Hexham Abbey

Gardeners' Question Time

BBC

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Can you suggest some plants that could withstand being in strong winds? What can I do to encourage more wildlife into my garden without it looking too wild? What gardening activity would you like to do on your 100th birthday?

Peter Gibbs and his team of gardening experts answer the questions from the audience in Hexham Abbey.

Joining Peter to unearth the horticultural dilemmas are passionate garden designers Matthew Wilson and Bunny Guinness, and house plant expert Anne Swithinbank.

Later in the programme, Matthew Wilson is joined by local horticulturists Rachel Ryver and Kay Owen as they visit what remains of the Sycamore Gap and discuss what's being done to regrow the iconic tree.

Senior Producer: Dan Cocker

Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod

Executive Producer: Carly Maile

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

Transcript

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0:44.8	So grab those secateurs or sit back and relax however you like to listen and enjoy the next 45 minutes
0:51.1	of great tips, advice and dubious horticultural humour.
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1:00.8	Now, GQT prides itself on endurance. We've been popping up on your wireless
1:05.8	every single week since our first program in 1947. But that 77 year run is a mere blink of an eye compared with today's recording location,
1:16.0	which has been preaching to audiences since 674.
1:20.4	Yes, I haven't missed a one-off.
1:22.2	We're at Hexham Abbey, one of the earliest seats of Christianity in England.
1:26.0	And sitting right at the heart of this Northumberland market town,
1:30.0	the Abbey has a turbulent history.
1:32.0	From Viking raids in 875, burning by the Scots Army in 1296
1:37.9	and the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536.
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