Autumn inspiration from the Gardeners’ Corner archive
Join Helen Mark and Mary Doris as they dig into the archive and look back at past garden visits from the season of autumn. From the changing...
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Gardeners' Corner
David Maxwell and the experts visit gardens, talk to gardeners and offer topical advice
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20 of 707 episodesHome tips from a historic house, Meath’s Poppy Garden and growing plants indoors
Anna Hudson visits Rob Wilson, assistant head gardener at Mount Stewart to gather ideas and techniques that gardeners can put into practice...
Colourful displays in Ballymena, sensory gardens and saving a Sarcococca
Helen Mark visits Kay Rainey at her garden near the foothills of the Sperrin Mountains, where herbaceous borders and repeated bursts of colo...
How to feed your soil, special trees and Adam Frost's bulb of the month
As one season gives way to another, David travels to the County Meath garden of Paula Byrne. Twenty years ago, after building a new house, t...
Gardeners' Corner summer special with Dan Pearson and Jekka McVicar
After one of the hottest summers on record, David travels to the west of England to explore the private gardens of two renowned plants-peopl...
Growing lavender, success with agapanthus and healing through gardening
David travels to County Fermanagh, where he meets Vera Cassidy at Lavender Manor near Enniskillen. The venue is true to its name, and it is...
Plants that perform in drought, Adam Frost's bulb of the month, and gardening for hedgehogs
After a summer of sunshine and heat, David catches up with Maurice Parkinson, who is continuing to plant with a changing climate in mind. Wh...
Home-grown cooking with Mollie Cunningham, summer perennials and permaculture in the park
Join David Maxwell for an hour of gardening advice for summer. He'll be joined in studio by expert Ann Fitzsimons who has advice on how to s...
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-...
Creating 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...