Festive foliage and natural decorations

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re decking the halls with seasonal foliage, as RHS Garden Hyde Hall’s Sarah Wilson-Frost shares her ideas for natural decorations foraged from your own garden. Gareth Richards is here to inspire you to try a different type of Christmas tree this year and consider bringing a potted plant indoors for the festive season. And we’ve got the perfect gift idea to brighten up a dreary January day, as Chris Lane of Witch Hazel Nursery explains why he fell in love with these winter gems. Host: Jenny Laville Contributors: Sarah Wilson-Frost, Gareth Richards, Chris Lane Links: Grow your own Christmas Witch hazels Chris Lane - Witch Hazel Nursery Become a member of the RHS

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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, at an RHS garden near you.
0:25.6	Book tickets online for discounts plus under fives go free and under 16 to five pounds.
0:31.6	It's that time of year again, when the hustle and bustle of the Christmas preparations
0:36.6	mean that we often find ourselves reaching easy fixes and convenient purchases in order to tick another thing off the list.
0:43.3	But if we slow down for a moment and make a few small changes, we can start to think about how to make the run-up to Christmas a bit more sustainable.
0:51.3	Our gardens are great festive resources.
0:56.0	From challenging yourself to grow your own Christmas dinner,
0:59.0	just to warn you, this takes a little forward planning,
1:02.0	to making your own wreath or garland.
1:04.0	Just think of the food mile saved when a Brussels sprout only travels
1:07.0	from your allotment to the kitchen table.
1:10.0	So in today's show, we hope to inspire you to take a look in your garden and see what could be foraged to green up your home over the festive period.
1:18.6	RHS Garden Hyde Halls Sarah Wilson Frost is here with lots of ideas for natural decorations.
1:24.6	Plus, we have an idea for the perfect gift that guarantees to brighten up the dreariest of winter days.
1:30.3	And our own Gareth Richards brings us his guide to alternative Christmas trees to shake things up a bit.
1:36.3	All this coming up on Gardening with the RHS with me, Jenny Loville.
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