As summer weather arrives, David visits Cherry Townsend at Kilcoan Gardens in Islandmagee, where she has a brilliant collection of flowering plants that bridge the gap between spring and summer. Geums, Trollius, Aquilegia and Tellima are among the highlights in the borders. One of the biggest gardens in London is found across the river from Westminster behind the walls of Lambeth Palace. It’s the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury but the 10 acre garden is opening for the National Garden Scheme later this month and head gardener Lindsay Schuman gives David a sneak peek. Gordon Finch joins David in studio to talk about his fascination with ferns and restarting the local group of the British Pteridological society. Robot mowers have been gaining in popularity – producer Nicola chats about her experience with one she has nicknamed ‘Mervyn’. And Oliver Shurmann reveals his perennial of the month. In studio, Anna Hudson will be chatting about her veg patch at Ballywalter and she’ll take questions live in studio. Contact the programme gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
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
What snow does for the garden, fixing rusty leeks and what to harvest in January
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
Sarah Raven’s favourite tulips, how to take root cuttings and gardening for birds
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