Exeter City

Gardeners' Question Time

BBC

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

When does manure become well rotted? Where should I start when designing a flowerbed in my garden? What can I do to encourage my dahlias to sprout flowers?

Kathy Clugston and the GQT team of horticultural heroes are on hand to tackle the gardening queries of an audience in Exeter City. Kathy is joined by garden designer Chris Beardshaw, grow your own guru Bob Flowerdew and proud plantswoman Christine Walkden.

Later in the programme, Assistant Producer Rahnee Prescod meets with community projects manager of YMCA Exeter Sam Thomas, to discuss how gardening therapy provides an escape for young adults experiencing homelessness.

Producer: Bethany Hocken

Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod

Executive Producer: Carly Maile

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

Transcript

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0:00.0	This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box.
0:05.0	The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from.
0:09.0	And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape.
0:12.0	The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape.
0:12.5	The IRA inmates who found a way.
0:14.5	I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path
0:19.5	through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history.
0:25.0	The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them.
0:28.5	Escape from the Maze, listen first on BBC Sounds.
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0:40.0	Hello, I'm Kathy Clugston and this is Gardner's Question Time from BBC Radio 4.
0:46.0	So grab those secateurs, or sit back and relax, however you like to listen,
0:51.0	and enjoy the next 45 minutes of great tips, advice and dubious
0:55.4	horticultural humour.
0:57.8	Hello and welcome to Gardner's question time. It's a glorious day here in Exeter in Devon our location today.
1:05.3	Before I go into the venue I wanted to soak up some of the local horticultural
1:09.3	points of interest. I've come along St David's Hill in Exeter City and have been lured into this
1:14.2	beautiful square it's called Little Silver surrounded on all sides by houses and
1:19.3	pack full of wildflowers and color and I'm told that in the spring it's a sea of tulips. It's been
1:25.2	lovingly managed by the residents here since 2012 and is a real testament to
1:29.7	community gardening. Right across the road is the YMCA. Perched at the edge of an exposed
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