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
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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
Health giving herbs, hybrid berries and raspberry crumble?
Bankside beauty, daylilies and drought
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