Shepton Mallet: Garlic Rust, Mushroom Compost and Plant Renaissance

Gardeners' Question Time

BBC

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Any tips on combating garlic rust? How should I spread mushroom compost in my garden? Which plants do you predict will make a renaissance?

Peter Gibbs and a team of experts visit the market town of Shepton Mallet to solve gardening conundrums from an audience of gardeners. In the hot seats this week are house plant guru Anne Swithinbank, pest and disease expert Pippa Greenwood, and garden designer Matthew Wilson.

Later in the programme, Matthew Wilson travels to Bath to meet with Britain In Bloom champions Steve Brook and Barry Cruz. He gathers some useful tips and tricks for snagging the title of champion.

Producer: Daniel Cocker Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod  Executive Producer: Carly Maile

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

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0:57.8	minutes of great tips, advice and dubious horticultural humour. Hello and welcome to gardeners question time with me,
1:06.9	Peter Gibbs. Now it takes some bottle to host GQT in the depths of winter. Fair to say, many of our
1:13.4	gardens aren't looking quite the best in January and you might expect a potential venue to suggest
1:18.7	that we might like to pop back in a couple of months. Not today though. We've come to a garden that
1:24.0	looks stunning all year round. Kilver Court and Gardens is a magnificent three and a half acres of loveliness on the edge of the charming
1:32.4	market town of Shepton Mallet in Somerset.
1:35.5	And head gardener Chris Inchley has been here for many years and he joins me now.
1:39.1	Hello Chris.
1:39.7	Hello there.
1:40.2	How you doing?
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