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Radio 4,04 Aug 2017,43 mins

Four Points of the Compass Special: East v West

Gardeners' Question Time

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As part of GQT's 70th anniversary celebrations, the team visit gardeners at the four points of the UK compass to explore the incredible variety of climate and environment in this country - something that makes gardening here so endlessly fascinating. This week it's East v West as Eric Robson is joined by Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Neil Porteous in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, with a wet climate to the very west of the UK, while Peter Gibbs, Christine Walkden, Matthew Wilson and Bunny Guinness set up camp some 400 miles east in Lowestoft, Suffolk, where life is markedly drier. Both panels answer questions from local residents and explore how garden can thrive in these contrasting extremes. Produced by Dan Cocker, Hannah Newton and Darby Dorras Assistant Producer: Laurence Bassett A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.

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