Gardeners' Corner

In this week's Gardeners' Corner, Helen Mark talks to botanical artist Diana Oxlade and her husband Eddie about their new book, Fifty Weeds, a visit to Botanic Gardens Palm House is a colour packed sensory experience and Conrad McCormick plants out his dahlias and canna lilies. Also in the programme Mark Patterson takes timely advice from Gareth Austin in his Derry allotment and Ann Fitzsimons joins Helen in the studio with armfuls of plants to talk about how to fill the June gap with colour for the herbaceous border. That's Gardeners' Corner on Saturday morning just after the 9 o'clock news on BBC Radio Ulster.

Join Helen Mark and Reg Maxwell for lots of good gardening advice and enjoy two very different garden visits in this week’s Gardeners’ Corner.

Gardeners’ Corner roadshow visits Cookstown as guests of 'Victim Support NI'.

Neil Porteous and Barbara Pilcher join Helen to answer your gardening queries.

In Gardeners' Corner this week David Maxwell visits the Chelsea Flower Show to find out more about the gardening passions and know-how of designers, growers and celebrities. Dame Judi Dench launches a beautiful apricot rose named after her, Radio 2's Jo Wiley talks about the Radio 2 sensory garden and local designer Ian Price shows David around his Mindtrap garden for which he was delighted to be awarded gold. Glorious gardening from Chelsea this week and also in the programme Helen Mark visits a suburban garden back in Belfast to hear how to pack the plants in for brilliant effect.

David Maxwell visits a beautiful garden in Omagh, best described as heaven for wildlife. He is guided by owners Sir Bob and Lady Salisbury around the woodland areas, formal gardens, and ponds, all of which have encouraged native wildlife from birds to rabbits, otters and hedgehogs, just to name a few. Also in the programme, Helen Mark discovers a secret woodland garden in the hills of Cairncastle and enjoys the company of Moira Concannon and Lesley Simpson, who garden together at Balloo, Killinchy, where their plant-packed garden is open under the National Trust's Ulster Gardens Scheme.

In Gardeners' Corner this week with David Maxwell, gardening writer and broadcaster Joe Swift reveals what he loves about his back garden in London. Also in the programme Cherry Townsend explains how to grow cut flowers successfully, Jim Bradley on the beauty of ground cover geraniums and Conrad McCormick talks us through preparing Canna Lilies for late summer.

This week Gardeners’ Corner goes to Antrim Castle Gardens for this year’s Garden Show Ireland.

Helen Mark takes the Gardeners’ Corner Roadshow to Holywood Library.

Averil Milligan and Reg Maxwell sort out listeners' queries, from mossy lawns to wandering cats

In this week's Gardeners' Corner, David Maxwell visits Rowallane to enjoy the beauty of rhododendrons and azaleas happily growing there. He also finds out from local designer Ian Price the thinking behind his garden for this year's Chelsea Flower Show. Also in the programme, David Love Cameron and Barbara Pilcher share their love of seasonal herbs and veg, and Ann Fitzsimons reveals her favourite plants associated with Easter.

Helen Mark and Brendan Little visit a plant packed garden in Omagh and Helen finds out about growing succulents from Conrad McCormick

In Gardeners' Corner this week Helen visits a community garden group which is passionate about growing veg and broadcaster, designer and author Matthew Wilson reveals why gardening with the environment in mind is so important for both us and the wildlife that inhabit our gardens. Also in the programme Helen goes beyond the gothic gates at Downhill and finds a wonderful mix of semi-formal gardens and woodland merging together and Ann Fitzsimons is in studio with lots of ideas for creating spring in a basket. That's Gardeners' Corner this Saturday morning just after the nine o'clock news on BBC Radio Ulster.

Helen Mark goes on the trail of scented shrubs with Neil Porteous and finds out which plants are good for shaded areas. Barbara Pilcher and David Cameron join forces in the herb and veg garden, Brendan Little inspires us all to garden with his mantra, "gardening is good for you", and Keith Crawford shares his top three gardening jobs for the week ahead.

In this week's Gardeners' Corner Helen Mark visits a new garden in Ballycastle where Conrad McCormick is replanting his collection of exotic plants. Also in the programme, spring bulbs and winter clematis continue to provide lots of colour, and Averil Milligan tells Helen about Rowallane's early flowering camellias and how to grow them well.

This week in Gardeners' Corner Helen Mark is joined in the phone-in studio by Averil Milligan and Reg Maxwell. Also in the programme, the team will be talking about some of the plants growing in their gardens in February and the all-important gardening jobs for this time of year.

This week in Gardeners' Corner, Helen Mark enjoys the beauty of snowdrops in Maurice Parkinson's country garden. Also in the programme how and where to plant witch hazels for best effect, Ann Fitzsimons gets down to some seed sowing in the studio, Brendan Little is busy in the veg garden and Maurice Parkinson and Reg Maxwell have lots of gardening jobs for the week ahead.

Helen Mark presents the weekly programme for keen gardeners with the latest advice, news and visits to gardens large and small around the province.

This week Helen Mark goes to Musgrave Park in Belfast with Ann Fitzsimons and Averil Milligan to talk about the garden in winter.

Helen Mark enjoys the winter garden with Anna Pavord and Brendan Little. Reg Maxwell is in studio and Barbara Pilcher and David Love Cameron talk about herbs and winter greens.