Top tips for beautiful chrysanthemums and luscious lawns, an RHS magazine re-launches, joyful gardening memories

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

As autumn approaches and a new generation of gardeners re-discovers the late-season charms of chrysanthemums, we get expert advice on how to grow them from RHS Master Grower Martyn Fish of Chrysanthemums Direct. We talk to James Armitage, editor of The Plantsman, who shares some exciting news about this magazine for plant lovers ahead of its September re-launch. Plus seasonal lawn-care advice from David Hedges-Gower and joyful garden memories from Chelsea gold medal-winning designers Jilayne Rickards and Miki Sato.

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:06.4	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance to delight your senses.
0:13.2	Inspire your gardening adventures and entertain your own little stars.
0:17.4	Race you, let's go.
0:19.5	Catch Springs finest scenes while you can at an RHS garden near you, let's go. Catch springs, finest scenes while you can,
0:22.1	at an RHS garden near you.
0:24.0	Book tickets online for discounts,
0:26.0	plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.
0:36.3	Hello and welcome to the RHS gardening podcast.
0:40.0	In this episode, we discuss how the RHS is best kept secret,
0:44.1	a dedicated magazine for plant lovers, is getting a new lease of life.
0:48.3	We also profile the return of one of the 70s and 80s most popular plants,
0:52.5	the chrysanthemum, and hear tips on how to keep your
0:55.0	lawns healthy this autumn.
1:09.2	I'm Gareth Richards, Digital Features Editor for the RHS website.
1:13.7	This means I get to keep an eye on our web and our podcast content.
1:17.7	I also write articles for the website and sometimes for the Garden magazine too.
1:23.2	But the garden isn't the only RHS publication out there for keen gardeners.
1:27.9	Also based in our office is The Plantsman.
1:30.5	Published four times a year, it takes an in-depth look at the bizarre, brilliant and beautiful plants that grow in gardens and in the wild.
1:38.0	One article that I saw recently that really inspired me was an article called In Pursuit of Ungrurable Plants. And this is about the
1:45.7	incredible plants that grow on the mountains of East Africa. We think of Africa as being this place
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