Summer Garden Party: Potting Shed

Gardeners' Question Time

BBC

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

What is this mysterious vegetable growing in my vegetable patch? Can you identify this mysterious plum? How can I make my cottage garden look full of life?

Kathy Clugston hosts a lively Potting Shed edition of Gardeners’ Question Time, recorded at the vibrant GQT Summer Garden Party held at RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Essex.

Joining her is the show’s renowned panel of horticultural experts — Bob Flowerdew, Christine Walkden, James Wong, Bunny Guinness, Dr Chris Thorogood, Matthew Wilson, and Pippa Greenwood — ready to tackle gardening dilemmas from enthusiastic visitors.

From tackling vine weevils and dealing with contaminated soil, to coaxing supermarket-bought pear trees into fruiting, the panel shares practical advice, clever solutions, and plenty of gardening wisdom throughout the programme.

Junior Producer: Rahnee Prescod Assistant Producer: Suhaar Ali

A Somethin Else Production for BBC Radio 4.

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0:42.6	Hello, I'm Cathy Clugston,
0:45.9	and this is Gardner's Question Time from BBC Radio 4.
0:49.5	So grab those secateurs or sit back and relax,
0:50.8	however you like to listen, and enjoy the next 45 minutes of great tips, advice and dubious horticultural humour.
0:57.9	Hello and welcome to Gardner's Question Time. Last month we celebrated the return of the GQT Summer Garden Party,
1:05.2	our first since 2019 at Mount Stewart in County Down. And what better place for our comeback special
1:11.4	than the annual floor show
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