listener, you'll know that this is a podcast made by people who know and love gardening,

for people who love gardening, and who would like to know even more.

Every edition contains practical, seasonal advice and topical interviews and features about everything green, so there's something to interest all garden lovers in every show. I'm Jenny Bowden,

one of the RHS's team of horticultural advisors, based here at Wisley and Surrey.

Even though it's chilly, there's still plenty that can be done in the garden.

Later on, we'll be hearing some suggestions for jobs to do in your garden right now from our horticultural teams.

Plus, with Christmas just around the corner, we'll head to the RHS shop to find some ideas

of a last-minute festive gifts. But first, some exciting news. In the Garden Media Guild Awards,

which were held in London recently, the RHS Gardening Podcast team were absolutely delighted

to be awarded the trophy for radio broadcast of the year. The award was for a selection

from our podcasts for RHS members, including this interview with passionate nurseryman John Massey.

My name's John Massey of Ashwood Nurseries. I've been at the nursery for 49 years, but I've had lots of fun over the last 15 or so years developing a garden behind the nursery with lots of excellent help. Because Hellebores are a speciality of Ashwood, there's quite an array of them down here.

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