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
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 487
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Notes on Hardiness
This week, we’re investigating what exactly makes a plant hardy, how tropical plants survive British winters, and the ways in which what thrives here may be changing – especially in urban environment…
00:31:10 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
Something New!
This week’s show is all about growing something new. We’re spreading the word about exciting plant species, cultivars, and hybrids from those that love them most. Legendary plantsman Roy Lancaster ch…
00:32:56 |
Thu 15 Feb 2024
Alpine Delights, Wisteria Pruning, and the Great RHS Award Snub
For this week’s show, we take a behind the scenes look at the ways spring is fighting its way into the picture at RHS Garden Wisley. We go behind the scenes at the Alpine Display House, we get a mast…
00:31:29 |
Thu 08 Feb 2024
Growing on a Budget
In this week’s show, we’re zeroing in on how to stretch the money we spend on our gardens as far as possible. We hear from gardening influencer Anya Lautenbach - aka Anya the Garden Fairy – on her mo…
00:31:14 |
Thu 01 Feb 2024
Guerrilla Gardening, Seasonal Advice, and Maintaining a World-Famous Laburnum Arch
This week’s show is all about cultivating change – whether in your own garden, in your local neighbourhood, or in a magical National Trust property. We’re chatting guerrilla gardening with Ellen Mile…
00:29:00 |
Thu 25 Jan 2024
Second Chances
As gardeners, we all have plants we love to hate – think aucubas or heathers. And in winter, especially, it seems that these common but unpopular plants play a really important role in our gardens, a…
00:29:43 |
Thu 18 Jan 2024
Winter-Flowering Camellias, Cold Weather Inspiration, and Gardening Questions Answered
We’re past the solstice, so it’s time to both revel in the present and prepare for what's to come as the days get longer and warmer. So, in this week’s show, we’re doing exactly that, taking note of …
00:30:51 |
Thu 11 Jan 2024
A Sustainability Health Check for the Garden
To start off the new year right, we decided to begin with a practical and sustainable guide on what you can get up to outdoors this year – it’s what we’re calling a sustainability health check for th…
00:30:59 |
Thu 04 Jan 2024
2023 Highlights and Trends
For our final episode of 2023, we’re taking a look back at some of our favourite moments on the podcast and across the RHS from the year, exploring emerging trends, new beginnings, and time-honoured …
00:33:46 |
Thu 28 Dec 2023
A Gardener’s Recipe for Christmas
As we approach the most festive time of year, we’ve decided to share a recipe for a plant-filled Christmas. In this episode, we’ll be returning to Bristol with Naomi Slade to hear how she decks her h…
00:30:34 |
Thu 21 Dec 2023
For the Love of Birds
This week, we’re wrapping up warm and heading out into our gardens to take a moment to really appreciate our garden birds. Wildlife sound recordist Gary Moore gives us a masterclass on recognising th…
00:29:49 |
Thu 14 Dec 2023
What's That Weed?
Weeds have many faces. They feed birds, butterflies, bees, and the like. They spread like wildfire, but are resilient. They compete with crops, yet can add colour and beauty at times when our gardens…
00:29:50 |
Thu 07 Dec 2023
The Winter Garden
With the first cold snap hitting the UK this past week, it’s really starting to feel like winter. It’s a time of structural beauty, of evergreen supremacy, of frosty seedheads, and of low but magical…
00:31:17 |
Thu 30 Nov 2023
The Best Gardening Books of 2023!
It’s that time of year again… Our annual book special is here! Today, Helen Griffin, RHS Book Publishing Manager, chats with Fiona Davidson, Guy Barter, and Arthur Parkinson about their top gardening…
00:32:21 |
Thu 23 Nov 2023
Crazy About Houseplants: Top picks & tips and the stories behind our obsession
As the surrounding world starts looking a little bleaker, we’ve decided to explore how to best turn our homes into verdant oases. RHS Digital Editor Jenny Laville chats with Gareth Richards about the…
00:32:27 |
Thu 16 Nov 2023
Travelling Back in Time
This week, we’re journeying back through time, taking stock of a few significant moments in botanical history. We’re unravelling their mysteries, considering their reverberations, and imagining what …
00:32:50 |
Thu 09 Nov 2023
Winter Preparation & The Case for No-Dig
This week, we journey through RHS Garden Wisley, capturing some of its autumnal beauty while also looking ahead as winter edges ever closer. Garden Manager Sheila Das chats with us about her no-dig j…
00:30:24 |
Thu 02 Nov 2023
Hidden Roots: Extraordinary Tales from Black Women Gardeners
This month – October – is UK Black History Month – and the theme for 2023 is “Saluting our Sisters,” highlighting the influence Black women have had in shaping history and inspiring change. So for to…
00:38:57 |
Thu 26 Oct 2023
Entangled Wonder: An Autumnal Survey on Trees
This week, with all the glorious leaf colour on display, we’re exploring the entangled wonder of the arboreal world, getting a behind the scenes look at what trees are up to now and chatting about ho…
00:31:15 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Maximising Minimal Space
It’s no secret our living spaces are getting smaller. As more and more of us move to urban areas, we’re often having to put up with tight quarters – living in tiny flats with limited outdoor space. S…
00:32:21 |
Thu 12 Oct 2023
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