RHS Roots

In RHS Roots Episode 7, Jo Whiley visits 2019 Bake Off winner David Atherton - and his rescue pets - in his south London kitchen garden.David shares the joy and challenges of growing vegetables while living in Malawi, how he balances time spent gardening with his part-time job as a nurse, and the positive impact of gardening for our mental health and physical fitness. Jo and David also discuss why Gardeners' World presenters are never seen wearing a particular gardening item, before meeting RHS Horticultural Advisor Becky Mealey who comes bearing gifts from the RHS Wisley Shop, and answers to David's most pressing gardening issues! RHS Roots is our new twice monthly visual podcast on YouTube. It's also available on all podcast platforms. New episodes drop the first and third Friday of the month. For more content like this please like, share and subscribe to the YouTube channel.Watch Episode 1 with actor Richard E Grant: https://youtu.be/H2dtyVere5MWatch Episode 2 with RHS Ambassador Dame Mary Berry: https://youtu.be/d7RkSYLSc0Q Watch Episode 3 with actor Dame Judi Dench - https://youtu.be/kO1exoFgDmkWatch Episode 4 with RHS Vice President Alan Titchmarsh - https://youtu.be/VL3ExDNI7f0 Watch Episode 5 with gardener Monty Don - https://youtu.be/oDXlbhR41ho Watch Episode 6 with cook and author Nigel Slater - https://youtu.be/etucgvXbsVk

This Roots is a collaboration between the RHS and the BBC as they celebrate their partnership at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Ahead of RHS Chelsea and the wonderful coverage across BBC 1 and BBC 2 beginning on Sunday 17 May, the RHS and BBC have joined forces to bring you this Roots special with the one and only Monty Don in his incredible garden at Longmeadow.Jo Whiley and Monty Don chat about the secret garden at Longmeadow that never makes it to camera, his make-believe jewel garden and love for lettuce.Watch this episode on YouTube here - https://youtu.be/oDXlbhR41hoRHS Roots is our new twice monthly visual podcast, also available on all podcast platforms.New episodes drop the first and third Friday of the month.For more content like this please like, share and subscribe to the YouTube channel or leave us a review below.Watch Episode 1 with actor Richard E Grant: https://youtu.be/H2dtyVere5MWatch Episode 2 with RHS Ambassador Dame Mary Berry: https://youtu.be/d7RkSYLSc0QWatch Episode 3 with actor Dame Judi Dench - https://youtu.be/kO1exoFgDmk WatchEpisode 4 with Alan Titchmarsh CBE - https://youtu.be/VL3ExDNI7f0

RHS Roots Episode 3 is here! Host Jo Whiley spends some time with national treasure Dame Judi Dench in her garden, to chat about how all the plants and trees there bring her solace and remind her of loved ones no longer with us.Dame Judi also shares a couple of her favourite Shakespeare's sonnets featuring plants and nature, and is joined by an old friend, Tony Kirkham, who presents her with an RHS Recommended: Award of Garden Merit tree to add to her already impressive collection.RHS Roots is our new twice monthly visual podcast on YouTube, also available on all podcast platforms. New episodes drop the first and third Friday of the month.For more content like this please leave a review.Watch this Episode: https://youtu.be/kO1exoFgDmkWatch Episode 1 with actor Richard E Grant: https://youtu.be/H2dtyVere5MWatch Episode 2 with RHS Ambassador Dame Mary Berry: https://youtu.be/d7RkSYLSc0Q

Introducing Roots...A new twice monthly video podcast, offering a sneak peak into the gardens of, or those important to, some of the nation’s best loved actors, comedians, chefs and horticulturists. Roots will explore how gardens can tell our life stories; the highs and the lows, the plants people love and the plants they’re not so keen on. Hosted by the charity’s ambassador, radio DJ, and keen gardener Jo Whiley the half hour podcasts provide unfettered access to contributor’s gardens who explain how their tended spaces reflect their careers, passions and family life or a potted history of their gardening experience and skills in their favourite public space.The first in the ongoing series features Richard E Grant from his South West London home. A keen perfumer Richard introduces his evergreen garden inspired by a childhood in Eswatini and set around old set props from multiple blockbuster films and an unmissable sculpture of his childhood idol.Serving as a space for multiple generations of the family to relax and play the garden has hosted weddings and all-night A-list parties.Watch on YouTube - https://youtu.be/H2dtyVere5M