Harriet Rycroft's guest appearances

Harriet Rycroft

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Niki Jabbour

Jessica Walliser

Sarah Wilson

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Mary Reynolds

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Mark Laurence

Beth Chatto

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This week, I’m honoured to be joined by the Queen of Containers, Harriet Rycroft. Harriet worked for many years at Whichford Pottery in Warwickshire, where she became renowned for producing season after season of the most spectacular planting and colour combinations. Oh, and Harriet had the door open to her garden, so enjoy the birdsong!  We talk about:  The ideal container Layer planting Planting media Feeding your pots Well and badly behaved container plants Pests in/on pots Tricks for discouraging mice and squirrels Planting combinations for the wow factor   About Harriet Rycroft Harriet Rycroft switched careers to horticulture while her children were small and spent 14 years working for Whichford Pottery. As Head Gardener she was responsible for planning, planting and maintaining large displays of planted flowerpots of every conceivable shape and size and was careful always to provide plenty of planting inspiration for visitors all year round. With up to 500 plantings on display at any time the garden attracted many visitors and much praise from some of the UK’s leading horticulturists. While at Whichford Harriet also planned and planted container displays for events and shows, including Chelsea Flower Show, and gave lectures and demonstrations both in the UK and abroad. She now divides her time between writing about gardening and container planting, giving talks and demonstrations, and teaching container gardening online at LearningWith Experts.com. She still gardens at the Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens and at home, where she usually has at least 200 planted containers on display. She’s a keen photographer, using her camera to record her own workbut also as a way to celebrate gardens and the natural world generally and to share  inspiration for the creative use of plants. When she has a bit of spare time she writes a blog called “A Parrot’s Nest’ at https://harrietrycroft.com/ and can also be found chatting about plants and gardening and sharing photos on Twitter and Instagram @HarrietRycroft Harriet gives talks and planting demonstrations to garden clubs and groups, so if you would like a talk about container gardening for your society please contact her at harrietrycroft@btinternet.com for more details. She recently wrote (and took most of the photographs for) a book about the amazing gardens at the Cotswold Wildlife Park with their Head Gardener, Tim Miles. A Celebration of The Gardens is available from the Park’s website.   Links:  Cotswold Wildlife Park Website https://www.cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk  Buy a copy of The Cotswold Wildlife Park - A Celebration of the Gardens  https://shop.myonlinebooking.co.uk/cotswoldwildlifepark/shop/product-list.aspx?catid=8    Get in touch; Email podcast@rootsandall.co.uk  Website www.rootsandall.co.uk  Twitter @rootsandall Instagram rootsandallpod   Patreon Link; Help us keep the podcast free &amp; independent! Donate as much or as little as you like at https://www.patreon.com/rootsandall 

This week, I’m honoured to be joined by the Queen of Containers, Harriet Rycroft. Harriet worked for many years at Whichford Pottery in Warwickshire, where she became renowned for producing season after season of the most spectacular planting and colour combinations. Oh, and Harriet had the door open to her garden, so enjoy the birdsong! We talk about: <ul> <li>The ideal container</li> <li>Layer planting</li> <li>Planting media</li> <li>Feeding your pots</li> <li>Well and badly behaved container plants</li> <li>Pests in/on pots</li> <li>Tricks for discouraging mice and squirrels</li> <li>Planting combinations for the wow factor</li> </ul> About Harriet Rycroft Harriet Rycroft switched careers to horticulture while her children were small and spent 14 years working for Whichford Pottery. As Head Gardener she was responsible for planning, planting and maintaining large displays of planted flowerpots of every conceivable shape and size and was careful always to provide plenty of planting inspiration for visitors all year round. With up to 500 plantings on display at any time the garden attracted many visitors and much praise from some of the UK’s leading horticulturists. While at Whichford Harriet also planned and planted container displays for events and shows, including Chelsea Flower Show, and gave lectures and demonstrations both in the UK and abroad. She now divides her time between writing about gardening and container planting, giving talks and demonstrations, and teaching container gardening online at LearningWith <a href="http://Experts.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Experts.com</a>. She still gardens at the Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens and at home, where she usually has at least 200 planted containers on display. She’s a keen photographer, using her camera to record her own workbut also as a way to celebrate gardens and the natural world generally and to share  inspiration for the creative use of plants. When she has a bit of spare time she writes a blog called “A Parrot’s Nest’ at <a href="https://harrietrycroft.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://harrietrycroft.com/</a> and can also be found chatting about plants and gardening and sharing photos on Twitter and Instagram @HarrietRycroft Harriet gives talks and planting demonstrations to garden clubs and groups, so if you would like a talk about container gardening for your society please contact her at harrietrycroft@btinternet.com for more details. She recently wrote (and took most of the photographs for) a book about the amazing gardens at the Cotswold Wildlife Park with their Head Gardener, Tim Miles. A Celebration of The Gardens is available from the Park’s website. Links:  Cotswold Wildlife Park Website <a href="https://www.cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk</a> Buy a copy of The Cotswold Wildlife Park - A Celebration of the Gardens <a href="https://shop.myonlinebooking.co.uk/cotswoldwildlifepark/shop/product-list.aspx?catid=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://shop.myonlinebooking.co.uk/cotswoldwildlifepark/shop/product-list.aspx?catid=8</a> Get in touch; Email <a href="mailto:podcast@rootsandall.co.uk">podcast@rootsandall.co.uk</a> Website <a href="http://www.rootsandall.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.rootsandall.co.uk</a> Twitter @rootsandall Instagram rootsandallpod Patreon Link; Help us keep the podcast free &amp; independent! Donate as much or as little as you like at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rootsandall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/rootsandall</a>

EP 20 - Container Planting with Harriet Rycroft