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
Cut-price perennials, tree of the month and RHS community gardens
Little green fingers, seed sorting and the wonder of winter in the garden.
A new year in the garden
Gardeners’ Corner Christmas special
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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
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