Sustainable Alternatives

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Our gardens don’t exist in a vacuum, just for us. They are part of a much larger ecosystem. They provide habitats that are crucial for supporting biodiversity and can offer scores of additional environmental benefits. So today, we’ll be looking at straightforward and eco-friendly alternatives we can take up to transform our gardens into the sustainable havens our world deserves. Chris Baines, a leading environmentalist, will delve into how wildlife gardening has changed over the past 50 years, RHS Advisor Nikki Barker will share her top tips for growing seeds and cuttings in peat-free compost, and finally, Jenny Bowden, another advisor and long-time friend of the show, will give us an inside look at her research into box alternatives. Links: RHS Companion for Wildlife Gardening How to use peat-free compost: for seeds and cuttings Box Alternatives Survey

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:05.1	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.
0:35.5	This morning I went out into my garden early, and the beginnings of the dawn chorus are happening.
0:40.3	The dawn chorus is that wonderful burst of birdsong that peaks in spring and fades out in the summer.
0:46.3	But at the moment it's just rising to its full crescendo.
0:50.3	I heard blackbirds and there were great tits and blue tits and there's also a little wren that chirrups in the foliage at the end of the garden.
0:59.0	And seeing this wildlife in action really puts it into perspective for me.
1:04.0	Our gardens don't exist in a vacuum just for us. They're part of a much larger ecosystem.
1:10.0	They provide habitats that are crucial for supporting biodiversity
1:14.6	and can offer scores of additional environmental benefits,
1:18.6	everything from storing carbon and cleaning our air
1:21.6	to preventing floods and reducing soil erosion.
1:24.6	Of course, some horticultural practices are better for the environment than others.
1:29.3	So today, we'll be looking at straightforward alternatives we can take up
1:34.3	to transform our gardens into the sustainable havens our world deserves.
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