Sinopsis
David Maxwell and the experts visit gardens, talk to gardeners and offer topical advice
Episodios
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Hedges, SERC wellbeing garden and Glenarm’s new woodland walk
20/11/2021 Duración: 56minWhat makes a good hedge and is there still time for a trim before winter? That’s just two of the questions David Maxwell and his experts guests will tackle in this week’s gardening programme. David also visits the South Eastern Regional College’s Holywood campus where they have launched their new wellbeing garden. Born in the lockdown, Claire Dunwoody tells David it’s future is community focused. Also on the programme, a new woodland walk is under construction at Glenarm Castle estate. David gets a sneak preview on what visitors will find come next spring. And Averil Milligan and Maurice Parkinson will join David live to answer questions from listeners. Contact the programme on gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
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Growing bananas in Belfast? Planting spring bulbs in pots and how to take root cuttings
13/11/2021 Duración: 56minWith the mild weather set to end in the next few weeks, David turns up the temperature by visiting the new ‘Banana block’ in east Belfast where 4 varieties of bananas are being grown in stylised raised beds which are also an art installation. Claire Hall explains that growing bananas is nothing new in east Belfast, in fact it was first done over a century ago. Also on the programme, Reg Maxwell is planting spring bulbs in pots and on a visit to Kilcoan gardens in Islandmagee, David finds Cherry Townsend taking root cuttings. Claire Woods and Ciaran Mulholland will join David live to take questions including what to do with an exotic tree fern as autumn gives way to winter. gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
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Gardening for climate change, making a wormery and the wonder of trees
06/11/2021 Duración: 56minAs national governments try to reduce man’s impact on the planet at COP26, Gardeners’ Corner takes a look at what we can do in our own gardens. David Maxwell speaks to a compost manufacturer in Bellaghy about peat and the alternatives. He explores a woodland with Ian McCurley from the Woodland Trust and finds out the true value of planting thousands more trees. And David gets a crash course in turning household waste into plant food when he lifts the lid on Reg Maxwell’s wormery. All that and the experts will be answering listeners’ questions live. gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
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Meet the Asters, Castlewellan’s autumn gold and a trip to Kiltumper
01/11/2021 Duración: 56minAs autumn takes hold, David visits the National Arboretum, Annesley Garden at Castlewellan Forest Park where he takes in the seasonal hues with Alwyn Sinnamon and learns about an unusual 19th-century recipe for compost that included rabbit intestines and rats! A walkabout with Maurice Parkinson in his Ballyrobert cottage gardens reveals a collection of asters perfect for late season colour. Ann Fitzsimons joins David on a visit to a listener’s garden who has over 100 named varieties of hydrangea and the authors of ‘In Kiltumper: A year in an Irish garden’ chat about their intimate relationship with life outside their County Clare window over the last three and half decades.
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How to grow perfect pumpkins, bulb planting at Florence Court and ever heard of banana mint?
01/11/2021 Duración: 56minIn this Halloween programme, David Maxwell leaves the garden for the farm in the hunt for the perfect pumpkin. He chats to Adrian McGowan in Killinchy, who’s grown 9 acres of them about the varieties that grow best in more northern climes. David also heads to the National Trust’s Florence Court in county Fermanagh where head gardener David Corscadden is planting Camassia bulb with volunteers from near and far. Also on the programme, Cherry Townsend joins David to answer listeners’ questions; autumn in Ballyrobert cottage garden with Maurice Parkinson and just how many types of mint can you name? gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
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Green manure, rose rock and storing the autumn glut
16/10/2021 Duración: 56minAfter many months speaking virtually, David meets up with organic gardener Klaus Laitenberger at the community garden in Bundoran. Klaus explains the value of ‘bedding down’ the veg borders at this time of year by piling on seaweed or growing a green manure. Also on the programme, a return to Ann Fitzsimons garden where she has a love hate relationship with her roses – find out how to take the wilder ones in hand! And Amy Kelly explains some of the ways you can store that autumn glut, so you can enjoy your harvest through the colder months. The panel will also be taking listeners questions on the usual numbers or by email gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
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Buying trees with the spend local card, autumn planting and annual edible flowers.
