Postbag Edition: Mires Beck Nursery - Pond Liners, Witches' Broom and Badgers

Gardeners' Question Time

BBC

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

How do I stop badgers from eating my tulips? Any tips on changing a ripped pond liner? How do I effectively take cuttings from a plant?

Kathy Clugston and her panel of horticultural heroes take a wander around Mires Beck Nursery in Hull, while dipping into the GQT postbag to answer your gardening grievances.

Joining forces with Kathy are head gardener Matthew Pottage, garden designer Bunny Guinness and curator of RHS Bridgewater Marcus Chilton-Jones. The panellists are joined by various workers and volunteers from the nursery who share own tips and tricks on gardening challenges, such as planting trees from seed and planting native varieties.

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

Click here for the Plant List: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0023yg4

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0:49.0	Hello, I'm Kathy Clugston and this is Gardner's Question Time from BBC Radio 4.
0:55.1	So grab those secateurs or sit back and relax however you like to listen and enjoy the next
1:00.6	45 minutes of great tips, advice and dubious horticultural humour.
1:07.0	Hello and welcome to GQT. We're in East Yorkshire this week in the countryside west of Hull.
1:13.8	We're visiting Mars Beck Nursery for a post-bag edition of the show,
1:17.6	a chance for us to catch up on our correspondence and help you with your gardening problems.
1:22.6	We've gathered in the middle of the site here
1:24.8	amid rows of beautiful, vibrant looking flowers and plants.
1:28.0	And here to tell us more about our venue is Ian Ridpath,
1:31.2	who's the nursery's service delivery manager.
1:33.4	Ian thanks for joining us today.
1:35.1	You're very welcome to Myers Beck.
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