Should gardeners worry about sepsis? Plus seasonal tips, how to get wildlife on your side and a new campaign for school gardening (Ep 125)

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Hear timely tips on what to do now if you want to grow fruit this year, plus we meet Wisley's plant propagation team and scientist Hayley Jones shares hints on how to get wildlife on side to help against common garden pests. And should gardeners be worried about sepsis? We get expert advice on this and other gardening health and safety issues. Plus news on our I Can Grow campaign and botanist James Armitage unearths more horticultural histories in his latest Wisley Plant Encounter. For more info 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.
0:05.0	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 fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.
0:43.0	Hello and welcome to a spring edition of the Royal Horticultural Society Gardening Podcast.
0:48.4	What a strange few weeks of weather we've had, very confusing for gardeners and for plants.
0:57.0	I'm Guy Barta. Despite the changeable weather, for longer days and glimpses of bud and blossom, it can't help but feel garden lovers with excitement.
1:01.0	I for one can't wait to get outside and get growing. So today's podcast is all about practical, get your hands or gloves dirty advice.
1:06.0	We're heading outside to join the garden teams hard at work in the beds, borders and propagation houses to get inspiration for jobs to make the garden flourish this year.
1:16.6	Plus, we'll hear about a brand new initiative to help schools and young people to harness the power of plants and get growing in 2018.
1:24.5	And remember, there's no need to go searching for a pen. You can find links to information on all the items in today's podcast on our webpage. See rhs.org.uk
1:36.0	Forward slash podcast. So let's meet the RHS Garden Experts.
1:41.6	Hello there. I'm Bernard Bordman. I work for the Edibles team here at
1:46.0	WISley and my main responsibilities are for the orchard and the vineyard. Well, what a funny start
1:53.0	to the year we've had. It's been mild and everything seemed to be moving. Then we had a blast
1:59.7	from the east, which I'm sure everybody's
2:01.3	fed up the hearing about, and then it went mild again, and then we've just had some more snow.
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