02/10/2021 Duración: 56minJoin David Maxwell and his guests for some autumn gardening. This week David visits Ann Fitzsimons in Killinchy, where she is planting up a new border with a prairie feel using plants that don’t mind wet feet in winter. Amy Kelly will have advice on growing annual edible flowers and we head north to the Conrad McCormick’s exotic borders in Ballyvoy. Also on the programme, one listener wants to use their £100 spend local garden on fruit trees and is looking for advice on the best apple and plum varieties and how to make a no dig bed with Cherry Townsend. Send your questions to gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
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Glenveagh Castle gardens, Cluain na dTor and Brendan Little’s Kerrykeel courtyard
18/09/2021 Duración: 56minGardeners’ Corner heads to County Donegal where David Maxwell and Brendan Little visit some of the gardens that make up the Donegal Garden Trail. Glenveagh Castle gardens sit within a National Park. Sean O Gaoithin gives a guided tour of the walled garden and the native woodland where exotic plants also find a home. At Cluain na dTor, Seamus O’Donnell shows David and Brendan how to make use of the space below deciduous trees and how to make sure they can withstand the winds from the nearby Atlantic coastline. David also chats to Brendan about his recent cancer treatment and how he has found comfort in his Kerrykeel courtyard.
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Gardening for medicine, memorial and marvel.
11/09/2021 Duración: 56minDavid Maxwell explores the new global medicinal garden in Belfast Botanic Gardens with Barbara Pilcher and Adrian Walsh. On the anniversary of the September 11th attacks, he speaks to New York garden designer Lynden B. Miller about the Queen Elizabeth II September 11th garden in lower Manhattan which remembers UK and Commonwealth victims. And if your late summer/early autumn borders are looking lacklustre, you need look no further than the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin for inspiration – David will be finding out how two key borders have been transformed with a nod to a Victorian gardening great. Also on the programme, Claire McNally and Claire Woods join David to tackle listeners gardening questions. Email – gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
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Late summer colour, Irish roses and Hunting Brook
28/08/2021 Duración: 57minDavid Maxwell travels to the hills of County Wicklow where he explores Jimi Blake’s Hunting Brook garden in late summer. Jimi pushes the boundaries of what it’s possible to grow in Ireland a thousand feet above sea level and tells us how we can stave off autumn for a another month. David Kenny is one of the few Irish rose breeders left, so what makes the perfect Irish rose? All that and the team will be taking your calls on the usual numbers or you can email anytime on gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
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Bee friendly gardens, Hillsborough honey and temperamental tomatoes
21/08/2021 Duración: 56minThe bees need our help and this weekend Gardeners’ Corner with David Maxwell will explore how we can all make our outside space a haven for them. David gets up close and personal with the Irish black honeybee on the Ards peninsula where Valentine Hodges has around 100 hives. He’s also off to Hillsborough which is holding a Honey fair this weekend. Also on the programme, David chats to organic grower Klaus Laitenberger about ripening those green tomatoes and he’ll be joined by Cherry Townsend and Neil Porteous to answer listeners questions including suggestions for small trees and the remedy for an unhappy hollyhock. You can get in touch with the programme anytime by email - gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
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National allotments week, Hugelkultur and bodging with Bob
14/08/2021 Duración: 56minIn this, National allotments week, Gardeners’ Corner celebrates those little plots across the country giving joy to many as well as a rich harvest of fresh food. Presenter David Maxwell visits the National Trust’s community allotments at Springhill near Moneymore where one grower explains hügelkultur. Helen Mark visits the plots at St Columb’s park in Londonderry and Amy Kelly comes live from Ards allotments which is throwing open its gates for an open day. Also on the programme, Bob Flowerdew on “bodging”; putting everything and anything to use in the garden or on the allotment. All that and experts Ann Fitzsimmons and Ciaran Mulholland will join David to take on listeners’ gardening questions. Email – gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
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Visiting a vineyard, wilderness planting and a journalist turned social gardener
07/08/2021 Duración: 56minDavid visits vineyard owner David Llewellyn in Lusk, Co Dublin, to find out the secret to his sparkling success, as he has been successfully producing wine for a number of years. He also heads to Kells to explore the beautiful haven created at Dot's spot, and BBC journalist and presenter Victoria Fritz explains how her love of gardening has brought her a large social media following.
