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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: Postbag: Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Postbag: Cambridge University Botanic Garden

BBC Radio 4 - Gardeners' Question Time, Postbag: Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.

How do I make my cactus healthier? Which 1930s-style plants could I grow indoors? How do I prune mistletoe? Peter Gibbs visits Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

How do I make my cactus healthier? Which 1930’s style plants could I grow indoors? How do I prune mistletoe?

Peter Gibbs and his panel of horticultural experts are at Cambridge University Botanic Gardens for this week’s postbag episode of Gardeners’ Question Time. Joining Peter on a tour of the gardens are Head Gardener of Horatio’s Garden Ashley Edwards, ethnobotanist James Wong, and garden designer Bunny Guinness.

Alongside the questions, the Head of Horticulture at Cambridge University Botanic Gardens, Sally Petitt, gives the pane a tour of the greenhouses and gardens on the historic site.

Producer: Dominic Tyerman
Assistant Producer: Dulcie Whadcock

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