Gardening for the senses

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Now's the perfect time to pep up your summer cocktails and add perk to your pasta with an array of unusual plant-based ingredients. Andrew Perry of Urban Herbs is a man on a mission to spice up herb gardens across the country with unusual varieties that you may never have heard of – from lime mint to a smoky rosemary that's a sure-fire summer barbecue hit. Hear our resident gardening guru Guy Barter give seasonal tips on growing green manures and successionally sowing veg crops for bountiful harvests into the autumn months. Plus, author Kendra Wilson takes us on a journey into sound with her new book, Garden for the Senses. Useful links Urban Herbs website and Instagram Herb-growing advice from the RHS Successional sowing (RHS website) Green manures (RHS website) Kendra Wilson - Garden for the Senses

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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.
0:34.0	We've entered sultry late summer.
0:36.8	Prime time for deadheadinging flowering plants and a spot
0:39.7	of careful summer pruning.
0:42.3	Things like wisteria, lavender and trained apples and pears will all benefit from a precision
0:47.3	chop at this time to set them in good stead for next year.
0:51.0	But of course the big joy of August is being able to enjoy the fruits and vegetables of
0:55.2	of our labour, and as the harvest continue, sharing homegrown produce with friends and family
1:00.5	at the dinner table always goes down a treat, and allows for a certain amount of bragging rights.
1:07.3	So with that in mind, on this week's episode of Gardening with the RHS, with me Guy Barta,
1:13.6	we're going to be boosting our flavour profiles with some wonderful and lesser known herbs.
1:19.6	We'll also be heading to the allotment to talk about what we can plant next
1:23.6	in the spaces where we've cleared out early summer crops like peas, which means thinking
1:29.8	about two clever but easy gardening techniques, successional sewing and growing green manures.
1:37.5	And we'll be learning about gardening for the senses, the title of Daily Telegraph and Gardens
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