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
Grow your own wedding flowers, living the ‘Good’ life and crunch time for two apple trees.
Perennials from seed, Tyrone wildflowers and sensational snowdrops
Show-off succulents, mossy lawns and shrubs for scent
Growing tea, revitalising your soil and gardening the mind
Coffee grounds, sweet pea and Matthew Wilson
Misbehaving squirrels, yacon and Christine Walkden
Snowdrops, whiskey barrels and greenfinches
Gardeners’ Corner at Christmas
Poinsettia, houseplants and olives
Climbing roses, winter veg and Matt Biggs
Christmas Trees, Winter Harvests and Lighting Up the Garden
Growing saffron, winter bird care and Bunny Guinness
Seeds of hope from Hiroshima, Monty Don and compost worms
Tulips with Sarah Raven, air plants and lawn care
Winter potting in Ardboe, tackling vigorous bamboo at Mount Stewart and a mediterranean haven in East Belfast
BBC Radio Ulster Gardeners’ Corner team revisit some Autumn Garden Visits.
Zero fuss plants, native hedges and green manures
Autumn colour, Horatio’s Garden and leaping lizard
Planting trees in hedgerows, Alan Power and Nerines
Designing a cosy garden space to meet friends and family, herbs for the autumn and Charles Dowding
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