Gardening on a Small Scale

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s show, we’re zooming in on how to garden in small spaces. Whether you’ve got a neglected corner of your garden that you need to fill – or you’ve no garden at all – we’ve got you covered. We’ll be exploring a host of techniques for turning odd nooks and crannies into little green oases. John Dower, a long-time member of the Alpine Garden Society, will start us off with a master-class on constructing mesmerising gardens in miniature. Connor Smith, head of the Rock Garden at Utrecht Botanic Gardens, will share his tried and tested advice for using recycled materials to make compact crevice gardens. And finally, Alpine Horticulturists Amy Smethurst & Bertie Swainston will share their love for dainty dionysias. Links: Alpine Garden Society Harlow Carr Alpine House Rock gardening

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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.
0:23.6	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	Well, my favourite alpine is the Gensian.
0:34.6	For those who don't know it, Gensions are little herbaceous plants at about six to eight inches
0:39.6	tall and they've got brilliant blue flowers.
0:43.0	And I first saw it at Wissley.
0:44.5	I'm lucky working at Wissley because there's a fantastic Alpine garden there and I was
0:49.0	called upon to grow a trial of Alpine Gensions.
0:52.8	But then, later, when I was on holiday in Portugal, I was lucky enough to see them in the wild.
0:58.0	In the mountains, I found a valley of little streams, and growing along with little streams in these wet meadows up in the hills,
1:05.0	were the gensians in their natural state. And the nice thing about gentians is being little. They're easy to grow in a small
1:11.6	space like most alpines. Alpines are like little jewels that you can grow in the smallest garden.
1:18.1	And that brings us to this week's theme, growing on a small scale. Whether you've got a neglected
1:24.3	corner of your garden that you need to fill, or you've no garden at all,
1:28.5	we've got you covered. We'll be exploring a host of techniques for turning odd nooks and crannies
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