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The Why Factor

Series 2

Gardens

Duration: 12 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Why are so many people drawn to gardening? Helena Merriman speaks to a neuroscientist who's discovered that soil has some surprising qualities and she hears the extraordinary story of a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay who created his own garden.
Producer: Helena Merriman
Presenter: Helena Merriman
Editor: Andrew Smith Show less

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