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Gardeners' Corner

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The weekly gardening programme for keen gardeners, with the latest advice and news.

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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In the summer garden

In the Summer Garden

BBC Radio Ulster - Gardeners' Corner, In the Summer Garden

Summer plants, growing veg and melons, the rose garden and advice for listeners' problems.

Gardeners' Corner looks forward to late summer colour, growing veg and melons, harvesting seed, what's new in the rose garden and has advice for listeners' gardening queries. 

In this week's Gardeners' Corner a visit to Rowallane's walled garden reveals majestic artichokes and other plants which love sheltered conditions. Ann Fitzsimmons talks about her summer veg plan, growing melons in her greenhouse and how to harvest seed from early summer flowering plants. Also in the programme, Neil Porteous on the effects of the hot weather on this year's plants, an update from the newly planted rose garden at Mountstewart and Maurice Parkinson joins David in the studio to answer listeners' questions. 

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