Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDominic West, Nigel Slater and Fergus Garrett kick off show season and a birthday bloom for Gardeners’ Corner
At the Festival of Gardens and Nature in County Laois, David Maxwell chats to actor Dominic West, food writer and broadcaster Nigel Slater and world renowned head gardener at Great Dixter, Fergus Gar…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
The garden lost under a car park, taking on a mature garden and Adam Frost’s shrub of the month
With the arrival of an early summer, David heads to Bangor where a non-gardening couple took on a beautiful mature garden 9 years ago. Janet and her husband Carl had lived in South Africa, Germany an…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
What to do in the garden this Easter, grow your own soap and the sensory garden in an industrial estate?
In this Easter edition of Gardeners’ Corner, there is double the gardening inspiration and know-how as two expert guests join David Maxwell in studio. Rosie Maye will be singing the praises of home g…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
The surprising secret to naturalistic planting…get the kids to do it and building community with big containers
With the sunny spring continuing, Gardeners’ Corner visits a 19th century walled garden in Maghera. Once connected to the local rectory, it is now run by the council, and it features several distinct…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
How to create your own spring spectacular, lessons from life with a living wall and Adam Frost’s shrub of the month
David Maxwell heads to Hillsborough Castle and Gardens where nearly 20,000 spring bulbs are blooming. Head Gardener, Claire Woods shows off the large collection of daffodils bred in Northern Ireland …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
The family adopted by bees, how to care for Camellias and what to grow under a hedge
What do you do if you’re adopted by bees? That was the Watson family’s question when the insects started making honeycomb in their compost bin. Now with two hives, mum Julietta is always thinking how…
Published on 5 months ago
Colour combinations at Castle Ward, are heathers back in fashion? And plantsman Jimi Blake on his latest obsession with alpines
Autumn planting is rewarded with Spring colour and at Castle Ward the formal bulb display of hyacinths and primroses is at its height. David meets gardeners Searcha Kelly and Judy Walsh who, with th…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Gardeners’ Corner Spring Special from RHS Wisley
Gardeners’ Corner celebrates spring with a visit to the world-famous RHS Garden Wisley. Covering 240 acres, it’s one of five gardens run by the Royal Horticultural Society and it attracts around one …
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
How to grow Dahlias, the art of stone walls and Adam Frost’s shrub of the month
With the temperatures edging up, it’s time to get those Dahlia tubers planted up for the season ahead and that’s what David Maxwell found Ann FitzSimons doing when he dropped into her country garden …
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Could you have hidden treasure in your garden? Why alpines are the ultimate no-fuss plants and early spring with Jimi Blake
The hunt is on for long lost plant varieties – David Maxwell finds out why groups like the Irish Garden Plant Society and Plant Heritage want to find and save plants that can no longer be bought. In …
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago