With daylight at a premium the work goes on in two stand-out gardens visited by Gardeners’ Corner this week. At Musgrave Park Hospital in South Belfast, the charity Horatio’s Garden is creating a garden for spinal injury patients designed by Chelsea gold medal winning designer Andy Sturgeon. Helen Mark meets the new head gardener there and chats to Andy about this ‘high maintenance’ space. At Glenarm Castle the Walled Garden has recently been named Historic Houses 2023 Garden of the Year. The gardeners there are forcing daffodils for flowers at Christmas, sowing seeds and overhauling the hot border. In studio David is joined by gardener Claire McNally and wildlife expert Katy Bell who will be offering some advice on wildlife in the winter garden. Contact the programme on gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
Daffodil breeding, Alpines and Spring jobs
Kells Bay Gardens
Hillsborough Castle Gardens and Fergus Garrett
Gardeners' Corner Roadshow with Bangor Horticultural Society
Creating a wildlife garden, Irish-bred plants, hedgerows and annual climbers
March phone-in
Pruning Roses and Planting Potatoes on St Patrick's
March Roadshow - Gilnahirk Horticultural and Civic Society
Spring comes early, houseplant care and Blythefield Allotments
Gardeners' Corner February Phone-in
Titanic topiary, no fuss houseplants and early sowing for summer
Sowing herbs, watching birds and winter at Rowallane
The January Garden
January Phone-in
New Year plans and the Chelsea Physic Garden
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Gardeners' Corner at Christmas
Gardeners' Corner Roadshow: Navan Fort, Armagh
Hydebank Wood community garden, feeding garden birds and locally bred Mahonias
The Gardeners' Corner Roadshow from Carrickfergus with Neil Porteous and Cherry Townsend
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