Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLate autumn highlights at Rowallane, heeling in and ‘Tree of the Month’.
This week, David visits the gardens at Glenarm Castle where Neil Porteous is making the best of late autumn sunshine to prepare for next year. From h…
3 years, 3 months ago
Gardening on the set of The Crown, a banquet for birds and it’s time to bury some tulip bulbs
November is the perfect time to plant tulip bulbs and that’s what Claire Woods is doing when David Maxwell visits her at Hillsborough Castle. Then it…
3 years, 4 months ago
Orchard county pumpkins, the lily wood and Tree of the Month
As the Halloween half term begins, David Maxwell visits a pumpkin patch in the Orchard county. Brian Hutchinson has been growing the gourds for a dec…
3 years, 4 months ago
The candyfloss tree, hope from Hiroshima and planting with Duneane Primary
With Autumn colour all around, Gardeners’ Corner with David Maxwell celebrates the wonder of trees. At CAFRE’s Greenmount campus, the first of the H…
3 years, 4 months ago
Autumn at Gash Gardens, the quirky Quince and when gardening is a lifeline
Some plants leave their best show until last and this week David heads to County Laois to find spectacular autumn colour at Gash Gardens. Mary Keena…
3 years, 4 months ago
Tree ferns, taming ramblers and why heritage fruit is good for your health
David heads to the annual symposium at Kells Bay gardens in County Kerry which attracts top horticulturalists from across the country. John Anderson …
3 years, 4 months ago
Golden grasses, hedges for hogs and rose hip syrup
In this week’s programme David visits the Killyleagh garden that was never meant to be. Janie Metcalf wanted land around a house for horses, her lat…
3 years, 5 months ago
Autumn flowering bulbs, harvesting seed and Charles Dowding
We often think about planting bulbs at this time of year for a colourful spring display but what about the bulbs that are flowering right now? In th…
3 years, 5 months ago
A life of flowers
Gardeners’ Corner looks at the life of Queen Elizabeth II through the lens of all things gardening. David Maxwell chats to those who met her at grea…
3 years, 6 months ago
Gardening up the walls, show time at Yew Cottage and the low maintenance border with just three plants.
How can you garden if you only have a yard? The answer is to garden on the vertical! This week, presenter David Maxwell chats to Ann Fitzsimmons abou…
3 years, 6 months ago