What should I do about ants in my garden?

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

It's a creature that has been crawling around the earth's surface since the time of the dinosaurs. There are estimated to be more than a million of them for every human on earth. But what do they actually do? Dr Andy Salisbury, Principal RHS Entomologist delves into the fascinating world of ants and their effect on our gardens. Meanwhile in Hackney, Clair Battaglino welcomes us to Rainbow Grow, an LGBTQ+ community gardening project that brings multiple generations together. Plus professional wildlife gardener and fellow podcaster Ellie Mitchell from The Wildlife Garden Podcast offers tips on how to welcome invertebrates great and small to your plot. Useful links Hilltop Live - scroll to find wildlife talks at RHS Garden Wisley Rainbow Grow The Wildlife Garden Podcast RHS wildlife gardening hub

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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, at an RHS garden near you.
0:25.6	Book tickets online for discounts plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.
0:33.6	The summer solstice has marked the first day of astronomical summer.
0:36.6	The sun has reached its highest point in the sky and for us here in the northern hemisphere,
0:41.3	we've just experienced our longest day.
0:43.3	There's more heat and harvesting to come, but before we skip ahead, let's celebrate a few landmarks from June.
0:49.3	We'll be talking to Dr Andy Salisbury, principal entomologist at the RHS to celebrate the recent National
0:55.2	Insect Week. He'll be informing us all about a small but mighty ecosystem engineer, the ant.
1:01.8	And we're collaborating with fellow podcaster Ellie Mitchell from the Wildlife Garden podcast.
1:06.3	He'll be sharing how to turn your plot into a haven for beneficial bugs and beetles.
1:15.6	And of course, June brings us prides, so we're also headed to an inner-city community garden to celebrate with Claire Batalino from Hackney's Rainbow Grow.
1:19.6	Welcome to Garding with the RHS, with me, Gareth Richards.
1:29.0	Dalston Junction, a major East London interchange filled with the noise of commuters,
1:33.7	construction and music pulling out of restaurants and bars. It's not exactly where
1:37.8	you'd expect to find a community garden. But tucked away from the throngs of people is Rainbow
1:42.5	Grow, an LGBTQI-plus-centred community gardening initiative.
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