June in the kitchen garden

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Hobbies, Leisure, Home & Garden

4.3 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

June is when many kitchen gardens begin to hit their stride. Horticulturist, author, and YouTuber Huw Richards joins us to explore the joys of growing your own food, the benefits of self-sufficiency, and why gardens of every size can have a big impact on people, communities and wildlife. Huw also shares details of the Top of the Plots competition, celebrating inspiring growers across the UK. RHS Wisley's Liz Mooney reveals what you can still sow this June, from reliable favourites to more unusual edible crops. And as gardens buzz into early summer, RHS Science and Horticulture Editor Olivia Drake investigates lavender, our Wildlife Wonder Plant for June, and reveals which varieties prove most irresistible to bumblebees. Host: Jenny Laville Contributors: Huw Richards, Liz Mooney, Olivia Drake Links: Top of the Plots competition Lavender Wildlife Wonder plant of the month

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0:00.0	Hello, garden lovers. Did you know, RHS members can now refer a friend and get rewarded.
0:08.4	It's simple. If you're an RHS member, just invite a friend or family member to join. When they sign up,
0:14.4	you'll both receive a £10 voucher for RHS plants. 10 pounds for you, 10 pounds for them.
0:20.4	RHS members enjoy unlimited visits to five
0:23.3	RHS gardens, access to over 230 partner gardens, discounted RHS flower show tickets,
0:30.3	the garden magazine and personalised gardening advice. Share the joy of gardening and start earning
0:36.8	rewards today.
0:38.3	Visit rhs.org.uk forward slash refer to get started.
0:48.7	There's this really funny photo of me in a wansy age three just like staying at a raised bed
0:53.6	and I just got totally engrossed in it.
0:56.6	I thought it was amazing.
0:57.5	He'd plant a tiny seed.
0:58.7	And then you end up eating your own tomatoes, which always tastes better than the tomatoes
1:02.5	that my friends would eat in their houses because their parents would get it from the supermarket.
1:07.6	And it kind of just developed from there.
1:10.9	June is when many kitchen gardens are really beginning to hit their stride.
1:14.9	It's a time when you can begin to enjoy the fruits of your labour, quite literally as the very
1:19.1	first strawberries are beginning to ripen in the warmer corners of the UK.
1:23.2	Broadbeens too are beginning to crop and tomatoes, corgettes and squashes are all settling into their
1:28.2	summer growth spurt. Someone who knows a thing or two about the joys of a productive plot is Hugh Richards,
1:33.8	a horticulturist, writer and YouTuber. Hugh has been growing since the age of three when he first got
1:38.8	stuck into life on his parents' smallholding in Midwest Wales. What I find is like growing your own is that it is such a creative process and I think people forget that.
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