To celebrate National Allotments Week, this week's show is a bountiful banquet of home-grown delights. RHS Hyde Hall's exotic veg gardener extraordinaire, Matthew Oliver, talks to gardening advisor Rebekah Mealey about aphids, how to time your seed sowing and advice for veg-growing newbies. Katherine Potsides, Head of RHS Shows Development, shares her love of thyme and favourite ways to use it. Star chef David Zilber, co-author of 'The Noma Guide to Fermentation' explains how to harness the power of microbes to preserve your homegrown harvests.

Useful links: National Allotment Society; RHS grow your own; Discover the Global Growth Vegetable Garden at Hyde Hall; David Zilber on Instagram