Waltham Forest: Coriander, Sow-By-Date and Perennials

Gardeners' Question Time

BBC

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

How do you grow coriander successfully from seed? Do seeds have a sow-by-date? And will your treasured perennials thrive in the challenging Scottish climate?

Kathy Clugston hosts from the beautiful St Mary’s Church in Walthamstow, where a lively audience puts their gardening dilemmas to an expert panel. Joining Kathy are renowned garden designer and botanist James Wong, horticulturalist Matthew Biggs, and allotment enthusiast Frances Tophill, ready to share their knowledge and practical advice.

Later in the programme, Anne Swithinbank offers her essential tips on preparing your garden to withstand the winter months ahead.

Producer: Matthew Smith Junior Producer: Rahnee Prescod

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

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0:41.0	Hello and welcome to Gardner's Question Time with me, Cathy Clugston.
0:47.4	Today we're in Waltham Forest, a borough of East London where city life and woodland roots intertwine. It's a landscape of bustling streets, quiet parks and communities who care
0:53.0	deeply about the green spaces around them.
0:55.9	Residents here are reclaiming every spare patch of ground, proving that even in the most urban
1:01.2	of settings, nature will find its place. At the borough's edge is Epping Forest, the ancient
1:08.1	woodland that still defines this part of London, its ancient oaks and shady
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