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The weekly gardening programme for keen gardeners, with the latest advice, news and visits to gardens large and small around the province. Presented by David Maxwell.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
David Maxwell turns garden visits and practical questions into usable guidance while keeping plants connected to wildlife, food and community.
Gardeners' Corner moves easily between gardens on location and problems waiting at home, with David Maxwell guiding conversations toward decisions a gardener can actually make.
An old salmon box becomes an alpine planter; suddenly your neglected corner has ambitions.
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A grounded garden hour about buried history, a practical shrub pick, and plainspoken harvesting advice.
The hour begins under a car park and stays with that buried history: a garden lost, then partly recovered through two and a half thousand artefacts, the pits where seven oak trees now stand, and the garden at Bangor Bay that has been there for decades.
A warm 40-year anniversary visit with BBC Radio Ulster's gardening company.
Gardener's Corner comes across at its best when it is among the beds, the pots, and the people who have kept it going for forty years. The anniversary gathering at Ballyrobert Cottage Garden in County Antrim brings back familiar voices and gives the programme an easy, hands-on…
Holiday pot care, the secret gardens of Loch Gall, and a shrub-of-the-month stop in a familiar BBC gardening mix.
Gardeners' Corner settles into a relaxed stretch of holiday pot care, a look at the secret gardens of Loch Gall, and Adam Frost's shrub of the month. The BBC format is familiar: listener questions, practical advice, and a few easy detours that keep the conversation grounded.
A calm Easter gardening hour with accessible design, edible planting, and a few pleasant surprises.
Gardener's Corner settles into an Easter weekend visit to a sensory garden on an industrial estate, where edible planting, wheelchair-friendly raised beds, and herbs all start to come into their own as the growing season begins.
Practical gardening advice with a relaxed, companionable radio pace.
Gardener's Corner leans into practical public-radio usefulness, with advice on how to weed without wasting effort, a look at kale and sea kale, and a reminder that a garden can still leave room for community.
Spring bulbs, a living wall, and practical garden advice shaped by listener questions.
Gardeners' Corner this week leans on a spring bulb display at Hillsborough, where the count comes to just shy of 19,000 bulbs, 24 half barrels, and dozens of pots.
Practical gardening talk built around dry stone walling, listener questions, and hands-on advice.
Gardener's Corner keeps its focus on practical gardening, moving from dry stone walling and listener questions to planting that stopped dumping, then on to Adam Frost's shrub of the month.
A calm gardening hour that pairs Dominic West's enthusiasm with clear, practical advice on soil and wild garlic.
Gardener's Corner stays on practical ground, with Dominic West's wish to be a gardener giving the discussion a bit of lift. It moves neatly from an artist's eye for colour to the basic point that soil is not just an inert sponge beneath a plant.
This episode of Gardeners' Corner explores spring gardening with segments on foraging edible weeds, alpine plant cultivation, and heritage plant conservation.
Gardener's Corner broadcasts live from Bord Bia Bloom 2025, Ireland's largest gardening festival in Dublin's Phoenix Park.
This episode of Gardener's Corner offers practical gardening advice, including tips on keeping plants watered while away, and features tours of secret gardens in Loughgall.
This episode of Gardener's Corner focuses on spring gardening, featuring advice on bee-friendly practices, camellia pruning, and dwarf daffodils.
David Maxwell hosts a gardening advice episode featuring expert Anne Fitzsimons, a visit to the Mahara Walled Garden with Roy Clark, a tour of Westland's compost factory, and community gardening stories from Ballymoney.
This episode features a visit to chef Neven Maguire's kitchen garden, where he discusses growing ingredients for his restaurant, along with segments on reliable roses, wildlife gardening tips, and an emotional final visit to Kilcoan Garden.
David Maxwell hosts a special episode from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025, featuring interviews with designers, celebrities, and experts across various show gardens and exhibits.
This episode of Gardener's Corner offers seasonal gardening advice, featuring expert tips on spring bulb planting, daffodil naturalisation, and shrub selection.
This special episode of Gardener's Corner celebrates the programme's 40th anniversary with a garden party at Ballyrobert Cottage Garden, featuring past presenters and contributors sharing nostalgic stories, humorous blunders, and reflections on how gardening practices have evolved over the decades.
This episode of Gardener's Corner covers practical gardening advice, including dividing snowdrops, growing parsley, and creating flower borders.
This episode of Gardener's Corner covers storm-proof tree planting, winter garden highlights at Ardgillan Castle, and tips for reblooming amaryllis.
David Maxwell hosts a spring special from RHS Wisley, exploring historic gardens like Oakwood, wildlife tips from Katie Bell, and scientific insights from the herbarium.
This episode of Gardener's Corner features gardening tips from guest Rosie May on propagating primulas and pruning blackcurrants, an interview with market gardener Barry Quinn about his organic practices and weeding tools, and advice for listener Nicola on preparing her garden for a wedding.
This episode of Gardeners' Corner features practical gardening advice, including organic aphid control, tips for new gardeners taking on established plots, and a visit to a restored 17th-century garden in Kilkenny.
This episode of Gardeners' Corner features interviews with actor Dominic West, food writer Nigel Slater, and head gardener Fergus Garrett, discussing gardening as a lifelong passion and biodiversity.
This Easter episode of Gardener's Corner features gardening tips, including how to make soap from ceanothus flowers, advice on tree peonies and flowering currants, a visit to the Delta Sensory Gardens, and a rhubarb recipe.
A weekly gardening program offering advice, news, and visits to gardens, presented by David Maxwell.
A weekly gardening program offering advice, news, and visits to gardens, with this episode featuring sensory gardens and hilltop garden challenges.
A special episode previewing the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025, with behind-the-scenes insights and gardening advice.
A gardening podcast offering advice on starting a berry garden and highlighting a shrub of the month.
A weekly gardening program offering advice, news, and visits to gardens, hosted by David Maxwell.
A weekly gardening programme offering advice, news, and garden visits, hosted by David Maxwell.
A weekly gardening programme offering advice, news, and visits to gardens, hosted by David Maxwell on BBC Radio Ulster.
A weekly gardening program offering advice, news, and garden visits, with a focus on understanding local climate and planning garden projects.
A weekly gardening program offering advice, news, and visits to gardens, hosted by David Maxwell.
A weekly gardening program offering advice, news, and garden visits, with a focus on plants like comfrey and mint.