Bristol: Stubborn plants, Wellbeing and Acers

Gardeners' Question Time

BBC

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

What’s the secret to growing Snowdrops? Which single plant or gardening activity instils a feeling of wellbeing in people? What are the do's and don’ts of planting Acers?

Kathy Clugston and a team of experts are in Bristol to answer gardening questions from a green fingered audience. Joining Kathy are garden designers Chris Beardshaw and Matthew Wilson, and house plants expert Anne Swithinbank.

Later in the programme, if you're unsure of what do with your garden during the winter months, Matthew Pottage has an extensive list of jobs and tasks to help you get ahead in the new year.

Producer: Daniel Cocker Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod  Executive Producer: Carly Maile

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to quickly tell you about some others.
0:05.2	My name's Andy Martin and I'm the editor of a team of podcast producers at the BBC in Northern Ireland.
0:11.3	It's a job I really love because we get to tell the stories that really matter to people here,
0:16.3	but which also resonate and apply to listeners around the world.
0:19.6	And because the team is such a diverse
0:21.2	range of skills and strengths, we have trained journalists, people who love digging through
0:26.0	archives, we've got drama and even comedy experts. We really can do those stories justice. So if
0:31.8	you like this podcast, head to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more fascinating stories
0:37.1	from all around the UK. BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more fascinating stories from all around the UK.
0:40.3	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:44.8	Hello, I'm Cathy Clugston and this is Gardner's Question Time from BBC Radio 4.
0:50.2	So grab those secateurs or sit back and relax however you like to listen
0:54.6	and enjoy the next 45 minutes of great tips, advice and dubious horticultural humour.
1:01.6	Hello and a happy new gardening year!
1:06.5	Today the TQT team and I are in the UK's greenest urban centre,
1:11.9	a community with eight city farms, 13 designated nature reserves, and more than 400 parks.
1:19.1	A fifth of residents here walk or cycle to work.
1:22.3	We are in Bristol.
1:24.2	Yay!
1:26.3	Today, it's the only UK city to be awarded, coveted European Green Capital City status,
1:32.3	joining the likes of Stockholm, Tallinn, Lisbon and Oslo.
1:37.3	A few weeks ago, we were the guests of the SS Great Britain here in the city,
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