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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: How to grow perfect pumpkins, bulb planting at Florence Court and ever heard of banana mint?

30/10/2021

How to grow perfect pumpkins, bulb planting at Florence Court and ever heard of banana mint?

BBC Radio Ulster - Gardeners' Corner, How to grow perfect pumpkins, bulb planting at Florence Court and ever heard of banana mint?

Gardening for Autumn with David Maxwell and his expert guests.

David Maxwell presents the weekly gardening programme including; how to grow perfect pumpkins, a trip to Florence Court and plants for shade.

In this Halloween programme, David Maxwell leaves the garden for the farm in the hunt for the perfect pumpkin. He chats to Adrian McGowan in Killinchy, who’s grown 9 acres of them about the varieties that grow best in more northern climes. David also heads to the National Trust’s Florence Court in county Fermanagh where head gardener David Corscadden is planting Camassia bulb with volunteers from near and far. Also on the programme, Cherry Townsend joins David to answer listeners’ questions; autumn in Ballyrobert cottage garden with Maurice Parkinson and just how many types of mint can you name?  gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk












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