The Art of Our Gardens

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, we’re branching off from the regular content of the show to zero in on what we can make when using flora as both our inspiration and our medium. It’s about art – where the greenery of our landscape is the lens through which we create. We’ll be travelling to RHS Lindley Library to get some expert insights into the secrets of the world’s finest botanical art, getting the inside scoop on what to grow to produce natural dyes ahead of the WOVEN festival in Kirklees, and finally, chatting with academic and author Elizabeth-Jane Burnett about writing poetry about moss. Plus, you’ll get a rundown from RHS Chief Horticulturist Guy Barter on what you can do in your garden this week. Links: RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show WOVEN 2023 Twelve Words for Moss

Transcript

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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.
0:33.1	I say that gardeners tread a richer path, partly because of this ability that we have to see an extra layer.
0:43.3	It's a superpower. It's like having an x-ray vision where we're able to see the workings of someone's body.
0:49.3	We know things that other people don't.
0:52.3	We see the world with an extra layer on top, or perhaps a layer stripped away.
0:58.3	And that is an enriching experience.
1:00.6	I don't claim that it's unique to gardeners.
1:03.3	I think that were I an architectural historian or a person who knew anything at all about
1:10.6	fashion, for example, I would see the world in another type of unique way.
1:14.8	But my area and my love is plants and I see the world through this wonderful mesh of plants.
1:22.7	We start the show today with words from Gardner, writer and friend of the podcast, Ben Dark,
1:28.3	which sets up the themes for this episode.
1:31.3	This idea of looking, of understanding and of creating meaning out of the plants that we come across in our garden is the focus of today's show.
1:39.3	We're zeroing in on what we can make when using flora as both our inspiration and our medium.
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