Summer inspiration from the Gardeners’ Corner archive
Join David Maxwell and Rosie Maye as they dig into the archive and look back at garden visits from past summers on the programme. From long-...
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20 of 699 episodesCreating new borders with Jimi Blake, growing redcurrants for skincare and Jason Ingram on photographing gardens
As the dry spell continues, David travels to renowned gardener Jimi Blake's Huntingbrook garden in County Wicklow. He finds out how Jimi cre...
Success with delphiniums, easy early summer cuttings, and peculiar plums
As the summer holiday season begins, David Maxwell is joined in studio by Ann FitzSimons and Mary Doris who are full of summer gardening ins...
How to grow olives and basil, cameraman vs bee and the garden legacy of a retiring Tyrone teacher
Join David Maxwell for an hour of gardening advice for summer. He'll be joined in studio by expert Neil Porteous who will have advice on how...
Gardeners' Corner at BBC Gardeners' World Live, Birmingham
David Maxwell is joined by Adam Frost and Jekka McVicar live from the NEC in Birmingham Presenter Nikki Chapman reflects on her relationship...
Four decades at Tattykeel, cost-cutting propagation and soil health for community gardens.
Helen Mark visits Tattykeel Garden in Omagh, where Hugh and Kathleen Ward reflect on four decades of gardening as they open their gates for...
All about alliums, clematis cuttings, summer care for succulents and the best plants for moths
Join David Maxwell for an hour of early-summer inspiration for your garden. He brings you more highlights from the garden show season and is...
Gardeners' Corner at Bord Bia Bloom 2026
Gardeners' Corner attends Ireland's biggest gardening show, Bord Bia Bloom, as it celebrates its 20th anniversary. Presenter David Maxwell t...
Gardeners' Corner at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026
Highlights from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 with David Maxwell, featuring the gold medal-winning Trussell’s Together Garden — the first...
Dan Pearson on the value of gardening slowly, lavender alternatives and getting peonies to flower
David visits the GROW community garden at the Waterworks site in north Belfast where members of Anaka women's collective are gaining gardeni...
Sarah Raven and Shane Connolly on cut flowers, gardening with a disability and Adam Frost's bulb of the month
David chats to renowned plantswoman Sarah Raven and royal florist Shane Connolly at the Festival of Gardens and Nature in County Laois. In W...
Garden birdsong with the Nature Boy, giving berberis a go and cutting back camellias
David Maxwell visits Ballyrobert Cottage Garden where Maurice Parkinson tries to convince him to give the prickly berberis shrub a chance. I...
Celebrating tulip time, making pampass plume and preventing peony problems
As the spring sunshine brings out the blooms, join David Maxwell as Gardeners' Corner celebrates tulip time. Expert guest Anna Hudson will h...
Gardening by the sea, Adam Frost's bulb of the month and celebrating 20 years of a garden trail
David Maxwell visits a unique, nature-friendly private garden in Falcarragh, created by gardener and author Seán Ó Gaoithín. Crammed full of...
Sensory gardens, spring tidy-ups, and opening the gates to the public
Helen Mark is invited to Lisbane County Down where she discovers the work that goes into preparing a garden for public visitors through the...
The Road to Chelsea
Presenter David Maxwell finds out what it takes to create a world class exhibit at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Alongside fern expert Billy...
Getting rid of horsetail, alpine addiction and the artful gardener
As wintry showers return, Gardeners’ Corner heads to the snow-dusted Sperrins where David Maxwell visits Andrew Shannon, whose country garde...
The best daffodils for pots, borders and lawns and easy crops for a mid-March harvest
This week, David Maxwell heads to Hillsborough Castle where thousands of daffodils are in bloom. Head gardener, Claire Woods explains how th...
Castlewellan's walled garden reborn, Spring wildlife watch and Adam Frost's bulb of the month
David Maxwell visits the historic Annesley Walled Garden in Castlewellan Forest Park as it reopens to the public. The garden, which dates ba...
Chelsea comes to Strabane and the best plants for early spring colour
With spring just around the corner David Maxwell heads to a community garden in Strabane, County Tyrone which will be getting quite the face...