Two years to the day since the war in Ukraine began, presenter David Maxwell hears the powerful story of how a garden has helped one family close the front line survive. Alla Olkhovska has been harvesting and selling seeds of rare clematis found in her grandmother’s garden in Kharkiv. She also wrote her first book about these beautiful climbers in the basement during the initial bombardment. David finds out what it’s been like to look after this precious space with the sound of birds sometimes drowned out by sirens and bombing. Also on the programme, the launch of the Great Gardeners’ Corner Grow Along where listeners’ will be asked to join the team in growing some veg not available in the shops and Maurice Parkinson on last minute preparations in the flower borders for the season ahead. Ann Fitzsimmons will join David in studio to take live questions. Contact gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
Gardeners’ Corner Christmas special
Gardeners' Corner visits Cornwall
04/12/2021
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
An urban oasis, jobs for July and a garden you don't need to water?
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