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Gardeners' Corner

BBC Radio Ulster

The weekly gardening programme for keen gardeners, with the latest advice, news and visits to gardens large and small around the province. Presented by David Maxwell.

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713 episodes

  1. The John F Kennedy Arboretum in autumn, the genius of trees and Adam Frost's bulb for November 56:14
  2. Autumn colour for small gardens, a visit to the Greenmount Garden and homegrown greenhouses 56:13
  3. Perfect pumpkins, grow your own nuts for halloween and tales and traditions of Samhain plants 56:32
  4. Why a dead hedge is a good thing, crazy shaped carrots and what to do with hard pears 56:24
  5. How to use colour with TJ Maher, the story of Portnoo Market Garden and making leafmould 56:18
  6. Colour therapy in Donegal, healing herbs you already have and Adam Frost's bulb of the month 56:26
  7. Autumn inspiration from the Gardeners’ Corner archive 55:34
  8. Home tips from a historic house, Meath’s Poppy Garden and growing plants indoors 56:30
  9. Colourful displays in Ballymena, sensory gardens and saving a Sarcococca 56:36
  10. How to feed your soil, special trees and Adam Frost's bulb of the month 56:19
  11. Gardeners' Corner summer special with Dan Pearson and Jekka McVicar 56:06
  12. Growing lavender, success with agapanthus and healing through gardening 56:28
  13. Plants that perform in drought, Adam Frost's bulb of the month, and gardening for hedgehogs 56:32
  14. Home-grown cooking with Mollie Cunningham, summer perennials and permaculture in the park 56:31
  15. Summer inspiration from the Gardeners’ Corner archive 56:29
  16. Creating new borders with Jimi Blake, growing redcurrants for skincare and Jason Ingram on photographing gardens 56:27
  17. Success with delphiniums, easy early summer cuttings, and peculiar plums 56:25
  18. How to grow olives and basil, cameraman vs bee and the garden legacy of a retiring Tyrone teacher 56:22
  19. Gardeners' Corner at BBC Gardeners' World Live, Birmingham 56:27
  20. Four decades at Tattykeel, cost-cutting propagation and soil health for community gardens. 56:26
  21. All about alliums, clematis cuttings, summer care for succulents and the best plants for moths 56:30
  22. Gardeners' Corner at Bord Bia Bloom 2026 56:12
  23. Gardeners' Corner at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 56:20
  24. Dan Pearson on the value of gardening slowly, lavender alternatives and getting peonies to flower 56:21
  25. Sarah Raven and Shane Connolly on cut flowers, gardening with a disability and Adam Frost's bulb of the month 56:09
  26. Garden birdsong with the Nature Boy, giving berberis a go and cutting back camellias 56:02
  27. Celebrating tulip time, making pampass plume and preventing peony problems 56:41
  28. Gardening by the sea, Adam Frost's bulb of the month and celebrating 20 years of a garden trail 56:30
  29. Sensory gardens, spring tidy-ups, and opening the gates to the public 56:59
  30. The Road to Chelsea 54:37
  31. Getting rid of horsetail, alpine addiction and the artful gardener 56:31
  32. The best daffodils for pots, borders and lawns and easy crops for a mid-March harvest 56:24
  33. Castlewellan's walled garden reborn, Spring wildlife watch and Adam Frost's bulb of the month 56:16
  34. Chelsea comes to Strabane and the best plants for early spring colour 56:25
  35. Kew Garden's Orchid Festival, caring for moth orchids and kick-starting the season with early seed sowing 56:35
  36. Joy's Oasis, Valentine's Bouquets and a Catch-Up with Frank McCooke 56:35
  37. Moving Mount Venus, Adam Frost's bulb of the month, and Culmore's new allotments get going 56:21
  38. Celebrating snowdrops, princess-style pruning with John Massey and remembering Daisy Hill Nursery 56:27
  39. A year on from Éowyn, Winterwatch at Mount Stewart and must-have scented shrubs 56:01
  40. Must-have ground cover plants, outdoor exotics in Slane and Adam Frost’s bulb of the month 56:00
  41. Hamnet herbs, a plant playground in Ratoath and a tribute to Seamus O’Brien 56:16
  42. Season by Season with Gardeners’ Corner 56:15
  43. Kilmacurragh and the Plant Hunters 41:13
  44. Gardeners’ Corner Christmas Special 2025 55:50
  45. Merry Mistletoe, must have Mahonia and a winter walk at Montalto 56:18
  46. How to look after your Christmas tree, Adam Frost's shrub for December, and picking plants for the office 56:01
  47. Must-have heathers, Brendan’s back yard and coming up trumps with stumps 56:34
  48. Mary Keen, children who are keen and everything in between 56:23
  49. Sunken gardens, city sanctuaries and sodden shoes 56:24
  50. Must have maples, tulip time and making gardeners’ gold 57:07