Growing sky high

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Dust off your gardening gloves and don your sunglasses, as we look to the skies on today’s show. We’ll be exploring the dizzying heights of a famously tall plant, the gunnera, with expert botanist James Armitage. We’ll also be taking on a high flying adventure with garden author Ben Dark into the world of trees. Plus, if you need a reminder on what to do in your garden or allotment this week, fan favourite Matthew Oliver is here to jog your memory.

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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.
0:23.7	At an RHS garden near you.
0:25.5	Book tickets online for discounts, plus under fives go free and under 16 to five pounds.
0:35.5	If you're anything like me, when you're gardening, you spend a lot of time staring at the
0:40.6	ground as you weed, sew or hoe. But it's time to give your back a rest as we look up in today's
0:46.8	show with an ode to the larger side of the plant world. Botanist James Armitage will be transporting us
0:53.9	to the world of a Jurassic-looking Gunnera
0:57.0	and garden author Ben Dark takes us on the voyage from Britain to Bogota through the taxonomy of the tree.
1:04.0	Welcome to gardening with the RHS with me Guy Bartor.
1:10.0	But first, as we enter October gardening with the RHS with me, Guy Barta.
1:18.6	But first, as we enter October, we're not only greeted by falling autumn leaves, but also a whole raft of new jobs to be getting on with in the garden.
1:21.6	To ensure you're not forgetting anything fundamental, we caught up with an expert
1:26.6	horticulturist to jog our memories
1:28.6	on what to be getting on with in the month ahead.
1:36.7	Hello, my name's Matthew Oliver. I'm a horticulturist at RHS Garden Hyde Hall, and specifically
1:43.0	I work in the global growth vegetable garden.
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