How to grow beautiful orchids, Britain in Bloom on the BBC, and is honey fungus top of the rots? (Ep 127)

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

We speak to orchid experts at the recent RHS London Orchid Show and Plant Fair to get top tips on how to grow these most alluring of houseplants. Author and naturalist Jon Dunn shares his love of the native orchids that grow across the British Isles. Plus we talk to the people behind the incredible orchid displays planned for this year's RHS Chatsworth Flower Show. Chris Bavin, presenter of BBC's Britain in Bloom shares his experiences in filming the series, and we continue our countdown of the top garden problems from last year; this time it's over to diseases - will honey fungus stay top of the rots? For more info including plants mentioned and useful links see www.rhs.org.uk/podcast

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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.
0:42.7	Beautiful orchids, horrific honey fungus and Britain in bloom on the BBC.
0:49.2	All this and more, including virtual reality garden tours on today's RHS gardening podcast.
0:54.0	I'm Fiona Davison, head of libraries and exhibitions here at the Lindley Library in London. I look after the amazing collections of the RHS. If you think you've got problems storing all your books,
1:00.0	we measure our shelving in kilometres. Our show season, which has just begun in earnest,
1:06.0	is always an extra busy time for us. We run special behind-the-scenes curator to us at the Lindley Library during
1:11.6	these shows. It's a great opportunity to show our collections off and talk to garden lovers about
1:16.8	our horticultural history. Now we're getting ready for our next exhibition, Rthinking Repton,
1:21.6	which opens on May the 3rd. It celebrates the 18th century garden designer Humphrey Repton.
1:27.0	What's really nice about this exhibition is we're getting to work with young garden designers from Rittal University College
1:32.3	and they've been seeing how their practice can be influenced by the design philosophy of an 18th century garden designer Humphrey Repton.
1:40.3	In contrast to the calm of the library there was a riot of colour and scent as orchids and spring flowers filled the Lindley and Lawrence halls from floor to ceiling.
1:48.3	The podcast team went to speak to some of the orchid lovers and experts about the pleasures and pitfalls of cultivating these exotic blooms.
1:56.1	Hello, I'm Sarah Ritteridgeousen from Burnham Nurseries. We're in Newton Abbott and Devon.
2:00.7	I'm the third generation of my family
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