Unexpected garden heroes

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that there are 30 different species of worm in the UK? Or that fungi can actually help create habitats for wildlife? This week we're exploring the roles played these crucial but often overlooked garden residents. Back indoors we meet a hidden hero of horticulture - ‘likely the most prolific botanical explorer of the early 20th century’. Staff from RHS Garden Wisley and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh join forces to tell his story. For links please visit our show notes or 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.
0:06.4	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.
0:24.0	Book tickets online for discounts, plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.
0:32.3	I'm just pulling on the cat with my fingertip and seeing her if it kind of bounces back like doinging it.
0:38.8	Today we're rummaging in the undergrowth.
0:42.7	We found a pale brown mushroom and it's got quite a long elegant stem with the cap sitting on top of it.
0:51.3	And its stem is a little bit wonky and you can see that the spores have fallen onto the stem.
0:57.1	So that's created a natural spore print.
1:00.3	Plant pathologist Jassy Draculch will be showing us
1:04.4	how fungi help wildlife in unexpected ways.
1:08.5	And we'll be hearing the story of an unsung hero who helped introduce many of our
1:13.8	favourite garden plants. In fact, you might say that Chow was likely the most prolific botanical
1:20.6	explorer of the early 20th century. Plus, we'll be getting up close and personal with a garden
1:26.6	visitor you'll know well.
1:28.4	The earthworm.
1:30.2	Recyclers, food for birds, superstars of our soil, RHS principal entomologist Andy Salisbury,
1:37.3	will be sharing some fascinating facts about these wiggly detritivores.
1:42.3	There is a giant earthworm
1:44.3	and that can be over a metre lot.
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