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This special episode comes to you from the stunning RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2025. Join us as we dive into the cutting-edge sustainability solutions, and thought-provoking exhibits that reveal how gardening connects us to nature, to each other, and to ourselves. We explore the Healer’s Hollow, where ancient plant-based healing traditions are brought back to life, and visit Surrey County Council’s visionary garden, which imagines a greener, more sustainable urban future. Along the way, we hear from passionate exhibitors and garden designers about how we can support endangered garden wildlife – and they share their top tips for keeping your garden thriving, even in this summer’s scorching heat.
Useful links: Visit RHS Hampton Court | See the stunning gardens | Explore the awards | Meet the floral stars
In this episode, we dive head-first into the long grass, under the flowerpots, and behind the compost bin to celebrate National Insect Week. The Wildlife Trusts’ collaborator and garden designer Zoe Claymore shares her top tips on wildlife-friendly gardening. RHS Principal Entomologist Dr Hayley Jones busts some myths around one critter which has been dominating our gardens this year – aphids. And another RHS Entomologist – Josie Stuart – explains why earwigs are excellent insect predators to encourage into your plot.
Useful links: Wildlife gardening | Aphids | Help our research | Earwigs
As the UK bursts into bloom, we celebrate British Flowers Week with flower farmer Georgie Newbery, who shares how to create stunning, sustainable bouquets from your own garden. At RHS Wisley, Liz Mooney guides us through successional sowing for a summer full of salad crops, and at RHS Bridgewater, Carolyne Jones reveals how to turn your garden into a haven for nesting birds. From vibrant wildflowers to fledgling robins, it’s a glorious season of growth – and there’s still time to get involved.
Useful links: Grow your own cut flower garden |Successional sowing | Grow Your Own | Birds in your garden
In this episode, we journey into one of Britain’s rarest and most magical landscapes – the temperate rainforest. Designer Zoe Claymore joins us to reveal how she captured the enchanted atmosphere of these ancient woodlands at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and how you can recreate that wild, mossy magic at home. Then, we turn our attention to a true British garden staple: the hedge. Photographer Gareth Gardner shares what he discovered after receiving over 500 submissions from around the world for his new exhibition On The Hedge, now opening at RHS Wisley. Plus, Gareth Richards gives practical advice on planning ahead with tips on sowing biennials, and Guy Barter shares what he’s been up to in his own garden.
Useful links: The Wildlife Trusts’ British Rainforest Garden |The magic of moss | On The Hedge exhibition | Annuals and biennials
In this episode, we venture into the wild with James Armitage, editor of The Plant Review, and Gareth Richards to explore how pockets of wilderness can enrich even the most cultivated gardens with balance, biodiversity, and beauty. We begin with a tribute to botanist John Watson, whose South American plant-hunting uncovered rare treasures, as told by plantsman Robert Rolfe. Next, we visit Vancouver Island’s Garry oak meadows, where Amy Sanderson and Eric Hsu reveal camassias’ surprising drought resilience. Finally, botanist Richard Moore takes us to the Himalayas to meet the hardy, twisty-rooted Roscoea. Plus, learn how you can help protect community growing spaces by supporting the RHS-backed Space to Grow amendment.
Useful links: The Plant Review | Create a wild and beautiful garden | Camassias | Space to Grow amendment
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