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
A new year in the garden
Gardeners’ Corner Christmas special
Gardeners' Corner visits Cornwall
04/12/2021
Year-round herbs, pruning blackcurrants and wrapping up for winter
Hedges, SERC wellbeing garden and Glenarm’s new woodland walk
Growing bananas in Belfast? Planting spring bulbs in pots and how to take root cuttings
Gardening for climate change, making a wormery and the wonder of trees
Meet the Asters, Castlewellan’s autumn gold and a trip to Kiltumper
How to grow perfect pumpkins, bulb planting at Florence Court and ever heard of banana mint?
Green manure, rose rock and storing the autumn glut
Buying trees with the spend local card, autumn planting and annual edible flowers.
Glenveagh Castle gardens, Cluain na dTor and Brendan Little’s Kerrykeel courtyard
Gardening for medicine, memorial and marvel.
Late summer colour, Irish roses and Hunting Brook
Bee friendly gardens, Hillsborough honey and temperamental tomatoes
National allotments week, Hugelkultur and bodging with Bob
Visiting a vineyard, wilderness planting and a journalist turned social gardener
Health giving herbs, hybrid berries and raspberry crumble?
Bankside beauty, daylilies and drought
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