Postbag Edition: Barbican

Gardeners' Question Time

BBC

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

What vegetables could I grown that aren't native to the UK? Are there any punk-ish plants that thrive in a hot and humid room? Which plant would make a great building structure?

Peter Gibbs and a team of gardening experts explore the various locations of the beautifully brutalist Barbican Centre in London, all while digging into the GQT postbag to answer your gardening conundrums.

Joining Peter are ethnobotanist James Wong, garden designer Juliet Sargeant and Head Gardener Matthew Pottage. Leading them around various locations is the Barbican Centre's Head Gardener Marta Lowcewicz.

Producer: Bethany Hocken Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod Executive Producer: Carly Maile

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

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0:37.9	Hello, I'm Cathy Clugston, and this is Gardner's Question Time from BBC Radio 4.
0:43.4	So grab those secretars or sit back and relax, however you like to listen,
0:47.8	and enjoy the next 45 minutes of great tips, advice and dubious horticultural humour.
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0:58.5	We've escaped the cold, blustery January weather
1:01.2	and are taking cover inside the warm oasis of London's Barbican Conservatory.
1:06.9	Vibrant foliage tumbles down all around us.
1:09.7	Vines crawl up and over stepped concrete balconies
1:12.6	and in amongst it all there are some little bright flashes of tropical-like plants.
1:17.6	15 feet above is the conservatory's steel and glass ceiling
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