After a week of storms, David heads to the gardens at Hillsborough Castle where Claire Woods is surveying the trees for damage. Claire explains that their approach is to leave as much of the wood as possible in situ as it supports all kinds of life. In the first of a new series, Oliver Shurmann reveals his perennial of the month which is Hepatica nobilis – a flower he first encountered as a child in Germany. Grace Loughrey has a small yard garden at her house off Belfast’s Ormeau Road where she also grows many houseplants. She’s in studio with a guide on how to make them thrive. Also on the programme, David chats to Seamus O’Brien (Kilmacurragh) and Alex Slazenger (Powerscourt) from the cloud forest near the Uganda/Congo border where they are part of an expedition searching for giant Lobelia and David is joined in studio by Mary Doris who will answer questions live. Contact the programme - gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
Gardening for allergies, insta, and insects
BBC Radio Ulster Gardeners’ Corner team delve into summer colour
Gardeners’ Corner talks herbs, meadows and mulching
Gardening for bees and exotics by the sea
The cut flower craze, bolting rocket and resplendent roses
Light-loving lavender, dry shade and ‘the Autistic Gardener’
The immortality plant, Ireland’s first tea plantation and Ards allotments
Chelsea changes and making a showstopper garden
Heads, herbs and hail
Worms, old wives tales and Frances Tophill
Tulips, naked pumpkins and Sarah Raven
Making raised beds and slugs; the good, the bad and the ugly
Useful weeds, prairie planting and lots of ladybirds
Wildlife, Wildflowers and Wilting leaves
Small urban garden special
Perfect peaches, tapping birch trees and gardening careers
Pruning and Potatoes for St Patrick’s
No-Mow, climbing house plants and Dahlias with June Blake
Clematis massacre, hedging hopefuls and online gardening?
Grow your own wedding flowers, living the ‘Good’ life and crunch time for two apple trees.
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