Birmingham Botanical Gardens: Fertilisers, Fluorescent Plants and Clematis

Gardeners' Question Time

BBC

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

What plants would you recommend to entertain five to six year-olds? How do I successfully grow Japanese banana plants? Are rose fertilisers and tomato fertilisers the same thing?

Kathy Clugston and her team of horticultural champions visit Birmingham Botanical Gardens to solve the gardening gripes of the audience. On the panel this week are proud plantsman Matthew Biggs, ethnobotanist James Wong and garden designer Juliet Sargeant.

Later, Matt Biggs educates us on the life and legacy of renowned plant collector Ernest Wilson whose expeditions across Asia led to the introduction of over 2,000 plant species.

Senior Producer: Daniel Cocker Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod Assistant Producer: Suhaar Ali Executive Producer: Carly Maile

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0:35.0	Hello, I'm Kathy Clugston and this is Gardner's Question Time from BBC Radio 4.
0:41.0	So grab those secateurs or sit back and relax however you like to listen and enjoy
0:46.4	the next 45 minutes of great tips, advice and dubious horticultural humour.
0:53.0	Hello and welcome to Gardner's question time.
0:56.0	This week we're in the beating Green Heart of the West Midlands
0:59.0	at one of the UK's most significant historic horticulture locations, Birmingham botanical gardens.
1:05.8	Or as my partner James Young Grandchildren who live very close by have christened it,
1:10.0	the Potsy G.
1:11.7	The gardens were opened in 1829. The site is just a few minutes from the city centre
1:17.2	and has remained remarkably untouched in design for the best part of 200 years. But that is set to change. The gardens recently secured funding to preserve
1:26.2	their legacy through restoration, renovation and improvements in a huge overhaul that will last
1:31.6	for several years.
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