Somethin' Else » Bob Flowerdew http://www.somethinelse.com A playful content design company nestled by the Old Street Roundabout in London Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:31:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 The GQT Summer Garden Party! http://www.somethinelse.com/2010/07/02/the-gqt-summer-garden-party/ http://www.somethinelse.com/2010/07/02/the-gqt-summer-garden-party/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:37:16 +0000 Amy Racs http://www.somethinelse.com/?p=5024 The best of the GQT Summer Garden Party, which this year took place at Sparsholt College, Hampshire. Highlights include Eric Robson as the reluctant flower-arranger, Bob’s Scrapheap Challenge and The Great Snail Swap.

All this and more gardening problem-solving from our indefatigable team of experts!

Friday 2nd July 15:00. Repeated Sunday 4th July 14:00.

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Bob Flowerdew visits a nursery with  a difference; while Matthew Biggs returns for an update from Emma Morris and family, as part of our Listeners’ Gardens series.

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]]> http://www.somethinelse.com/2010/05/07/ash-pidistra/feed/ 0 Gardeners’ Question Time has the answers! http://www.somethinelse.com/2010/04/28/gardeners-question-time-has-the-answers/ http://www.somethinelse.com/2010/04/28/gardeners-question-time-has-the-answers/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:37:12 +0000 Amy Racs http://www.somethinelse.com/?p=3722 This week : Horticulturist Matt James investigates the dangers posed to the British countryside and waterways by invasive plants and Anne Swithinbank reveals the tricks of tulip cultivation.

The Q&A session comes from Nottinghamshire, with Bunny Guinness, Pippa Greenwood and Bob Flowerdew.

Friday 30th April 2010, 3pm

Sunday 2nd May 2010, 2pm

]]> http://www.somethinelse.com/2010/04/28/gardeners-question-time-has-the-answers/feed/ 0 Gardeners’ Question Time: Postbag edition http://www.somethinelse.com/2010/03/26/gardeners-question-time-postbag-edition/ http://www.somethinelse.com/2010/03/26/gardeners-question-time-postbag-edition/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:58:43 +0000 rebeccaaitchison http://www.somethinelse.com/?p=2974 This week’s programme is devoted to answering the questions you have been sending in to the show’s potting shed, including a query about a rather unusual pumpkin…

Bob Flowerdew tells us how best to care for your garden hoe. And we ask which chemical controls are due to come off the market and why.

Friday 26th March, 3pm

Sunday 28th March, 2pm

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