Great garden reads and botanical books

Great garden reads and botanical books

With the festive gift giving season just around the corner, this week we’ve turned our attention to the botanical wonders awaiting us on the bookshelf. We’ve invited journalist, author, and gardening enthusiast Ann Treneman and horticultural hero and authority on all things plants, Guy Barter to join our host - head of Libraries and Exhibitions at the RHS, Fiona Davison, to chat about some of their favourite garden reads from the past 12 months. Host: Fiona Davison Contributors: Ann Treneman, Guy Barter Visit the RHS Bookshelf Books mentioned: Horti Curious: A Gardener's Miscellany of Fascinating Facts & Remarkable Plants by Ann Treneman RHS Garden Almanac 2025 by Guy Barter and Zia Allaway The Accidental Garden: Gardens, Wilderness and the Space In Between by Richard Mabey Good Nature: The New Science of How Nature Improves Our Health by Kathy Willis Brutalist Plants by Olivia Broome Small Space Revolution by Tayshan Hayden Smith A Year Full of Pots by Sarah Raven A Garden A Day by Ruth Chivers How Plants Can Save Your Life: 50 Inspirational Ideas for Planting and Growing by Ross Cameron 100 Herbs to Grow by Jekka McVicar The Crevice Garden: How to Make the Perfect Home for Plants from Rocky Places by Kenton Seth and Paul Spriggs

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Hidden Worlds: From Fungal Networks to Literary Landscapes

Hidden Worlds: From Fungal Networks to Literary Landscapes

This week, RHS Senior Plant Pathologist Dr Jassy Drakulic shares her passion for the mysterious world of fungi, revealing the hidden lives of their fruiting bodies and the ingenious ways they spread t...

9 Okt 202534min

Living Libraries: Stories from The Plant Review

Living Libraries: Stories from The Plant Review

Gardens are more than places of beauty — they’re living archives, preserving stories of the past. In this episode, we leaf through the September issue of The Plant Review to uncover what history can t...

2 Okt 202539min

The Autumn Shift: Hibernaculums, Snowdrops, and Jane Austen

The Autumn Shift: Hibernaculums, Snowdrops, and Jane Austen

As astronomical autumn settles in, the rhythm of our gardens begins to change — plants, fungi, and wildlife all adapting to cooler days and longer nights. This week, horticulturist Tim Smith shows us ...

25 Sep 202530min

 From Soil to Plate: Raymond Blanc’s Kitchen Garden

From Soil to Plate: Raymond Blanc’s Kitchen Garden

This week we’re heading down to the world famous, double Michelin star Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in deepest Oxfordshire, to speak to chef Raymond Blanc about his ethos towards growing delicious produ...

18 Sep 202532min

Pioneering Women Gardeners, Daffodils and Climate Lessons

Pioneering Women Gardeners, Daffodils and Climate Lessons

This week we’re exploring the lives of the pioneering women gardeners of the 20th century who paved the way for women in horticulture today… through music. Composer Omri Kochavi will be sharing how he...

11 Sep 202535min

Autumn Abundance: How to Harvest All Year Round

Autumn Abundance: How to Harvest All Year Round

Autumn may be here, but your garden’s productivity doesn’t have to slow down! This week, join us as Liz Mooney from RHS Wisley’s World Food Garden reveals how she keeps her allotment bursting with fru...

4 Sep 202528min

Wading into wisteria, managing mildew and an existential conundrum

Wading into wisteria, managing mildew and an existential conundrum

Many of us have experienced the surge in powdery mildew, ushered in by the hot, dry summer we’ve had. To find out more about this unwanted fungal force and how to manage it, we’re speaking to RHS Seni...

28 Aug 202533min

Gardening Through Extremes: Survival, Heatwaves & Budget Hacks

Gardening Through Extremes: Survival, Heatwaves & Budget Hacks

This week we are diving into extremes. Tom Hart Dyke shares his amazing story of misadventure in the Panamanian jungle that led him to the brink of death… and to the founding of a ‘World Garden’ deep ...

21 Aug 202532min

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