This week, David Maxwell visits Brendan Little in his garden on the shores of Mulroy Bay in county Donegal. What was once a formal lawn is now covered in naturalised spring flowering bulbs. Brendan explains how he hopes to extend this riot of colour into late spring and summer – something he hopes will mean he won’t need to get the mower out until September! The propagating operation at Mount Stewart is ramping up as part of a new 3 year project. After a career in publishing, Jacky Hawkes is leading a team which is producing hundreds of plants for the garden and the sales area. Oliver Shurmann chooses Omphalodes cappadocica as his perennial of the month and Mary Doris joins David in studio to answer questions, explore the uses of wild garlic and plant up a spring container. Contact the programme on gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
Grow your own wedding flowers, living the ‘Good’ life and crunch time for two apple trees.
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
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