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
Perennials from seed, Tyrone wildflowers and sensational snowdrops
Show-off succulents, mossy lawns and shrubs for scent
Growing tea, revitalising your soil and gardening the mind
Coffee grounds, sweet pea and Matthew Wilson
Misbehaving squirrels, yacon and Christine Walkden
Snowdrops, whiskey barrels and greenfinches
Gardeners’ Corner at Christmas
Poinsettia, houseplants and olives
Climbing roses, winter veg and Matt Biggs
Christmas Trees, Winter Harvests and Lighting Up the Garden
Growing saffron, winter bird care and Bunny Guinness
Seeds of hope from Hiroshima, Monty Don and compost worms
Tulips with Sarah Raven, air plants and lawn care
Winter potting in Ardboe, tackling vigorous bamboo at Mount Stewart and a mediterranean haven in East Belfast
BBC Radio Ulster Gardeners’ Corner team revisit some Autumn Garden Visits.
Zero fuss plants, native hedges and green manures
Autumn colour, Horatio’s Garden and leaping lizard
Planting trees in hedgerows, Alan Power and Nerines
Designing a cosy garden space to meet friends and family, herbs for the autumn and Charles Dowding
Hillsborough Castle Gardens, unusual veg and perfect pears
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