Walsall: Rainwater v Tap Water, Caffeinated Ants and Daffodil Diaries
Gardeners' Question Time
BBC
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
How do we get rid of red ants? Rainwater or tap water? How can I stay motivated in the garden when it's wet and windy?
Kathy Clugston and her team of gardening gurus visit Walsall to solve some horticultural problems. Joining Kathy to answer the questions are garden designers Bunny Guinness, Marcus Chilton Jones and Matthew Wilson.
Later in the programme, Peter Gibbs visits RHS Wisley where principal scientist Kálmán Könyves educates him on their Daffodil Diaries initiative. A strategy which logs where, what and when rare and endangered narcissi bloom.
Producer: Bethany Hocken Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod Executive Producer: Carly Maile
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| 0:48.7 | Hello, I'm Cathy Clugston and this is Gardner's Question Time from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:55.9 | So grab those secateurs or sit back and relax however you like to listen and enjoy the next 45 minutes of great tips advice and dubious horticultural humour hello and welcome to this week's |
| 1:02.9 | gardener's question time we're in walsall today a market town in the west midlands during the industrial |
| 1:08.8 | revolution a small but mighty leather trade catapulted |
| 1:12.1 | this town onto the global stage. The arrival of the South Staffordshire Railway in 1847 transformed |
| 1:18.5 | it into a powerhouse of craftsmanship, with the towns finally made leather goods reaching customers |
| 1:23.9 | far and wide. In fact, Walsall came to be known as the leather capital of the world. |
| 1:29.5 | The leather industry had a horticultural impact too. Tanners needed vast amounts of oak bark for their |
| 1:35.8 | craft, leading to the creation of large swathes of managed woodland areas and the planting of trees |
| 1:42.0 | for sustainable harvesting. Today, those woodlands remain a living legacy with ongoing restoration and community-led tree planting projects to ensure that Walsall's deep-rooted history continues to flourish. Well, let's head on into the hall to meet three gardeners who've become firmly embedded in GQT history, |
| 2:01.9 | garden designers Bunny Guinness and Matthew Wilson |
| 2:04.4 | and curator of RHS Garden Bridgewater, |
| 2:07.6 | Marcus Chilton Jones. |
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