Expert guides to growing lavender, prizewinning veg and seasonal sowings

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

This week we meet renowned lavender expert Simon Charlesworth of Downderry Nurseries, who grows hundreds of varieties of this fragrant favourite. Discover which is the most scented type of all and hear his choice of the easiest ones to grow. Matthew Biggs, author of The Great British Village Show, offers tips on how to grow prizewinning veg; and Guy Barter prepares for a bean feast on his allotment as he shares a cunning tip for abundant autumn harvests. Useful links The Great British Village Show, by Thane Price & Matthew Biggs Grow Your Own - RHS veg growing advice Lavenders - RHS advice on choosing and cultivating

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:05.1	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.
0:32.5	The warm bliss of summer is here.
0:35.1	It's July and our UK summer has finally started to deliver a delicious mix of blistering heat and humidity.
0:42.3	Which means if your garden is anything like mine, it will be positively teeming with life and bounty.
0:48.3	Which is why we're going to be hearing some top tips of Matthew Biggs, author of the Great British Village Show, on how to
0:55.5	wow with your veg at any fate you set your sights on. And also I'll be heading to my allotment
1:01.1	to harvest a bucket of beans before taking you through how to replant them for an autumn crop.
1:07.6	And finally, we'll be meeting Master Lavender grower Simon Charlesworth to discuss the rich diversity of this flowering shrub and the best approaches to take for guaranteed growing success.
1:18.6	Welcome to Gardening with the RHS with me Guy Barta.
1:23.6	The Great British Village Show, a wonderful coming together of the community to showcase the best harvests of fruit, veg, flowers and crafts in the surrounding area.
1:34.3	And of course the harvest show has spread from small countryside parishes to suburbs and cities,
1:40.3	as gardeners everywhere seek to display the best from their gardens.
1:45.0	With presentation season around the corner we spoke to Matthew Biggs, author of the Great
1:50.0	British Village Show, to get you better prepared.
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