Gardeners' Question Time

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A panel of horticultural experts answer gardening questions from a live audience. Recorded in a different location each week

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2022
GQT at Home: Horticultural Healing and January Dreaming
Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. This week's panellists are the ever-knowledgeable Matt Biggs, Humaira Ikram, and James Wong. Firmly embedded in the new year, the panellists share some motivating thoughts to get you back out into the cold with your secateurs in-hand, tips on looking after a young avacado tree, and design ideas for a high-rise garden. Beyond the questions, Ashley Edwards, Head Gardener at Horatio’s Garden, London, chats to the Royal Horticultural Society’s first Therapeutic Gardener, Ozichi Brewster, and Chris Beardshaw shares his contribution to the GQT tree adventure - his favourite, the Hawthorn. Producer - Jemima Rathbone Assistant Producer - Bethany Hocken A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4
January 14, 2022
43 min
GQT From The Archives: Sustainability Special
Peter Gibbs takes a look through the GQT archives for top tips on sustainable gardening. Over the years the GQT panellists have shared plenty of knowledge on how to be a green gardener. They look at everything from how to make your driveway more environmentally friendly, to efficiently collecting rainwater at home. We also hear Hafsah Haferji's "how-to" on companion planting, and head back to RHS Wisley with Matthew Pottage and Environmental Researcher Tijana Blanusa to learn how trees help us with carbon capture. Producer - Hannah Newton Assistant Producer - Bethany Hocken A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4
January 7, 2022
42 min
2021
GQT at Home: New Year's Trees
Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Matthew Pottage, Christine Walkden and Bob Flowerdew answer the queries ahead of the new year. This week, our panellists share their gardening resolutions for 2022, and suggest some ideas for a fast growing, thrifty hedge that can withstand bad weather. Away from the questions, Matt Biggs gives us his ultimate guide to planting trees in winter, and James Wong tells us about a magical tree found both indoors and out, the Strangler Fig. Producer - Hannah Newton Assistant Producer - Aniya Das A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4
December 31, 2021
42 min
GQT at Home: A Partridge in a Pear Tree
Accompanying you this Christmas, Kathy Clugston hosts the gardening panel show. Bob Flowerdew, Christine Walkden, and Matthew Pottage are on hand to answer the gardening queries. Alongside the usual mulch of gardening goodies - a how-to on home-growing parsnips and skirret, a plant that tastes like an oyster, and the curious appearance of a partridge in a pear tree - Kathy brings humour in the form of the now-traditional GQT cracker jokes. Providing us with some trimmings foraged from the great outdoors, Matt Biggs speaks to the team in charge of growing the Christmas tree for Windsor Castle, and Chris Beardshaw shares the folklore of that familiar festive flora, the holly or ilex. Producer - Hannah Newton Assistant Producer - Bethany Hocken A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4
December 25, 2021
43 min
Herstmonceux Castle: Postbag Edition
Peter Gibbs and the team are at Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex. Juliet Sargeant, Matt Biggs and Matthew Pottage are this weeks' panellists, ready to answer your gardening questions. Led by Herstmonceux's head gardener Guy Lucas, the team explores the castle grounds and learns about the sustainable gardening practices adopted in recent years. The panellists also tackle questions from listeners, including suggestions for what to plant around a thatched cottage, and when to prune plants that are still in flower in the winter. Producer - Jemima Rathbone Assistant Producer - Aniya Das A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4
December 17, 2021
43 min

About the podcast Gardeners' Question Time

A panel of horticultural experts answer gardening questions from a live audience. Recorded in a different location each week

Gardeners' Question Time

About the podcast Gardeners' Question Time

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GQT at Home: Horticultural Healing and January Dreaming

GQT From The Archives: Sustainability Special

GQT at Home: New Year's Trees

GQT at Home: A Partridge in a Pear Tree

Herstmonceux Castle: Postbag Edition

About the podcast Gardeners' Question Time

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