With the leaves gone it’s all about colourful stem colour on Gardeners’ Corner this week. David meets artist Heather McDermott who loves willow more than any other plant and works with it every day. She thinks more of us should have our own ‘Salley’ gardens so we have this useful crop which can be used to make free plant supports and fences. Also on the programme, how a handful of soil has more life in it than there are people on the planet and celebrating Garvagh man Andrew McClarty who has been using gardening to raise funds for charity for 25 years. Ann Fitzsimmons will join David live in studio to answer questions. Contact the programme on gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
Why cactus are the ultimate house plant, the World Daffodil Convention and blue marigolds?
Gardeners’ Corner ‘Comes to Town’ roadshow from Ballymena
Easy ways to transform your garden this Easter
Why you should pre-sprout your courgettes, what to do if you can’t beat ground elder and the best-looking classroom you can find
Veg to sow now, celebrating Daffodils and Jekka’s 100 herbs
How to reduce the mowing and increase spring colour, the wonders of wild garlic and perennial of the month
Where to start in the garden this spring, Jimi Blake’s new borders and producing trees on an industrial scale
Gardening in a war zone and the Great Gardeners’ Corner Grow Along
Last-minute rose pruning made easy, Lissadell House, and perennial of the month
How plants can help solve serious crimes, helping our hedgehogs and ‘Anya the garden fairy’
Clearing up after the storms, in search of the giant lobelia, and perennial of the month
What snow does for the garden, fixing rusty leeks and what to harvest in January
How to prune roses, plants for winter interest and preparing the garden for 2024
Gardeners’ Corner: Season by Season
Gardeners’ Corner at Christmas
Winter wildlife, a garden for spinal injury patients and forcing daffodils
How to treat your tree ferns, caring for Christmas Cactus and orange Poinsettia?
How to care for Mahonia, protecting spring bulbs and herb of the month
Autumn highlights at Rowallane, pruning blackcurrants and getting those garlic bulbs planted
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