This week we’re at the astonishing cut flower garden at Kelmarsh Hall, Northhampton: Some excellent suggestions for bouquet fillers. Then, Matthew Wilson is forced to revise his attitude to Pelargoniums after a visit to specialist nursery. Friday 20th August, 15:00 Sunday 22nd August, 14:00
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A floral GQT summer
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Yew have to see it to believe it!
Go to RadioChris Beardshaw heads to Gregynog Hall, Powys, Wales to discover how to grow the perfect Yew hedge.
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Gardeners With Altitude!
Go to RadioWhen the GQT panel learnt they were joining Blackshaw Head Optimistic Gardeners (aka Gardeners With Altitude), little did they know they would be answering questions in altitude too! I’m not sure they’ve ever recorded from the gallery of a chapel before, but that’s Hebden Bridge for you.. On air: Friday 23 July, 15:00 & repeated [...]
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The party continues..
Go to RadioBack at the Gardeners’ Question Time Summer Garden Party to catch Peter Gibbs’ “Hot Pot “experiment – who knew that soil temperature could differ so greatly from one pot material to the other? Meanwhile in the GQT Potting Shed, Pippa Greenwood meets GQT listeners and their diseased plants at the Pest & Disease Clinic. Rosie Yeomans [...]
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To croc or not to croc?
Go to RadioRadio 4′s Gardeners’ Question Time is in Leven near Hull, answering the million dollar question: Is there any point to crocking your pots? 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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Soil-free gardening
Go to RadioHydroponics in the home – listen to the ‘How To’ in this week’s Gardeners’ Question Time at 15:00 Friday and 14:00 on Sunday. In addition, Bunny Guinness, Pippa Greenwood and Anne Swithinbank tackle a gardening question from further afield than usual – a British army base in Afghanistan.
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Ash-pidistra?
Go to RadioWhat effect will volcanic ash have on plant life? Find out in this week’s Gardeners’ Question Time. In addition, how to cheat using plug plants – Bob Flowerdew condones it… Finally, the Do’s and Don’t of bedding-plant design.
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Gardeners’ Question Time has the answers!
Go to RadioIt’s another busy week for the GQT team.
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Gardeners’ Question Time goes south
Go to RadioThis week, the GQT team are down in the deep south – well, Dorset actually. Matt Biggs, Chris Beardshaw and Anne Swithinbank are joined by chairman Peter Gibbs in Sturminster Newton. At the British Plant Fair, producer Howard Shannon suffers a wilting microphone – but the show goes on! BBC Radio 4, Sunday 4th April [...]
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Gardeners’ Question Time: Postbag edition
Go to RadioThis 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 [...]
