Wildlife ponds, sweet peas, strawberries and going chemical-free

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re discussing wildlife ponds with author Kate Bradbury and growing sweet peas with top breeder Roger Parsons. In our weekly GYO feature, Dr Sylvia Travers of RHS Garden Bridgewater shares tips on strawberry cultivation. Plus garden writer and wildlife expert Jean Vernon gives advice on controlling pests without chemicals.

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:05.0	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.
0:23.6	Add an RHS garden near you.
0:25.6	Book tickets online for discounts plus under five score free and under 16 to five pounds.
0:30.6	Croak, croak, that's the unmistakable sound of the common frog right now there's something extraordinary happening in ponds across the country
0:46.8	frog spawn laid in february in march is beginning to hatch starting the intriguing process of developing from tadpoles into full-size
0:55.1	frogs. It's amazing to watch, and, excitingly, something we can encourage in our very own
1:01.8	garden. All we have to do is create a pond. To find out how we can do just that, we'll be
1:10.0	talking to wildlife expert Kate R Rabri in today's show.
1:15.4	Plus, we'll hear how to protect your garden without harming the wildlife that you've encouraged in, with garden writer Gene Vernon.
1:24.6	We'll be discussing how to care for your sweet peas and we'll be sharing more
1:28.9	food growing tips. So lots to come in this week's gardening with the RHS with me, Guy Bata.
1:40.5	Let's start with Ponds, so I'm joined now by Kate Bradbury.
1:44.8	So Kate, lovely to speak to you.
1:46.6	Lovely to speak to you too.
1:47.9	So firstly, why are ponds so important for wildlife?
1:52.0	I think a pond is probably the single best thing you can do for wildlife in your garden.
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