Against the odds

Against the odds

Hear the incredible story of EK Janaki Ammal, a pioneering scientist who overcame race, class and gender discrimination to become the first female botanist at RHS Garden Wisley. Dr Chris Thorogood of Oxford Botanic Garden shares insight into the weird world of mutualism – plants and animals cooperating in unexpected ways to make the most of tough conditions. Plus the RHS gardening advisors gather to answer questions on roses (can you grow them in shade and can you move them?), a passionflower that refuses to bloom and growing herbs in planters.

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Single-colour planting, GYO tips (for radishes, peas, cardoons), and a floating greenhouse

Single-colour planting, GYO tips (for radishes, peas, cardoons), and a floating greenhouse

In the stunning Colour Gardens at The Newt In Somerset, Joe Dransfield explains how a monochrome approach to flowers can deliver dazzling impact. Liz Mooney shares grow your own tips from the World Fo...

18 Apr 202437min

GYO tips from Rosemoor, plant hybrids, and shrubscapes

GYO tips from Rosemoor, plant hybrids, and shrubscapes

Desert roadcuts, abandoned pasture, heathland and marshy thickets inspire naturalistic planting ideas from Kevin Philip Williams and Michel Guidi, whose new book Shrouded in Light draws from wild shru...

11 Apr 202437min

Sustainable plant combos, GYO tips (for tomatoes, beetroot, squash), flowering shrubs

Sustainable plant combos, GYO tips (for tomatoes, beetroot, squash), flowering shrubs

Do you ever fall in love with a plant, buy it, but then not know what to pair it with? Principal Horticultural Advisor James Lawrence introduces his guide to creating planting combinations that don’t ...

4 Apr 202428min

The Piet Oudolf Landscape, Bumbles on Blooms, Plant Propagation

The Piet Oudolf Landscape, Bumbles on Blooms, Plant Propagation

Often referred to as “the greatest living landscape designer” and a leading figure of the New Perennial movement – Piet Oudolf joins curator Matthew Pottage to talk about his new landscape at RHS Gard...

28 Mar 202438min

Greener Containers, Plant Name Changes, and Chaenomeles

Greener Containers, Plant Name Changes, and Chaenomeles

Garden designer and writer Ann Treneman shares ideas from her new book RHS Greener Gardening: Containers, explaining how you can create sustainable ecosystems whatever size your space. Jenny Laville s...

21 Mar 202438min

Garden Carbon Footprints, Wasps in Springtime, and Pruning Shrubby Hydrangeas

Garden Carbon Footprints, Wasps in Springtime, and Pruning Shrubby Hydrangeas

This week Guy Barter and RHS Sustainability Fellow Chloe Sutcliffe react to a recent study published in the journal Nature Cities that claims that urban agriculture has a carbon footprint up to 6 time...

14 Mar 202430min

Blight-Resistant Tomatoes, Harmonious Borders, and the Women Who Shaped the RHS

Blight-Resistant Tomatoes, Harmonious Borders, and the Women Who Shaped the RHS

This week, we’re trying to honour March in all its glory. We’re delving into tasty and blight-resistant tomato varieties. We’re exploring how to build and renovate harmonious and colourful borders. An...

7 Mar 202429min

Apple Pruning, Allotment Preparation, and the Thinking Behind Plant Names

Apple Pruning, Allotment Preparation, and the Thinking Behind Plant Names

This week we’re exploring small but useful nuggets of information that have the potential to change the way we interact with our surroundings this growing season. We’re getting seasonal tips on GYO – ...

29 Feb 202428min

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