June in the Garden

Show notes for June in the Garden As June arrives, Peter Brown and Chris Day look at the important tasks in the garden including vegetable planning and sowing, allotment hedging ideas, creative planter and basket tips as well as sowing for spring colour. There are two busy weeks of activities through the month, including a special week of gardening aimed specifically at children and featuring Peppa Pig and a themed week on growing for our mental and physical wellbeing. Our special guest is Catherine Watkins from Chiltern Music Therapy talking about their amazing ground-breaking work as they provide music therapy and community music to people of all ages across the UK. Peat in the news Garden rules: Sale of peat-based compost to be BANNED - how will it affect your garden? National Children’s Gardening Week 29th May-6th June 2021. We will be offering advice and garden projects to children throughout the week. A limited number of the Peppa Pig Activity Book will be available for a suggested £1 donation will benefit Save The Children charity. Growing for Wellbeing Week takes place between the 7th-13th June 2021. Set up by gardening therapy organisation, Life at No.27, the week is a celebration of the magic that growing your own produce can do for your wellbeing, both physically and mentally. Key plants and products mentioned Compost bins, Garotta Compost Activator, Sulphate of Potash, Vitax Q4, Blood Fish and Bone, Hanging baskets and liners, Copper Tape, and Garden hoe Biennials to sow now to flower next spring Canterbury Bells, Primroses, Pansies, Polyanthus, Sweet William, Violas and Wallflowers. Vegetables to plant now, vegetables to sow for cropping succession and vegetable plot hedge suggestions: Edible Hedging, Hazel - hedging suitable for coppicing and producing hazelsticks, Hazels for nut production - Cosford, Purple Filbert and Pearson’s Prolific Thrillers, fillers and spillers to keep your gardens looking fantastic: Thrillers: Centre plants including Bush Fuchsias, Pelargoniums, Cordylines, Dahlias and standard Fuchsias. Available in store. Fillers: Plants placed around the base of Thrillers including Begonias, Marigolds and Petunias. Available in store. Spillers: Trailing plants including Lobelia, Ivy leaf Pelargoniums, Creeping Jenny, Bacopa and Helichrysum. Available in store. Music by Chiltern Music Therapy