Winter wildlife, a garden for spinal injury patients and forcing daffodils
Winter gardening inspiration from David Maxwell and the experts including; caring for winter wildlife, a garden for spinal injury patients and forcing daffodils.
With daylight at a premium the work goes on in two stand-out gardens visited by Gardeners鈥� Corner this week. At Musgrave Park Hospital in South Belfast, the charity Horatio鈥檚 Garden is creating a garden for spinal injury patients designed by Chelsea gold medal winning designer Andy Sturgeon. Helen Mark meets the new head gardener there and chats to Andy about this 鈥榟igh maintenance鈥� space. At Glenarm Castle the Walled Garden has recently been named Historic Houses 2023 Garden of the Year. The gardeners there are forcing daffodils for flowers at Christmas, sowing seeds and overhauling the hot border. In studio David is joined by gardener Claire McNally and wildlife expert Katy Bell who will be offering some advice on wildlife in the winter garden. Contact the programme on gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk
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