RHS books podcast 2019

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Free yourself from everyday mundanities and dive into other worlds from the comfort of your own home... yes it's our annual books special! This year our literary committee share a huge range of favourites, including unusual and delightful books for gifts this Christmas, books to excite children and stimulate the minds of adults too. This year's panel comprises Fiona Davison (Head of Libraries and Exhibitions), Chris Young (Head of RHS Editorial), James Armitage, (Editor of The Plant Review) and Guy Barter (Chief Horticulturist).

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:05.0	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	Add an RHS garden near you.
0:25.5	Book tickets online for discounts plus under five score free and under 16s of five pounds.
0:36.1	Hello and welcome to our heated annual debate of garden books, ancient and modern.
0:41.8	A momentary respite from political discussion, but no less passionate.
0:47.2	Today we're talking about books to treasure, books to give us gifts,
0:50.9	and books to refer to time and time again.
0:56.9	I'm Guy Barta, Chief Horticulturist,
1:03.6	here at the RHS. Today I'm joined by three book and plant-loving colleagues in our podcast studio in the heart of London's Shawditch Media Hub. Hello, I'm Fiona Davidson and I'm the head of libraries
1:09.5	and exhibitions based at Vincent Square. Hello, I'm James Armitage. I'm the head of libraries and exhibitions based at Vincent Square.
1:12.0	Hello, I'm James Armitage. I'm the editor of the plant review and I'm based in Peterborough.
1:16.9	Hello, I'm Chris Young, the editor of the Garden magazine and I oversee all of the publishing we do across all of our different platforms.
1:24.0	Hello all. Okay, to start off, let's talk about the year in books.
1:28.8	Which garden-related tomes have caught your imagination this year?
1:33.0	What have you read?
1:34.0	What do you think?
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