Gardeners' Corner

This Saturday David Maxwell is joined in the Gardeners' Corner phone-in studio by experts Brendan Little and Neil Porteous and you can phone 03030 805555, text 81771 or email gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk to have your gardening queries answered. Also in the programme Brendan and Neil will be talking about seasonal plants and what to look forward to in late autumn and they will have gardening tips for the week ahead. That's Gardeners' Corner this Saturday morning just after the nine o'clock news on BBC Radio Ulster.

This week David Maxwell visits Barbara Pilcher at her seaside home to talk about what to do with herbs during autumn and winter. Jim Bradley offers advice on choosing statement plants for the patio. David talks downsizing with internationally renowned garden designer and writer Mary Keen and gets top tips on what to do now in the garden from Gardeners' Question Time panellist Matthew Biggs.

This week David Maxwell and the Gardeners' Corner roadshow head to Ballymena, where members of the local Macmillan Cancer Support Group put their gardening questions to experts Ann Fitzsimons and Brendan Little. Among the gardening topics up for discussion are how and when to prune clematis and wisteria, advice for gardeners who want to create a garden on a new site and the thinking behind no-dig gardening.

In Gardeners' Corner this week with David Maxwell: a visit to Mount Stewart, where head gardener Neil Porteous is keeping the colour going with Autumn Asters. Cherry Townsend is harvesting and planting seed at Kilcoan Gardens in Islandmagee. David Love Cameron gathers in a big crop of onions at the walled garden in Helen's Bay and offers advice on how to store them as well as how to avoid the dreaded white rot. Also in the programme, Anne Fitzsimons joins David Maxwell in the studio for tips on naturalising bulbs.

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

Helen Mark takes the Gardeners' Corner Roadshow to Mount Stewart where Neil Porteous and Sarah Cook answer a variety of gardening questions.

This Saturday morning it's the Gardeners' Corner summer phone-in with Ann Fitzsimons and Neil Porteous, they will also be talking about seasonal planting and tips for the week.

This Saturday morning it's the Gardeners' Corner summer phone-in with Averil Milligan and Jim Bradley, they will also be talking about seasonal planting and tips for the week.

In Gardeners' Corner this week with Helen Mark, a visit to Ann Fitzsimons country pond reveals an abundance of water loving plants, we find out how to grow a scented camomile lawn, and Barbara Pilcher and David Love Cameron share their love of summer herbs and vegetables in the walled garden at Helen's Bay. Also in the programme, why we should be pruning shrubs and ground cover plants at this time of year and great advice on propagation from one of the head gardeners at Glyndbourne.

This Saturday morning it's the Gardeners' Corner summer phone-in with Helen Mark. Joining Helen to answer your calls are Barbara Pilcher and Brendan Little who will also be talking about seasonal planting and gardening tips for the week.

Join Helen Mark and the Gardeners' Corner phone-in team on Saturday morning after the 9.00 o'clock news. Ann Fitzsimons and Brendan Little are in the studio to take your calls and texts. The number to call is 03030 80 55 55 and to text its 81771 (Standard geographic charges from landlines and mobiles will apply). Lots of good gardening advice throughout the programme and a chance to hear Ann and Brendan telling Helen about the plants they have brought into the studio and how to grow them well.

This week in Gardeners’ Corner Helen Mark is joined in the phone in studio by Averil Milligan and Maurice Parkinson.

In this week's Gardeners' Corner, Helen Mark talks to botanical artist Diana Oxlade and her husband Eddie about their new book, Fifty Weeds, a visit to Botanic Gardens Palm House is a colour packed sensory experience and Conrad McCormick plants out his dahlias and canna lilies. Also in the programme Mark Patterson takes timely advice from Gareth Austin in his Derry allotment and Ann Fitzsimons joins Helen in the studio with armfuls of plants to talk about how to fill the June gap with colour for the herbaceous border. That's Gardeners' Corner on Saturday morning just after the 9 o'clock news on BBC Radio Ulster.

Join Helen Mark and Reg Maxwell for lots of good gardening advice and enjoy two very different garden visits in this week’s Gardeners’ Corner.

Gardeners’ Corner roadshow visits Cookstown as guests of 'Victim Support NI'.

Neil Porteous and Barbara Pilcher join Helen to answer your gardening queries.

In Gardeners' Corner this week David Maxwell visits the Chelsea Flower Show to find out more about the gardening passions and know-how of designers, growers and celebrities. Dame Judi Dench launches a beautiful apricot rose named after her, Radio 2's Jo Wiley talks about the Radio 2 sensory garden and local designer Ian Price shows David around his Mindtrap garden for which he was delighted to be awarded gold. Glorious gardening from Chelsea this week and also in the programme Helen Mark visits a suburban garden back in Belfast to hear how to pack the plants in for brilliant effect.

David Maxwell visits a beautiful garden in Omagh, best described as heaven for wildlife. He is guided by owners Sir Bob and Lady Salisbury around the woodland areas, formal gardens, and ponds, all of which have encouraged native wildlife from birds to rabbits, otters and hedgehogs, just to name a few. Also in the programme, Helen Mark discovers a secret woodland garden in the hills of Cairncastle and enjoys the company of Moira Concannon and Lesley Simpson, who garden together at Balloo, Killinchy, where their plant-packed garden is open under the National Trust's Ulster Gardens Scheme.

In Gardeners' Corner this week with David Maxwell, gardening writer and broadcaster Joe Swift reveals what he loves about his back garden in London. Also in the programme Cherry Townsend explains how to grow cut flowers successfully, Jim Bradley on the beauty of ground cover geraniums and Conrad McCormick talks us through preparing Canna Lilies for late summer.

This week Gardeners’ Corner goes to Antrim Castle Gardens for this year’s Garden Show Ireland.