Kew Garden's Orchid Festival, caring for moth orchids and kick-starting the season with early seed sowing

As Chinese New Year begins, presenter David Maxwell encounters an orchid covered dragon at the 30th annual Orchid Festival in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He chats to Soléne Dequiret in the Princess of Wales Conservatory about what it takes to create this giant display with over 3000 orchids. Gardening writer Julianne Robertson reveals what it takes to keep moth orchids happy in our homes. Nicola Kenny visits a new community garden taking root in north Belfast thanks to funding from Kew and Amy Kelly explains how to kick-start early seed sowing with the help of propagators and heated mats. Anna Hudson joins David in studio to answer questions and bring some seasonal inspiration from the garden at Ballywalter. Contact the programme gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk

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Kew Garden's Orchid Festival, caring for moth orchids and kick-starting the season with early seed sowing is an episode from Gardeners' Corner by BBC.

This episode is 56:35 long.

This episode was published on Feb 21, 2026.

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