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Gardeners' Corner

BBC Radio Ulster 1079 - How to feed your soil, special trees and Adam Frost's bulb of the month

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.

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Published 05 Sep 2026

Duration 56:19

Episodes

1079-

How to feed your soil, special trees and Adam Frost's bulb of the month

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05 Sep 2026

1078-

Gardeners' Corner summer special with Dan Pearson and Jekka McVicar

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29 Aug 2026

1077-

Growing lavender, success with agapanthus and healing through gardening

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22 Aug 2026

1076-

Plants that perform in drought, Adam Frost's bulb of the month, and gardening for hedgehogs

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15 Aug 2026

1075-

Home-grown cooking with Mollie Cunningham, summer perennials and permaculture in the park

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08 Aug 2026

1074-

Summer inspiration from the Gardeners’ Corner archive

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25 Jul 2026

1073-

Creating new borders with Jimi Blake, growing redcurrants for skincare and Jason Ingram on photographing gardens

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18 Jul 2026

1072-

Success with delphiniums, easy early summer cuttings, and peculiar plums

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04 Jul 2026

1071-

How to grow olives and basil, cameraman vs bee and the garden legacy of a retiring Tyrone teacher

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27 Jun 2026

1070-

Gardeners' Corner at BBC Gardeners' World Live, Birmingham

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21 Jun 2026

1069-

Four decades at Tattykeel, cost-cutting propagation and soil health for community gardens.

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13 Jun 2026

1068-

All about alliums, clematis cuttings, summer care for succulents and the best plants for moths

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06 Jun 2026

1067-

Gardeners' Corner at Bord Bia Bloom 2026

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30 May 2026

1066-

Gardeners' Corner at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026

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23 May 2026

1065-

Dan Pearson on the value of gardening slowly, lavender alternatives and getting peonies to flower

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16 May 2026

1064-

Sarah Raven and Shane Connolly on cut flowers, gardening with a disability and Adam Frost's bulb of the month

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09 May 2026

1063-

Garden birdsong with the Nature Boy, giving berberis a go and cutting back camellias

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02 May 2026

1062-

Celebrating tulip time, making pampass plume and preventing peony problems

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25 Apr 2026

1061-

Gardening by the sea, Adam Frost's bulb of the month and celebrating 20 years of a garden trail

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18 Apr 2026

1060-

Sensory gardens, spring tidy-ups, and opening the gates to the public

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11 Apr 2026

1059-

The Road to Chelsea

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04 Apr 2026

1058-

Getting rid of horsetail, alpine addiction and the artful gardener

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28 Mar 2026

1057-

The best daffodils for pots, borders and lawns and easy crops for a mid-March harvest

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14 Mar 2026

1056-

Castlewellan's walled garden reborn, Spring wildlife watch and Adam Frost's bulb of the month

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07 Mar 2026

1055-

Chelsea comes to Strabane and the best plants for early spring colour

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28 Feb 2026

1054-

Kew Garden's Orchid Festival, caring for moth orchids and kick-starting the season with early seed sowing

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21 Feb 2026

1053-

Joy's Oasis, Valentine's Bouquets and a Catch-Up with Frank McCooke

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14 Feb 2026

1052-

Moving Mount Venus, Adam Frost's bulb of the month, and Culmore's new allotments get going

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07 Feb 2026

1051-

Celebrating snowdrops, princess-style pruning with John Massey and remembering Daisy Hill Nursery

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31 Jan 2026

1050-

A year on from Éowyn, Winterwatch at Mount Stewart and must-have scented shrubs

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24 Jan 2026

1049-

Must-have ground cover plants, outdoor exotics in Slane and Adam Frost’s bulb of the month

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17 Jan 2026

1048-

Hamnet herbs, a plant playground in Ratoath and a tribute to Seamus O’Brien

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10 Jan 2026

1047-

Season by Season with Gardeners’ Corner

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08 Jan 2026

1046-

Kilmacurragh and the Plant Hunters

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23 Dec 2025

1045-

Gardeners’ Corner Christmas Special 2025

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17 Dec 2025

1044-

Merry Mistletoe, must have Mahonia and a winter walk at Montalto

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13 Dec 2025

1043-

How to look after your Christmas tree, Adam Frost's shrub for December, and picking plants for the office

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06 Dec 2025

1042-

Must-have heathers, Brendan’s back yard and coming up trumps with stumps

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29 Nov 2025

1041-

Mary Keen, children who are keen and everything in between

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22 Nov 2025

1040-

Sunken gardens, city sanctuaries and sodden shoes

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15 Nov 2025

1039-

Must have maples, tulip time and making gardeners’ gold

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08 Nov 2025

1038-

Finding balance in the autumn tidy up, pruning apples in winter and wildlife gardening at Iona Cottage

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01 Nov 2025

1037-

Gardeners' Corner special: The wonder of trees

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25 Oct 2025

1036-

How to grow prize worthy pumpkins, a mushroom mystery and bringing back the posh cloche

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18 Oct 2025

1035-

Bangor’s dementia friendly garden, Narcissus ‘Gardeners Corner’ arrives and the mystery of the buried egg

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11 Oct 2025

1034-

Autumn colour arrives, what to grow now and the backyard bargain garden

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04 Oct 2025

1033-

Jane Austen’s gardens: A Gardeners' Corner special

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28 Sep 2025

1032-

Creating a sunken garden, how to grow asparagus and the bush with a froggy smell?

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20 Sep 2025

1031-

How to ripen your pears, the magic of the moving Mimosa plant, and Kumquat curiosity

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13 Sep 2025

1030-

Greening the grey in The Burren, Adam Frost’s shrub of the month and have you got Ireland’s smallest mammal in your garden?

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06 Sep 2025

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