Herstmonceux Castle: Postbag Edition
Gardeners' Question Time
BBC
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Peter Gibbs and the team are at Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex. Juliet Sargeant, Matt Biggs and Matthew Pottage are this weeks' panellists, ready to answer your gardening questions.
Led by Herstmonceux's head gardener Guy Lucas, the team explores the castle grounds and learns about the sustainable gardening practices adopted in recent years.
The panellists also tackle questions from listeners, including suggestions for what to plant around a thatched cottage, and when to prune plants that are still in flower in the winter.
Producer - Jemima Rathbone Assistant Producer - Aniya Das
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4
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| 0:42.0 | Hello, I'm Kathy Clugston and this is Gardner's Question Time from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:47.0 | So grab those secateurs or sit back and relax, however you like to listen, |
| 0:52.0 | and enjoy the next 45 minutes of great |
| 0:54.5 | tips advice and dubious horticultural humour. |
| 0:59.5 | Hello and welcome to Gardner's question time. Well, the weather might be getting colder, |
| 1:04.0 | but that's certainly not going to stop us from venturing outside. |
| 1:07.0 | This week, you join us at Hirschmanseu Castle |
| 1:10.0 | in the south of England in Sussex. |
| 1:12.0 | First built in 1441 by Sir Roger Fines, |
| 1:16.0 | ancestor of the famous explorer Sir Ranao fines, |
| 1:19.0 | it's built of Flemish brick in the Flemish style. |
| 1:23.0 | Well over the last five to six hundred years it's been home to some pretty colourful |
| 1:26.7 | characters and a few scandals too. |
| 1:29.7 | It has a fascinating history. |
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