Following royal gardening footsteps in Islington, discovering horticultural histories and the spawning glories of ponds in late winter (Ep 147)

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

This week we follow in the footsteps of the Duchess of Cambridge who recently visited King Henry’s Walk Garden in Islington, an RHS It’s Your Neighbourhood group, to meet the community gardeners. Meanwhile back at our horticultural HQ, we meet Fiona Davison, Head of Libraries and Collections, who shares details of an exciting programme of upcoming exhibitions on hidden horticulturists, digging for victory and more. Plus a look into the murky waters of garden ponds to discover the difference between frog, toad and newt spawn and get advice on how to protect these valuable garden amphibians. For more info and useful links see www.rhs.org.uk/podcast

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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.
0:35.8	Hello and welcome back to the RHS gardening podcast.
0:39.3	I'm Charlotte Brooks, art curator at the RHS Lindley Library, here in Vincent Square in London, the finest horticultural library in the world.
0:50.3	Later in this podcast we'll be visiting my colleagues to hear about the exhibitions that are coming up
1:00.0	this year plus frogs toads and nukes as we approach their crucial breeding time we'll get expert tips on
1:10.0	how to help the next generation of amphibians
1:13.6	by identifying and protecting spawn in garden ponds.
1:17.6	It's so important, especially as they can help your plants by eating the slugs and snails.
1:37.6	But first in Islington in London, the King Henry's Walk Garden had a very special visitor last week.
1:38.9	Some keen community gardeners were paid a visit by Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cambridge.
1:46.6	She was there to take inspiration for the RHS back to nature garden at this year's Chelsea
1:52.8	Flower Show. It was announced that she'll be co-designing it alongside landscape architects
1:59.0	Andre Davis and Adam White.
2:02.5	We headed down to the King Henry's Walk Garden
2:05.0	to meet some of the people who created this space
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