RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

This week we're going back to nature at the world's biggest annual flower show. Designer Jo Thompson explains how she's gone wild with the BBC Springwatch Garden, Dave Green shares his meditative spaces in the Stop and Pause Garden and Matthew Childs contemplates new approaches to energy use in the Smart Meter Garden. Plus we visit the RHS Back to Nature Garden (co-designed by HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, Andrée Davies and Adam White), discover a drought-tolerant garden in memory of horticultural hero Beth Chatto, meet community allotmenteers and hear a surprising botanical cocktail recipe from food writer Mark Diacono.

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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	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.
0:30.7	Introducing Barker and Stonehouse Garden Furniture.
0:33.5	Find inspiration for your outdoor space with our stylish collections of garden furniture and accessories now with up to 25% off.
0:40.1	Visit one of our 11 nationwide stores or find us online at Barker and Stonehouse.com.
0:45.5	Hello and welcome to the glorious, gorgeous Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival.
0:51.8	This is the RHS gardening podcast and today we're slapping on the sun cream,
0:56.4	keeping an eye out for deer and heading out to the show to give you a taste of some of the
1:00.7	exciting and inspiring displays at this year's new look event. There are garden ideas for mansions,
1:07.3	terraces, flats and windowsills, breathtaking roses, gardens for kids of all ages,
1:13.1	a floating stage and a focus on enjoying the edible fruits of your garden.
1:18.0	Visitors are really in for a treat at Hampton Court this year.
1:22.5	I'm Catherine Pottsiedes and I'm the head of shows development for the RHS.
1:27.4	Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival is one of my favourite events of the year.
1:31.3	It's always glorious in sunshine here in Home Park just outside the grounds of the beautiful
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