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Gardeners' Question Time

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Factual: Homes & Gardens: Gardens

Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts

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

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Gardeners' Question Time: Tenterden, Kent

Tenterden, Kent

23/12/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Gardeners' Question Time, Tenterden, Kent

A festive edition with Tenterden & District Horticultural Society, chaired by Eric Robson.

A festive edition with Tenterden and District Horticultural Society in Kent, chaired by Eric Robson. Joining him on the panel are Bob Flowerdew, Matthew Wilson and Bunny Guinness.

A festive GQT recorded with Tenterden & District Horticultural Society in Kent, chaired by Eric Robson.
Joining him on the panel are Bob Flowerdew, Matthew Wilson and Bunny Guinness.

Anne Swithinbank advises on caring for Christmas plant gifts. 
In addition, alternatives for dried blood and how to encourage an Emerald Lace Acer to keep its shape.

Produced by Lucy Dichmont
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.

The following questions were answered in the programmes:
What should I feed my Christmas tree to prolong its life?
Planting suggestions for things to grow on the sloping roof of a kennel.
Suggestions include: Sedum matting, meadow turf and Cut & come again lettuce
We harvested seed from Cosmos. When do we plant these? We have no greenhouse. 
How to deter voles from garden
We need range scented plants for border in front of a conservatory. What do the panel suggest?
Suggestions include:
Daphne odora 'Marginata', Clematis Armandii and Sporobolus Grass
When is the best time to plant strawberries
What are the alternatives to dried blood, tar oil & derris dust?
My Acer Palmatum "Emerald Lace' began as 3ft and domed shape. However it has started growing upwards and losing its shape. How can I bring the branches down?

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