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Gardeners Question Time Meets DIY SOS: Redcatch Community Garden Special

As a new series of DIY SOS begins this September, the show joins forces with Gardeners’ Question Time for a collaboration that has more in common than you might think.

As a new series of DIY SOS begins this September, the show joins forces with Gardeners’ Question Time for a collaboration that has more in common than you might think.

From Bristol’s Redcatch Community Garden, Kathy Clugston and Nick Knowles are joined by Ashley Edwards, Bethan Collerton and Bunny Guinness.

Among the hubbub of the thriving community garden, the panel tackles questions on growing vegetables in a changing climate, reviving underperforming roses and creating accessible gardens for all.

The team also explores how community gardening can improve wellbeing, support local wildlife and transform neglected spaces

Producer: Matt Smith
Assistant Producer: William Norton

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

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42 minutes

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Sunday 14:00
BBC Radio 4

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Plant List

Redcatch Community Garden Tour – Edible Living Wall (03’46”)

Louise Matthews

  • Fragaria × ananassa, strawberry

  • Allium schoenoprasum, chives

  • Thymus vulgaris, thyme

  • Beta vulgaris (Cicla Group), rainbow chard

  • Rumex acetosa, sorrel

1. With the changing climate, what suggestions do you have for growing vegetables during summer? (06’06”)

Bunny Guinness

  • Phaseolus coccineus, runner bean

  • Phaseolus vulgaris 'Kentucky Blue', Kentucky Blue climbing French bean

  • Pastinaca sativa 'Gladiator', Gladiator parsnip

  • Pastinaca sativa 'Countess', Countess parsnip

Ashley Edwards

  • Abelmoschus esculentus, okra

  • Amaranthus spp., amaranth

  • Amaranthus spp., callaloo

  • Zea mays, sweetcorn

  • Sechium edule, chayote

  • Punica granatum, pomegranate

2. Why are my bush roses struggling when nearby climbing roses are thriving? (10’18”)

Bunny Guinness

  • Rosa spp., rose

  • Rosa ' Rosa × odorata 'Mutabilis' | Shrub Rose, rose Mutabilis (China rose)

  • Rosa 'Windflower' , Windflower rose/ Rosa 'Auscross'

Redcatch Community Garden Tour – Roots Café (15’02”)

3. What should we consider when designing a new community café? (17’37”)

No plants specifically recommended.

4. How does gardening make you feel? (21’55”)

Redcatch Community Garden Tour – Moon Garden (25’30”)

Louise Matthews

  • Humulus lupulus, hop

  • Oenothera spp., evening primrose

  • Silene noctiflora, night-flowering catchfly

  • Matthiola longipetala, night-scented stock

  • Zaluzianskya ovata., night-scented phlox

  • Lonicera fragrantissima, winter-flowering honeysuckle

  • Lonicera spp., honeysuckle - summer-flowering species

5. Do you have any other ideas for supporting disabled gardeners? (28’13”)

Ashley Edwards

  • Sensory planting

  • Planting at various heights

  • Seasonal planting

6. How can we encourage shoots along the barren stems of a clematis? (33’48”)

Bunny Guinness

  • Clematis spp., clematis

7. If you were transforming a neglected outdoor space on a limited budget, what single change would make the biggest difference? (33’48)

Bethan Collerton

  • Cosmos spp., cosmos

Bunny Guinness

  • Trees

Ashley Edwards

  • Wildflowers

Nick Knowles

  • Buddleja spp., buddleia

 

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  • Friday 15:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sunday 14:00
    BBC Radio 4

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