'Gardening with the RHS' offers seasonal advice, inspiration and practical solutions to gardening problems. Trusted gardening professionals give you the latest horticultural advice, scientific research and tried and tested techniques to bring out the best in your garden.
Topics covered include: growing your own vegetables, flowers, garden design, lawn care and gardening with children. Plus expert masterclasses in topics ranging from cottage garden plants, growing orchids, to pest control and eco-friendly gardening.
Plus weβll have behind the scenes reports from the countryβs most prestigious flower shows. Thereβs something in these podcasts to interest every gardener, whatever your level of expertise.
For more info see www.rhs.org.uk/podcast
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519: Winter care, sowing broad beans, and lovely leafmould
Thursday, November 5, 2026 β’ Duration 35:15
Itβs turned. The big coats are on, stew is on the menu, and weβre seriously thinking about putting the heating on. And just as weβre feeling the chill, so are our plants, some of which need a helping hand to get through the big freeze ahead. RHS advisor Nick Turrell joins us with advice on getting our leafy friends winter ready. But thereβs still plenty you can grow, even when the temperature plummets. RHS Garden Wisleyβs Liz Mooney shows us how to sow broad beans, whatever the weather. And finally, what could be more autumnal than gathering fallen leaves to make that precious brown gold, leafmould? Itβs the perfect excuse to get outside, get moving and warm up, while doing your garden a world of good. RHS Hyde Hallβs Andy Tebbutt tells us how to make it and why itβs worth the effort. Weβll round off the episode with your questions, answered by Gareth and Melissa Mabbitt.
Host: Gareth Richards
Producer: Dan Cocker
Contributors: Nick Turrell, Liz Mooney, Andy Tebbutt
Links:
Winter protectionΒ
Broad beans
Leafmould
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Itβs spooky season, and what better time to investigate three garden topics that are indelibly linked to Halloween. Pumpkins are everywhere, carved into grizzly expressions and displayed outside homes and workplaces. If youβd rather eat your home-grown pumpkin than scare people with it, RHS grow-your-own guru Liz Mooney offers a perfect pumpkin masterclass. We love all wildlife in our gardens but as itβs a spooky special, letβs talk bats and how to encourage them into our plots. Bat expert John Pearse reveals all. Itβs Liz Mooneyβs second growing guide of the episode, this time itβs a seasonal vampiric bulb, garlic of course. And weβll round off the episode with listener questions answered with Gareth and Jenny Laville.
Host:Β Gareth RichardsΒ https://www.instagram.com/thegrrdener/
Producer:Β Dan Cocker
Contributors:Β Liz Mooney, John Pearse, Jenny Laville
Links:
How to grow pumpkinsΒ
Gardening for bats
BatΒ ConservationΒ Trust
How to grow garlicΒ
Send your questions toΒ podcast@rhs.org.uk
517: How to feed birds, a turf masterclass, and another essential job for autumn
Thursday, October 22, 2026 β’ Duration 33:45
As the weather cools and birds flock back to gardens, many of us enjoy putting more food out for them. But have we been feeding birds all wrong? How can we help our feathered friends without inadvertently endangering them? RHS Senior Wildlife Specialist Helen Bostock tells us how to feed birds properly this winter. After an incredibly tough summer for turf, many domestic lawns are still feeling the effects of months without rain. It might be time for a reboot, so RHS turf and lawn care specialist Jim Millward talks us through how to turf properly and tells us about his teamβs progress on returfing alongside Wisleyβs famous Jellicoe Canal. Itβs off to RHS Garden Hyde Hall to talk with Sarah Wilson Frost about mulch; what is it, why is it important, and what does it do? And weβll round-off the episode with listener questions answered with Gareth and Melissa.
