Upton-by-Chester

Gardeners' Question Time

BBC

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

What are the pros and cons of using ramial wood chips in my soil? What Moroccan style shrubs could I grow that would survive the British weather? How do I prune my blueberry bushes so they can bear more fruit?

Kathy Clugston and a panel of experts are in Upton-By-Chester to answer queries from an audience of keen gardeners. On the panel this week are garden designer Bunny Guinness, houseplant expert Anne Swithinbank, and curator of RHS Bridgewater Marcus Chilton-Jones.

Later, James Wong speaks to 'The Cloud Gardener' Jason Williams about ginnel gardening and how you can get creative with limited amount of space.

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

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

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0:42.0	Hello and a warm welcome to Gardner's Question Time. podcasts. city of Chester and was originally a rural community before becoming part of the city's leafy suburbia.
0:56.0	It still has a strong local identity though, especially when it comes to horticulture.
1:01.0	We're right on the border with North Wales and
1:03.7	gardeners here rejoice in the shelter of the wonderful Cloydian mountain range. The
1:08.6	village's first ever Flarshow was held in 1892. An autumn version soon followed. First prize was a
1:15.6	load of manure, second prize, a bail of straw. Beats a rosette any day.
1:20.4	The Upton Horticultural Society, our host today, was founded in 1946. And just four
1:27.4	years later, in 1952, a show called How Does Your Garden Grow made its maiden visit to Upton by Chester and
1:34.9	promptly changed its name to
1:36.7	from this question time.
1:38.6	Correct.
1:39.9	Now the personnel may have changed since that first visit but the subject matter and our shared passion for it remain resolute.
1:46.7	Please welcome our sprightly and unwaveringly passionate panel of gardening experts,
1:51.4	Bunny Guinness, Marcus Chilton Jones and Antswith and Bank. Later in the programme, James Wong explores the delights and challenges of gardening in a
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