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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

Gardeners' Question Time: St Ives, Cambridgeshire

St Ives, Cambridgeshire

BBC Radio 4 - Gardeners' Question Time, St Ives, Cambridgeshire

Kathy Clugston and the team are in St Ives, Cambridgeshire.

Kathy Clugston and the team pay a visit to St Ives in Cambridgeshire. Christine Walkden, Anne Swithinbank and Bob Flowerdew answer the questions.

This week the team give advice on how to control Lemon Balm, recommend tree species to grow in containers and talk about companion planting.

The panellists also discuss whether you can grow raspberries in pots, while a guest has brought in something Bob has been searching for.

Matt Biggs heads to Fulham Palace in West London to talk to Head Gardener Lucy Hart about the Palace Gardens' history and the impact of the botanical Bishop Compton. 

Produced by Laurence Bassett
Assistant Producer: Jemima Rathbone

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