Gardeners' Corner
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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 655
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
04/12/2021
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.
Year-round herbs, pruning blackcurrants and wrapping up for winter
The weather might be wintry, but the good news is we can all enjoy home grown herbs year-round. This week, David Maxwell finds out how Claire Woods keeps a fresh supply growing through the winter mo…
Hedges, SERC wellbeing garden and Glenarm’s new woodland walk
What makes a good hedge and is there still time for a trim before winter? That’s just two of the questions David Maxwell and his experts guests will tackle in this week’s gardening programme. David…
Growing bananas in Belfast? Planting spring bulbs in pots and how to take root cuttings
With the mild weather set to end in the next few weeks, David turns up the temperature by visiting the new ‘Banana block’ in east Belfast where 4 varieties of bananas are being grown in stylised rais…
Gardening for climate change, making a wormery and the wonder of trees
As national governments try to reduce man’s impact on the planet at COP26, Gardeners’ Corner takes a look at what we can do in our own gardens. David Maxwell speaks to a compost manufacturer in Bell…
Meet the Asters, Castlewellan’s autumn gold and a trip to Kiltumper
As autumn takes hold, David visits the National Arboretum, Annesley Garden at Castlewellan Forest Park where he takes in the seasonal hues with Alwyn Sinnamon and learns about an unusual 19th-century…
How to grow perfect pumpkins, bulb planting at Florence Court and ever heard of banana mint?
In this Halloween programme, David Maxwell leaves the garden for the farm in the hunt for the perfect pumpkin. He chats to Adrian McGowan in Killinchy, who’s grown 9 acres of them about the varieties…
Green manure, rose rock and storing the autumn glut
After many months speaking virtually, David meets up with organic gardener Klaus Laitenberger at the community garden in Bundoran. Klaus explains the value of ‘bedding down’ the veg borders at this …
Buying trees with the spend local card, autumn planting and annual edible flowers.
Join David Maxwell and his guests for some autumn gardening. This week David visits Ann Fitzsimons in Killinchy, where she is planting up a new border with a prairie feel using plants that don’t mind…
Glenveagh Castle gardens, Cluain na dTor and Brendan Little’s Kerrykeel courtyard
Gardeners’ Corner heads to County Donegal where David Maxwell and Brendan Little visit some of the gardens that make up the Donegal Garden Trail. Glenveagh Castle gardens sit within a National Park.…
Gardening for medicine, memorial and marvel.
David Maxwell explores the new global medicinal garden in Belfast Botanic Gardens with Barbara Pilcher and Adrian Walsh. On the anniversary of the September 11th attacks, he speaks to New York garde…
Late summer colour, Irish roses and Hunting Brook
David Maxwell travels to the hills of County Wicklow where he explores Jimi Blake’s Hunting Brook garden in late summer. Jimi pushes the boundaries of what it’s possible to grow in Ireland a thousand…
Bee friendly gardens, Hillsborough honey and temperamental tomatoes
The bees need our help and this weekend Gardeners’ Corner with David Maxwell will explore how we can all make our outside space a haven for them. David gets up close and personal with the Irish blac…
National allotments week, Hugelkultur and bodging with Bob
In this, National allotments week, Gardeners’ Corner celebrates those little plots across the country giving joy to many as well as a rich harvest of fresh food. Presenter David Maxwell visits the Na…
Visiting a vineyard, wilderness planting and a journalist turned social gardener
David visits vineyard owner David Llewellyn in Lusk, Co Dublin, to find out the secret to his sparkling success, as he has been successfully producing wine for a number of years. He also heads to Kel…
Health giving herbs, hybrid berries and raspberry crumble?
Before modern medicine, herbs were the only thing available to treat ailments. Eager to make sure this knowledge isn’t lost, the Irish Register of Herbalists tend a collection of over 200 plants at S…
Bankside beauty, daylilies and drought
Join David as he finds out what plants are best adapted to dealing with drought. Among them, the daylily, which Maurice Parkinson believes should be more popular in the UK and Ireland. How to transf…
An urban oasis, jobs for July and a garden you don't need to water?
David Maxwell and experts Averil Milligan and Neil Porteous offer sage advice on how to make the most of your summer garden.
David takes a trip to an exotic oasis in East Belfast that's brimming with…
Gardening for allergies, insta, and insects
The pandemic may have confined many to their homes for months but it also forced some young gardeners to connect on social media. This week on Gardeners’ Corner, David Maxwell meets 27 year old Phili…
BBC Radio Ulster Gardeners’ Corner team delve into summer colour
Tune into BBC Radio Ulster’s Gardeners’ Corner this Saturday morning when Helen Mark will be visiting Jim Bradley to find out what colour scheme will be on trend this summer, Amy Kelly makes the mout…