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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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Gardeners' Corner: The immortality plant, Ireland’s first tea plantation and Ards allotments

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29/05/2021

The immortality plant, Ireland’s first tea plantation and Ards allotments

BBC Radio Ulster - Gardeners' Corner, The immortality plant, Ireland’s first tea plantation and Ards allotments

Join David Maxwell in his own garden this bank holiday weekend with expert Ann Fitzsimons.

Join David in his own garden this bank holiday weekend with expert Ann Fitzsimons and on a visit to Ireland’s first tea plantation.

Join David Maxwell in his own garden this bank holiday weekend along with expert Ann Fitzsimons. The pair chat about must have plants including Alchemilla mollis (Lady’s mantle) and Alliums.  Also in the programme, David visits Ards allotments where Amy Kelly is growing strawberries and raspberries as well as some more unusual edibles. Is Portaferry the new Darjeeling?  David heads to Ireland’s first tea plantation to find out if it’s possible to grow a ‘builder’s brew’ in the Northern Irish climate and organic grower Klaus Laitenberger gives his monthly update on sowing and growing including an introduction to the immortality plant.  







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