Helping hedgehogs, DIY potting mix, and crispy cabbages
This week Grace Johnson from the Hedgehog Street Campaign joins us once again to tell us more about what we can all do to support the recovery of hedgehog populations, right where they need it most: i...
16 Apr 32min
Spring’s hidden heroes: comfrey, carrots, and hedgehogs
This week, we’re shining a light on some of the plants and creatures that play a vital role at this time of year: the ones that truly make spring what it is… starting with an often overlooked but inva...
9 Apr 31min
Climate resilient gardens, lettuces, and gladioli
This week we head to RHS Wisley's Hilltop where the science and advisory teams are working tirelessly to come up with solutions to some of the biggest pressures facing horticulture and gardeners today...
2 Apr 31min
Resilient gardens, blossoming trees & growing cucumbers
This week we’re embracing the arrival of spring in the garden. RHS horticultural advisor Jenny Bowden applies a right plant, right place approach in her sandy, drought-prone garden in southeast Englan...
26 Mars 29min
An ode to home grown
This week, we’re focusing on the edible garden, and the simple yet radical act of growing your own food in an age of convenience. Food writer Nancy Matsumoto explores how our globalised food system is...
19 Mars 33min
Spring into wellbeing: primroses, pollinators, and peas
With the first glimmers of spring starting to show through, this week we’re diving into the theme of wellbeing – both for us and our garden wildlife. RHS Science & Horticulture Editor Olivia Drake joi...
12 Mars 34min
Learning From The Wild
This week, we’re leafing through the pages of The Plant Review to explore a simple question: what can we learn from the wild? American plantsman Daniel J. Hinkley reflects on a lifetime of exploratio...
5 Mars 37min
Rethinking rose pruning, self-sufficiency, and ornamental grasses
This week we join gardener and biologist Benny Hawksbee in his rose beds to find out how one small adjustment to the traditional rose pruning method can create vital habitat for a key aphid predator. ...
26 Feb 32min