Host:Β Gareth Richards
Producer:Β Dan Cocker
Contributors:Β Helen Bostock, Jim Millward, Sarah Wilson-Frost, Melissa Mabbitt
Links:
Bird statistics
Bird feedingΒ
Returfing and laying turfΒ
Guide to mulch
Chop and dropΒ
516: Incredible ivy, vegetable folklore and autumn planting essentials
Thursday, October 15, 2026 β’ Duration 31:20
MeetΒ oneΒ of ourΒ most loved and hated native plants. You might think of ivy as a destroyer of buildings or a nuisance weed, but itβs actually just been crowned the most popular flower with pollinating insects in an 8 year study by the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme. Itβs also the RHSΒ Wildlife Wonder plant for October, so ourΒ Science and Horticulture editor Olivia Drake is here to explain what makes it so valuable, and worth including in your garden. Staying with plant wonders, did you know if you dream of cucumbers, it means you might speedily fall in love? RHS Head of Libraries and Exhibitions Fiona Davison offers fascinating tales of vegetable folklore for an upcoming online seminar. Hyde Hallβs Andy Tebbutt tells us why autumn is the best time of year for planting, but whatβs happening to that plant when you put it in the ground? And Gareth Richards and Melissa Mabbitt answer your gardening questions.
Host: Gareth Richards
Producer: Dan Cocker
Contributors: Olivia Drake, Fiona Davison, Andy Tebbutt, Melissa Mabbitt
Send your questions to podcast@rhs.org.uk
Links:
Ivy
Butterfly Conservation pollinator survey
Vegetables, dreams and folklore
RHS Libraries
Why autumn is the best time for planting
515: The Plant Review: Waxcap Wonderlands, ancient apples, and your questions answered
Thursday, October 8, 2026 β’ Duration 26:51
A new season, and a new edition of The Plant Review, the quarterly magazine published by The RHS that delves a little deeper than the regular RHS Garden mag. If you prefer your plant stories and horticultural happenings that bit more detailed, The Plant Review is the publication for you. In this special programme, RHS plant pathologist Jassy Drakulic talks fungi in lawns, Plant Review editor James Armitage tells the story of Blanche Adaβs Thornycroft apples, and Gareth Richards and Melissa Mabbitt answer your gardening questions.
Host: Gareth Richards, James Armitage
Producer: Dan Cocker
Contributors: Jassy Drakulic, Melissa Mabbitt
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Links:
The Plant Review
Waxcap Watch
Thornycroft apples
Plants mentioned by James:
Haplocarpha scaposa
Lepechinia hastata
Eryngium pandanifolium
Vernonia crinita
Cyperus involucratus
Carex secta
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514: Plants for pollinators, dividing perennials, and no more cauliflowers?
Thursday, October 1, 2026 β’ Duration 34:06
So many jobs to do at this time of year, but not enough time! As we rush to garden centres and nurseries, you can make it easier on yourself by narrowing down your new plant choices to those which are ultra wildlife friendly. Pollinators will always appreciate a helping hand, and a good place to start is with a new RHS guide, Plants for Pollinators. One of the authors, RHS entomologist Josie Stuart, is on the podcast to talk about what to plant now to boost wildlife diversity. If edibles are more your thing, Guy Barter offers sobering news on the future of Britainβs favourite brassicas β is it the end of the line for cauliflowers? And we continue our guide to essential jobs to do in autumn, this time itβs why and how to divide perennials.
Host: Gareth Richards
Producer: Dan Cocker
Contributors: Josie Stuart, Guy Barter, Nick Petters, Melissa Mabbitt
Links:Β
Plants for Pollinators
Autumn ox eye daisy - Leucanthemella serotina
No more cauliflowers Guardian article
Dividing perennials
Rootstocks for fruit
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513: Autumn gets real, root cuttings, and what do spiders ever do for us?
Thursday, September 24, 2026 β’ Duration 30:01
Head to the bottom of the garden this month and you might end up with a face full of spidersβ webs. Before you run screaming into the house, RHS spider expert Ben Brough offers an insight into why an arachnophobeβs worst nightmare is a fantastic garden ally. Want more plants for next spring without the cost of buying? RHS Garden Wisleyβs Sam Gallivan teaches us how to take root cuttings and instantly multiply your plants for free. Last week we ended our series looking at bulbs to plant now for spring interest, and today we begin a new series of serious jobs for serious gardeners throughout a busy autumn, beginning with autumn veg planting with Liz Mooney.
