Darley Dale: Flood Proof Plants, Hangry Heathers and Fast Climbers
Gardeners' Question Time
BBC
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
What trees are flood and arid proof that will still be here in a hundred years? How can I rejuvenate my gappy Heathers? What fast growing plants could we plant to hide a wall?
Peter Gibbs and a proud panel of gardening experts venture to the Whitworth Institute in Darley Dale where they field questions from an eager live audience of gardeners. Tackling everything from hangry heathers to planting dilemmas, the panel includes head gardeners’ Bethan Collerton and Marcus Chilton Jones, and garden designer Bunny Guinness
Later in the programme, James Wong provides some practical advice on how to keep your plants happy indoors this season.
Senior producer: Matthew Smith Junior producer: Rahnee Prescod
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4
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| 0:45.3 | Today we're in Darlie Dale, a handsome Derbyshire town on the edge of the Peak District, |
| 0:51.4 | just up the road from Matlock, where the River Derwent winds past stone cottages and rolling hills. |
| 0:55.9 | Dalydale's perhaps best known for the mighty yew tree in St. Helens' |
| 1:03.8 | churchyard. With a girth of 33 feet, it's thought to be around 2,000 years old, almost predating Bob Flower Juice compost heap. Darleydale also claims fame as the former home of Sir Joseph Paxton, |
| 1:10.4 | designer, of course, |
| 1:11.1 | of Chatsworth's Gardens and the Crystal Palace, while more recently, One Direction filmed a music video |
| 1:17.9 | on the nearby Peak Rail Heritage Railway. And then, of course, there's the Darlaydale Horticultural |
| 1:23.8 | Society who have invited us here today. A wonderfully welcoming gardening club that runs |
| 1:29.7 | a lively programme of talks and trips to gardens of distinction. Proof, if any, were needed, |
| 1:35.7 | that gardening here is as much about community as compost. So, from ancient ewes to steam trains, |
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