What happens to our gardens when it snows? This week David Maxwell heads to Downhill Demesne on Antrim’s north coast to see how a blanket of white transforms how we experience the garden. He also chats to Una Quinn about her plans for the Bog Garden there in 2024. Along the coast in an equally cold Ballyvoy, Conrad McCormick is protecting his tender plants as the mercury drops and on the shores of Strangford Lough, Amy Kelly is able to harvest veg from her allotment despite it being midwinter. Expert Claire McNally will join David in studio to take live questions including one from a listener with rusty leeks and another who is growing peppers indoors through the colder months. 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
How to prune roses, plants for winter interest and preparing the garden for 2024
Gardeners’ Corner: Season by Season
Gardeners’ Corner at Christmas
Why to grow willow, the life in our soil and the gardening fundraiser
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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