Wokingham
Gardeners' Question Time
BBC
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Could you suggest some bat friendly plants that will keep them happy? Is it too late to re-pot my five-year-old daffodils? How can I improve the quality of my clay soil and what can I grow on it?
Peter Gibbs and his team of horticultural experts are in the market town of Wokingham for this week's episode of Gardeners' Question Time.
Joining Peter to dig into the audience's queries are garden designer Matthew Wilson, proud plantswoman Christine Walkden and passionate plantsman Matthew Biggs.
Later in the show, Kirsty Wilson gets into the community spirit as she visits Greyfriars Biophilic Garden in Glasgow for a quick tour of their 56 show-stopping plots.
Producer: Bethany Hocken
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Executive Producer: Hannah Newton
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4
Transcript
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| 0:42.0 | Hello, I'm Kathy Clugston and this is Gardner's Quickson. podcasts. and enjoy the next 45 minutes of great tips, advice and dubious horticultural humour. |
| 0:58.0 | Says my uncle, I pray you discover what hath been the cause of your woes why you pine and you |
| 1:06.4 | whine like a lover I've seen money mog of the rose that was from John Gays poem, |
| 1:14.0 | the ballad of Molly Mog. |
| 1:16.0 | The Rose, mentioned there, refers to a pub in the bustling market town of Wokingham, |
| 1:20.0 | where sweet Molly Mog was wowing the local lads, and outside which I happened to be standing ahead of today's |
| 1:27.2 | gardener's question time. The building directly opposite, the town hall, which is our venue venue today bears the town's coat of arms. |
| 1:35.8 | Amongst four ears of wheat are a number of acorn seeds set against a crown of foliage. |
| 1:41.9 | The acorns heart back to the town's previous name, Okingham, meaning town of the forest. |
| 1:48.0 | And with nearby Birch Hill, Pope's wood, Arbor Field field, barkum and woodly, it seems trees and their collective forests are woven |
| 1:58.1 | throughout this part of southern England. |
| 2:01.0 | So let's pass under the coat of arms and into the hall to join our Jeketee panel who |
| 2:05.6 | usually do seem to manage to see the wood for the trees. |
| 2:12.1 | So Wokingham, please welcome designer Matthew Wilson and passionate plants people, Christine |
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