East and West Hanney

Gardeners' Question Time

BBC

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Is gardening a solitary or a social activity? What could I grow up a garage wall? What do the panel expect to see in open gardens?

Kathy and a team of experts visit The Hanneys to solve gardeners' problems. Joining Kathy to answer the questions are fanatical plantswoman Christine Walkden, dedicated botanist Dr Chris Thorogood, and passionate plant expert Matthew Biggs.

Later in the programme, Matthew Pottage and GQT producer Dominic Tyerman visit the Sydney Botanic Gardens in Australia to understand the wide appeal of living wall gardens, as well as provide tips for making your own.

Producer: Dominic Tyerman Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod Executive Producer: Carly Maile

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Greg Jenner. I'm the host of Your Dead to Me, where the best names in comedy and history
0:05.5	join me to learn about and laugh at the past. You are a traitor. And in the new series, we'll meet
0:11.2	Aristotle. I think he might have been a time traveller. Someone who's like almost a glitch.
0:15.3	We'll dive into the causes of the British Civil Wars in the 1600s. In England at this period,
0:19.8	there's people can't get on the housing ladder.
0:21.5	This sounds familiar. And we'll discover the arts and crafts movement. I love the clothes. I love
0:26.5	the vibe. Yes, we're a comedy show that takes history seriously and then laughs at it. You're dead to me.
0:31.3	Listen first on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:38.7	Hello, I'm Cathy Clugston, and this is Gardner's Question Time from BBC Radio 4.
0:44.3	So grab those secretars or sit back and relax, however you like to listen,
0:48.7	and enjoy the next 45 minutes of great tips, advice and dubious horticultural humour.
0:56.0	Hello and welcome to GQT. This week we're in rural Oxfordshire, where the villages of
1:01.8	East and West Hany are often referred to simply as the Hannies, as they're so close together,
1:07.4	separated by just one field, known locally as the Hanny Gap.
1:11.4	I don't know if there's any traditional local rivalry.
1:14.9	Oh, gosh, I hope I haven't stumbled into a long-running feud, and the two villages are going
1:20.5	to play nice today.
1:21.6	We will find out.
1:22.7	Put your hannies in the air and give us a shout if you're from West Hany.
1:26.1	We're from East Hany. east hanny the east has it well let's hope
1:33.8	these two warring tribes can be united in their quest for gardening enlightenment courtesy of the gardeners
1:40.0	question time panel i think it's safe for you to come out now. Please welcome fanatical
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