Summer Garden Party

Gardeners' Question Time

BBC

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Kathy Clugston and a crack team of top horticultural experts celebrate the return of the GQT Summer Garden Party in style — this year set against the stunning backdrop of RHS Garden Hyde Hall in the heart of Essex.

Kathy is joined by an all-star panel, including visionary garden designers Matthew Wilson and Bunny Guinness, RHS head gardener Matthew Pottage, and the king of all things edible, Bob Flowerdew. Together, they tackle a lively mix of questions from an enthusiastic audience of budding green thumbs, sharing expert tips, clever tricks, and plenty of inspiration to get your garden growing.

Senior Producer: Dan Cocker Assistant Producer: Rocky Cocker Assistant Producer: Suhaar Ali Junior Producer: Rahnee Prescod

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:05.8	Hello, I'm Cathy Clugston,
0:07.7	and this is Gardner's Question Time from BBC Radio 4.
0:11.3	So grab those secateurs, or sit back and relax, however you like to listen,
0:15.7	and enjoy the next 45 minutes of great tips, advice and dubious horticultural humour.
0:25.7	Hello and welcome to the gardener's question time summer garden party. We're back after a
0:31.3	brief hiatus. This time we're at the Immaculate RHS Garden Hidehall in Essex. I'm on my way to the main stage,
0:38.2	but I can see a crowd of people queuing to get in.
0:40.3	Hello there. Are you looking forward to the programme? Yes, very much. Hi. Hi. What are you here for? We've come down for. We've come from Ashbourne in Derbyshire. Hello there. Hello there. Where have you come from today? Yeah, from Kent, from Hadlow.
0:34.8	It's my birthday today as well.
0:37.2	Is this a birthday treat then?
0:38.5	It is a birthday treat.
0:39.4	It is a birthday treat.
0:39.5	It is finally arranged today as well.
0:54.8	Is this a birthday treat then?
0:56.3	It is a birthday treat.
0:57.2	It is a birthday treat.
0:57.2	And do you know who's going to be on the panel today? No, we don't. Well, it's going to be a lovely surprise. We've got a question in. Excellent. We'll go on to bid. I'll be back shortly. Thank you. So before I go into the marquee, I just wanted to stick my nose into the potting shed and see what's going on in there.
0:57.4	How much is it? It's a... So before I go into the marquee, I just wanted to stick my nose into the potting shed and see what's going on in there.
1:13.5	How much is it?
1:14.6	It's a small garden, but probably the size of this tent.
1:18.6	Oh, the bamboo is the size of this tent in a small garden.
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