Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow to preserve your summer veg, an exotic oasis in Howth and perennial of the month
This week David Maxwell finds out how to preserve some of this year’s harvest with HE teacher come obsessive gardener Kerry Connolly. She’s an expert…
1 year, 8 months ago
Growing and using blackberries, a backyard botanics and broadcasting about gardening over the last 100 years
With autumn in the air, Gardeners’ Corner with David Maxwell is celebrating blackberries both wild and cultivated varieties. Mary Doris joins David i…
1 year, 9 months ago
Perfect plants for pots, the Quiet Garden and a remarkable life with trees
David Maxwell heads to a 250 year old Rectory garden which has been opened to the community in Ballymoney as a place of quiet reflection. With genero…
1 year, 9 months ago
Gardening with dogs, Ardán garden in Howth and spotty apple harvests
With a new pup at home, David finds out about gardening with dogs in mind. He speaks to designer and dog owner Brian Burke about a canine friendly ga…
1 year, 9 months ago
Rabbit Proof Plants, June Blake on using red in the garden and National Allotment Week
This week Gardeners’ Corner is seeing red at June Blake’s garden in County Wicklow. She’s filled a border with Monarda, Crocosmia and Alstroemeria i…
1 year, 10 months ago
How to have the perfect lawn, using farm troughs in the garden and Jimi Blake’s summer borders
You don’t have to call yourself a gardener to want to have a perfect lawn and this week, David Maxwell has been finding out how to achieve the perfec…
1 year, 10 months ago
Where are the bees this summer? Must have, no fuss, long flowering performers and making gardening child’s play
With many people reporting low bee numbers in gardens this summer, presenter David Maxwell chats to wildlife expert Katie Bell about possible reasons…
1 year, 10 months ago
Kylemore Abbey: Connemara’s answer to Kew Gardens and Growing 1000 edible plants
Kylemore Abbey in County Galway is an iconic image of Ireland. Built originally as a private home in the 19th century, it later became a Benedictine …
1 year, 11 months ago
20/07/2024
The weekly gardening programme for keen gardeners with the latest advice, news and visits to gardens large and small around the province. Presented b…
1 year, 11 months ago
Creating cover, keeping the courgettes coming, and compost with Charles Dowding
David Maxwell heads to a cottage garden on the Ards Peninsula created by a couple over the last 10 years. With their dream now a reality, they recent…
1 year, 11 months ago