Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe 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 ru…
10 months, 3 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…
11 months 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 w…
11 months, 1 week 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 g…
11 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…
11 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 FitzSim…
11 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…
1 year ago
Storm-proof trees, winter gems at Ardgillan Castle and getting your Amaryllis to flower again
David Maxwell finds out about storm proof trees at the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Kilmacurragh where head gardener, Seamus O’Brien also has…
1 year ago
Growing soft fruit without a garden, getting going with sweet peas, tomatoes and chillies, Adam Frost’s shrub of the month
With spring just around the corner presenter David Maxwell, explores what we can all get growing in mid-February to get ahead of the game. Sweet Pea…
1 year ago
Why you should eat the rainbow, how to grow hellebores and easy hedging
This week why it’s good for you to eat as many different coloured fruit and veg as you can grow. A visit to Mount Venus nursery where Oliver Schurman…
1 year ago