Gardening with the RHS
'Gardening with the RHS' offers seasonal advice, inspiration and practical solutions to gardening problems. Trusted gardening professionals give you the latest horticultural advice, scientific research and tried and tested techniques to bring out the best in your garden.
Topics covered include: growing your own vegetables, flowers, garden design, lawn care and gardening with children. Plus expert masterclasses in topics ranging from cottage garden plants, growing orchids, to pest control and eco-friendly gardening.
Plus we’ll have behind the scenes reports from the country’s most prestigious flower shows. There’s something in these podcasts to interest every gardener, whatever your level of expertise.
For more info see www.rhs.org.uk/podcast
A Pixiu production.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 487
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Lawns, wellbeing, multi-dimensional garden design
This week we've got seasonal lawncare tips galore, RHS entomologist Andy Salisbury shares his love of beetles, and award-winning designer Lee Burkhill explains how to use gardening to promote mental …
00:25:17 |
Thu 16 Apr 2020
Behind a Chelsea garden, lockdown veg and watering tips
Award-winning designer Sarah Eberle gives us a virtual tour of the garden she designed for this year's Chelsea Flower Show. Plus we're feeling the love for allotments and sharing advice on quick-grow…
00:26:49 |
Thu 09 Apr 2020
Lockdown gardening tips, houseplants and herbs
April is always a busy month in the plant world, and despite lockdown, this year is no exception. So this week's show is full of ideas of how to grow when you've nowhere to go.
Lee Burkhill, winner…
00:30:06 |
Thu 02 Apr 2020
Ode to the dahlia, growing peat free and front garden tips
Our human world might've changed completely in the past few weeks but the joyful beauty of plants and flowers shines brighter than ever. This week, Rob Evans of Pheasant Acre Plants shares his love f…
00:23:14 |
Thu 26 Mar 2020
Growing tomatoes and patio strawberries
This week's show is a bulging barrowful of edible gardening advice. RHS Horticulturists Guy Barter and Lenka Cooke discuss how to grow tomatoes, recommended tomato varieties and ways to beat blight. …
00:18:55 |
Thu 12 Mar 2020
Gardening for wildlife; top plants & top tips
How do you make your garden wildlife friendly? What are the star plants for helping out the birds and the bees? Horticultural Advisors Jenny Bowden and James Lawrence discuss top tips for bringing na…
00:27:22 |
Thu 27 Feb 2020
Gardening Q & A, houseplant favourites
What flowers can you grow for a September wedding? How do you tame a wisteria that's got a bit too involved with an apple tree? What's the best way to propagate snowdrops? Can you save climbers when …
00:28:01 |
Thu 13 Feb 2020
Houseplant takeover!
Wake up and smell the chlorophyll! In a special collaborative edition we're simulcasting with On The Ledge podcast, panelists Jane Perrone, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Pottage discuss all things hou…
00:48:42 |
Thu 30 Jan 2020
Gardening trends for 2020, houseplant rampage and gardening with sight loss
This week our resident gardening guru Guy Barter gazes into his crystal ball to make some predictions for the year ahead in horticulture, before heading to the Glasshouse at RHS Garden Wisley to come…
00:28:47 |
Thu 16 Jan 2020
Highlights of 2019
A look back over the past year to some of the best bits of our gardening podcasts. In March we met the staff and inmates at HMP Hull to find out how an award-winning prison garden has helped transfor…
00:22:58 |
Thu 02 Jan 2020
Life-changing gardening, homegrown Christmas decorations, houseplants and more
This week we head to Reading to discover how gardening can bring positive life changes to people living with disabilities or ill health, thanks to the work of the charity Thrive. Plus RHS staff share…
00:24:06 |
Fri 20 Dec 2019
RHS books podcast 2019
Free yourself from everyday mundanities and dive into other worlds from the comfort of your own home... yes it's our annual books special! This year our literary committee share a huge range of favou…
00:35:48 |
Thu 05 Dec 2019
Growing trees for the future and pet-proof planting
With flooding, climate change and wellbeing becoming ever more important topics, planting trees has become a call to arms to anyone interested in making the future a brighter place.
We talk to Carol…
00:23:36 |
Thu 21 Nov 2019
Hedges, houseplants and houseleeks – and can you grow your own wasabi peas?
What type of hedge is best for trapping pollution? Which hedging plants help mitigate flooding risks? Can you grow roses and clematis together to make a flowering hedge? We went to a recent 'Hedging …
00:23:45 |
Thu 07 Nov 2019
Growing healthy in Gateshead, seasonal veg gardening advice and help with honey fungus
This week the Wisley teams share their wisdom on growing great veg and dealing with the sweet-sounding but deadly bane of many gardens: honey fungus. Pathologist Matthew Cromey shares the results of …
00:28:02 |
Thu 24 Oct 2019
Growing apples & grapes, award-winning clematis, native trees from seed, hedgehog-friendly gardening
Horticulturists Joe Olds and Bernard Boardman are in the orchard at Wisley, discussing how to get the best from apples and grapevines. Alex Hankey talks plant trials and Sabatino Urzo shares the resu…
00:28:44 |
Thu 10 Oct 2019
Yellow vs green – battle of the cellar slugs, autumn star plants at Wisley and a taste of the unexpected at Hyde Hall
As autumn hits its stride we're at RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Essex to sample the exotic yet seasonal delights of the Global Growth Vegetable Garden with Matthew Oliver and Head Chef James Curtis. Meanw…
00:20:40 |
Thu 26 Sep 2019
Back to nature with the Duchess, seasonal gardening tips and dreamy daffodils
This week we return to Wisley for a very special event as HRH The Duchess of Cambridge opens the new Back to Nature Garden, which was inspired by show gardens co-designed by HRH alongside landscape a…
00:25:45 |
Thu 12 Sep 2019
Top tips for beautiful chrysanthemums and luscious lawns, an RHS magazine re-launches, joyful gardening memories
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 Chrysanthe…
00:18:58 |
Thu 29 Aug 2019
New RHS gardens in the making; gardening health and safety; joyful garden memories
This week we discover two fantastic new gardens - RHS Bridgewater near Manchester, which is gearing up to open its doors in 2020; and the Cool Garden which is already becoming a horticultural highlig…
00:22:44 |
Thu 15 Aug 2019
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