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Gardening with the RHS

Hampton Court Shorts (3/3) Celebrating 30 years of Countryfile

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4654 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Designer Ann-Marie Powell explains the ideas behind her garden celebrating 30 years of BBC’s Countryfile, which aims to inspire and reconnect visitors with nature. The space explores a critically important world residing on our doorsteps as well as the wider countryside. For more info and useful links see www.rhs.org.uk/podcast

Transcript

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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.

0:24.0

Book tickets online for discounts, plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.

0:30.9

Hello, you're listening to Hampton Court Shorts from the RHS.

0:35.2

This is an exclusive preview behind the scenes at the biggest flower

0:39.3

show on Earth. We are resplendent in the stunning surrounds of Hampton Court Palace and it's a

0:45.3

beautiful, beautiful sunny location. I'm Catherine Potts-CDs, the head of show's development for the RHS. Today at the

0:51.7

show we're reconnecting with nature. We have the BBC Countryfile Garden,

0:56.5

which celebrates 30 years of this amazing program. They've joined forces with us at the RHS to create a

1:01.9

garden that celebrates wildlife, and it's been designed by Anne-Marie Powell. The wildlife in the UK

1:07.3

is incredible, and this garden shows landscapes from all around the UK from the streams of

1:12.8

rivers and southern coasts to the dales and the highlands of Scotland it's an incredible space that

1:18.6

crams a lot in but it's got lots of ideas of how you can support wildlife in your own garden too

1:23.9

I'm Anne-Marie Pell and I'm designing the Countryfile 30th anniversary garden at

1:28.8

Hampton Court. So the garden itself is to celebrate 30 years of CountryFile being on the good old

1:34.5

bebe and they wanted a garden that was really kind of, their only brief really was that it

1:39.2

showcased them and what they did. So straight away I just thought, well, they're a national television programme,

1:45.0

so it had to actually represent the whole of the nation. And I didn't want to leave any corner out,

1:49.9

really. So we've got Scotland, Wales, the South, Ireland, all represented within this garden space.

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