Host: Gareth Richards
Producer: Dan Cocker
Contributors: Ben Brough, Sam Gallivan, Liz Mooney, Melissa Mabbitt
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Links:
Wildlife gardening advice
Plants for bugs
Taking root cuttings
Grow your own fruit and veg: September
Liz Mooneyβs allotment life
Send your questions to podcast@rhs.org.uk
512: Turf wars, houseplant MOT, and a final bulb of the week
Thursday, September 17, 2026 β’ Duration 33:16
Many listenersβ turf will have taken a bashing over summer, and now is the time to glow-up the green. RHS Garden Wisleyβs Jim Millward shares his tips on how to get your grass ready for autumn. The holiday is officially over for our houseplants, time to bring them back inside after enjoying a hot summer. RHS indoor plant specialist Freddy Fuller offers doβs and donβts for seasonal houseplant success. And to round-off a month of spring bulb suggestions, RHS Wisleyβs Jess Jansdotter offers her choice in the final 'Bulb of the Week' of September. Plus, we answer some of your gardening questions.
Host: Gareth Richards
Producers: Dan Cocker
Contributors: Jim Millward, Freddy Fuller, Jess Jansdotter, Melissa Mabbitt
Links:
Lawncare advice
Autumn houseplant advice:
Snowdrops
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511: Saving drought-hit plants, the wildlife wonder of apples, more bulb inspiration
Thursday, September 10, 2026 β’ Duration 33:02
Is it dead? Or is it just sulking? Thatβs what many listeners will be wondering after returning from their summer holidays to find many plants exhausted by hot and dry weather. Horticultural advisor Nick Turrell provides a dose of reality β and some much-needed hope β when it comes to saving, or binning, the hardest-hit perennials. Presenter Gareth Richards speaks to RHS science editor Olivia Drake about this monthβs Wildlife Wonder plant - apples! Thereβs more to this popular fruit than meets the eye. September is the month for bulbs, and RHS Wisleyβs James McDonnell offers his pick for the next instalment of our Bulb of the Week series - Ipheion. Plus, we answer some of your gardening questions.
Host: Gareth Richards
Producer: Dan Cocker
Contributors: Nick Turrell, Olivia Drake, James McDonnell, Melissa Mabbitt
Links:
RHS Climate Change SurveyΒ
RHS Ipheion trialsΒ
Wildlife Wonder plant: Apple
Send your questions to podcasts@rhs.org.uk
510: Magnificent mini-beasts, figs, and another bulb of the week
Thursday, September 3, 2026 β’ Duration 30:49
Thereβs a myriad of weird and wonderful beasties out there who feast on flowers, but all is not rosy inside the garden gate. Pollinators are in trouble, and Josie Stuart, RHS Senior Entomologist at RHS Garden Wisley shares some unexpected ways home gardeners can help pollinators thrive, no matter the size of your plot. Horticultural specialist Jim Arbury offers expert advice on a hot topic many RHS website visitors want to know more about: figs. Which variety should you choose? How do you get started? And how do you grow them successfully? As September brings cooler temperatures and an increasingly autumnal feel, RHS Wisleyβs Claudia Connal offers her pick for the next instalment of our Bulb of the Week series - the mysterious and beautiful Turkβs cap or martagon lily. Plus, we answer your gardening questions on dealing with tomato gluts, growing echinaceas, and pruning hydrangeas and evergreens.
Host: Gareth Richards
Producer: Dan Cocker
Contributors: Josie Stuart, Jim Arbury, Claudia Connal
Plants mentioned: Turkβs cap lily (Lilium martagon); lilies 'Claude Shrideβ, βGolden Morningβ, βPink Morningβ and βAlbi Morningβ. Hoop petticoat daffodil (Narcissus bulbocodium), Crocus βVanguardβ. Figs βBrown Turkeyβ, βLittle Miss Figgyβ and βBrunswick'
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