Gardening with the RHS

Become a Bee Walker, forest bathing and a native garden plant

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Episode notes

To celebrate Bees Needs Week we're taking a walk with RHS wildlife experts Helen Bostock and Nick Tew, to help count Britain's bumblebees. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust are asking for volunteers to join Bee Walks across the country to help save these cute, furry and very important pollinators. Then we a visit to a forest bathing garden to discover how a trend that started in Japan in the 1980s is making waves here too. And finally, Ellie Mitchell from The Wildlife Garden podcast shares her love of a rare native plant that's very much at home in gardens.

Useful links:

• Bumblebee Conservation Trust BeeWalks
• Top tips to create a forest bathing garden
• Buy shrubby cinquefoil
• Visit RHS Flower Show Tatton Park