How green is your garden?

How green is your garden?

You might think of gardening as an intrinsically green activity, but our verdant hedges and lush lawns can cause some very dirty habits. In an eye-opening interview, low-carbon gardening expert Sally Nex gives the lowdown on how ditching petrol power tools is important for the health of both gardeners and our planet. Plus we head to COP26 host city Glasgow to discover a pioneering urban seed library that helps create resilience in local food systems. And in Cornwall we meet artist Dr Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg who's created an inter-species installation using an algorithm to create gardens designed from the perspective of pollinating insects, rather than humans. For links to more information on today's topics please check out our show notes or visit rhs.org.uk/podcast

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 RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2023

RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2023

It’s the 30th anniversary of the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival and it’s looking better than ever. There’s a magnificent Floral Marquee filled with displays from over 80 nurseries, a Festiva...

6 Jul 202334min

Fabulous Florals: Lilies, Verbena bonariensis, and Flowering Dogwoods

Fabulous Florals: Lilies, Verbena bonariensis, and Flowering Dogwoods

It’s peak summer – a time when many of our flowers are flourishing, adorning our gardens with bright colours and sweet, rich fragrances. We’ve gone from nurturing our gardens to flipping the switch – ...

29 Jun 202328min

Ungardening

Ungardening

Ungardening isn’t the antithesis of gardening – instead, it’s about taking a new perspective on what tending to the earth can look like. And that’s a fitting theme for today’s show, as it’s chock full...

22 Jun 202329min

Summer Scents

Summer Scents

As we get closer and closer to the official start of summer, the fragrances of our favourite flora are reaching a fever pitch. So for today’s show, we decided to focus on the many smells of our June g...

15 Jun 202331min

June Garden Reset: GYO Chillies, Protect Your Soil, and Wonderful Wasps

June Garden Reset: GYO Chillies, Protect Your Soil, and Wonderful Wasps

It’s June and our gardens are now in full swing. It’s a wonderful time of year – that perfect sweet spot where we can start to take in the fruits of our spring labour, while still looking ahead to the...

8 Jun 202329min

The Art of Our Gardens

The Art of Our Gardens

In this special episode, we’re branching off from the regular content of the show to zero in on what we can make when using flora as both our inspiration and our medium. It’s about art – where the gre...

1 Jun 202334min

It's Chelsea, Baby!

It's Chelsea, Baby!

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023 is finally upon us! And this week, we’ve brought you an episode recorded amongst the hustle and bustle of designer gardens, best in class floral displays, traders, tal...

24 Mai 202343min

Greening the Grey: Wisteria, Vertical Gardening, and the Sounds of London’s Trees

Greening the Grey: Wisteria, Vertical Gardening, and the Sounds of London’s Trees

For this week’s show, we’re delving into the natural world of cities – looking at how best to grow our favourite plants with limited space and to treasure the diverse flora and fauna of our cityscapes...

18 Mai 202331min

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