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Health giving herbs, hybrid berries and raspberry crumble?
31/07/2021 Duración: 56minBefore modern medicine, herbs were the only thing available to treat ailments. Eager to make sure this knowledge isn’t lost, the Irish Register of Herbalists tend a collection of over 200 plants at St Anne’s Physic Garden within Dublin’s St Anne’s Park. David meets some of those involved and finds out about several herbs including Rosebay willowherb and Stevia which is used today as a sweetener. Also in the programme, Amy Kelly on her collection of exotic and hybrid berries and a visit to Bangor Castle Walled Garden where wild flowers are stealing the show. Ann Fitzsimmons will also be joining David to take on listeners question including one about crumbly raspberries and has a unique new form of bluebell been found in Portaferry? gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
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Bankside beauty, daylilies and drought
24/07/2021 Duración: 56minJoin David as he finds out what plants are best adapted to dealing with drought. Among them, the daylily, which Maurice Parkinson believes should be more popular in the UK and Ireland. How to transform a steep and uninviting bank; David visits Randalstown where local volunteers have transformed an old railway embankment into a thing of beauty. Also on the programme, Klaus Laitenberger on how to use the bits of veg we normally throw away and how do you know the right time to dig up your home grown spuds? All that and David will be joined by Claire McNally and Cherry Townsend who will answer listeners’ questions including one about a mystery ‘weed’.
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An urban oasis, jobs for July and a garden you don't need to water?
17/07/2021 Duración: 56minDavid Maxwell and experts Averil Milligan and Neil Porteous offer sage advice on how to make the most of your summer garden. David takes a trip to an exotic oasis in East Belfast that's brimming with colour and texture and has become a real talking point for residents of the area. Averil Milligan takes David on a tour of her dry garden, and Mary Doris offers tips and tricks on activities to get the best out of your summer space.
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Gardening for allergies, insta, and insects
10/07/2021 Duración: 56minThe pandemic may have confined many to their homes for months but it also forced some young gardeners to connect on social media. This week on Gardeners’ Corner, David Maxwell meets 27 year old Philip Stewart who has transformed his garden in county Londonderry and is documenting it all on social media. Anthea Forde is getting grips with the plant collection established by her late husband, Patrick, at their 400 year old home in Seaforde, county Down, and how to make a beautiful garden for those who suffer from pollen allergies.
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BBC Radio Ulster Gardeners’ Corner team delve into summer colour
03/07/2021 Duración: 56minTune into BBC Radio Ulster’s Gardeners’ Corner this Saturday morning when Helen Mark will be visiting Jim Bradley to find out what colour scheme will be on trend this summer, Amy Kelly makes the mouth water with her succulent salads and hang on to our hydrangea as Helen discovers a field of flowers in Scotland. That’s Gardeners’ Corner, this Saturday morning with Helen Mark and the Gardeners’ Corner team on BBC Radio Ulster 9am to 10am.
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Gardeners’ Corner talks herbs, meadows and mulching
26/06/2021 Duración: 56minHelen Mark will be finding out how to make the perfect herbal brew while David Maxwell goes wild in a summer meadow. And to mulch or not to mulch? That is the question that will be answered by the Gardeners’ Corner team.
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Gardening for bees and exotics by the sea
19/06/2021 Duración: 56minOur gardens can provide a lifeline to bees, and this week David Maxwell and his guests will be exploring how we can make them the perfect place for these precious pollinators. Also on the programme, getting the cottage garden look; David visits Cherry Townsend’s garden in Islandmagee. And why a garden by the sea can create opportunities; Helen Mark chats to Conrad McCormick about the exotic looking plants which can cope with salt and wind. David will also be joined by Averil Milligan and Cherry Townsend, who will be answering listeners’ questions live on the usual numbers.