Gardeners' Corner

Colourful displays, sensory gardens and saving a Sarcococca

Helen Mark visits Kay Rainey at her garden near the foothills of the Sperrin Mountains, where herbaceous borders and repeated bursts of colour create a stunning display t

How to feed your soil, special trees and Adam Frost's bulb of the month

As one season gives way to another, David travels to the County Meath garden of Paula Byrne. Twenty years ago, after building a new house, the interior designer turned he

Gardeners' Corner summer special with Dan Pearson and Jekka McVicar

After one of the hottest summers on record, David travels to the west of England to explore the private gardens of two renowned plants-people. Acclaimed designer Dan Pear

Growing lavender, success with agapanthus and healing through gardening

David travels to County Fermanagh, where he meets Vera Cassidy at Lavender Manor near Enniskillen. The venue is true to its name, and it is the ideal place to find out ho

Plants that perform in drought, Adam Frost's bulb of the month, and gardening for hedgehogs

After a summer of sunshine and heat, David catches up with Maurice Parkinson, who is continuing to plant with a changing climate in mind. Which plants can perform through

Home-grown cooking with Mollie Cunningham, summer perennials and permaculture in the park

Join David Maxwell for an hour of gardening advice for summer. He'll be joined in studio by expert Ann Fitzsimons who has advice on how to save a fig tree and offers plan

Summer inspiration from the Gardeners’ Corner archive

Join David Maxwell and Rosie Maye as they dig into the archive and look back at garden visits from past summers on the programme. From long-flowering perennials at Kilcoa

Creating new borders with Jimi Blake, growing redcurrants for skincare and Jason Ingram on photographing gardens

As the dry spell continues, David travels to renowned gardener Jimi Blake's Huntingbrook garden in County Wicklow. He finds out how Jimi created three new beds for smalle

Success with delphiniums, easy early summer cuttings, and peculiar plums

As the summer holiday season begins, David Maxwell is joined in studio by Ann FitzSimons and Mary Doris who are full of summer gardening inspiration. Ann explains how to

How to grow olives and basil, cameraman vs bee and the garden legacy of a retiring Tyrone teacher

Join David Maxwell for an hour of gardening advice for summer. He'll be joined in studio by expert Neil Porteous who will have advice on how to grow olives successfully i

Gardeners' Corner at BBC Gardeners' World Live, Birmingham

David Maxwell is joined by Adam Frost and Jekka McVicar live from the NEC in Birmingham. Presenter Nikki Chapman reflects on her relationship with her garden and David m

Four decades at Tattykeel, cost-cutting propagation and soil health for community gardens.

Helen Mark visits Tattykeel Garden in Omagh, where Hugh and Kathleen Ward reflect on four decades of gardening as they open their gates for the National Garden Scheme. He

All about alliums, clematis cuttings, summer care for succulents and the best plants for moths

Join David Maxwell for an hour of early-summer inspiration for your garden. He brings you more highlights from the garden show season and is joined by expert Claire McNal

Gardeners' Corner at Bord Bia Bloom 2026

Gardeners' Corner attends Ireland's biggest gardening show, Bord Bia Bloom, as it celebrates its 20th anniversary. Presenter David Maxwell tours the show gardens and plan

Gardeners' Corner at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026

Highlights from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 with David Maxwell, featuring the gold medal-winning Trussell’s Together Garden — the first Chelsea garden to be relocate

Dan Pearson on the value of gardening slowly, lavender alternatives and getting peonies to flower

David visits the GROW community garden at the Waterworks site in north Belfast where members of Anaka women's collective are gaining gardening knowledge and forming frien

Sarah Raven and Shane Connolly on cut flowers, gardening with a disability and Adam Frost's bulb of the month

David chats to renowned plantswoman Sarah Raven and royal florist Shane Connolly at the Festival of Gardens and Nature in County Laois. In West Belfast, he meets Paula Ke

Garden birdsong with the Nature Boy, giving berberis a go and cutting back camellias

David Maxwell visits Ballyrobert Cottage Garden where Maurice Parkinson tries to convince him to give the prickly berberis shrub a chance. It's also time to cut back the

Celebrating tulip time, making pampass plume and preventing peony problems

As the spring sunshine brings out the blooms, join David Maxwell as Gardeners' Corner celebrates tulip time. Expert guest Anna Hudson will have some of her favourites in

Gardening by the sea, Adam Frost's bulb of the month and celebrating 20 years of a garden trail

David Maxwell visits a unique, nature-friendly private garden in Falcarragh, created by gardener and author Seán Ó Gaoithín. Crammed full of native trees and plants, it h