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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: East Ruston Old Vicarage Garden: Postbag Edition

09/12/2022

East Ruston Old Vicarage Garden: Postbag Edition

BBC Radio 4 - Gardeners' Question Time, East Ruston Old Vicarage Garden: Postbag Edition

Kathy Clugston and a panel of gardening experts visit East Ruston Old Vicarage.

How quickly can you grow a Christmas tree from seed? When should you prune a fig tree? Why should you avoid putting mirrors in your garden? And what plants best protect your modesty when gardening in the nude? 

Joining Kathy Clugston to help answer questions from the GQT inbox are garden designer Matthew Wilson, houseplant-lover Anne Swithinbank and grow-your-own expert Bob Flowerdew.

This week the team visits a 32 acre garden which was designed and built from scratch by two passionate horticulturalists -– it's the East Ruston Old Vicarage in Norfolk. They explore the vast gardens and greenhouses with co-founder and Head Gardener, Alan Gray.

Producer: Daniel Cocker
Assistant Producer: Bethany Hocken
Executive Producer: Louisa Field

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