Grow a taste sensation! Berries special

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Discover the brilliant berries you can grow at home. RHS Editor Gareth Richards talks to Guy Barter about his experiences growing exciting novelties such as Chilean guavas and juneberries, while allotmenteer Kirsty Ward offers first-hand advice on growing blueberries. Anna Greenland is a cook and gardener to Michelin-starred chefs; she shares favourite berry-based recipes and her star varieties of strawberry. Plus RHS historian Fiona Davison explores the fascinating history of British gooseberry growing.

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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.
0:29.9	They're so joyful to look at.
0:32.2	They all look like little jewels almost.
0:36.5	They make some of the best crumbles, jams, jellies, coolies.
0:41.2	Can you guess what we're growing today?
0:44.2	Berries. I'm Guy Barto, and on today's show, we're learning how to grow some of the more
0:50.1	unusual, from June berries to Chile and guavas, hearing what happened in 19th century
0:55.6	gooseberry clubs and picking blueberries with allotment lover Kirsty Ward. So let's get
1:01.6	gardening with the RHS. I like berries a lot and I grow a nice little plantation on my allotment of raspberries and black currents, white currents, red currents.
1:20.9	But to find out about some more unusual varieties, I caught up with RHS editor and berry lover, Gareth Richards. Hello, Gareth. Have you been
1:31.0	burying today? Hi, Guy. Yes, I have. Do you know what? I've just been out to the allotment and I've picked
1:36.8	a few Chilean guavas. I know it's a phrase you don't often hear, is it? No, it certainly isn't.
1:42.2	But before we go any further, since you've introduced
1:44.5	chili and guavas, tell us a bit about them. So they are a lovely little shrub. It's actually one of my
1:50.1	absolute favourite plants. They're a little evergreen shrub. They get to about five feet tall,
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