The Piet Oudolf Landscape, Bumbles on Blooms, Plant Propagation

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Often referred to as “the greatest living landscape designer” and a leading figure of the New Perennial movement – Piet Oudolf joins curator Matthew Pottage to talk about his new landscape at RHS Garden Wisley. Helen Bostock also introduces the new Bumbles on Blooms project, and the plants you should choose to help support over 250 species of bees in the UK - some with rather particular tastes. Plus, Sam Gallivan, Leader of the Nursery and Propagation team at Wisley talks about propagating plants at scale. Presenter: Gareth Richards Contributors: Matthew Pottage, Piet Oudolf, Helen Bostock, Sam Gallivan Contact: [email protected] Links: Bumbles on Blooms iNaturalist Oudolf Landscape Dividing perennials

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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 16s of five pounds.
0:34.1	I'm sure that we are one of the few people that dream about plants.
0:38.3	I stay awake about plants, you know.
0:41.3	When I think about combinations of design, I just think I'm not worried getting into sleep, you know.
0:47.3	Seeing it realized, I think it's really sort of, yeah, a birth of something new. Euphoria, you know, it's, it really is.
0:57.0	It really is.
1:03.0	Sometimes referred to as the greatest living landscape designer
1:07.0	and a leading figure of the new perennial movement,
1:10.0	that was the voice of Pietudolf, the Dutch nurseryman, designer and author.
1:14.6	Known for his work in iconic spaces such as New York City's Highline,
1:18.7	Chicago's Lurie Garden and London's Queen Elizabeth Park.
1:22.3	Today we'll be hearing him in conversation with curator Matthew Potage
1:25.8	to unveil the concept behind his long anticipated
1:28.8	redesign for RHS Garden Wisley's Glasshouse borders. Opening to the public in summer
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